Shot twice and lost my hard wood

Howdy all,

Yes, a bit of click bait to get back in the groove. It has been awhile. Today is March 12, 2021. It was March 11, 2020 that I moved into this house in Ohio. One year, and still getting settled in.

Yesterday I got the second of the series of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine injections. The first, on 2/11, gave me some headaches and a sore arm, and lots of fatigue. Yesterday’s seems to only be the fatigue (so far). In another 2-3 weeks I will be at full immunity. Well, as full as this vaccine can do for me. I’ll celebrate by going to the grocery store during the daytime (like 9 am) on a Thursday, when they have stocked it, instead of 6 am on Monday mornings, when there are no fresh vegetables, or cuts of meat. Monday 6 am is the old farts only time. I usually see less than 6-8 people in the whole store, and that is mostly employees..

I also want to go to Home Depot again!!!

Of course I’ll still be masked and carrying disinfectant spray. Better safe than dead!!

I’ve been spending a lot of time at the dentist again the last couple of months. The new year brought a clean slate to my COBRA dental insurance, with its maximum $2000 payout, and an end-date of May. Want to use it all. And I’ve been having plenty of 30-40 year old dental work falling apart. I have already signed up for a new plan, but it won’t pay much for the first year (like 10%). Getting old sucks….

And, on March 10, 2021, Brobst Tree Service arrived and removed the 75 foot tall Oak tree and two Maple trees (one with “crotch rot”, and the other a Norway Maple (invasive species)).

Quite amazing to watch them remove all three, to below ground, in less than 4 hours.

They arrived around 8 am and immediately set up to work.

They had to work around my greenhouses and the outbuilding to remove the limbs of the mighty oak. The guy up in the sky would use the chainsaw in one hand, and grab these huge limbs with the other and toss them safely to an open area on the ground.

Since the boom could only go so high, he would tie off the top branches to a lower one, and when he cut the tops, they would fall and swing below.

Eventually they were left with this 20-30 foot trunk which fell with such a thump, the whole house shook.

When they were done, it looked like this.

Now I need to get some compost and soil into the spots and throw down grass seed. Lots of more sun should hit the yard and the moss and mildew in the back by the fence should go away.

I’ll eventually plant some more human friendly type trees/bushes back there. Probably my berry bushes. The birds and critters will like them.

And I won’t have to worry about more dying limbs falling on the greenhouses..

In other updates, I’ve ordered a large portable generator that can handle the whole house. The electricians will set it up with a breaker so it can easily be used during outages. Even has remote start.

I’ve lost electricity a few times this last year, and it is not fun. Especially in the super cold weather. Silly me bought all of these gas appliances thinking I wouldn’t have as big of an issue in outages. Duh, all appliances built today use computers and electronics to start and monitor themselves. About the only thing I could use was the stove top.

I’ve started building a fenced-in box on a generator pad, beside the garage, for it to reside. Looks clean and neat. Just need the generator. Even picked up a couple of propane tanks and a valve setup to switch between them. It will be a dual fuel (LP and gasoline) generator.

A true whole-house generator, using the natural gas, would cost me close to 3 times as much, and would be located on the other side of the house, in a spot that would be not as nice or convenient.

Once it is all installed, I’ll do a couple snapshots of the setup.

But for now, life is improving here. And I do hope you all can

Enjoy Life