YUP, NEVER enough time. I was planning on getting back to work outside today but am quite sore from all the digging and shoveling of rock and the “getting up and down” from a ground seated position while wiring trench junction boxes for landscape and path lighting downhill. I am still surprised sometimes how much rock must be broken up and removed to travel only short distances. I was groaning all night long while simultaneously, and successfully, avoiding leg cramps by flying out of bed and standing on my toes. Hate those cramps – even my “fat man toe ballet” is preferable. The first couple of times poor Liz witnessed an early morning (0300-0400hrs) cramp “song and dance” (the song is actually spontaneous cursing and swearing while hobbling around the dark bedroom in unbalanced Frankenstein-ish movements) she jumped back from her bed, cocked her head to one side, and studied the performance like a paid researcher – watching every little movement with absolute fascination.

Once my muscles were under control again and I was able to sit down on the stairs (oh yeah – that’s fun – trying to make it down a flight of stairs to the fridge for orange juice with a leg cramp!   Slamming a glass of high potassium orange juice has always helped to stop and prevent cramp re-occurrence) she was right there with that familiar comforting lick of reassurance and “nosing” for a hug and scratch.  Anyway, I had thought it was a good idea to install such permanent lighting downhill now – while I could still do the physical labor myself….

lol!

Figured it would also be good to have sufficient illumination for view and identification of any critters that could potentially interrupt a pleasant night walk . What an idiot! “IF” it (the electrical project) ever gets done (I keep expanding the complexity of the project) – I’ll be too old and worn out to even walk around and enjoy the improvement!  (Oh well, others will surely appreciate it in the future.)

So today was a DAY OFF for the resting of muscles, what’s left of them (getting older is the pits) and I thought I’d play around with a video idea I had the other day during a “trench digging break” with my GSD (German Shepherd Dog) companion Liz.  Though a pleasant diversion from the trenching and wiring, this video production stuff is still frustrating because there is a lot more I’d like to include but, (all together now….) “there’s just not enough time” to do everything, much less anything, exactly as I would like –  So?  Just got it wrapped up the best I could for now because the electrical wiring project needs to be completed before the (hopeful) rain comes!

“Path of least resistance”, (electricity) like water yeah?

Later, Lew

My best to you and yours, Lew