Check the calendar – it’s Dec 1st ! I’ve got a positive trend going for timely blog posts.
November weather was a roller coaster. We started out with average temps (40’s/50’s) then a cold blast with snow on the 10th. A week later, we got back to average temps until Thanksgiving with a return of cold & windy stuff – with more snow tonite !
I spent a number of days raking leaves this month and I’m not done. I have not completed moving a mountain of leaves from our property. Estimating I am 70% done. Any good news ? I started out and focused on dad’s yard and managed to complete leaf removal from his yard/home. The volume/amount of leaves in his small yard was… impressive. We enjoy State and National forests in South-central Indiana. The bill is due in the Fall. lol I also agreed to remove leaves from the yard of dad’s neighbor. The couple is in their 80’s and I mowed their lawn this year. Probably 40% of their leaves are waiting for me. The city used to haul off leaves if homeowners piled them along the curb. They elected to cease providing that service last year (no one’s property taxes went down). That means loading the leaves by hand onto a very large tarp laid out on my car hauling trailer. I have temporary sides installed, so I can pile the leaves 3-4 feet tall. Pull in the sides and tie it together, cover with a smaller tarp, then drive that rig to a farmer located near Bloomington who makes rich topsoil. It took 8 loads/trips for dad’s yard. It’s much easier at our place. All I have to do, is blow them from the mowed yard to the forest on our property to the west.
Meanwhile… back at the house. We knew Travis and his family would be visiting for Thanksgiving. Having family house guests, meant completing a few tasks, I had safely procrastinated since their last visit a year ago. I am pleased to report, the toilet in the shop’s 1/2 bath is fully operational. Our living room coffee table was disintegrating and in danger of collapsing. Took that furniture out to the shop, and returned it to the living room later the same day, looking just like new (if you squint your eyes).
When I wasn’t raking leaves or fixing toilets, I got underway on the storage shed. The building inspector approved the location (verifying setbacks, etc) and I assembled the perimeter framework (see attached picture). Really hoping the really cold and snowy weather gives up in early December, so I can complete leaf pickup – and – make real progress on the shed between now and Christmas.
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