Movin’ Along

Thursday, August 01, 2024

We are entering the final month of summer. Here in Central Oregon, this year’s weather has been up for grabs, so hot that we have barely experienced a kind summertime. Now, I must start looking toward winterizing. That’s about bringing in hay and planning needed changes.

We had an early wet spring and hay is plentiful. I am waiting before ordering a new hay load, and am feeding older hay bales. They’ve been stacked at the rear of the hay shed. Clearing the back space will let me refigure the whole shed space. By rearranging how new hay bales are stored, I want to gain enough sheltered space for storing two lawn tractors through winter.

Another big task will be to clean and rearrange my “she-shed” workshop. Since last fall, a part-time job has kept me very busy and with too little time to be active in the workshop. This fall, I intend to reserve time to engage my brain’s creative side. I keep wanting to design and create; I don’t have ideas to focus on, but time for playing will grow them.

It’s unpleasant to already be considering the coming winter weather and shortening daylight hours. Having livestock and machinery forces thinking ahead and grabbing the future in friendly moments.

Dear Friends: The changing environment affects planning for our most routine needs. Diana