Friday, May 19, 2006

Crazy Times



Boy oh boy. I have been gone for far too long. Since I last posted, much has been happening. I decided to "redo" my lawn. Unfortunately, the project is still in my midst. Simply put, I failed at an attempt to till my lawn to prep it for new grass. I now know the answer to "Why are you tilling your lawn?", which so many people asked before the dark day. The answer is, "Because I didn't know what I was doing." That's it in a nut shell. I didn't know what I was doing and for some reason thought this was the best route. I now of course realize it was not the best way. In fact, I will never. NEVER. Do that again. By the end of the day of the pitiful experience, my arms quite literally felt as if they were not attached to my aching body anymore. Even though I was out of commission for a few days, the worst part was knowing the job had failed. By the time I reached the front of the yard, my body was so beat that I was not able to spend the required time and therefore left enough of the ground unchurned that I may as well have not done anything. For this plan to have worked, the end result would have produced a few inches of loose dirt across the whole yard. Instead, there is pockets of loose dirt and islands of sod remaining. Some islands a bit bigger that others that really shouldn't be called islands at all, more like... Continents.

Despite my current state of knee deep in... Dirt. I was able to get a bit done on the yurt. (I did not mean for that to rhyme.) I now have all roof poles cut and lightly sanded. I have the holes drilled in the base of those poles. I also started work on the crown that will be placed over the roof ring. I went with a design that can be found among the traditional yurts of Mongolia. I would like to setup the structure to begin cutting the canvas, though my yard is not.. Well, it's "not." SO, while I'm waiting for a professional to come and fix the lawn, I am seriously considering moving the yurt in order to work towards it's completion. If I waited for grass to grow, I may not be finished with the yurt for a very, very long time. I think it's time I put the nomadic purpose to the test. My next post can be expected to be from somewhere that offers a nice soft resting place.