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Thursday I mowed the back yard.  Then while Leofwyna went to her household meeting I worked on the sniglet project.  Friday I mowed the front and verges, watered the veggie beds and helped Leofwyna do some pruning on the maple trees with her new toy.  At a rummage sale this morning she found one of those tree saws and pruner blades on an adjustable eighteen-foot pole and talked it down to $20.  We figure we've already got it's value with the trimming we did today, and all safely from the ground.  I also got day two done with the cinnemon pickles... a drain and vigerous 'wash', a three-hour cold water soak followed by a two-hour simmer in a vinegar-water-alum-red dye solution.  Drain and replace solution with the boiled vinegar--wate-red hots-and-sugar syrup that will be canned up with the cucumbers after next Tuesday.  Meanwhile I need to bring the sweet-vinegar syrup to a boil each evening the next four days and pour back on the cucumbers.   And, oh joy, Haldana sent enough more big cucumbers home with Leofwyna Thursday so I have a single batch to work through which I'll probably peel and start the lime soak Satuday evening.  Fortunately, once the first double batch is completed it can wait in the refrigarator a few days while I complete the second batch and we can can it all up in one time.