Dangerous Winds
The winds from the south and southeast were horrific. Gusts to 40 mph and settling in at 27 mph. Not a good time to be under large trees. I knew it felt warm outside but I wasn’t prepared when I came in and realized it was 85 degrees. Ignorance is bliss.
After the full day of work yesterday these two older ones on Stauffer Avenue were going to take it easier today. I took Dennis at his word this morning and slept it. By nine I was awake and dressed. Successful morning! When I came back from my walk, Dennis was busy. Today was his day to take the shutters off of the patio porch. All needs to be a blank slate when painting is in the plans. Since the patio porch was added to our patio in 1998, it has been painted several times. Each time the shutters have come off, the lightweight plastic has shown signs of wear and tear where the screws have pulled through the plastic, needing to have a new spot for the screws to be replaced.
Dennis has made it known that these shutters are going to replaced after the paint job. I agreed. New plastic ones will be purchased. What I didn’t realize was that the currant shutters were coming off before some of the screws were taken out. That’s where I came in. Taking screws out of wood calls for caution. Screws that have been in place for a decade have rusted heads and it doesn’t take much to strip the heads. I can say that there was one screw that is still in place of the 36 that were holding the shutters on. It was one that was bent when put in. That one screw is down next to the Koi pond and will be sawed off. I can live with that.
I had worked the project so I could stay out of the sun and in the shelter where the winds could be avoided. What I had not expected was to have part of the garage’s ridge roll flying off of the roof. The gusts of wind had torn the ridge roll off of the nails that had held it down. Dennis spent a minute looking at the roof and he was off in his red pickup to find “people.” As of this afternoon are grocery cup is short by $25.00 and the ridge roll on the garage is again secure. Small towns are amazing. Someone will always know someone who can fill a need.
We have had another successful day on Stauffer Avenue. We actually wouldn’t need to mow our grass as we don’t let grass grow under out feet. Older ones still have it.