Moving more stuff, spotlighting

Saturday we had quite a day. It was the first time I had been back to the farm in a week. It was impressive to see just how much Grandpa had gotten done there. The shop was almost completely empty and the apartment is getting very close to being empty. Grandpa and I concentrated on getting the last of the items out of his little shop and then loaded up a lot of two-person items from the apartment.

All the items from Grandpa’s little shop were put in the barn until we can find a home for them elsewhere. None of the items require special placement. It is an accumulation of items that have followed Grandpa from West Virginia, through Arkansas and now to Texas. If we find him and Grandma a place of their own, these items will follow him there.

Mama was still not feeling well but she managed to get in the mix and box up a few items. She concentrated on getting the kitchen cabinets empty. That took about twelve boxes to accomplish – and we still have not touched the plates and bowls and pots still needing to be brought to the house. We accomplished quite a lot in emptying the farm – not so much in getting the things we now have at the Chico property put away effectively. We have boxes everywhere at the house and the open spaces are beginning to fill up quickly.

Mama and I loaded up all our clothing from the closet in the apartment (At least, that’s where all my clothing was. Mama’s was stored in three totes, a large suitcase and two additional closets.) Just the clothing filled up the back seat of the truck and the back of the van. Grandma kept remarking how few clothing and shoes she owned and how little closet space she needed. That did not carry over to her daughter. But in the end, we left Grandma and Grandpa with a lot of closet space available.

Once we got to the house and began unloading the cloths Mama got to see just how big her closet is. All the clothing we carried from the farm did not begin to fill the walk in closet we have in the master bedroom. I did put all my suit coats and winter jackets in the small closet we have in our bedroom but all of Mama’s clothes fit on just one side of the closet – with lots of room to spare. She actually had full view of all her potential outfits on Sunday morning. That’s a first.

Mama is going to meet up with Connie to pick out a different piece of carpet for the closet. The piece she put in the closet is too dark for us. It shows every footstep taken on it. Not something we are fond of. Of course, that means we will have to empty the now fully organized closet when the new carpet is laid.

Late Saturday evening I took one of the very bright flashlights we have and used it to see what was lurking in the dark. There were more than a dozen deer just behind the house and one buck to the west of the house in the center paddock between the house and the barn. When I went out a few minutes later to show Mama there were two large bucks in the center paddock. One was an eight point. The other had a much taller and wider rack but I could not be sure how many points it had.

Through the years we lived on the farm in Bowie I never got to see any deer on our property. Once we get to big dogs to the property in Chico, the wildlife patterns may change there also.