PROGRESS !! MAYBE OUR CONCRETE SURVIVED WITH ONLY GUINNEA HEN FOOTPRINTS.. ANYTIME I BUILD ANYTHING , THERE IS ALWAYS AN ELEMENT OF "I'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER.." THIS TIME IS NO DIFFERENT..SO I AM BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL GEOMETRY --- 2 POINT FORM A LINE-- 4 POINTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN ALINE-- THATA ARE ALMOST IN A LINE ARE IN FACT 3 LINES ALL BY THEMSELVES.. OR... MOREE PROBABLY GO FROM A TO D AND SKIP TEH B AND C ONES..
PIPE THAT FITS INTO OTHER PIPE IS KEY TO THIS FRAME----SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I REMEMBVERED--- IF YIOU DRILL A HOLE IN THE OUTSIDE PIPE AND WELD A NUT TO IT YOU THEN HAVE A VERY USEFUL ADJUSTABLE SCREW-- THAT WILL COVER ALOT OF NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS
I HAD FIGURED USING MY OLD"OZARK" TENT-- WHICH WORKS, BUT IS FLIMSY.... THIS IS SUCH A NICE SURFACE THAT I THINK I WILL TRY AND MAKE IT SLIGHTLY MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE... ( I.E. RECTANGULAR) AND HAVE A NICE SITTING PLACE TO TALK WITH THE DONKS--- I TRIED WITHETH PICNIC TABLE AND TEEPEE- BUT THAT NEVER SOLD... THIS SHOULD BE NICE... MAYBE... YOU CAN SE AT LEAST THE BACK PART OF IT WHICH WILL BE THE BACK PART OF TEH DONKEYS AS THEY PICK AT HAY. .
THERE IS IN TOPSFIELD A FREINDLY WELDING COMPANY -THEY ARE VERY PATITENT WITH ME AND SOME OF THE IDEAS I GET... IT IS NOT A SIMPLE MATTER FOR A WOMAN TO WALK INTO A PLACE LIKE A WELDING COMPANY FULL OF PIECES OF IRON -- AND MEN SMOKING CIGARETTES...
THE WORST WAS TEH DAY LONG AGO I DECIDED TO COPY THE 2 WAGONS I HAD BOUGHT WHEN TEH ANIMAL FARM CLOSED-- THEY WERE HEAVY DUTY-- WITH BENCHES WHER THEY WOULD HAUL 6 PEOPLE -- PER WAGONN-- AROUND THE PLACE THEY HAD A long string of these pulled by a traCTOR... AND TEHY WERE BUILT SO BOTH FRONT AND BACK WHEELS TURNED SO THEY TRACKED INTHE "FOOTPRINT" Of TEH TRACTOR TOWING THEM
I DECIDED I NEEDED MORE WAGONs TO TOW BEHIND THE DONKEYS IN PARADES -- ( WHICH WAS A MAJOR SOURCE OF INCOME WHEN MY KIDS NEEDED TUITION---) i made ( caqused to be built) 3 light weight bicycle tired 4 x 8 "parade floats" -- this is the story behind the 3 "portraits" in the arena... of bush, clinton, and perot..
TEH 8 DONKEYS,+ MY BENNINGTON VEHICLE, THEN THOSE 3 TRAILERS WAS OVER 50 FEET LONG- AND IT MADE US MONEY--- IN MOST PARADES WHEN YOU HAVE HORSES- YOU HAVE TO GUARENTEE TO PICK UP ANY "DROPPINGS" BECAUSE OF TEH HIGHSCHOOL BAND MEMBERS WHO DON'T WATCH WEHRE THEY ARE MARCHING...
i towed a small red wagon behind those with bucket and shovel aND SIGN THAT SAID "THEY ARE ALL FULL OF IT"
TEH REST OF THAT STORY IS THAT IN THE SALEM MASS... PARADE-- THE PEROT WAGON BROKE AN AXLE SO WE HAD TO PULL THE PIN AND LEAVE PEROT BEHIND.- WHICH KIND OF PREDICTED PEROT'S FUTURE ANYWAY.
WE JUST LAST WEEK UNCOVERED THE SECOND OF THOSE HEAVTY DUTY WAGONS I BOUGHT-- I HAVE USED ONE FOR TEH DOG BED FOR YEARS.. NOW TO HAVE THE SECOND ONE OUT ...LOOKING FOR NEW TIRES... I AM NOT SURE WHY BUT WE COUD DRAG IT AOROUND SOMEWHERE !!
I HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF COMBINATIONS OF PARAde displays -- a crib with pups beind teh queen size bed..
-fancy canopy tops there is no end...
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IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE! I HAVE HAD A COUPLE URGENT HEALTH SITUATIONS COME UP WHICH LANDED US IN THE HOSPITAL A FEW TIMES BUT ELVIS HAS BEEN FABULOUS IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL!
WHEN WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL WE STARTED THE SUMMER SEMESTER OF CLASSES, WE ALSO MOVED INTO OUR NEW APARTMENT WHICH ELVIS AND I LOVE! WE WALK TO CLASS AND TO THE HOSPITAL WHICH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME WITHOUT ELVIS. EVERY DAY I AM REMINDED HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR SDP, ELVIS HAS ALLOWED ME THE FREEDOM TO DO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS WALK TO CLASS WE HAVE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME AT THE BARN WATCHING BELLA HAVE A RIDE ON BLUE!
ELVIS REALLY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE THESE PAST FEW MONTHS FROM ALL THE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HE REMAINS HIS COOL SELF, MAKING SURE HE IS RIGHT BY MY SIDE WHEN I NEED HIM. WE ARE DEFINITELY BOTH ENJOYING THE WARMER WEATHER ☀️CURRENTLY WE ARE JUST BALANCING A NUMBER OF HEALTH RELATED THINGS WITH SUMMER CLASSES/LABS BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY READY TO ADD IN SOME ADVENTURES SOON!
LOVE FIONA AND ELVIS ❤️
