2012 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

It was cold, sunny and beautiful this morning in Hammond. After sparking up Lucifer, I headed to the back 40 to remove some of the ice and snow that was building up on some of the trucks. On the way out there I noticed bird tracks in the snow and on the road. They were huge! Imagine my surprise when I interrupted a rafter (as a group of turkeys is sometime known as) of birds feasting on seeds. Their anti-social side was showing as they departed rapidly to the north. A half hour later I heard foot falls and lo and behold, Bob made his appearance sporting a 5 gallon pail filled with feed for his flock. Bob has some feeding stations for his flock. He even has names for some of them including; Thanksgiving and Christmas...odd names to be sure.

After the snow removal I headed back to Lucifer's warmth to find Grant and Bob channelling their inner artiste. Bob was drawing up plans for the ramp project. I busied myself with the upper divider wall from the HUP. This ate up the morning and triggered us to head for a brunch in Rockland. The looks on the faces of the locals (who were dressed in their Sunday best) when the three of us wandered in was priceless. I guess were were overdressed.

On the way home we stopped in at Casa Vapeur to visit Guy. Guy took us on the chef's tour of his workshop and asked us to identify a few of his newest acquisitions including a radio storage box and what turned out to be a Vickers MG ammo box (pics below).

Back at the barn the boys designed and welded up a set of stops for the ends of the ramps to ensure there was no repeat of past embarrasments... This being tax time, I headed home early to do some accounting - the aim to keep money out of the hands of the tax man!

Hopefully Bob will post some photos of the radio box and the stops that were added to the ramps.

Photos:
1. The almost finished ramps
2. Ramp connector
3. More of the same
4. The boys working on the stops
5. Upper divider wall - HUP