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One of the cool things at the Apple Festival was some of the old machinery. There was one off those old John Deere Pop-Pop motors that only hit a power stroke every now and again.

And there was this Cornmeal Mill.


It was pretty cool. They had the thing running, but there wasn't any corn in it.Here's a look at it running. Notice that Big Ass Flywheel. Most of these old things seem to have them. Below is a look at the end where the cornmeal is supposed to be coming out, but as you can see, there ain't none.We did enjoy the festival.
The weather here is still pretty warm. Some leaves are falling, but it still feels a lot like summer. At least it cools off at night.
We finally watched that Avatar flick. It was pretty good. Of course we didn't see it in 3-D. But we did like it. We'll watch it again before we send it back.

Apple Festival

The Fuzz and His Sweetie went over to the Lincoln County Apple Festival Saturday.There was a pretty big crowd. We didn't realize it was such a big affair.It was hard to find a place to park. But we finally did, although there was a bit of a walk, which made it a bit of a chore to carry our loot.
This Guy, Tom Brown, has a hobby of finding and saving old varieties of apples. Here's a link to his website, Apple Search. We were kinda hoping we could buy some of these kinds of apples over there. But unfortunately, although there were a number of orchards represented, the selection for sale, was pretty much limited to what one can find anywhere.
Just hanging out in a crowd like that can poop one out. And it's not just us old guys.
The Fuzz realizes that he has been a bit slack here lately, but he will get some more pix of this event up soon.

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Food Movies

We watched Food, Inc. the other night. It was a bit of a bummer. The Fuzz wasn't really surprised by the meat industry, having seen this stuff before. We have raised goats, geese and chickens ourselves, and know it's not necessary to treat them this bad.
What got The Fuzz the most, was how the corporations were hounding and suing the little people to get a monopoly. That, and the apparent collusion by the government in all this.

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Katie did drop in for a visit.

The Fuzz said there would be a few bugs in this blog.

Still At It

The Fuzz hasn't given up on this yet. It is a slow go though. He did get the rest of the piers mortared together though. Next, he'll have to get some lumber out here for the sills and floor joists.
He's hoping to get this together before winter sets in.
There's a number of things that need to be taken care of before then.
The Fuzz's Sweetie has been busy too. She is putting the finishing touch on our Unique and Impressive Floors. She had been unable to finish last fall before the cold set in and we had to keep the windows closed. This has been a big job indeed. But we certainly have a unique and colorful place here. One of the neighbor boys was here the other day and remarked on how colorful our place is.
So as you can see, we are staying busy out here.

Mystery Pix

Well, The Fuzz regrets that he didn't get back sooner.
He didn't think this was a difficult one, but it must have been.
Oh well.
So here it is.

It's just a coffee grinder.

We are expecting a few Bugs with this blog in the near future.
But it should be OK.

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More for the Floor (Again)

This weekend's project. The fuzz had never gotten around to finishing The Young Daughter's bathroom. We had actually held off on the floor 'till she had finished painting the walls. But now there were no more excuses, and The Fuzz had to get to work.
The walls are not exactly perfect in this trailer, so The Fuzz used this 4ft level for a straight edge to keep the first course lined up.
Things seemed to be working out OK at this stage. But complications were ahead. When things are all straight lines, and whole tiles, it goes pretty fast.But life's not like that. The Fuzz had elected to fit the new tiles around the commode rather than to pull it up and have to fool with the pluming.
However, this would require some complicated fitting. Fortunately, he had saved his templates from when he had done a similar job on the other bathroom. Normally, things like this get thrown out about a week before he needs them. They were a bit crumpled, but still serviceable.
It took a couple tries, but he finally got it right, sort of.
He kept plugging away, bringing the tiles to the door. The rest of the cuts were pretty much straight stuff so it went OK. At the door he fitted a 1x4 at the edge. That did get a little complicated since He had taken the table saw back to the house in town. After trying a few things, he finally was able to wedge the board into a gap between the decking on the porch, and used the circular saw to make the appropriate cuts. We regret that there are no pix of this little trick, At this point he was pretty much involved in what he was doing, and kinda forgot about the camera. But we do have one of the finished floor.At last it was time for a well earned Cold One.

Movie Night

We've been enjoying some of the "Trailer Park Boys" shows from Netflix.But, The Fuzz would not recommend this to anyone who might have problems with that infamous "F"-word, as it is used occasionally. We're not even sure how this stuff got onto our queue, but sometimes you just get lucky.

The Work Continues

You may remember The Fuzz started this project a while back.
Well, it's has been a slow go with the hot weather and all. And there seem to be other things happening here and there.

The next step was to get these piers mortared together. While The Fuzz never has done this professionally, he has had to dabble with it at times. Particularly at the old place in regards to the "Condition". But that is another story.
So he made a trip into town for some mortar mix. Of course mortar mix must be mixed as can be seen here. He borrowed the garden hoe for this.
Which puts me in mind of a story an old lady used to tell on herself. She was 104 at the time, and The Fuzz's Sweetie was sitting with her. It seems that when she was a bit younger, she was working in the fields hoeing with a couple of young'uns. They were really impressed with her skills and told her "You must be the best hoe-er in North Carolina". She thought it was great.
But back to The Fuzz. He's not really much of a hoe-er himself, but he is getting this done, a little bit at a time. And that's OK.

Cool Salt Rock Lamp

Not having any other cool pix for this post, The Fuzz brought up this old one. Here is our Cool Salt Rock Lamp.
This thing is supposed to do all kinds of good things for us.

I quote-
" * These salt lamps are made of natural Himalayan crystal salt mined from underground salt mines in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains...

* This crystal salt is hundreds of millions of years old and, as a result, has special properties and high mineral content

* Heat from the bulb (in our salt lamps) or flame (in our candle holders) causes the salt to emit negative ions

* These negative ions bond with the pollutants in the air (positive ions) and neutralize them

* Also, the newly bonded ions become heavier and fall to the ground removing them from the air circulation

* In addition, these negative ions combat electro-smog caused by electronic devices operating in the home

* Symptoms from asthma, allergies, and other illnesses can also subside from the effects of these products"

So there you have it! Here's a closer look at this marvel.Pretty spiffy, yes?

We never did make it down to the river. At least not yet. It's just been more of the same old same old, as they say. But, school starts back tomorrow, and the Young Daughter will be in the High School. Maybe she's not so young any more. But she is still The Baby. Now she'll have to get up in the morning too. Ha Ha. The Fuzz is looking forward to waking her with his Souvenir of the Tropical Paradise, Conch Shell! That is always fun, at least for him.
So as can be seen, life goes on.

Postponement

Looks like a postponement here.
Tomorrow might be a bit better day for a river picnic.

Roof Rack

While we were at the Beach this summer, The Fuzz's Family surprised him with this cool Kayak. He had enjoyed borrowing one in the past. It was a complete surprise to him at the time, and they had a lot of fun with that part.
This is more of a river type than one of those ocean going things. That is good because while we don't have an ocean around here, we do have a river.
Of course, we still need a way to get it to the river. We did take it with us a while back, when we went over there for a picnic and swim. But, we had to use the trailer, which seemed a bit much.
So The Fuzz finally broke down and purchased this Spiffy High Dollar Roof Rack for our Luxury Vehicle. Note all the complicated adjustments needed to make it fit. We used to have an old Cavalier station wagon. It had those roof gutters, and it was easy to strap on our old carriers, tighten up the straps, and go. But these new finagled vehicles are harder to work with.
If the weather is good, we may have another River Day tomorrow.

Chillin'

Well, here they are, just being lazy.

The Old Fuzz stayed home today. His old back has been bothering him a bit. He doesn't have a young back these days. So here is a pix of 2 of these doggies and their feline friend. That little white one and the kitty are pretty good buddies. They spend much of their time playing together. I guess they just got tired out.

Not Quite So Gloomy

Here's a look at the home place in the morning, while The Fuzz was getting ready for the ride into work- just liked the pix.

The good news is that The Fuzz found a good bit of his "project" still there, on that Little Mac. And, there are still some extensive notes and rough drafts in a notebook he was carrying at work with him But there was still much lost.
In the future, he vows to have extensive back up.

Gloom

It has been mentioned here in the past, as a lame excuse for the sporadic posts, that The Fuzz was working on another project. Well, said project was pretty much finished at around 20 chapters. He was cleaning things up a bit and looking forward to the finished story. Alas, it is no more. All was located on a small flash drive which has now, some how, died. This was about 6 months work. Shit.

Bath Time

Sometimes a dogy's grooming habits leave something to be desired.

That's when a friend like this comes in handy.
But these two are buddies and Kitty is glad to help out.How 'bout a little sugar!

Doggone Troubles

It can be good to have a few doggies around. But they can be a pain in the you know what.
When that little one was chained (for her own good) near The Fuzz's trailer, this was the result.
We need the trailer. And we need the lights to work on it.
So, one more time, The Fuzz had to get out the old tool box.
Really, the damage wasn't all that bad. But it was one more thing, in that never ending progression, that had to be taken care of.
Back in the days, he would have simply twisted the chewed up wire together and wrapped some tape around it.But now of course, we have these cool little crimpy things. But, we still use the tape.There, I fixed it!

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