I haven't had much seat time lately.
First, the fall rains got everything saturated, then, as winter approached, the temperature here has been up and down like a yo-yo. We have only had two plowable snowstorms so far. One was before Halloween and the second was before Thanksgiving. We got enough to turn things white just before Christmas, but not enough to require plowing, especially on my soft unfrozen driveway.
Late today, I did get a brief tractor session in. The ground was quite frozen, so no danger of rutting things up. I started out just to run the tractor a bit to warm it up and make sure the battery was charged. Then, I remembered some limbs that had fallen out behind the house. When I got those in the bucket, I decided I better load up something more to take out to my "rot in peace" pile. I had a small brush pile that I wanted to remove. I loaded almost half of it in for that trip. By the time I dumped that load, it was almost dark, so I headed back for the garage. On the way, I noticed a small pile of wood that I had forgotten about. (I had cut a small ash tree as an afterthought when I moved the shed.) So, I loaded that up, took it to the cellar entrance and stacked he wood inside. I finished up using the headlights.
It was great to get some seat time again, and to get a little "puttering" done with the tractor!
I have retired from a "career" job, but have become all too busy with what was originally supposed to be a part-time, seasonal job. It has turned into most of the time, for most of the year. The money's good, but it cuts into my tractor time! Between that, the weather and various holiday activities and obligations, seat time has been scarce. I better enjoy it when I can get it!
