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Some Landscaping Work

Byhenry October 14, 2013

In these pictures I’m not doing the work. My landlord is. I’ve been working on some of this stuff as well, but today I was taking the pictures. Tom Hunt, my landlord, owns all the heavy equipment. I have to say that the work is fun. Right now we’re cleaning up the piles of limbs and logs and other debris produced by clearing.

IMG_20131014_172522 — Tom is chipping the smaller branches. The chipper can handle limbs up to 6 inches.

IMG_20131014_172633 — This is the incipient yard.

Here's some of the logs waiting for me and the chainsaw. — Here’s some of the logs waiting for me and the chainsaw.

The tractor with the log splitter attached. Larger logs are designated to be split for firewood. Behind it is the old place, now awaiting demolition. Can’t really finish the yard until the old place is gone which will probably be next month.

IMG_20131014_172642[1] — And here’s the dump truck that’s been hauling away the debris that we can’t recycle or repurpose, as well as hauling the heavy equipment.

I expect to have most of the logs done and ready for splitting this week.

In any case, that’s a personal update. I don’t do that often on this blog!

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Elect a Nurse as the Next President

Byhenry December 5, 2016

93 percent An annual U.K. survey asking people whom they trusted most found nurses absurdly credible, with 93 percent of people trusting them. [The Guardian] {My source: FiveThirtyEight.com} This is for my sister, mother, wife, several aunts on both sides of the family, and a bunch of friends who are nurses. Also for my daughter…

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A Vaccination Test

Byhenry June 3, 2021

… symptomatic Covid-19 cases fell 80 percent, hospitalizations declined 86 percent and deaths plunged 95 percent. Statista Get vaccinated. You will find more infographics at Statista

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60-year-old Baseball Rookie

Byhenry July 10, 2013

As I move on inexorably toward 60, I am encouraged by this. Of course, I couldn’t play baseball at 20, and won’t be able to at 60, but there are other things!

Administrative | Personal

About Not Blogging

Byhenry June 12, 2012

I’ve been even more irregular than usual in my blogging over the last couple of months. My excuse is that my company, Energion Publications, has been going through a transition which has kept me incredibly busy. The transition is a good one. We were in a position to improve some of our equipment and tools…

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Are You 26th on the List?

Byhenry February 17, 2018

Last night I was watching the women’s Super-G. As the skiers made their runs, the commentators kept saying that it was incredibly unlikely that anyone after #20 was going to have any impact on who would be on the podium. I remarked to Jody that I wondered how it felt to be in one of…