Canadian wildfire smoke is making our normally clean mountain air hazardous! This is affecting lots of the country now, so hopefully it will clear quickly.
Jim did some grass cutting this afternoon and then spent time in the auto bay working on the rings for the wine rack...
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| High 83.1/Low 64.3 - wildfire smoke |
I had to go into Saratoga this morning, not realizing that we are once again dealing with smoke from Canadian wildfires. The sky was weirdly orange...
So after running all my errands, the rest of the day was staying inside.
Jim did some cleanup and organizing and he also cleaned the headlight lenses on my car...
Using his special rubbing compound...
Then buffing...
Cleaning the residue off...
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| High 82.5/Low 76.3 - hazy from wildfire smoke! |
It was warm today, so we made it an inside day. Jim took apart one of the old planes we got from my printer and is seeing if he can clean it up with the blasting cabinet. He was exploring different kinds of materials to see how they worked...
He bought a motion sensor light switch for the entry into the wood shop. Jim doesn't like us to walk into dark rooms, so he was keeping one light on all the time. We're testing how this one works before he buttons it up...
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| High 89.4/Low 69.1 |
Jim continues to work on the power washer. He drained the oil yesterday and ordered more. It came today so he finished up that job.
Rain coming down the copper valley sin the roof have created what looks like white streaks on the front of the house as well as some dark streaks on the trim underneath the overhang. Jim sprayed it and quickly scrubbed it...
The power washer is working great - there are still some washers that Jim wants to replace. But a light spray removed all evidence of the black streaks on the trim. Repainting the front of the house is on the to do list for the summer but it was nice to see it cleaned up well.
Cleaning off the outside lights - birds sometimes like to sit on these...
Then Jim took the power washer up to the pavilion to give it a cleaning. He first took down the empty bird nests...
There were a lot of nests...
Cleaning the floor...
Looks beautiful!
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| 7.12 - High 82.4/Low 56.1 7.13 - High 86.3/Low 56 |
Jim's new hardware for the power washer came in the mail today, so he got it all back together, including using the blasting cabinet to clean the spark plug tops...
Giving it a good cleaning...
Throwing some water on the trees...
Spraying the washer down after its cleaning soak...
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| High 79.8/Low 59.8 |
'This chipper eats big trunks without an issue - makes doing this fun!
This was the before picture of our piles...
Afterwards, everything looks clean and beautiful...
All gone! We spent about 1-1/2 hours chipping and that time makes a huge difference in how things look as well as making the woods healthier.
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| High 81.4/Low 69.1 |
Iced coffee nearby and making sure that the chain saws are ready to go!
Then it was back to the area in the woods we worked on yesterday so that Jim could cut up some of the trunks...
Getting ready to cut this tree...
Taking down this fallen tree...
Looks so good - lots of chipping to do!
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| High 85.9/Low 62.9 |
