Journal of Progress--August 23-30, 2020

 Think of the difficulty of eating watermelon without hands.

 

 

 We have been sorting boxes, some of which has been in storage for five years.  It is sometimes a surprise to see what we own.  Most of the boxes just get stored away until the house is in a state where we can finally find places to put things (like books or souvenirs).  However, Barbara did decide to do one item of decoration.  Since our freezer is an integral part of the kitchen and we really don't want anything per se on it, Barbara decided to put this runner that her sister-in-law made for us and a rooster carved in the Dominican Republic on it.  It is an easy removal and goes very well with our coloring for the room.


Don wanted Barbara to clear the counter so he could work on the corner cupboard in preparation to installing the sink cabinet.






Years ago, before we got closed in, a terrible rainstorm soaked our subfloor, causing all the edges of the panels to swell dramatically. Now's the time to fix them. Using a level, Don finds the high spots and marks them with slash marks. He also circles any screws he finds, which will have to be removed.


Using his circular saw set to cut only 1/16" deep, Don carefully removes the high spots. He could use a belt sander, but it's much slower. The resulting rough finish doesn't matter, as it's going to be covered with plywood anyway.



We had a terrifically high, bizarre wind on Sunday August 30.  The picture below is on the east side of the house.  The heavy door mat was blown off.
These chairs holding up the hose to the water tank were all folded up by the wind.  This is on the south side of the house but a wind from any direction could have hit them.
This heavy door on the west side of the house was blown open and hit the wood nearby hard enough to pierce it.  Which direction did the wind come from?  Seems to have swirled around the house.



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