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Little blue Audi...
and the Harley...
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Along the western border of the property, there is a hedgerow of "self planted" tree... a mix of different species... spruce, fir and what might be a maple...
While dragging the debris to the compost heap, I noticed a rock peeking out of the bushes... It was bigger than I could lift but I was able to use leverage to get it into my yard cart... I added it to my growing collection of rocks for my wife's future landscaping.
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Kinda looks like modern art, right?
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A place for everything and everything in it's place? I replaced the tubes in the tires last week and I wanted the wheelbarrow outside of the shed so there's more room inside.
The deck is made of stamped steel. As the blades throw everything around, the likelihood of dents going through the paint and allowing rust is very real. So this undercoating designed for vehicles should help keep things intact. I'm very glad I undertook this project because the quality of the factory paint under the deck wasn't stellar. The top is nicely done but underneath where the action happens... not good.
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Before...
After...
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This would be so much easier if I could see what parts are done and what needs help. Oh wait... lol
Well, there it is cleaned up... including stairs...
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Brackley Beach...
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New wall lamp fixture...
The string of lamps was long enough to reach around the entire perimeter of the roof. Melikey!!
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I only had one gallon of the deck wash as I wasn't sure it would work well.
Clearly it does made a difference... The one gallon did about half of the deck.
I went to town and grabbed a second gallon of deck wash. When I got back, the wood was mostly dry... Still looks much better!!
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Second half of the deck finished...
Drying in the sun...
After my walk, I hit the beach to take a few pictures...
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Sunset this evening from the deck of my mancave...
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This was such a messy project... After I swept up the insulation, everything was still covered with dust so I vacuumed, then wiped everything down with a bucket of water.
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I decided to rake out the patch where the tree which fell during the hurricane last fall with the notion of throwing down some grass seed...
I kept hitting roots and some of them wouldn't budge so I decided to dig...
Long story short, this is what I dug and chopped out... I think I'll need some topsoil to top it up...
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Screen box...
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Front hedgerow trimmed up before i seeded...
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I'm going to be having an outside entrance to the basement added so I decided to take dirt from there, screen it for rocks and use it to fill spots on the front lawn. I shovel dirt onto the screen, use the rack to work it back and forth, then push the rocks into the wagon.
Rocks are being dumped in this area which was very muddy in the spring...
The previous owner was required to replace the septic tank when it failed inspection. He decided to save a few bucks and do the backfilling himself rather than allowing the company who installed the tank to do so. To be fair, it might have sank regardless... but I've topped it up for now... and I'm working on topping up several other spots which make riding the lawnmower kinda like being on a bucking bronc.
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The picture makes it look small but yeah... so much sweating...
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Living room... my wife dislikes the colour of the feature wall... and not even a fan of the gray walls either... She's already primed the baseboards (they were black before) and I fixed the holes in the wall.
Meanwhile in the basement... they're breaking the floor around the perimeter of the foundation and trenching to install perforated tubing and a sump pit...
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Inside view of new doorway cut in foundation...
Outside view...
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Living room in new paint. The gray is a heavy duty primer so the red doesn't bleed through.
The plan is for me to build and install a feature wall like this one...
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