Hay Baling

The guy returned today to rake the hay, getting it ready for baling.

Later in the day, the guy returned with the hay baler.

Fun to watch.

Would like to try my hand at hay baling.

Hay Day

Today, there was a guy who showed up to mow the hay in the back pasture.  Marcia said, "Hay, there's a guy mowing the field."

He went back and forth until he finished it all.

It smelled good, too.

Hopefully, I will be around the day they bale it. If I am, I will take some pictures of that. I understand they make the big round bales.

New Front Steps

To start with, there was one concrete step in front of our porch. The porch was 16 inch high and the step was 7 inches high. That meant that there was a 9 inch step from the step to the porch. Uneven, and of course, difficult for some people, especially of the older variety. I had cut a couple of one inch boards and put them under each end of the step which made two 8 inch steps, but that is stretching it for normal steps which are between 6.5 and 7 inches.

When I moved the step away, I found that a toad had made a nice home under it.

 

I cut out stringers and risers, and just laid them out to see how they fit.

Here's the finished product. Two 6.3 steps and one 6.3 step to the porch. So, now three small steps to get to the porch. Easy for young and old alike.

Our Snake

This is our black snake. We have seen him other times (or one of his cousins). Today, he was right outside the side door on the carport.  I gathered him up and put him across the fence. Marcia doesn't like having snakes around the house.  He stretched out and slithered away. He was about 3.5 to 4 feet long.

Later in the day, I found this snake on the carport. Different snake? Don't know. Probably. However, this is not comforting to Marcia.

Snake 2?

About 4 ft long.

I attempted to pick him up and take him to the field, but he got away and slithered under the steps to safety.