This is the time of year when you realize summer's almost over and yah better get to it if you're gonna get your projects finished. One thing that's in abundance is wood to split. While I put a good dent in the spruce piles, there's still a lot of aspen left. Now aspen's different than spruce (Splitting Piss Pine 9/23/16), you need to debark it if you want the wood to dry out, so using the axe to clean off the outer bark adds a lot of time to the process.
There were several dead aspen near the house that had to go, so now the wood needs to be split.
It's a lot easier to strip off the bark if it hasn't dried onto the wood yet.
The other project is to finish painting the house. Last fall we got most of it done, but put off doing the eaves, since the gutters had to be removed. Always put off the jobs you like the least!
After painting the eaves, the gutters are reinstalled. Lost count of how times the ladders had to be moved to remove and replace them. The sanding and painting was a breeze in comparison.
A selfie of a happy homeowner who's almost finished another summer project. I'm really smiling on the inside, knowing I'll soon be drinking a vodka tonic and watching a hockey game!
I know what you mean about being happy a chore is done. So many times I left the driveway on my bike feeling guilty that chore X wasn't done yet. Now that the big house painting chores are done I won't feel that way...for a while.
ReplyDeleteWith the short summers you get up north, it's hard to reconcile going out to play and doing all your chores. It's a rare day when you can do both!
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