A very generous benefactor sent me funding for a GoPro and other Boot goodies, so I've been trying to figure out how to do a proper timelapse with it so y'all can see our progress on various projects.
Here's a very short glimpse into Day 1 of deconstructing the mass in our home at Plot 2.
Had a really nice Saturday. Chris and I took Judy over to the Lab to rescue our truck. It was about 25F out, so it was a breeze to drive the truck up the hill from the draw down by Cat Pond. Whew. Dropped off tools and such, then headed to Missoula. Picked up some cat food for our babies, then headed over to lunch at Michi Ramen. Oh. My. Goodness. I had the most delicious bowl of ramen and I never wanted it to end. The pork melted in my mouth. The broth was so oily and thick. It made my mouth so happy. So many delightful flavors. I nearly closed my eyes after every bite to savor the tastes and feels. Mm. Then we rolled ourselves over to the grocery store to pick up odds and ends and more/different sources of protein for our meals.
Came home, sifted through the Boot seed pile and picked out a few varieties I'm looking forward to sowing. I'm torn between the spray and pray method and my usual neurotic 'everything is labeled and I have spreadsheets of information about it all' method. Because I doubt I'll have the time to baby everything like usual, it'll probably be spray and pray with a little bit of 'I think those things got planted in this area' thrown in this year. I then read a lot about building log bee hives, watched a few videos about it, shared all that info with Chris and Kyle, then began concocting plans for future log bee hives on the plot. Gonna need some huge, curved chisels to carve out those logs. Then finally got my GoPro emptied and started figuring out what the videos on it were. I'm excited to learn more about how to do the time lapses and other whatnot. It apparently took videos in some instances when I wanted it to be time lapse. :facepalm: I'll figure out how to speed that up so y'all don't have to sit through listening to our struggles as we work on our archeology dig site. :)
Also got a great, quiet nature video of listening to the ice in our little ponds crackle and pop. It's slowly editing because I'm taking the time to get rid of the wind noise throughout the video. I'm going to need to get an external mic with the fuzz on it to keep that from happening in the future. The video is peaceful to listen to though. You can hear a chickadee singing at one point. There was a bird call I didn't know, but Fred was able to figure out through sleuthing that it was a Red-Breasted Nuthatch. Cool! I love learning about all the living critters around me!
My hand is significantly less puffy than it was. Though my fingers are turning all sorts of dark purplish-red colors where the bruise extends up onto them. The connective tissues/tendons between the metacarpals is very tender. The bones/knuckles don't feel broken though. The pain definitely extends from the outside of my hand to the inside of my palm though. Any pressure on the middle of my hand either from lifting something or banging it against things throughout the day has elicited a wince at the very least. I may wrap it next week to remind myself to take it at least somewhat easy for a while. My bestie is convinced I fractured something. My other bestguy thinks I just bruised the bones and it'll take six weeks of healing. I kinda hope they're both wrong because fractures are inconvenient and six weeks is a long time when I have things I want to get done.
For now, it's time for sleep. Have a great rest of your weekend, folks!
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