Wintertime
Thanksgiving on the Ridge
November 28, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
Finished the Roofing the Contractor Missed
November 21, 2015 @ 11:10 amI just added the foam bits that block snow (we had our first snow today) from backing up the metal roofing, where it meets the house – that section has flashing over it – but the contractor hadn’t put the closed cell foam in the spaces under the flashing between the ridges on the metal roofing. Snow would work back inside there, melt, and cause havoc to my house.
Pics showing the foam bits I installed between the flashing and the metal roofing.
This contractor was a friend of a friend. Oh well.
Anyway, now the roofing over the front porch and back sunroom should be secure from the weather – providing the pitch on the front isn’t so low that it water and melting snow standing on the roof don’t work their ways through the screws holding the roof down. Or where the roof panels overlap. Because …
The contractor hadn’t put in any goop, in the seams, like he said he would before he started.
Also, while I was removing the screws holding down the flashing so I could put the foam in, I saw they were too short – and just grabbing the wood 1/8″ or less, or not at all. I used screws of proper length – grabbing the wood for 3/4″ inch.
Also, when contractor was securing beams to house to support roofing, he drilled right through the bedroom walls of the house.
What a lesson this roofing by contractor was. Ouch!!!
Evocative in Black and White
Barrel Stave Porch Pillars – Caulked for Painting
October 21, 2015 @ 12:33 pm
Started on the porch, two weeks ago. Initial focus on the original barrel stave porch pillars. Beautiful work.
Put them back together, caulked the seams, plugged and caulked the open holes … after chipping away all the old loose paint and caulking.
The center pillars have gotten two coats of white paint, since these pics were taken. The outer pillars just one. They all need another coat or two – but that’s going to wait until next spring.
Then do the floor. And finish the railings.
Honey Bear Harvest
September 15, 2015 @ 7:15 pmKathy and Steve just finished another harvest. This time, straight into the honey bears …
This batch of honey has a caramel taste to it, I think. Love it. Some more pics …
Loving those bears …
That’s a cat.
And that’s enough of that. Had two pieces of buttered toast today – one with our spring honey, and one with this new late summer honey – and that’s a bit too delicious to think too much about.
Muskrat Damage to the Pond
September 2, 2015 @ 11:39 amOuch … those ratty muskrats!!!
Just one month ago …
And now, this …
So, I managed to get off one good shot
Just one shot, for many many hours of hunting, sitting still, in a chair, down by the pond. Had ratty in the crosshairs, pulled the trigger, and he dived. No blood. The next day, he or another muskrat, was seen crossing the pond with a mouth full of plant matter. They are so careful. Trapping’s the only way – and I haven’t been able to find their hole, this season. Not yet. And now, it’s too late to save the pond – but I will eradicate those muskrats, this year, anyway.
Some Muskrat Damage
August 10, 2015 @ 11:05 am