October 6, 2006
Though the predicted moisture only amounted to drops, the roof got finished. When shortly thereafter my Dry Creek-raised, 70++ year-old accountant admonished me for working rooftop at fifty, I had to explain: that I was actually closer to sixty and that only a few can afford the workman’s comp to hire someone else to do a roofing job.
Robbin and I have had to split up: she’s maintaining the house, activity that also currently includes staining and sealing everything wood while I feed cattle mornings, hopefully to get back in time to put in a half-day with my own bucket and brush. At it for a week or so, we should be halfway done by Sunday.
October 4, 2006
It appeared that a bear had grabbed one of the first-calf heifer calves in the Lower Field earlier in the week. Back still swollen, it seems better today. Meanwhile a mile up-canyon, an old female lion with cubs has killed several of the neighbor’s calves – just next door, we’re missing one.
Nevertheless, the weather change has been delightful. Gradual warming predicted with 90 degrees slated for week after next – a long ways off this time of year, but we think we’re making progress.