Old Man's Corners

[AZ_HighCountry]

Another great day for working outside today. By 1030 or so the sweatshirt was off. Moved more stuff from the garage to the shed and there is still quite a bit of room in there.

Garage now emptied out to the point was able to reorganize a bit and too some much needed to time to load up some more 5.56mm ammo for 200/300 yard stages. Am literally down to just enough of the previous lot that I can shoot one more match. That lot was loaded 13 Feb 2020!


Also took some time to bob the maple tree in the front yard. Tomorrow will do the two on the south side of the house. They both need it too.

After that, the two big manzanita in the backyard get trimmed back.

This is a good time to be doing all of that before everything starts to bloom. That should be in about 3-4 weeks.

 

[Fatman17]

Giants lose a slugfest

 

[Fatman17]

Another great day for working outside today. By 1030 or so the sweatshirt was off. Moved more stuff from the garage to the shed and there is still quite a bit of room in there.

Garage now emptied out to the point was able to reorganize a bit and too some much needed to time to load up some more 5.56mm ammo for 200/300 yard stages. Am literally down to just enough of the previous lot that I can shoot one more match. That lot was loaded 13 Feb 2020!


Also took some time to bob the maple tree in the front yard. Tomorrow will do the two on the south side of the house. They both need it too.

After that, the two big manzanita in the backyard get trimmed back.

This is a good time to be doing all of that before everything starts to bloom. That should be in about 3-4 weeks.

You have your own firing range. Wow

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

You have your own firing range. Wow

LOL.......no, I don't. I'm a member of Rio Salado Sportsman's Club in Mesa. Have been for quite a few years. Now that I'm 120 miles away, to go down there would make for a long day.

Phoenix Rod & Gun Club runs regular matches at South Mountain and Desert Sharpshooters runs matches at Ben Avery in the north valley. It takes me right at 70 minutes to arrive at Avery and an hour and a half to South Mountain. So I compete a lot at those two ranges.

Up here, when the fire restrictions aren't in effect, we've a lot of wide open prairie and National Forest land.

Factoid: all of the shooting events for the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at Ben Avery. I wonder if that will be the same for the 2028 Games.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Damn. Just checked:



There goes attending the events.

 

[Fatman17]

Awesome

 

[SolarWarden]

Seems about right.


I'm not too fond of family pictures and pretty much have a serios look in those pics.... except my solo pics of my tool set and my finish work. So I understand this man completely.

 

[Fatman17]

SF on a losing streak

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Spring training games are getting warmer. Was in the mid-80sF down there today and by the weekend the lower mid 90s!

 

[Davey Crockett]

50°F, perfect for walking cats.

We paused for a few to watch traffic on Hwy 60.

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[SolarWarden]

Sometime during the 90s fastfood meals changed. I remember KFC as a kid being really good and couple of decades ago the chicken just didn't taste the same.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Maple trees are now pruned. About to head to the landfill to dispose of the trimmings. Full load in the bed of the truck.

Older fellow across the street from me is a retired landscaper. He approved of the job I did.

 

[SolarWarden]

If social media existed back then...