yesterday's work

yesterday the Excellent Trim Carpenter worked on the middle section of the S wall.  a new baseband is in place, the remaining old siding has been tied into it, and a trim piece is now in place at the join between levels. 

by the time I got back home there wasn't enough usable light for decent pictures; these were taken this morning. 

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the plywood sheeting was put back in place just to close up the exterior face of the wall for the time being; it will be replaced with new boards as they are run off. 

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he also primed and installed the exterior trim piece over the new old window, seen here with backlit crabapple leaves in the foreground. 

morning light hanging fruit

[OT from cottage renovations]

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this fruit tree overhangs from the neighbour's property.  while up on the roof to remove the wire from the abandoned ISDN circuit I noticed this morning light composition of shape, colour and texture.  (I'm not completely satisfied with the image and might reshoot some time over the next couple of days). 

it's another manifestation of incipient seasonal change. 

WASHINGton grove

today's work brought forth some interesting results along the S wall but by the time I got home the remaining light wasn't adequate, so look for an illustrated update tomorrow  morning. 

there was, however, time for a quick pass with glass cleaning solution and paper towels.  I hadn't thiought about getting to it just yet, but a neighbour who was out for a walk told me how much better the new old window was looking since it got washed.  that would have been a fine compliment except it hadn't actually been cleaned yet -- but by today the glazing compound should have set well enough for that to happen. 

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photo: Sarah Steel