Yesterday afternoon, after returning from grocery shopping and errand running, I shoveled about 10 wheeelbarrels worth of rocks from a pond to cover the holes in the driveway. It was hard work and my lower back is still complaining about it.
At some point, I saw on my shovel a big flat stone... which started to move! It was a snapping turtle!!! I just didn't expect to find wild life in the pond and apologized for disturbing it.
Tomorrow, realtors are coming to appraise the property and my priority today was to tidy up the place. And that's a nice way to put it! I moved to the end of the Center a heavy metal fence roll, and piled up huge uncut logs, cleaned up 'the mud room' where the dog stays (another room from hell).
And I LOVED it!!! I feel that I have an unlimited amount of strength for this kind of work and realized today that I needed to see results. I have been here three weeks and didn't really see a tangible difference from the work I had been doing. These past two days were satisfying for that reason.
I have several milestones to complete. The largest one being to organize the content of the 'wood house': A building so full with wood that it's practically impossible to step into the place. It's an ambitious project and I might not get to it or complete it, knowing that I'm here for only another week. Robin signed both of us up to volunteer at a local event next week. We'll be leaving Wednesday afternoon and returning Thursday night. And I am leaving for San Francisco early Friday morning.
My mind is gearing up to spending a weekend in San Francisco with my friends Xuan and Jennifer before going to the next organic farm. On the agenda: R&R, baby!!!
Good night for now!
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