Day 972 Don’t throw stones

Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 24

7th April 2020

The thermometer hit 57 today, off came the cardigan and on came the perspiration. For once the garage was warm as I picked through the work I needed to complete.

The dresser with the new drawers was the first in line.

Some vicious sanding ensued, mainly to get rid of some stripes in the in the wood.

I tried every grade of sandpaper I had trying to rub it out. I tried power, block and hand sanding, but it defied me. I felt like I had wore the front thickness by half judging by the dust I had accumulated. I added a wood stain to see if the strips were gone, and they were.

I could hear “tick tick” from outside, I was curious to find out the source of the sound.

I found Kelli sitting cross legged in a pile of dirt, picking out stones and throwing them onto the berm. As she was sifting through the soil she was uncovering more stones.

Now I was distracted, I found myself digging up the weeds, and enjoying the tedium.

Between us we managed to clear the ground of weeds and stones, now it is ready to plant stuff.

There was a thunderstorm this evening, the sheets of lightning lit the sky. The hale was the first to hit us followed by the torrential rain hopefully washing all the dirty stones we had dug up.