Tired

Worked very hard today at the grass cutting.  The person who was doing it is sick and I can see it won’t get done unless I do it. 

After finishing place looked fabulous.  And it wasn’t just me that said so!

Making a map

Was very excited today to learn how to make a map using a GPS app.  It took a bit of time to get the app working (I hadn’t switched on the GPS on my phone properly), but I loved doing it once it started to work.  Have still got a lot to learn about the best software and spent a lot of time fiddling around with it.

In the end the best I could come up with is the above, but it will be fine as a basis to use in my art software.  This is the map I am doing for the Audio Guide.

Cashew trees

Recently we have been doing a huge cleanup in the cashew area so that we can get it ploughed.  This has included pruning the trees like this one so that they now look very different.

With all the lower branches cut like this it will be much easier to do the picking.  Although I have very mixed feelings about the pruning as I think it would be nicer for the tree if it was left to grow naturally.

Catch up day

As I didn’t get a chance to catch up with everything yesterday I have had to do it today.  And ended up with a bit of a headache.  A lot of people are suddenly coming and we still haven’t refurbished the cabins.

I have had to put someone in this one even although it isn’t quite finished.  Fortunately the volunteer is someone who works for the Alaska wildlife agency and spends from May to September each year out in the wilds counting various sorts of wildlife.  So I presume she will be able to cope here.

Audio companion finished

Have spent all day working very hard to get the audio companion finished.  I am pleased with the result.

I found that I needed to go outside at regular intervals and took the opportunity to go and look at the ponds.  Which are now nicely full.

Work interrupted

Had planned to take a lot of stuff to Transition School today for their vegetable garden.  Couldn’t do so because the approach roads were so bad the van would probably have got stuck.

Will just have to be patient and wait until everything dries up a bit.

Mud

After hours of rain our two approach road are like quagmires of mud with an overloaded lorry stuck on one of them.  This is the other road which is just about passable although it has had a JCB on it churning everything up.