Target Practice

Started the day off by testing dad's new mini-14. It needs to be zeroed in, but shoots well. I love the rate of fire; with a thirty round magazine, you can cause some serious damage quickly.

Dad firing away

And me firing away

After firing a few clips, we headed back up to the house to harvest some of our veggies from the garden. Our harvest amounted to three and a half gallons of green beans, a bucket full of beets and turnips, and about half a dozen tomatoes. In the next few days, about a hundred more tomatoes should be ready for harvest. Turns out chickens don't like turnip greens, but rabbits do!

We also finally put together the used swing/bed that mom & dad bought last winter. The cushion and top have dry rot from the weather and will have to be replaced, but it didn't turn out bad. Kinda comfortable too. Holds all three of us plus the dogs, or me and the dogs as you can see.

Before heading in to get ready for dinner at the nearby marina clubhouse, dad and I cleared the insanely tall weeds from the flower box in front of the propane tank. The lilac bush is the only plant that survived (aside from weeds), so a complete redo is in order for that space. I'd like to remove it completely, but mom doesn't want to see the propane tank from the house, so we'll have to put something in there.

It's barely distinguishable as a flower box

As we were putting away the tools, dad flipped his lid and attacked me with a pick-axe!


Don't worry though, I'm still in one piece. Tomorrow, dad's renting a sod remover and we'll start phase three of the sidewalk project. Then, sometime next week, we'll pick up some lime at the local quarry and lay the pavers. The project is going much faster than I expected. Stay green!