A Day Off?

This is what can happen when your Chainsaw's auto-oilier ain't oilin'. This happened the other day whilst Our Fuzz and His Sweetie were cutting a bit of firewood.
At the right you can see the Spiffy New Chainsaw Bar that The Fuzz was forced to purchase.
There was an old nasty tree over at the old place that had to get cut before we could get some taters in. So he took another vacation day and took care of that.He did get most of it cut up. What's left is not in the tater bed, so we may get them in yet.
After that, He and His Sweetie hauled off the trash. Tomorrow, it's back to the Busy City Garbage Routine.

Twisted

For some reason this can be seen better if one clicks on it.
The Fuzz has no idea why.

Shed Update 2/17

Here's a bit of an update.

The Fuzz finally got a bit of the walls up.But, they are calling for rain again this weekend.
And there is something we have to take care of at the old place. So there won't be much construction going on this weekend.

No Work

Well, The Fuzz hasn't gotten much done on this shed project. Mostly because it's been-

Freezin' Cold!

He and His Sweetie did get a bit of firewood in this morning before his trusty chainsaw tore up.
But just so you have something to look at, here's a pix of some sorta fungus he found the other day.

Thursday's Work

Thursday Evening

The Fuzz had to build a bit of scaffolding to get those last pieces on the end. He still lacks the ridge piece. He might not get much done today, though. He does have the plywood for the walls. But we need a bit of firewood too.

Wednesday's Work

When we last left Our Fuzz, he was still lacking the two edge strips.
The uphill side was handled from a step ladder. But this downhill side was another matter. It was too high to reach from the stepladder. It could be reached from this "real ladder", but there was a problem. The 1x4 (B) needed to be fastened at the edge (A). But the ladder was needed to reach this. And once the 1x4 was installed, it would be impossible to remove the ladder, since it was too long and would bind when the bottom was pulled away.
The Fuzz handled this by temporarily screwing a piece of scrap to the ends of to of the rafter extensions. This enabled him to get the first two screws into the 1x4. Once this was done, it was just a mater of working his way along the rest of the eave, since the 1x4 would now support the ladder. (where screwed down)

After this, it was just a matter of screwing down the tin. He had to work carefully up there, but be sundown here's where things stood.

And-

On Tuesday...

It started out as another cold morning, but warmed up pretty quickly. The Fuzz made a fire for the fingers, and then started on the 1x4's. Eventually the tin will be screwed down to these. As can be seen, the structure is quite light. The Fuzz is hoping he can get away with this since we have little snow load to worry about around here.
It was a slow go however, working in awkward positions up there. He had to work his way up from the edges, using the previous strip for support. He finished the first side by lunchtime, and took a break. The second side was a bit more difficult to get to, in the beginning. Below is a look at how things stood when he quit for the day.He still has to finish the two strips along the edges.
The long extensions to the rafters are too springy to nail into easily. Using screws instead seems to be working better though. And he still needs to deal with that troublesome tree.
This morning it is raining just a little. So The Fuzz and His Sweetie will go out and try a new Coffee Shop. After that, perhaps he can get started on the tin.