Yard Work & Other Things

I'm headed to Ohio in a few days, for, as usual, working in my woods, visiting my 101 year-old mother, visit grandchildren but mostly working in the woods.  I love working and walking around the mainly oak trees.  I took a field, planted 2 year-old seedlings, watered them during a rare Ohio drought, sprinkled them with urea nitrogen to spur a second spurt of growth in the springs and now, a real forest exists.  Anyway, Amy's sister bought a home and asked me to clean up the front and back yards.

Above is the after picture.  I enjoyed working some of the same muscles I'll be using in Ohio so it was a good prep for my visit.  In addition to cleaning up the trees, which had become bushes, I removed all the prickly pear cactus and cholla cactus.  Yikes, so many cactus spines I had to pull from my hands and arms.

Still cycling quite a bit, getting in 100 miles a week.  I found Sunset Road in Marana to have several steep climbs.  But HEY!  Don't fret as I will be hiking again soon and posting more awesome images.  On Sunday....

...Amy and I, with hiking buddy Katheryn and her husband Jim, drove into the sticks, found a good hill as a background and practiced shooting.  All legal in the great state of AZ.  Above, they posed, duplicating some movie scene.  To be fair, if I had to rate accuracy, Jim was the best, followed by Amy with Katheryn and I tied for last.  Amy suggested we pick some grapefruits from her tree and bring them along for target practice.  If I had a shotgun I maybe would have hit the fruit but with a hand gun, nope.

On the return to Tucson/Oro Valley we stopped at Charron Vineyard where we had a glass of wine and enjoyed the views.  Great day.