Friday, May 13

Some assembly required...

Got my Mueller Steel order today.  Now the question is - how to make this pile become part of the greenhouse.  Finished off the week with a Friday the 13th fish fry - Thanks Lynn and Michael!  83,94,49,0,W 

more rocks...

Met up with my buddy JLP (frequent blog commenter) and Sandra at the GrubShack for breakfast...then the tour.  Three generations of longhorns on hand - Benita, Beatrice, and Penelope.  I really enjoy showing long time readers the spread.  Although we have just met for the first time - it's like we are old friends.

Afternoon tour for my friend Stephen King (not the writer).  He is the Odessa branch manager for Mueller Steel in Odessa.  http://www.muellerinc.com/   He has been following the progress at TFL since my first purchase.  Really glad he had a chance to come down and see their products as I have put them to use in real life.  I really gotta hand it to Mueller - they are VERY customer friendly. 

Did my "new cow" routine this afternoon to try and bond with Penelope.  Being so young, she doesn't quite get what range feed is yet but I finally managed to scratch behind her ears so I think she knows now that I'm OK.  She also figured out that my house is a good place to scratch her chin.

Late shift in the shade and I was back in the thick of it chopping out more rock on the NE end of the greenhouse.  Been rather labor slack lately so I figured it was time for some hard work - just to get it out of the way.  82,91,42,0,B

Dasymutilla gloriosa

Mixed day...fuzzy bugs, bike parts, roofing and gutter delivery.  89,96,67,0,B

Odessa

Made the long round trip to Odessa today. It is a tough one day trip which called for precision planning.  Got an eye exam for a new prescription at Eye Masters (like Lens Crafters).  My old eyeglass frames where filthy and just about worn out - the lenses scratched and paint splattered.  Finally got around to getting a new set with frames I ordered last year.  My glasses were ready in one hour. 

Found some glass at Home Depot to make a couple of new solar ovens for some folks that have expressed interest.  To my surprise, I also found that HD had the transparent polycarbonate I need for the greenhouse roof - 10 bucks cheaper than the Do It Best builders supply store there.  Will have to make another trip in about two weeks to load up which is fine by me because I didn't have time this trip to lunch with my buddy Guy Hodges at Hooters.

Visited the great staff at Mueller Steel to order more materials for the greenhouse (and dropped off some FL tshirts and Benita postcards for them).  They have all been following the progress since I bought the first load.  Had a nice time with the gang - they are an integral part of the Field Lab Team.

Left Odessa at 4:30 with a big storm behind me and drove into the dark abyss of a storm south of me.  Got rained on from Monahans to Alpine.  The roads were dry as a bone by the time I got home....not a lick of rain here today.  86,101,70,0,B