Work Around the Yard

March 28th and 29th (Sunday and Monday)

On our way back in from pulling our traps, Jason and I grabbed our electric pressure washer from the boat, which we have as a spare high-pressure pump for our water maker, and Jason decided to clean up our 27 steps. 

It had clearly been a long time since anyone had paid any attention to them and they were incredibly moss covered.  Unfortunately, the high-pressure pump, which works perfect for our water maker, turned out to be quite lacking in psi for moss removal. 
With persistence, however, Jason got the steps looking like new. 

I pulled out the chop saw, air compressor, and nail gun from downstairs and got to work on building some birdhouses.  

I wanted to build some birdhouses for the swallows this year, and I had done quite a bit of research into the types of houses that best suited the different types of birds.  It turned out that the wider boards that we get off of the pallets for firewood were the perfect width for my birdhouses.  After learning some tricks with the first one I continued to make three more. 

While we were working outside the weather kept changing, sometimes it was sunny, then it would be snowing, then windy and ice pellets, and then back to sun again.  It was quite a bizarre changing-weather day. 

The next day, Monday, our last day off before the start of our 15 day shift, it was a beautiful sunny day.  

I once again set up my workshop outside and made another birdhouse, but mainly I focused on making us a bird feeder to have at home.  It was quite nice to be out on the front lawn with the view out over the water towards Baldy, in the sunshine, doing some woodworking, and I am quite happy with how the bird feeder turned out. 

Hopefully the birds like it too!

(Sheya's mom writing: Jason and Sheya begin their next two weeks off today.)

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