August Arrives!!!!!!

 Hello August!   Wonder what you're gonna have for me ?????

Wine production proceeding nicely. 

Banana Wine ready. 

And starting on some black berry as is the wife's favorite. 

Daily rides in the country to see how the farmers are doing with rice cutting. Weather has been much better the last few days but very hot. Did get a couple pictures yesterday . 

Combine full and waiting on wagon to empty his load to go on cutting. Saw two of them in this state in this area. 

And the Cart to unload the Combines on the way from the trucks back to the waiting combines. 

Did stop at a store yesterday afternoon to see about another freezer for my wine making stuff. Still have lots of figs and blackberries.  Did find a 2nd hand one at a place a few blocks from me and will go get it this morning.  

Then we'll see what the rest of the day brings. 

 Well the account will not let me get pictures in it.  Okay , found a way around that , I think. 

Da Wife tending to her plants. 

So, have not entered any thing in this blog in a few months.  Use to use it as a travel blog but age and body said uncle to that stuff.  But , do still miss it lots. 

Main things been happening lately is still maing wine, Tending to grass cutting for Dee the Sis in Law and my yard. 

 

My grass cutting section of the garage. 

And the wne secton of the shop 

With Blackberry wine on the left. Brenda's favorite.  New batch of Banana Wine in the making. And last batch > Fig wine. 

Did get some grapes from my daughter last week so that's going to be the start of another batch soon. 

Do have a bird nest in my blackberry vines on the fence. She's got use to me being around so doesn't get excited.  

Can bearly see her head and beak.  

I do want to do some trimming on the vines but it can wait till the babies are gone. 

And nothing else new so till later. 

 Wow! Already the 29th day of May and I'm really running behind on the BLOG! 

So, Let's catch up! 

April 27

Hand feels good and hopefully the Cellulitis is on the way out. Have not pull the little wrap I put on it to keep it moist last night. but does not feel as stiff as did yesterday morning.

Oh, wine picture before clearing agent and agent working.

That was the strawberry wine. Then used and enhancer for strawberry wine that really brought the taste out. Many many good reviews from friends sampling it.

Did get the Wagon caught up on maintenance today.

Oil and filter change. Simi trans fluid drain and replace. Went better than thought it would with the lame hand.

Now, we good for another 5K miles on the engine and 20 or so on the trans.

Apr 28th

Well wine rebottled with clear wine.

And check of the berry vines at the fence and in the front yard. Gonna have lots of berries this year for sure. Wow!

And the Berry bush.

And now on the 29th day of May have already picked 6 and a half gallons of them.

A few pics from my drum garden.

Beans

Fence line barrels.

29 May 2024 Catch up.

 Need to get back in the habit of doing this blog. 

So, what's happened in the last month? 

Wife's 2011 Nissan Rogue developed a leak. Thought it was the right side drive seal but didn't look far enough to see it was coming from above. Not very familiar with Nissan's.  

Took it to Oustalet's Chevy thinking it was the seal but informed it was the shock absorber system. So , had them order both. 

And brought the vehicle back home till they come in. Still usable as is. 

Hand getting along just fine as can be. Way better than was a month ago for sure.  Still can feel the difference in the knuckle and area. May just have to live with it. 

Hello April and What A Month!

 Been a different few weeks for sure. But we'll start at the begining of this month from old posts to facebook.  And this typing with one finger is HHHMMMM.

April 1

Well when a hand won't heal by it's self in the last week and looks and feels to be getting worst. Guess a Dr appointment today. Hmmm.

Anti body pills 3 times a day and an x ray was the conclusion of the Dr Visit this morning.

The cold pad seems to help lots along with the tylenol I took this morning.

We'll just see where it goes from here.

Did get the barrels set up for the garden project.

April 2

Well , a bit of a ride about with da Bride this afternoon. Probley about 40 miles on the back roads. Only way for my slow speeds and looking about.

Then to Bubba's for a couple wines and home.

Left paw bugging me a bit even when typing. LOL . It can hurt if it wants to but I'm not gonna baby it for sure. .

April 4

Well some work got done this morning since the hand was mo better.

A trip to Lyons for some groceries for me.

A graveyard check. Make sure my people's stuff all good.

Fired up the Craftsman walk behind lawn mower and did some grass near the garage.

Decided to pull the wind blockers off the house and put them up till next year. Put them up and weed eated around the house. …

And the strawberry wine started.

April 6

Did get some seeds to plant today.

April 7

Wow! An exciting end to our ride today coming home. A wreck right in front of us about 20 yards was us from the intersection of US90 and La 382 where a guy was fixing to make a left turn on to 382 and a girl nail him from the back about 55 or so mph. She was not paying attention none.

I got out to check on her for injuries as her car was very bad and the guy she hit came over also. Air Bag saved her. But she was a metal wreck for sure after the crash.

April 9

Hello world. And the hand not liking me this morning. So , heat, cold and ibuprofen to help it behave a bit. Did see the doctor yesterday they took blood samples and setting up appointment spec doc in LC town.

lol one hand typing very slow.

April 10

Hi windy Wednesday morning. A whole 1/10 of an inch in the rain gauge from yesterday. Hmmmmmm. But, looking at weather, lots coming.

Hoping to get a call about the hand today. Probably call my Doctor's office mid morning to check. LOL that knuckle not liking me typing with it. Did wake it up.

Looking at my resting place in the house and the picture that a great friend made for me several years back and I pass her burial spot when walking that section of our graveyard have to say Thanks for the picture Pam.

April 15

Hi hospital bed at St Pat's in LCTown and more work on finger problem . Be here for a few days.

Well, so far. Several tests. Most been done before. LAST was an ekg. Now putting stronger antibodies through the vain for the next 4 hours.

Operating on knuckle Wednesday.

Bored to tears watching TV. Ha haha.

April 16

Many bags of stuff to fight the infected flesh in my left hand. I lost count.

So far this morning, 4 hour transfusion, a trip across town for MIR by Acadian Ambulance, back to my bed and a fresh transfusion started.

Now waiting on results and what the doctor wants next.

So drinking water , watching TV and smiling.

April 17

Out of surgery and left arm from elbow down feeling like a piece of rope.

Doc says be tonight before I start feeling it

Hopefully out of here by midmorning.

April 18

Yes, all checked out with the doctors this morning and a bandage change out . Proceeding with the checkout.

Well hello April 19th and Friday. Hand feeling good and me rested.

Did test strawbeery wine mix yesterday and still bubbling! Did do a content test and about 11% on the alcohol by volume. Letting it go a few more days before killing the yeast. Will let my taste tester sample it.

And wow on the grass needing cutting but not gonna happen due to hand healing proceedure for a few days yet. And weed eating with one hand = ha ha ha .;..

lol gonna be exercising the body and watching a lot of movies for the next week for sure.

April 20

HI YA Saturday. So great to be here with you.

A good 5 hours of sleep and no bother from the hand,

A slight throb on the middle finger at times but not enuff for the heavy pain meds they gave me.

Hello 2nd get up at near 7am. 1 pill and don't need the pain pill so no on it.

did change the bandage and spot of blood to the top. means i use that hand too much yesterday, so, backing off on that today.

April 21

One front and side yards cut with the walk behind lawnmower. Have not worked up a sweat like this in a long time. Wife pulling grass from the flower beds and in the chill mode also.

DECIDED to take couple pain pills the doc set up for in case of pain. Just in case the hand didn't like my activities this morning ha ha ha ...

BUT, happy to see my yard cut! Been 10 days.

The unit to the left is the one I had to use.

April 22

Did the bandage change and clean up a bit ago. Still swollen but the incision looks better an not as much leakage. Clean it up a bit and re-wrapped. Zero pain so far since yesterday afternoon when took pain pills.

April 23

And the plants coming alive for sure.

Did get a call from my doctor's office that they needed to see since returning from LC Town. So, happened and all is good. Next Dr Visit in LC thursday to have hand check by Dr Foret's team.

Well that bout catches usw up!

Today--- Check on sis in law that her doc sent her to the hospital here last evening.

 Wow! Already March 20th and time has flown by! 

Hmmmmmm things of interest in Febuary? 

Good wine supply for sure Grape and Fig wine. Grape about 11% and Fig at 14 %. 

And already thinking of what the next batch will be as most of that supply is gone on the 20th day of March. 

Then on  our afternoon drives in Febuary , so many birds in the fields and flying.  Black birds,  ducks, cranes. Wow.  

A Blackbird shot. 

And almost every afternoon , a ride about the countryside with Da Bride. Got her spoiled on it and it shows when it don't happen.  

Even got her to drive one time but she don't like it. 

When roaming I have to tell her which was to go. The memory is bad. So, 99% of the time I'm with the driving duty in either car.  

But  Love the 30+ MPG on that 2011 Nessan Rogue over the 20+ in my 2016 Chevy Traverse. 

Only really Sad thing in Febuary is losing my Veronie cousin's wife Silvia. 

Also had lost my Brother in law and friend for over 60 years. Jackie Taylor. 

Last time I passed by the Egan Grave yard, still had not updated the gravestone. And he died Febuary 1 of this year. 

    

An all the cold weather has very much limited my time outside doing things.  The old body just don't like cold no more. But, I have my station in my room to spend time and occupy myself. 

Playing with the many pictures I take, A set of dumbbells for workouts.  Gotta keep the muscles working for sure.  

And most every morning, if the Wagon is used the day's ride before, I get the bugs off that white front and windshield.  A good way to get the body moving, check the sky. Etc! 

Now at 125.6 K miles on it in and 56.6 K miles with  my 3 yrs of having it.  
And it's my trailer hauler also as I go cut my Sis in Law > Dee's yard when needed. So it Hustler gets loaded on the trailer and off we go. 

What follows is some of the pictures taken in the past month I liked. Many from our daily roams about the area. 

From March 3rd

Hello rain on Feb 28th

of course the Bride's Rogue

Love looking at cloud patterens and birds in the air. 

And one of our runs through Laccassine Pool area and ducks blocking the road. ;-) 

And from a few days ago, the rice plants starting to show. 

Well, that's about it on this 20th day of March.  And need to pay attention to this old travel blog for sure. So many memories from the past motorcycle trips.