Oh Let the Sunshine In!
When the sun is bright, I don’t pay too much attention to the temps. It was a day that beckoned me outside. We had a walk through of the yard when Kevin and Kersten were here this weekend. I had some work that I could do before winter hit.
As of today, all of the silicon caulk has been dug out of the patio areas where the concrete was scored when it was poured . . . quite a few decades ago. When we have a sunny warm day with temps over 55 degree and less wind, I will tackle the new and improved suggestion of caulk to keep water out of said cracks.
Sunday with the winds gusting horrifically the patio umbrella blew over and we ended up with a slight tear. Down into the sewing studio stashes and coming up with a scrap of canvas and we were on to patching that tear before putting the umbrella away for the winter. It took Dennis to hold the area taunt and I applied the patch that was laden with glue. It will will hold into the future until the umbrella can no longer flap its vents.
Dennis took the suggestion of Sunday, and that was to patch up several holes in our vinyl siding. Never under estimate how far a lawnmower will let rocks fly. It doesn’t take a very large rock to fly over 25 to 30 feet and still have enough umph to make a hole in siding. We got all our equipment out and began. It went so well, that we redid one of the patches I had done earlier next to the octagon bathroom window. I had glued in the piece that had chunked out. It didn’t look very good. Dennis got a piece of siding that was hiding up in the rafters of the garage and we cut out a larger piece than what the hole was. That type of patch had done so well on the back garage that needed help, we tried to duplicate that. Worse case, it will fall off and we will try again.
The last thing that us old farts did was pick out and scrap out the aged foam that badly needed replacing around several of the bases of our doorways. We had bought a new can of spray foam and after today, our areas are ready. Again, when the wind doesn’t blow everything into the foam before it sets up.
It seemed that one thing after another went so well, there was no stopping us. Dennis is right at my elbow to fetch and get whatever I need. I stand a better chance of bending over and working with what is at ground level than Dennis. I often have thought that with his getting dizzy when he bends over to do a task. I should be prepared with a wench to help him if he would topple over. Naw . . . it’s easier for me to do it. When I no longer can, I will be thankful that today we got as much done of that type as we did and we should be good to go for quite awhile.
Enjoy the week. We sure are going to.