Oct 1-2 - burning crap

Well, not really crap but having started with the cleanup in the barn, I'm continuing to cut up odds and sods of lumber that have been lying around (barn, garage, boathouse, shed) and using them for firewood.  Yesterday I was doing something in the boathouse and decided to cut up odds and ends of 2x6's that were in there, nothing long enough to be useful.  Many small pieces didn't even need cutting.  I ended up with a couple of large armfuls - a few hours of burning - of dry, burn-down-to-nothing wood.  Some of it is cedar; some pressure treated (or not) spruce.  

I saw that Kim & Graham and Chili (I'm assuming) arrived around dinner time yesterday but since there was no barking from Chili, Cassie doesn't know that her friends are back.  

I haven't fastened down the roofing on the boathouse yet as it's been wet.  Today might be dry enough for the roof caulking to adhere.  That stuff doesn't mind the cool - not expected to get over 50F today.  I have a bit of painting that I'd like to do before we close up but need more warmth.  

I picked most of the beans in the garden yesterday, expecting that we might get a frost.  Although it was likely colder up at the garden than here close to the lake, it only hit 40F according to my outside sensor.  

RUSA Permanents work continues - reviewing and revising submissions.  I spend at least 3-4 hours per day working on routes, exchanging emails.  There have been days when that's been most of the day - 4 months of this now, mostly 7 days per week, probably well over 500 hours in total.  The email exchanges are often multiple with those submitting routes, coaching them on standards.  The actual route review doesn't take as long as when I have to get into making changes.  There was one very messy 300k that I spent the better part of 2 hours on before the editor blew up and I lost everything.  I had to leave that one for a couple of days before getting back to it.  A 600k submission with mostly trails needs review but I've asked the person to go over it again beforehand as I could see problems even with a quick glance.  Trails are tough to review.  

Onward ...