Finally got this years tax forms finished up. For anyone out there who wants to go on the road full time like I have, you should note that filing your income taxes may become a serious problem if you don't plan carefully. This year, alas, it wasn't quite as easy as it has been in the past. Part of the problem was of my own making, such as not keeping a copy of last years filing with me in the trailer, and part was in other  matters, such as my personnel mailbox store going out of business, making it harder for me to collect some of the documents I needed. In the end though, it all got done and the good news is that there will be some money being returned at some point... so Yeah!
   After that there was a little time left over to get out doors and enjoy the day. There was time to fill up the horse trough with water and move a bunch of tree limbs over to where they can be cut up for firewood later on. Also went out and raked and shoveled some of the gravel that had been delivered yesterday so that it was evened out a bit more than it had been left.
   Once done with that there was just enough time to catch a shower and get in the truck and head into Blacksburg for the evening. Rima and I had a nice, and unique meal at a little hole in the wall Ethiopian restaurant. Spicy lamb, chicken and potato, cous cous with dried fruit and some lentils with tomatoes. All of this eaten with a slightly fermented bread, enjeer, they make, that looks like a tortilla but is more like a deliciously edible moist towelet.
   Once done with dinner it was off to a friends house to attend a house concert they had planned for the evening. Paddy Keenan from Ireland was the headliner this time around. A player of the uilleann pipes, he was both a master musician and a wonderful teller of tales. Uilleann pipes are  'sort of' a version of the more common bag pipe, in that it also uses a bag, it has a 'chanter' to play a melody on and it has several drone pipes that give the tune that background droning sound. The sound is just a bit more muted sounding and therefore you are capable of sitting in a small room and listening to music from a uilleann pipe. A fun evening of music and conversation, but it was soon over and time to head on back to the house.
    Today I'm going to take it a little bit easy. There are some asparagus plants that need to be planted and some brush to clear. There is also a couple of trees that need to come down, but those are low down on the list of things to do. I think at some point there will also just be some sitting on the deck and watching the deer time.