Today was a stunningly beautiful 70-degree blue-sky spring day, and we had outside work to do. Around noon, Trevor showed up with a one-ton dump truck, and we moved the trash heaps (the old bathroom, discarded doors, etc.) into the truck and sent it to the dump. Finally, we are starting to look less like the Bumpuses. Or have I spoken too soon.... 
In light of this image, I believe I have. In case you can't tell, that is the Q, with our trusty 420-pound rope tied to the hitch, and the other end tied around the trunk of that there magnolia tree. It was looped over a branch that was most expediently removed using four wheel drive. You can't really tell from the picture, but the limb I took out was about eight inches in diameter, and it made a reeeeal nice SNAP when it gave. YEEHAW!
In other backwoods news, we have concluded that instead of spending large chunks of money at the pool store to buy glorified bleach, we would just buy regular bleach, 18 gallons of it, and dump that in the pool. I don't know if it was technically "working" but it sure did kick up a LOT of goopy old leaves and algae (see accompanying closeup) so I guess we'll see what it looks like tomorrow.
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