We have just two rows left to install but the best part is that we no longer have any of the fussy cuts to mess with just basic straight cuts. Yahoo!
Tomorrow morning (Monday) we have to make a dump run to get rid of the last 4 non original windows. I am so over looking at them leaned up against the house. Goodbye, so long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, and sayonara. You won't be missed because you never should have been installed in the first place.
The weather forecast is for no rain or snow ALL week. So we have no excuse not to finish the shingles on the southside of the house. We really are antsy to get the east side shingled so that we can hang the secret project up. You can subscribe to our Instagram page for updates on the secret project and to follow along in between posts.
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If you don't live in this area (MI) you may not know that earlier in the week this part of MI experienced several tornadoes. I think that the last I heard was 60 or 70 houses were damaged or destroyed. The temperature was 59 degrees which is odd for a tornado. We worked outside all day and I had mentioned to R that one minute it was blowing from the south and then the next minute it was blowing from the west. The skies were getting dark so we called it quits about 530pm.
I went inside and was on the computer when my phone went off with a tornado warning alert. I actually thought it was a mistake until the sirens started blaring. So I turned on the TV to a local channel and sure enough there was not one but 2 tornadoes on the ground.
They missed us but one was heading in the direction of my sister's house. She doesn't have a basement because her home was built on the foundation of a old farm house. I called her and warned her. She is a labrador dog breeder of show doggies so she rounded them up and put them all in their crates and then watched the skies. I think she said the tornado went just south of her by about a mile. I really must take some photos of her house. They did an attached kennel that blends right into their house and future owners could use it as an office or beauty salon. It has an attach courtyard with wrought iron fence around it. It is really a clever design.
This is the time of year where we need to think about birds, butterflies, and bees AND what we can do to increase their populations.
I purchased a large bag of dried mealworms last week and already the woodpeckers have found the mealworm feeder. We also noticed that the red winged blackbirds are back and that is usually a sure sign of spring. During the winter we use sunflower seeds and thistle in our feeders.
Last week we also purchased a replacement top for a concrete bird bath base that was given to us last year. Birds like a shallow basin that holds about 2 or 3 inches of water. Don't confuse bird baths with fountain basins. Fountains basins are far too deep and the birds can't splish splash around without drowning.
We have 8 concrete bird baths that are located around our 2 acre lot. They see a lot of action especially when it hasn't rained for a while. The birds both bathe and drink from these basins so it is important to keep the water fresh. This not only keeps the birds healthy but will bring in more birds that are in search of drinking water during times of less rainfall.
Happy St Patrick's Day
May the road rise to meet you, and the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm on your face and the rains fall softly on your fields.
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