Even More Spring

The Fuzz keeps finding these signs of Spring. Whilst walking back from the mailbox, he saw these little bits of color in the driveway. And they are indeed Red Maple Blooms! Back when we used to keep bees, we looked to these as a sure sign of Spring. They're one of the first things the little buggers can work.
And then there are the Crocus, another sign of good things to come. The Daffodils are out too.
The weather has been warm enough (just barely) for The Fuzz to ride to work by motorcycle too.
And lastly, here is another sure sign of Spring.That tree is down, and Our Fuzz got the old Tiller out. Here's a look at our Tater Bed. The Fuzz and His Sweetie got 'em in the ground this past weekend.
The next project is window screens. We took down the ones we had when the weather turned cold to wash the windows. Unfortunately, the flies took advantage of this. The Fuzz and His Sweetie ripped down some 1x4's, while over at the house, for this project. He knocked the first one together after work yesterday. Alas, there are no pix. But The Fuzz says he'll get some up soon. (Maybe!)

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.

Yesterday

The day started out rather cold and gloomy.
The Fuzz decided it would be in his best interest to start a fire. Not wanting to make a fire pit in the work area, he wanted something to contain the fire. While he was puzzling over this, he noticed an old wash tub that had been discarded by someone out in the woods. So he brought it up and started a fire.

Who needs one of those fancy fire pits?
The first thing, as it may be recalled, was to extend the eaves a bit to accommodate the accidentally longer tin. The Fuzz used some 2x3 stuff from that infamous Home Improvement Store. This turned into a most of the day project. He also discovered, that one of the small trees (at arrow) that had been clear of the roof, no longer was. This will have to be taken care of today.Here is a look at how things stood as of yesterday evening.
Well, it's 30º out there this morning. It's time to go out and light that fire again. The Fuzz will let you know how things turn out.

New Week

Just so you know, we have not dropped off the face of the Earth here. Suffice it to say that The Fuzz has been busy elsewhere. But now for the exciting part. Our Fuzz has taken this week off from the garbage business to work on the Shed Project!
Last week he made arrangements to have the tin delivered. As you can see below, it is here.
But when he saw it (he was not home for the delivery) he noticed* a discrepancy. Although he had ordered 10' tin, here we see 12' tin!
But the design (and framing) calls for 10' metal up there.
On consideration, it was thought that extending the eaves the extra 2ft, could provide some useful sheltered space to store garden tools and such out of the weather. So our Adaptable Fuzz picked up some materials to add some light extensions to this roof.When it gets light, and he has finished this post, The Fuzz will get started on this. We will attempt to keep y'all informed on the progress of this exciting project.

*This was discovered by noting the difference between the 10' ridge pieces, and the 12' stuff!