2021 Spring Blooms

 For your enjoyment!!

3/28/2021 - 6:05 PM - Here We Go Again!!

 We are sitting here watching the news when 

we hear a couple crashes out back.    I had been

watching the trees from the front across the

circle sway as we listened to the wind.

Boom Boom Boom Boom 

Yep more limbs just crashed onto the new

roof and deck.  There is a 12 to 14 footer 

laying between the fence and the circle 

bed.  The trees to the west are swaying 

like crazy!  More to come.  You know

what I'll be doing tomorrow!!

The weather report states 21 mph winds!

3/29/2021

2 hours later I have my yard back!!   What 

a mess!!  We had several limb that hit the 

ground with force that they were 4 to 6 inches

into the ground.

Spring 2021

 Last Saturday was the official day of spring but

we are still seeing chilly mornings.  Last date of 

frost is April 15 so we still have some time to

wait before moving everything out of the 

greenhouses.   

I mowed the lawn yesterday and the grass is

filling in nicely except in the back where I 

would like to remove it and put in gravel.

But will toss out more grass seed.

We have put down the first fertilizer with

moss control and that has helped kill off

the moss.   The next dry day I'll spray 

what is still living.

The spring flowers are finding their way

upward to bloom!  By may the iris will be

in bloom.  We are seeing clematis starting 

to grow.  I lost a couple of the younger ones

due to the snow.  Guess more clematis will

have to be added?  I have been pulling weeds

as it's to early to use the round up.  Today I

will be planting the Datura seeds collected

from last year.  I decided this year not to cut

the roses back and may kick myself for it

but have also given them all their first dose

of fertilizer.

We are also talking about mulching the yard

if the hand can handle it.  When you see bare 

ground it's time.  I also want to paint the house

this year and change the colors.

The gardens will open after May 1, this year

as we are still working on the damage of the

yard from Feb. snow and ice storm.

2021 Projects

 This is the year of projects that didn't get

done in 2020.  With the storm in February

we have now had to add more to the list.

We started off with the new roof after finding

the wind from the north had lifted up the 

shingles and we just decided to bite the bullet

as the roof was only 18 years old.  As many folks

that have seen the roof were shocked at the

fact that is was so clean and still had life.  

But after the limbs came down we knew

it was just time.

We had a lot of damage so as you can see

from the other post.  We really want to thank our

insurance company for covering the damage

and yes letters with to both the neighbors whos

trees did the damage.   Our roof company was 

so great and I can't thank they enough!!  The

guys really did an awesome job!!  Clean up

was also done daily and the inspection was

completed on 3/9/2021!!  It passed!!

Before:

After:

Next project will be replacement of the 

LeafGuard gutters due to we have had 

several issues with them and had to go

to the Attorney General of OR  as

they refused to take care of the issues.  

We have had them looked at by several 

contractors and they all agree the sooner

we get them off our home and get

gutters that are correctly put up the less 

headache we will have down the road.  

Don't put them up!!

We will be putting them on Craigslist.  

We can't wait to get them removed.  

When the weather warms up we then 

will be painting the house, shed and 

fence!  Lots of projects to be done

this year!!

3/11/2021

New gutters were installed, again thank

you to our contractor for a beautiful job!!   

We went with a heavy industrial style of 

gutter which is easy to clean and we are 

able to remove the debris.

A big thank you Interstate!!  We highly

recommend this company!  Very

professional, great workers, and 

no damage to the yard!

#LeafGuard Removed:

These will be listed on Craiglist!!

This past week we have had several

folks contact us about them but

these are already precut and folks

just don't have the ability to move

them.  We are giving them one more

week then we will be cutting them 

up and recycling them.

Why are so many folks removing

their #LeafGuard gutters?

They don't work and a total waste.

3/25/2021

We can now say our property is 

#LeafGuard gutter free!!

We had 6 folks inquire about the 

gutters.   The fifth guy came totally

prepared to get them and was going

to use them on his workshop.  We sure

hope he gets them to work for him.

Those folks that did stop really admired

our new gutters.   It is nice to have gutters

that work and don't leak!  

3/26/2021

Today was the day I ordered the 20 cubic

yards of med fir mulch.   Then went out 

and purchased 6 gallons of paint!   It will

be nice to have a change of color.

3/30/2021

Mulch was delivered.

I also decided to add black mulch to the mix, so I

will start off with 8 bags of it.

It is also time to edge the grass area.

Time to add the mulch!

4/6/2021

The last of the mulch was put in the yard today!! 

Now taking the next few days off before starting

to paint the house. 

4/10/2021

Spring cleaning/carpet cleaned was done today

and all I have left is 4 windows.

4/12/2021

Looks like a nice warm week to start the painting!

4/21/2021

Still painting!!  : )  But not today, tree trimmers

next door.

4/27/2021

Still painting  but hope to have it done by this

weekend.

4/29/2021

Today I finished the house!   I can also say the 

shed is 2/3 done with the south end going to take

at least 5 days. Plus I have the fence and deck to 

paint.

5/20/2021

Today I finished the shed!   But DH said I might

give the peaks another coat of black.

Here is the photos taken:

Time now to plant the garden and take care of

the plants.  

I will tell you, we are so glad we removed

the LeafGuard gutters when we did, they 

were doing damage to the house.  I had to

scrape so much damage off before painting.

If you watch the commercials where they

show a lot of water coming down, that is

your LeafGuard gutters!!   We had water

coming from behind the gutters and it's

how they were installed.  They don't work

at all if the water comes down from behind

the gutters and debris goes into the gutters.

So they will have to come out to clean them.

I will tell you going to the industrial size

gutters was the best thing we did.  Easy to

clean!!  They sure are doing a great job!!

Wonder what the next project will be?

GardenBuddies Closes

The cyber garden site where I hung out

and shared alot of our garden photos has

closed  their forums.   It is a sad garden

day as I made several gardening friends 

there and I will miss them from all over

the world. 

Thank you EJ!!

Surgery

As some of you know I took a

bad fall in the fall of 2019 and

then covid hit.  I knew I did 

damage to the hand and back

but no way did it stop that 

year of gardening.   So at my  

recent physical the hand was

really swollen so back to the 

sport doctor to have it looked

at again.  More xrays and steriod

shots, plus different meds.  Physical

therapy was ordered and that has 

really helped.  I have to do thing

in moderation, not to keep going

until things are done.  A lesson that

will be hard for me to learn.

Swelling in the hand was still an

issue and the steriod shot helped

very little.  So it was time to see

a orthopedic specialist.  The first

of two surgeries was done on the 

24th, with the second to be done

in the fall.  So I'm left handed for

a while.  

Then I became allergic to what they used

to clean the hand, what fun!!  Should be

a 6 week recovery if I don't use it.  It is so

nice to have the shooting pain up the right

arm stopped.

Now I have to be careful of the back and

not over use the hands.

5th day out and I can remove the bandage

and clean off the orange stuff they used

to clean the hand and arm.  Thanks goodness

for Benadryl!!  Feeling much better and

less pain up the arm.  Lots of bruising 

and swelling but that will go away.

3/1/2021

Still bruising but the swelling is 

down some.

3/10/2021

Two weeks out and soon the stitches

will be removed!   Bruising is almost

gone and I'm still dealing with the 

thumb issue.

3/12/2021

The stitches have been remove with some

issues so I'm still 2 weeks no use until it

re-heals.  Bruising is fading and less pain

in the wrist.  Still having to wear the brace

and the thumb is still painful, surgery when

the pain becomes unbearable.   Need to 

repaint the house first.

3/22/2021

Healing nicely and starting to use a little

more.  Still tender to the touch and the 

thumb is still painful.  Just glad the shooting

pain up the arm is gone and the swelling is

mostly gone so I can use the fingers.

Our Home Is NOT For Sale!!

 I don't know about you but I'm so 

sick of the postal cards and letters

from Real Estate folks wanting to 

buy our home due to they have a

client that wants the house.  

STOP:  NOT FOR SALE!!

We used to have them stop by 

and have found out that one neighbor

was sending them!  But ya know we

have never gotten a real offer, no money

has ever been offered.  Don't waste

our time!!  If there isn't a sign out 

front then it's not for sale.

Let us save you time and effort.

Our asking price is well over $500,000

as the County has stated our lot 

can hold 3 houses!

Again yesterday (3/25/2021)  we

received a card asking to buy our home!

Love the photo that was taken some 8 to 10 

years ago and it was taken a block away.

It was shredded right away after reading it.

NO amount, old photo and no I'm not calling

the number.  Why??  To me it's a scam and

worthless!!  Some lazy ass real estate person

that doesn't get it??  If there isn't a sign at

the curb, again it's not for sale!!

Well our house price just went up to $750,000

You can thank Jessica for that.  Again we

get this postal card, please call or text me!!

Sorry it not going to happen!!  No business

name or even an offer.  What a waste of time!