6 July 2012

Woke up this morning to find a flat left rear tire on the Ranger… again!  Spent the balance of the morning straightening out and cleaning up the mess in the shed caused by our aborted Bora Care treatment efforts the other day.  Spotted Tammy Walsh down at the Lapidus’ doing her lawn care magic, so went down to inquire whether she could spare us an hour of backhoe time… something Chree has been urging (sic) me to do ever since we started excavating for the walkway with pickax and shovel.  Tammy agreed to come over first thing Monday morning.  Took the Ranger back to Brandon at noon-thirty where it took Mike and me about forever to find a teensy pinhole leak where the tread and sidewall meet on the forever-going-flat tire.  The fix took no time at all.  Returned to Fern Lake, Chree and I took apart the fire pit (most of the sidewall stones had cracked / broken apart over the past few years) and rebuilt it with fresh stones (of which we have an inexhaustible supply).  Then we did a desperately needed spring cleaning on our campfire table and chairs.  After that I schlepped three half-wheelbarrow loads of leftover wet (and consequently very heavy) masonry sand down to the waterfront.  Somehow ended up in the lake after delivering the last load, so swam across and back, returning just in time to shower and change for dinner at the Lapidus’.  Tammy and Fran attended as well.  Fabulous food (as always), good wine, and great friends… what more could you want?