Weekend shenanigans

 The weekend turned out to be pretty pleasant. I woke at my usual time on Saturday and had a bit of a leisurely morning. 

My husband reminded me about the downed tree we saw in the back 20 a couple of weekends ago. A "fresh" fall from the recent windstorm, and it would be great for firewood. 

I thought I had taken more photos of this but I don't see them on my camera roll. Also, the photo doesn't do it justice.  The roots was a huge mass, and the tree was pretty tall. 

The tree is sort of circled in this photo. 

So it was decided we'd spend an hour cleaning out a new trail to reach this tree, so the ATV and trailer  could be driven up to the tree so we can haul it back to the house. 

My hubby surveying the land, seeing where a trail could be made. 

It was so pretty out there that morning. 

I was all bundled up because it was a wee bit chilly. A short bout of lomping down brush was just the thing to warm me up, and I had to start taking off layers. 

We discussed a few options and then decided on a direction to go.  My son was at the house. I called him and asked him to come help. Then my hubby drove back to the house to get him.  

This is where I thought "Oh, I'm a terrible content creator. 😆" I didn't think to take before photos. There was so much brush and undergrowth we cut down and cleared out.  The end result looks so good, and we have a new trail. 

This is a pile of what we cleared out. 

And this is the result.  

A cleared path. Along with a different view of the downed tree. 

The rest of the path. 

Spotted this tree out there. The woodpeckers are making art. 

That was the big project for the weekend. 

I think that was my first "big" laboring in a long time, too.  My body still isn't fully ... calmed down.  It's so frustrating.  I did everything I could to protect my core, so to speak, and I didn't feel crippled up at the end of the day. Yay!

Sunday we went out for the first bike ride of the season.  

We rode down to the river. I didn't get many photos because there were quite a few people there, and when I went to take photos of the river, someone else drove up. 

While we were down there we saw a dragonfly. Seriously, this early in the season? Hubby looked it up and it's definitely a thing.  The dragonfly was flitting this way and that. I was trying so hard to try and get a photo of him.  He never slowed down and landed anywhere. 

Guess what? I got a photo of him! Actually a few, but this might be the best one. 

After the bike ride I was out in the garden area. I cleaned out a few things, amending the soil in the planters and containers, and upblocking the few things that needed to be upblocked. 

I carried a few flats out so they could be carassed by the breezes.  

And caressed they were. ... the wind picked up and made it pretty much impossible to record a garden journal. 

Today the wind was crazy, as the kids would say.  They finally calmed down in the late afternoon. 

We had the makings of a beautiful sunset this evening.