This image was on Drudgereport today. It would appear that the throngs of people who were there to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama weren't fastidious about their leavings. It is appalling. This makes the trash tossed casually along our highways look like nothing. Leaving it tells me these folks think nothing of leaving messes because there is someone else who is paid to clean it up. But on a happy note, my weight has dropped to 201. I expect to make my goal by the next bike event. Now we are just waiting for warmer days to get out there and increase miles in preparation for the summer bike events. It is only 87 days to the Safari. We can't wait. Mike and Mitzi are coming along with Paul and Cheryl. We will have a great time.
After my recovery period for Covid, I went to Cullman on Monday the 8th and started catching up on the mowing and farm stuff. Pretty much everything needed mowing. The big tractor made short work on the main north fields and David helped me with the field across from the pond. The grass had grown quite long and with the two week absence, I simply started and mowed all of them. There is always some mowing to do. At least no trees had fallen. There were some indoor projects pending. A couple of shower fixtures had to be replaced. The screen door latch didn't hold and had to be improved. The old JD mower needed a bit of tuning so it would climb better and the mowing deck replaced. And the garden needed to be disked and more corn and okra planted. David should have had a shot on the groundhog at the old house but forgot to check his ammo. The hammer fell on an empty chamber. I got the conibear traps out and caught one of the groundhogs that lived by the spring. David had ...