Today and yesterday were beautiful Indian Summer Days. With that said, it is the three days prior that were cold and damp. Yes we got snow and gray Seattle skys and the weather was the pits. I say this not because we got snow but because it was damp, miserable and so out of place. But all is forgiven and we are back to our beautiful southwest weather.
The Friday before last when I was in town picking up supplies for a sign I am working on, I also picked up a penetrating product to use on our Vigas (these are 8 inch in diameter log beams that are traditionally used throughout the southwest since the time of the early Anasazi cultures) and other outside exposed wood. So today I was finally able to start applying it. I got one that has some pigment in it which added some color to the faded wood. I also applied it to Lintels over the doors and windows and it sure made a difference. To keep the wood on our house and gates from looking too new, I had let them weather for about two years before I applied and sort of finish. Anyway, I am hoping that the weather holds up for a few days so I can get this project done. Tomorrow will be out as I have to head down to Albuquerque for an eye appointment I have at the VA hospital. Yeap, I guess I am a socialist just like all our Congressmen and Senators. Hey, I served and I will take what the government is offering me.
Those strawberries that I was keeping an eye on out in the patch got hammered by those three damp days of frigid temperatures. I mean they got down into the teens over night and never went above freezing which meant that we did not do too well with solar gain for both our heat and our electric. Fortunately we had enough wind to keep our two wind turbines producing.
I'm just taking a break from working outside and will be heading over to the wood shop to do some work on a series of knives I am in the process of making. Yeah, woodcarvings, carved signs, knives, solar, and the Solar Ranch to take care of, I am wondering how I find time to sleep, let alone work on my blogs and keep in touch with my friends and family. Damn, how did life get so complicated. Back in the early 90's I packed up the bus, trailer, and pick-up truck and headed west to Taos and the simpler life, so what the heck happened? Ah, maybe I do suffer from an adult version of ADD. Seems when I was a bit younger I could do this juggling act and enjoyed it as well but now it is starting to wear on me like a heavy, soggy old coat on a wet day.
So out to the studio I shall go and put another coat of varnish on the Twirl sign and set up my knife grinder so I can start the next step in getting those guys done. If you are interested in following my knife making adventure head over to my carving blog at carvinginfo.blogspot.com
Catch you next time with another Rambling from the Desert.
Terry R. Wolff
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