A little less boring

My last post lamented the lack of "major events" around the cabin on Mossy Point. This post? Not so much.

For some very odd reason, a person or persons found the need to steal our "Big Ugly Truck".
Big Ugly is/was a 21 year old Chevy 1 ton duelly with 150,000 miles, no working A/C, headliner, rusty, dented, torn, oil leaky, no brake havin' truck. We used it only to pull the trailer and what-not.

We heard it drive off about 0400hours Thursday. We thought it was odd, but that it must have been a neighbor. In the morning, we found that our truck had been stolen. The Sheriff was called, report filed and that about it. The folks on our road have gotten together to tighten-up the look-out for vehicles that drive in and around for no apparent reason.

Here's the good news, we are looking forward to a replacement truck.

Something along these lines will do nicely. It's a good thing that God is our source.

So I had last week off from work and did some work on the cabin. Bats had taken up residence under the wavy siding of the cabin and garage. They stunk! The poop that is. I spent several hours tighting up the siding that had "cupped" and shrunk over time.

That's not all, we had camping guests over the weekend. KS and daughters with other guests stayed in the woods behind the house. Hiked, fished and in general had a nice time.



CS caught the only fish. For some reason, they were not biting that day.

AS cuts bait.

Cutie pie


On leafy pond

Miss AS sitting on Mossy Point

A little along ........

There just aren’t enough major events going on around here to amount to anything. That’s most likely a good thing. Other people I know are having Earthquakes, hurricanes and babies, and having them all one right after the other.


The onlyest accomplishment here on Mossy Point, that would not otherwise put you to sleep, is some progress on the barn. Currently, our loft is occupied by 7 cats, Miss Jerri Johnson and her kittens. We call her “Miss” because, if she is married, you couldn’t prove it. He’s not been around, does not help her in any way and must surly be an absent father. So Jerri has sole custody and has been getting by on the assistance we provide. At least she’s not a drain on the local economy. There are few things cuter than a loft full of kittens.


The barn has been sitting there for three years without the first door on it. We’re determined to have the loft closed in before Winter, and this was the first step in that direction. The track and all costs about $100 and we’re paying for everything in cash, (No credit in our lives) so one door at a time is fine. Please take note of my non OSHA compliant work platform.



I made it from left over poplar boards from the bridge. Just enough too. There are no battens on the door, but I did cut a lap joint in each to prevent weather from coming in.
The whole thing is 48” wide and 74” tall. It’s heavy. Too heavy for me to lift alone, and since I work mostly alone, the real feat was to get it up and into place within help.


Without help that is, but with my friend John Deere. It took a few steps but I got the thing up and leaning on the barn, and the wheels slide into the track. the rest involved a rope, the lawn mower and some grunting. Suffice it to say, I got the door installed without damage to either myself or the door. Next weekend, another loft door!