Luckily the parts that are missing or broken don’t seem to be terribly critical to our success. All four walls are up, the doors are hung, and the roof is on. All that was left were a few screws to go in, shelves to be properly affixed to the wall, and the window panes need to go in. Oh and the ceiling vents need to have new mesh cut out and sandwiched in their frames to go up in both peaks. This particular version only has one set of double doors so it was fairly simple to put together. The giant wind storm missed us so all of our work didn’t collapse under the strain of its own weight before we managed to complete it. The roof went on yesterday evening with very little trouble. Strike it from the list. Best part is now the patio furniture can remain on site, and winter in the shed instead of having to haul it all down to the farm and toss it into one of the few drive sheds with a lockable door. Should make fall clean up a little simpler.
It is now Friday of a long weekend. School begins on Tuesday. We shall return to our regularly scheduled lives in short order. Which reminds me, I need to go to the Taekwondo gym and pay my eldest daughter’s membership fees for the next six month block. I’ll do that early next week. Right now I’m focused on the weekend and all the clean up we’ll have to do. My lawn is littered with leaves and sticks etc from the storm. We didn’t get anything like what downtown saw, but it was enough to make a mess here.
On the plus side with all the rain we’ve had recently I won’t need to water the lawn, my fruit trees, or my pumpkins any time soon. I am happy to announce that all four of my brand new fruit trees are alive and well. I kept the Nectarines, Peaches, Combo Plums and Pear trees alive for the hottest and driest portion of the summer. With any luck some of the larger trees might bare fruit next year, or possible on the third year in the same spot. I look forward to seeing them mature and establish themselves in our yard.
What’s even better is that the wind storm didn’t take any major limbs out of our sick Maple. I would really be upset if the brand closest to the house had come down on the house just like I want to avoid. That would have made me very upset with myself for not braving the heights, and forcing myself to beat the odds to remove it safely last week while my whole family was at the cottage. I got scared of the heights, wasps, wind, and flexing of the ladder and stopped. It showed growth and maturity, but it has also left a big potential threat overhanging the house. I need to find a safe way to sort it out before calamity strikes. A torn roof, shattered window, ruined gutter combo would really piss me off. I need a chainsaw on a stick with 18 ft of range!
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