A Winter Guest

Of course the other half of patio holds all the mess!

 I finally got around to cleaning the patio off.  Left over old window project stuff and leaves, leaves and more leaves.
Part of the cleanup involved moving a piece of plywood I had propped up against the dry sink.  Apparently, a squirrel decided the drawer would make a good home.  When I pulled out the drawer,  I pondered as to why I might put a handful of acorns in the drawer.  Then I pulled the drawer all the way out and there was a scattering of shredded paper and even a plastic freezer bag. Tell tale droppings showed up when I started cleaning up the mess.

Obviously, I had not been working on the windows on the patio in some time and the squirrel took advantage.  The patio looks better now with things put away.

I am in the very slow process of caulking the window panes, all 30 of them.  I have not reported on the brief work on the windows because, in the midst of scraping paint and sanding, I got quite ill.  It may have been simply dehydration (80's most of the time and humid) but I felt quite badly for a couple of months. Most people dread winter cold, I dread summer heat and humidity.

This project has been another in my bouts with perseverance.  I have the windows in the garage now and slowly working on the caulking.  The garage is too cold most days and too full all the time for me to work out there, thus I am using the kitchen table.
The old window in the picture has no glass and is in very bad shape.  I am planning to scrape and paint and maybe use a sheet of plexiglass and not try for individual panes of glass.  We will see....................

I will do a blog on the finished product, if that ever happens!