Random This and That

The pool made it through the winter. We weren't sure how an inexpensive above ground pool would fair through our midwest winters but it did alright. We lowered the water below the filter lines, put winterizer in it and covered it with a pool tarp and then coated it with this blue shrink wrap to keep the cover on. It worked for a few months before our crazy wind got it off. So we re-shrink wrapped it and it made it into February before once again blowing the cover off. This time we just left it off since it was so close to spring. The down side to not recovering it was the water started growing stuff so we had to pump it out (fried our pond pump doing this) and scrub it down. I hope this fall we are able to come up with a better solution to keep the cover on. The kids are sure enjoying the pool again this season.

I had blogged about our progress on the walnut grove fence project. Sean welded the fence along the front of the property and we were able to get cattle panels attached so no goats make a run for it through the large areas in the fence. We are pretty happy with how it turned out. Now we just have the other three sides of this never ending project to finish.

Things are still weird in our world regarding coronavirus. Most restaurants have reopened, some with their lobby open some still with only curbside pickup. We've started a fun tradition of picking up food and going to a nearby church lawn and having a picnic dinner. We were finding our food was soggy by the time we made the 30 minuted drive home so this way we enjoy these beautiful evenings and have fresh food. It's a win win!

A couple of years ago we stumbled upon a local bike trail that connects several small towns around us. Wesley and I have ridden it before and had a great time so we invited my folks who were still in town for a ride. Greta also joined us as she's become a pretty confident bike rider. It was sure fun! We will have to go again soon.