a day late and a dollar short

Didn't get this posted yesterday. I was trying to remember what else happened and ended up going to bed. My posts even bore me to sleep.

Last week I managed to get the trim pieces cut and attached for the garage door openings. Didn't really get much else accomplished during the week.

This weekend was mostly cloudy and drippy. It wasn't good weather for finishing up the garage project, so we ended up doing thing in the yard. Derien did get the nail heads on the trim primed and an additional coat of primer on the visible knots before it became obvious further painting or sealing was out.

A lot of time Saturday was spent mowing the lawn, even though there was the occasional raindrop, because it had been two weeks and the lawn really couldn't wait. Derien weeded around our most recent dozen high bush blueberries. We got most of the lingonberry patch weeded. Spread some grass seed on various thin spots in the lawn, not the best time of year for that, but getting it done at any point during the year is good. Finished the day with trying to move a good sized chunk of granite (maybe 300lbs) up an incline to get it from an area we mow to the nearest rock wall. Got it started but ran out of energy before getting it done.

Sunday we finished moving the big rock and the collection of somewhat smaller rocks from the yard to the stone wall. It is a New England tradition moving chunks of granite. I'm sure people have been doing it on this property for nearly 300 years. Funny how we never run out of rocks. Task number two for the day was harvesting peppers, got a lot, didn't finish cleaning off all the plants. Next was cleaning up the portions of the garden which had gone by and gotten overwhelmed by weeds. Finished the day with finishing the lawn and cleaning the chimneys. Came off the roof via climbing down the ladder, which is the desirable way to dismount.

Today I took the check down for the property taxes then came back and made some oversized cages to go around the above mentioned blueberries. The cages are basically the same as the tomato cages I made years ago, but 2ft larger in circumference. The deer can reach through the squares in the reinforcement wire so we will need to wrap these in smaller mesh wire to really protect the plants.

The days are getting shorter. When I get up in the morning it's dark out and if I work outside until 7pm it feels like time to go in. Hard to believe it's almost September already, where did the summer go?

you can call it caulk if it gives you joy

When I was a kid I never was any good at doing those models where you glue the tiny plastic parts together and paint the little grey pieces. My brother built a lot of models when I was a kid. He would slowly work away at them over the course of weeks, carefully gluing each piece and letting it dry. His models came out looking good.

I on the other hand was complete and total crap at the whole model building thing. I would end up with glue all over everything and would stick almost everything together except for the two pieces which I was intending on bonding. It didn't help that I had zero patience and wouldn't let things sit long enough before I tried to fix the next bits on. For a long time I had a poorly assembled jet with glue haze on its windshield hung from the ceiling of my bedroom.

I think I only left it there to remind myself of my failure and remind me not to waste my money on another model.

Some things don't change. Today it was sunny and warm so after work I was applying sealant to the siding joints on the resided portions of the garage. It is a job I am truly shite at. I end up with sealant everywhere. Apply twice as much as I need and end up taking half off. Fortunately, this is water based stuff so the mess wasn't lasting. The good news is that eventually it will be covered by paint and it'll be very difficult to see the smears. I think if I live to be 90 I still won't be able to build a model or apply a decent bead of sealant.