My husband feels well exercised and with good reason.  Among other things yesterday he decided it was past time to remove the winter ice tires from our winter-equipped vehicle, and replace them with the all-season tires, given the lovely weather we've had recently.  And now that he has replaced the ice tires, hauled them all downstairs to the basement, the long-range forecast for Monday is that snow is expected.  Which won't provide all that much of a challenge, to be sure.  And now the job's done until the reverse must be accomplished next winter.

When that was done he drove the car to an auto equipment establishment to have a trailer hitch installed.  It's been almost two years we've been without one, when the old car was traded in for this new one.  The knock-down trailer that had served us so well for decades is going to be put back into service on occasion when we have to get loads of garden dirt and sod to replace the pathetic mess that has been left of our lawns thanks to our local hungry crow population seek out those fat grubs that have installed themselves in the neighbourhood.

My husband took along the folding bicycle we've also had for slightly longer than the trailer, so he could ride it back home again after leaving the car to have the hitch installed.  That was roughly a half-hour bicycle ride, up an initial steep hill with a bicycle without gears, so he mostly walked up the hill.  And the return trip necessitated that he use the bicycle again on the way back hours later, to pick up the car.

These things done, he will address himself to a myriad of other routine tasks that must be undertaken every spring.  This year, however, he won't have the onerous work hanging over him that he had undertaken last spring, when some of our house windows and their frames required remediation work to secure their continued functionality.

Eventually, he'll be able to sit back and just enjoy the finer weather we're anticipating.