ON THE YARD LIGHTS: after returning from the beach last night, C and I tweaked the lights. Turns out one whiole 'zone' of lights was not wired up to the power supply. That's why the lights only sorta' worked on Friday. Once I fixed that detail, we got virtually ALL the lights going. We then spent about an hour repositioning and tuning. It became clear right away that, with the lights positioned so as to line the sidewalk, the yard looked... well, contrived. When we started moving the lights back away from the path, into/under/behind plants that we wanted to showcase, the yard started to really *pop*. Suddenly, we could make out the garden's highlights as localized spots. And we still got enough ambient light to help C navigate the path safely.
So, lights are DONE DONE DONE. Really, finally done.
ON THE TILTED TWISTER PROJECT: R and I started the build process for this particular Mindstorms over the weekend. Intriguing process, as we're following computerized build instructions generated by Lego Digital Designer software. It's cool, AND it takes some getting used to.
ON THE YARD: the front yard grass is growing in nicely; big difference over the weekend. It actually looks like a lawn! I need to mow a portion of the front yard tonight! We also have all the yard debris picked up from the front of the house. Just in time, because yard debris pickup day is tomorrow. Once the current batch of juniper branches and cuttings are gone, we're caught up on the yard pile, too!
Practically one year to the day we snuck over to the Cottage and performed a sneak attack on the out-of-control yard debris, I can write the following:
All I have is a small list of quickie tweak-and-tune tasks left to complete. Honey, pick up the tools, vacuum the floors, put away the laundry, and hold that garage sale, because we're DONE!
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