Needless to say, I’m up and around and doing okay. Stiff, and still lacking full range of motion, but able to walk pretty well. Full update coming Friday after a couple of Dr & PT appointments.
See that big square of gravel? I really wanted to build a garage/shop there and had it in the works but some stuff may have back-burnered that idea for a while. This is where we park things that won’t fit inside our far too small garage. Linda’s Horse Trailer. My flatbed trailer. My winter beater Subaru, and our tow vehicle, Linda’s pickup. That patch of ground has not held up well to that use. Also the curve of the driveway on the left had a STEEP drop-off that often made for difficulty negotiating that corner, especially when maneuvering a trailer. So I ordered 15 yards of gravel, which arrived on Tuesday.
The morning of that day I laid down some ground cover sheets in an attempt to control the cheatgrass which is the scourge of the Intermountain West. Of course the wind and the dump truck that delivered the gravel conspired to ruin my carefully crafted ground covering.
Using the tractor that Linda bought for her big horse property down in Klamath, I spread out the gravel to the best of my ability. I think I did a good job. Like my college professor James Howze said about the Tank he commanded in the Korean War, having a tractor is like having a pet rhinoceros. It can do things for you that would take forever and way too much effort by hand. It makes short, if inelegant work of tasks like this.
Linda meanwhile is making our fenced-in dog area in front of the house something of an amazing garden space, complete with pond and waterfall. I didn’t know she had it in her, but I think taking care of me for my month of uselessness recovering from surgery made her a bit stir crazy.
Stay tuned for an update on Friday on my knee, complete with post-op X-rays!