Oregon City, Oregon - Week18- May 3 to May 9, 2021

The decision was finally made - we have chosen the gutter installer who will come next week and put up 125 feet of new continuous aluminum gutters and a gutter guard too!  After making a lot of calls and having two guys come out and look and give us a bid, we have chosen Cliffy's Continuous Gutters.  

We do need new gutters in a big way!!  Our vinyl ones, that were put up  20+ years ago are trashed.

Before Cliffy comes I had to paint the part of the lean-to that will be covered by the gutters (the walls can wait until another time),  I came up with quite a miss-match of boards to get a functional ladder on uneven grounds.

By the time I got to the second coat of brown, I had figured out a better ladder support system and felt much safer.

We're still cutting and stacking wood nearly every night...this method uses a big worthless log rather than a concrete block.

The last time Dad mowed the lawn, the mower did a terrible job!!  We needed to take off the three blades and sharpen them and also to scrape off the caked (cemented in) mass of grass clippings.  It was an awful job.....bits of grass and dirt dropping into your face.

I worked down in Sector 2 all week cleaning up where the top of a cedar tree crashed down around a nearly dead alder tree.  All gone now!

Jessica and Bev texted me asking if, for Mother's Day, I wanted to go on a hike or go out to breakfast or maybe out to lunch......I replied that I'd love a work party in the woods.  So, on Saturday morning, Jess and Bev and Clara-Jude-Ruby-Jane-Abby, and Paul came over as my wonderful gift.  

Bev and Jess were magnificent - it's like seeing myself and all of my energy 40 years ago.  Jessica went right down to the creek and started grabbing branches and hucking them up to Bev who, in turn hucked them up to me.  It was pure beauty to my eyes.

The grandkids - well, they did pick up sticks and throw a few on the fire, and Jude played in one of the creeks, but they did witness a great deal of work done by their moms.

Paul saw a ladder leaning up against the barn and asked what it was for.  I told him I was going to climb it and then use a brush to pull off whatever debris I could.  Bless his heart....he proceeded to clean off the whole roof of the barn - saved me a lot of stress and time by doing that.

Clara's birthday is tomorrow; she will be ten.  Her birthday was celebrated Sunday.  She chose a Harry Potter theme.

Warren made the cake with a bunch of golden sniches adorning the cake.

A robin has built a nest in the lean-to - look up at the top to the right.  Whenever one walks close to the opening, the momma bird flutters noisily away so we obviously know where she and the nest are.

Ruby created art work on the porch.  There was a lot of chalk footprints in the living room.

Next week - the gutters are installed and there will be more cleaning in Sectors 1 and 2.