Saturday I spent several hours at the Ford dealership getting the Explorer's tires changed over to snows (mounted and balanced since I don't have spare rims), plus it needed an oil changed. While they were giving it a once over, they noticed there was no coolant in the reservoir. Did a leak test and found that a hose clamp had rotted and busted in two. At least it was an easy and cheap fix - although the compression test was more expensive than all the other work combined. However, I'm not complaining because if it was leaking into something, that would have been a whole bunch more. And, I used the rebate I got from when I put new tiers on the car last month, so that kept the out of pocket cost down a bit.
Beautiful day yesterday. Started out in long sleeve and sweatshirt, then down to short sleeves when I took the truck in, then down to a tank top as I did some yard work. I raked and used the leaf blower to get the leaves out from under the deck and mowed them into tiny pieces. Then raked out the drainage ditches and spread the leaves under the tree line in back. Took the planters off the back porch and consigned plant material to the compost bin and the dirt/roots went to fill in a couple of areas that needed soil. The yard is not quite ready for winter, I need to take the windmill down from the driveway garden - but it has been so nice the last couple of days, and it is supposed to continue into next week so I can leave it up for a while longer.
About 3 I went to do some reading in the sitting area out back and not 30 seconds after I sat down a chickadee literally flew into my arm. I saw the flash of feathers out of the corner of my eye just before I felt a soft bump and the little feet scrambling as he pushed back off. Tells you how long it has been since I've used that area - he was probably going to land on the chair and scope out the new water I put in the bird bath. Got to watch the feeding frenzy at the bird feeder that hangs off the back porch for a while before I started reading too.
In the evening, I started on putting together a bunch of parts that came in a 2'W x 4'L x 6" D box to make this.
Almost got the second one complete except it was missing 2 screws for the door hinges, so after a run to the hardware store today, I will get it finished. Then I gotta figure out how to get the huge entertainment center out of here so I can put the A/V cabinets in its place.
Love the bit about the chickadee. Sweet! Your new cabinets are (well, the one that is in the photo) very attractive.
No, before you ask, your dad and I are not driving to NH to help you get the old entertainment center moved out. *hysterical laughter* Too bad it wasn't home-assembled so that you could just de-assemble it.
Our leaves (well, technically, most of them are from our neighbors' trees) give me plenty of exercise in the front yard. The back yard (99.9999% our leaves) was getting so far ahead of me that I finally brought out the leaf blower. An hour later, one could hardly tell that I'd taken it down to green grass. All of the time I was working on it, the leaves were falling at the rate of several hundred/minute. Your dad has always wanted me to have the cottonwood tree taken out and it is getting to be so much work that I nearly agree to do it.
Tank tops in NH in November. Wonderful!
Posted by: Cop Car | November 08, 2020 at 10:08 AM
I got the entertainment center removed Sunday - all by myself. I'll post pics next weekend.
Posted by: bogie | November 10, 2020 at 03:31 AM
Wow! I'm impressed!
Posted by: Cop Car | November 10, 2020 at 09:43 AM