I woke up at 8 and got up to have breakfast. There wasn't any wind this morning, so I told Ellen that I wouldn't be going shooting with her. Instead I went out to poison the environment.
I backed the mower out of the garage and put the battery in the sprayer. At first it wouldn't work when I opened the sprayer valve. I actually hit the pump with a hammer before I realized I hadn't turned on the power. I'm definitely getting old.
After that things went smoothly. I sprayed the remaining 6 gallons in the tank and then filled it with another 6 gallons. That was enough to do all of the gravel including the driveway. When I finished I cleaned out the sprayer and put it away. Then I parked the mower in the garage. I still have to do the mowing, but I'll probably wait until next week.
I really wanted to get all of the poisoning done today, so I got out the Casoron and put it all over the lower part of the gravel. I didn't do the driveway because there isn't any weeds growing there. The whole operation took about 2 and a half hours. When I was done I put my clothes in the washer and took a shower.
After that I had leftover pizza for lunch and then sat down for videos. I watched them for most of the rest of the day. I did stop for about an hour and go out to the garage. I fabricated a couple of parts to substitute for the missing part on the Wrangler. I'll install the tomorrow.
Ellen fixed steak for dinner. It was good. Abby liked her share, too.
The weather was cloudy in the morning today, but cleared up a lot in the afternoon. I'm hoping that it will be clear for the eclipse. It's the last one that I will see in my lifetime.
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