The day started early with feeding the cows in what the weather site called "freezing fog." Discovered another new calf, barely born, maybe an hour old..
Walking the neighbor's pond led to a quick trip over to see Captain Rob as the traps were empty but there was a clear path made in the frost from our clever beaver friends.. who I am trying to eat.. :)
From there a quick return to Rancher Bob's place to meet with the fence guys run by the oldest working man in the world. As we were digging the holes for one of the corner posts we hit a septic line, meaning more work for me in the near future. With rain coming on tomorrow, this job will be put off a bit..
Lunch with Mrs. Rancher Bob, then immediately to digging holes for the berry bushes which came in yesterday. With 15 holes dug, I began to prep the holes for plants (Add in manure, dry matter, soil, then plant the plant.. ) This was broken up with feeding the cows again, and then again by collecting more manure for the holes.
Quit planting about 5:00 with 5 more plants to go. Those blackberry plants will just have to wait..
Fed Rancher Bob's dogs, which may not sound like work, but with four dogs, two of which are well over 100 pounds, feeding time can be work..
A bit of dinner, and now I am back in my caravan, exhausted, not quite ready for another busy day tomorrow, but feeling that "good sort of tired."
Still working on The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Hemingway, and I am truly sad to say that it does not measure up to his novels. I have enjoyed only one of the short stories, "In Another Country" with others ranging form okay to very forgettable. I have certainly not given up on Hemingway, but I will lean towards his novels more than short stories now I believe. There are only two stories left in this collection with which he may change my mind.. we will see.
I am also reading The Sword of Bheleu by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Not his best work, but interesting and readable.
Thus ends a rather busy day.. and somehow no progress on my own home, though some plans made for the future..
2 comments:
Curious to hear your thoughts on "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber". I think that's in Snows. . .
yeah that is the last story as I recall. I enjoyed In Another Country, but the rest just don't pull me in the way that his novels have.. Still, I recall that I hated the first Tolstoy short story I read, and then I came to love both his short and long works.
I'll let you know when I get to The Short Happy Life..
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