* Removed enough overgrown weeds and vines from around the pool to make it presentable for the evening pool party.

* Cleared all fallen trees, limbs, and branches from the yard.
* Mowed the whole yard.
* Hosted the annual neighborhood 4th of July picnic in the front yard.
* Participated in the traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence at the picnic. Can you believe people were rolling their eyes?

* Sharpened the blades on my lawn mower.
* Went to a history talk about the iron forge site in the local state park.
* Inspected the bees. They are doing well.

The future fed-bot could be modeled on me! Anyway, here are my accomplishments this week:
* Review the master plan for the "revitalization" of an underused industrial area in my county. It's a scheme to enrich the landowners.
* Installed new friction brifters on my touring bike.

I reminded him that my part of the county does not have a high school.
* I figured out why my bike wasn't shifting well on the front derailleur, and I fixed it.
* I helped a neighbor till some compacted soil in his front yard with my tractor. He gave me a bottle of whiskey.
* I drank some whiskey.

* Helped a friend research historical land records associated with a free black farmer in my town in the early 1800s.

* Moves the frames from my 8 frame hive into the new 10 frame hive I put together last week for the swarm. Which absconded as soon as I bought hive components. The next swarm can go in the 8 frame hive.
* Had the roofers come out to inspect a possible leak.
* Cooked a delicious pot roast, with mead.

I ended up getting myself a Chromebook. It does what I need to do, maybe you can look into one for yourself. Here are my things:
* Removed the mite treatments from the beehives, inspected, and added honey supers. Maybe some will be ready for harvest next week!

Cool! I love my Birdweather PUC device. I obsessively compare it with Merlin and my direct observations. What prompted my analysis is Birdweather keeps hearing shorebirds and waterfowl, and I live on a forested hilltop. LOL. Setting the score threshold to 6.0 helped with that.

Went to a workshop on the future of Columbia and Howard County hosted by the library system.

* Captured a swarm of bees from a tree next door.
* Purchased and assembled bee hive components for the swarm to live in.
* Analyzed 2 months of data from my Birdweather PUC device. It sits outside and identifies the birds that it hears. I adjusted the parameters to reduce false alarms.

Every day I work on something interesting with no stress. Interesting things include watching birds, taking care of the bees, gardening, cooking, and riding my bike. So here are my top five accomplishments:
* Inspected the bees and did more varroa mite treatment.

• Treated more bee hives for varroa mites.
• Attended an "Arts for All" meeting to plan for the art work at our new community center.
• Transferred the remaining baby chicks to the neighbors after dogs ate half of them overnight.
• Cleaned up what was left of my broody box.

* Traveled to Cincinnati and helped my sister install two packages of bees and do a hive split.
* Reviewed and provided feedback on the "Complete Streets" project to add a bike lane on a very busy road near my house.

* Went to the BWI Roundtable Tech Committee meeting, and gave feedback on the Maryland Aviation Administration's annual report.
* Listened to the "Coffee and Conversations" call with new director of the MAA. She said nice things about the Roundtable.

* Treated some of the bee hives for varroa mites.
Yes there is a theme here. It's still too cold to jump in the pool yet.

* Planted the tomatoes, peppers, pole beans, and peas. My son back from college helped.
* Led a bird walk for my wife's friends and colleagues.
* Dug up paw paw saplings and gave them away to friends.
* Reviewed the requirements for the consultant analyzing airport noise for the county government.