Camping

Long time, no post!

Well, that's just the way it's been going lately.

But it's not like The Fuzz and His Sweetie have been sitting on their hands or something.

Any how...

The Fuzz and His Sweetie had walked down to a nearby creek to enjoy some Wine and Cheese together.

Whilst there, The Fuzz remarked that it made him want to go camping.  And She agreed.

It must be understood that there is a history here.

Many years ago, it was while living in the forest that The Fuzz and His Sweetie first met.

And they lived quite happily like that that for some time before returning to civilization...

and younguns, and jobs etc.

And so, the Woods have always held a special place for them.

So on the spur of the moment, they decided to head over to South Mountain State Park, which is only about 20 minutes away.

It was nice.

Very nice.

It was a chance to get in one last camp before the cold weather sets in.

Exhausted

Well the Old Fuzz has been down in his back again.  But he did manage to make it out for a camping trip.  Of course he let the other folks do most of the work!

But he hasn't been completely idle out here in the woods.

The old clothes dryer was getting pretty rough.  It had a tendency to catch the clothes in the edge of the tub as it turned. Even if they didn't get torn, they would still get a really nasty stain from all the rubbing.

So a replacement was ordered and delivered from the local Home Improvement Store.

They would have taken the old one away, but The Fuzz figured that the motor could come in handy for something else someday.  So he decided to keep it.

His Sweetie laid down the law on this.  I would NOT remain in the yard, no matter how well Our Resourceful Fuzz tried to hide it.

So with his back improving a bit, he decided it was time to strip the thing and take the rest to the Recycle Place.

When he finally got down to the motor, he found it was connected to this squirrel cage.

With just a bit more work, he now has this cool exhaust fan for the shop!

(when he gets around to installing it)

And tomorrow the carcass gets recycled.

Quilt

What The Fuzz's Sweetie has been up to.

Christmas?

Whilst The Fuzz was waiting for His Sweetie at the Coffee House the other night, he had a nice seat in the window.

This was what was going on out in front.

The City is getting ready for the Christmas Season!

Every year they light these lights all around the Court Square.

And every year they need extensive repairs.

Hard to believe it, but the Holidays are not far away.

But no need to panic...yet.

That can come later.

Big City Bike Fest 2

The Fuzz's Sweetie has her own interests, so they split up for a bit.

The Fuzz wandered around on his own and watched this crazy guy for a while.

The Fuzz doesn't plan on trying this at home.

Later he met up with His Sweetie for lunch.

The food was surprisingly good.

People and bikes were still arriving.

Check this out.

1 more pix.

It was time to go now.

But The Fuzz was glad to have stumbled into this. 

First Frost

The Fuzz had to make a trip out of the woods over the weekend.  The weather has been a bit cooler lately.

When he got home he found that His Sweetie had the fire going.  Of course this was no surprise, no one enjoys freezing their tush off.

When he checked out the garden he found this.

It seems there was a bit of frost this morning out here in the woods.

Well, it looks like tomato season is over.

Big City Bike Fest

It wasn't part of the plan, but when The Fuzz and His Sweetie got to the Big City, they found that a Bike Fest was going on!

It's no secret to followers of Kinda Fuzzy (both of you) that Our Fuzz does have an interest in motorcycles.

The Fuzz was there on a Friday, so things were just getting started off.

So here's a look at a few of the bikes.

The Fuzz will get some more pix up next time.

Watching You

So...

Who's Watching?

While in that Big City, the Capital of Our Fair State, The Fuzz's Sweetie noticed this Thing staring at them.

It seems you never know who or what is watching you.

So you better watch yourself!

Big Tree

Well, it's been a while again.

So what's the Old Fuzz been up to?

Well, he & His Sweetie took a trip over toward the State Capital.  There are kinfolk in the area that were willing to put them up for a few days.

One of the days they went in to the Big City itself.

The Fuzz got a shot of this street artist by a parking lot.

And this is what she was trying to capture on paper.

This thing covered the whole side of the building, which was huge itself.

At first The Fuzz thought it was just a huge tree - impressive enough.  But then he backed off a bit and realized the thing was moving!

Maybe you can see it here better.

Wow.

Pumps & Plumbing Stuff

It may be remembered that earlier this year, there was a plumbing situation at the Old Place.  Well that Procrastinating Fuzz finally got around to addressing this situation.

The first step was to remove the old tank from beneath the pump.

(which The Fuzz was assuming still worked)

As can  be seen, it was in pretty bad shape.

This kinda left the pump hanging.

It was time to see just what he had here.

It will be noticed that the new tank is somewhat smaller than the old one.  The Fuzz is hoping that this won't cause any problems in the operation of things.

Of course it did mean that he would have to make some adjustments in the tank supports to compensate for this.

This was done by simply adding a few blocks and bricks to bring things up to the proper level.

That Lazy Fuzz was trying to use as much of the old plumbing as possible.

And so the drain valve and pressure relief valve was retained.

But He did have to add a bushing to compensate for the different thread size.

Then the old PCV pipe was cut back, and a new piece made to fit.

And everything glued up.

There was no problem priming the pump.  But when he cut it on, he found that the pump would cycle on and off much too rapidly!

So some adjustments were made to the pressure switch.

This seemed to help.

Hopefully this will work out OK.

Here's a look at the finished job.

Weather Changes

It looks like Fall is definitely on the way out here in the woods.

There has been a good bit of rain lately, and it is cooling off at night.
In fact it has been cool enough for a bit of a fire on a couple of mornings.
And morning fires need firewood.
The Fuzz has cut a little, and there is a wee bit left from last year.
But certainly not enough to make it through the winter.  So The Fuzz did make a survey of the grounds, and found a few candidates for the fire.

The thing is to locate and mark the dead or dying ones.  One can look up to the treetops and find the ones without leaves.  This has to be done before they fall, of course.

This one is definitely on the way out.  Actually, The Fuzz has had his eye on this one for a couple of years now.  It looks like this might be the year for it.

Once the tree is selected, it is marked.  This makes it easier to find once the rest of the leaves have fallen.

Of course the hard work is still ahead.

Mystery Pix Update

The Fuzz is a little disappointed.
There was only one Mystery Pix Guess!
What's the deal here?
Admittedly, it was not an easy one.
The Fuzz can get a bit tricky with those things.
But that's no excuse.


Well, it's time to come clean with it.

So here it is- the original.

Just a plug on a trailer.

And a Big Thanks to Woodie

for taking a stab at it.

And More Stuff...

The Fuzz's Sweetie is a big fan of gardening.  It hasn't always been easy out here in the woods.  New ground had to be broken up.  And the soil is not quite up to the standard of the Old Place, where it had been built up over 30 years.  And there are all the trees, and their shade.

Now shade is nice on a hot summer day, but not necessarily the best thing for a garden.

So The Fuzz's Sweetie had asked him to get out the chainsaw sometime and go to work on this.  And with cooler weather in the future there was a use for the wood.

So The Fuzz has been doing a bit of tree cutting.

There is still a bit more to cut, but this should open up things around the garden a little more.

And there are still plenty of trees left.

And Another Thing...

And...

there was a quick trip to the river.

Here's a rare pix of The Infamous Fuzz pulling his Kayakart* along the river trail.

Being the end of summer, and school about to start back, they had the place to themselves.

And one more rare pix of The Fuzz.

See, he did make it into the river after all.

*See the Kayakart Here!