It’s been a busy month for us here at Mercury Ranch.  But just to make sure you have a solid perspective on things, please go read this post about putting on your perspectacles. (Don’t worry, it will open in a new window or tab, so you can easily come back here to finish.  I’ll wait.)

Did that help whatever ails you?  I hope so.  Now.  Here’s what’s been happening around here:

San Antonio House:

• Yard is holding it’s own.  For now.
• Got trimming and edging done.
• Got new neighbors.
• We had a bountiful fig harvest, and the second crop isn’t ripe yet, so we’re likely to get more (assuming they ripen while I’m in town).

The Ranch: I got the deer feeder and game camera installed.  I’m going to go check on it next Monday.  I hope the camera chip is filled with interesting things.

The Store: It’s been so dry, I haven’t wanted to stress the grass any more than necessary, so I haven’t mowed.

The Shop:

• Mr. L has installed more lighting.  He’s about two-thirds done with the shop area.
• Mr. L has moved my Jeep onto the lift in preparation for installing the rebuilt transfer case.  He has just the power take-off unit to go, and the driveline will be completely rebuilt.
• Mr. L moved the woodie body to where the Jeep used to be.
• We moved the woodie wood kit to the shop and have it in a dry place lifted off the floor (just in case)
• We’re preparing to haul automotive items to a swap meet at the end of the month, so that stuff is pulled out and preparing for pricing and loading onto two trailers.

Central Texas House:

• While I was in San Antonio, Mr. L rearranged the blue room and moved a lot of stuff out of it to other parts unknown — presumably where the stuff needed to be
• It’s been dry, so the yard didn’t grow much, but I still leveled it with the mower deck at the highest setting and generated three bags of clippings.
• I picked pears from our pear tree.  Tasty. I estimate about one-third of a bushel of pears.  I wasn’t able to reach all of them, but the birds will enjoy them.