Rites Of Spring

From the weekend list:

Canned and pasteurized ten quarts of homemade tomato juice

Fetched the pick-up from the garage

Fetched the mail from the post office

Fetched the batteries from the garage and installed them in the lawn tractor and the New Holland

Fetched $121 worth of gas and diesel and topped-off all the engines

Filled every rubber tire in sight

Listened to country music on the stereo in the machine shed

Started the big tractor, lawn tractor and other small engine tools

Made a list of maintenance items

Turned down the music at the request of The Frau

Took the deer cutting board back to the garage

Cleaned a really cool deer skull that Girlfriend found in the woods

Filled the wood box in the house

Took Girlfriend for a walk every day

Fetched the memory cards from trail cameras

Scouted deer trails and placed to stalk wild turkeys

Allowed Sister to sit outside and watch what was  going-on

Sprayed the apple trees (I resolve to be diligent in my spraying regimen this year)

Filled the bird feeders

Picked-up dog poop in the yard

Measured and pin flagged a spot to start a raspberry patch

Cleaned the asparagus patch and weeded and cleaned-out the kitchen garden

Drank icy-cold beers at the end of each day

Made an awesome fish fry on Friday with perch caught last year and oven fried potatoes from the garden

Made venison tacos with frijoles and homemade guacamole on Saturday

Stayed up late on Saturday and watch The Wolfman Meets Frankenstein along with Svengoolie

Sunday breakfast was scrambled eggs and taco meat in a soft tortilla with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese - yum

Life is good