We Do It All

We have just finished the warmest winter in ten years but the horizontal snow this week and 3o mph wind gusts make it an arguable point. The 60 degree day predicted for today is really sounding good I just hate the weight of all these winter clothes. Yesterday I donned the backpack blower and removed frozen leaves from a wooded lot where they have accumulated for several years. I uncovered a garter snake in full hibernation, the snake lay on top of the leaves for ten minutes before it got enough circulation going to slither away.

Some of the many deer on our property seem to run the same route each day. A trio with two babies and a mama with a broken leg get very close to our house which really gets the dogs riled.

One of the tasks on our current job is to power wash a small garage and playhouse. The weather cooperated enough on Wednesday to get the garage finished. The garage door needs some work to make it easier to operate. The door is the design of the previous owner and is an engineering marvel all home made with a hand poured counter weight used to hold the door open. The central slide bears all the weight and the result is the door is terribly bowed. We will be trimming the door, installing new pulleys and reinforcing the glide rails.

The old steep driveway is being filled but first we removed the glacial stone that held the hill, we were surprised by the size of some of the rocks. We have used some of them already and plan to use others for a wall and rock curbing.






The well house was destined for destruction until I got to thinking a little more about it, now we are going to make a great planter out of it. Robert will power wash and once it is filled with flowers it is gonna be really sweet.

In order to build the new car park I needed to have our friendly stump grinder Gary come out and remove this three foot behemoth from the car park entrance. It is nice to start out the year with a job that has a lot of variation and too much heavy lifting.