and even some more. Really random

Moppy wants a ride

still doing electrical work in the attic

nearly done in this section

found an old bbq grill

chased an armadillo

Nick uses his new bike basket

Nick attended a skate birthday party

tried the new(ish) mexican place in town. very good

had to add 110 line and vent for range hood

added 2 new light locations

broke the rope pull on the chainsaw

kids outside! enjoying the warm (less cold) weather

i made outback bread from a copycat recipe. just ok, not as good as the real thing

kitchen elec nearly complete

a few evenings ago i was working on the electrical up in the attic and i was trying to figure out how to connect all the wires (i'm not an electrician). even though i'm not an electrician, i think i can tell that color coding standards were not followed when the house was originally wired; it seems like the dude just used whatever wire he had on hand. i've been tracing wires and peering into junction boxes to try to figure it out. my new wires are color coded and i'm trying to do my part correctly. anyway, i was looking at my new wires and noticed that some wires were marked with small red dots. it didn't make sense, white, green and black were all marked red. even my connectors and metal cable were marked....oh, i've cut my hand again. i hate working with this armored cable; it's like wrestling a razor blade slinky.

and more

My brother asked, "What on earth snacks on turtles?" (See previous post).

I had not thought about what could have done it. It is impressive; a man would need tools to take the shell apart like that. But maybe it was this (above picture). That is an otter swimming laps in the lake this AM. They break into clams, right?

This is 8 bundles of insulation. We had to drive to Texarkana Lowe's to get it. The little house rafters are framed on 24" centers, and I wanted R30 for the attic. No local building supply had that combo.

Inside and outside temps this AM when I started work.

I've been reading this.

Got the water heater and toilet out, scraped the last of the crappy tile up. Hooray!

These are the wires running to the 220v dryer outlet. Color coding? All 3 sky blue. Whee.

LED light fixture installed in "hallway".

Solar heater. I hung a black plastic garbage bag in the south window. It doesn't warm the house, but you can feel heat rising through the little gap at the top.

Put in one bundle of insulation. It is a struggle.

Beaver Battle continues at the spillway.

Beaver trail to lake from back side of the dam.

All the following pictures are from the area below the dam that the beaver has claimed and transformed. 30 years ago when I was here this area was dry with just a small stream running through.

Natural causes?

Tried to pick it up but it fell apart.

Some more

So what's this? The "Polar Vortex", or whatever, has left the area, but we traded the cold for rain. Poured rain for days, to the point of a small stream running through the barn.

Something snacked on a turtle down by the lake.

Nick flying the helicopter he got for Christmas.

Found my old kindergarten building.

Fried okra and a venison sandwich for dinner last night. Liked pulled pork but deer. It made me happy.

Moppy begging for venison.

Cristina made apple cinnamon bread. So good!

We stole borrowed some rocks from weyerhauser land someplace else and started improving the foundation appearance.

Oklahoma wine glass.

Grandma's Suzuki has been stuttering and running rough. Replaced the rotor and distributor cap.

Edges were chewed to crap.