Phil hanging up his laundry

Brother's Brent and Phil have gone home.  For the short time they were here they left their mark.

- Put in a diverter on the downspout of the house gutter.  It can divert water into a large garbage can I have on the deck and use to water the flowers.  Around 1/2' of rain will fill up the can.

- Take down the blinds in the living room.  Dunder has finally had his way w/ the blinds and they no longer work.  Will replace them when I replace the windows.

- Installed the Roku stick in the spare bedroom's TV.

-  The dead tree that had fallen over one of the paths is now cut up and I have a few more pieces of wood for the winter.

- Glued together some tiny wooden ornaments that had broken (again Dunder's doing).  I wasn't sure how to keep them in place while the glue dried but the guys do.

- Made a small patio of concrete bricks for the tete-a-tete chairs to set on.  I won't have to move them now when I mow the grass.

- Laying drain tiles over the draw between the front 80 and the back 80.  Between Phil and Neighbor Blake there is a passageway now for the mower to pass.

- Brent went through the lilac bushes that make a 'hedge' 20' out on the SW and SE sides of the house pulling woodbine that trailed in and out of the lilac branches. 

- Mowed the lawn & trails.   Cultivated the garden (which meant pulling off the lawn mower attachment, putting on the cultivator, and then reversing the process).  Trimmed around the house.

- Cleaned and brought in the bird houses for the season.

- Broke apart the wooden support for the aquarium.  It was well built but a year after getting rid of the aquarium seemed there was no other use for it.  Made great firewood.

- Cut small trees that would have impeded my view out to the hills and the small trees sprouting up in the meadow.  (Wouldn't stay a meadow long if those weren't annually removed.)

- Replaced a cob light in the work shed that had burned out.  (Thought those things were suppose to last 15 years?)

- Walked the dog and fed the cats while I was away at the Fair.

There were probably more things they did that I forgot to write down.  Hopefully, in-between all of that they got in some rest and relaxation.