In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Do you think the racoon was keeping the squirrel away? They do that ... one animal in a nice place can keep other animals from the area. If the first animal should vacate, something else can (and in my house will!) mosey around.
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It's possible, but those trees have been there since well before I bought the place and until last spring the only animals I had in my house was an occasional mouse, which I can't imagine would have scared off any squirrels and were rather infrequent to begin with.
I think this squirrel must have seen access into a roof like this somewhere else and knew that it was a good idea or something. Otherwise I don't see how it would have picked the top of a roof with shingles as the place to start drilling.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Well, we're making progress on various things. Latest project is to install shelving in the garage so hubby has a place to put his stuff and turn the space into a more useable workshop. We bought the plywood (Baltic birch, nice stuff) a couple of weeks ago when we went to the lumber yard but were waiting on some lag bolts and brackets, which finaly arrived. The lowest shelf is going to be extra-strong because it may serve as a temprorary sharpening station/benchtop; that shelf was installed yesterday. Today DD and I sanded the shelves in prep for oiling them, making them (I hope) more resistant to wear and stains/dirt.
I hope we finish the brackets tomorrow, and oiling the shelves soon after that, but I had to call a temporary halt on the garage-work for some overdue house cleaning.
I have to say the coronavirus is helping us save money and fix the house. We used to go out Fridays for lunch, which I miss, but I don't miss the drain on the pocketbook or the hole in the schedule.
There was a retirement luncheon scheduled, and as a former coworker I was invited, but it was just canceled. I learned from my fellow retirees that things like zumba classes and line dancing classes have been suspended for a month. I suppose the month will give them time to assess the situation. I also learned that Kaiser Permanente, a ginormous HMO here, has sent out notices that over-60 should stay home as much as possible.
Or, as Chris Martensen explained the new paradign: #staythefuckhome.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
YAY rain!
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
YAY rain!
Glad to hear that Kiki. It's dry in my neck of the woods for a spell.
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I'd like a drought over here please. Could you send some of that West Coast weather my way when you get a chance?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'd like a drought over here please. Could you send some of that West Coast weather my way when you get a chance?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Dry weather just got here and I want it to stay for a while.
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Lady that I know has asked me to pick up some hand sanitizer today. I will but I hate the stuff as I react to the alcohol in it.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'd like a drought over here please. Could you send some of that West Coast weather my way when you get a chance?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Dry weather just got here and I want it to stay for a while.
Good luck.
I've had 5 years straight with heavy to record rainfall in my area.
I'd like my poor house to get a break from it until I know I've done all the work outside I need to do.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:It looks like most of the rain tracked Washington and north. You really DID get our rain this year! No wonder it seemed extra soggy where you are.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Glad to hear that Kiki. It's dry in my neck of the woods for a spell.
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