Hail Caesar . . . Hail yeah!

The weather here over the last couple of days has been interesting to say the least.  It has many similarities to Alaska weather in the summer.  Mornings can be chilly requiring a sweatshirt and quickly changing to sunny, warm making one shed the layer of clothes put on.  It has been for a few days with a cold front coming through that it has been constantly changing multiple times a day.  Chilly, cloudy, misty rain, clearing for a hour or so then mid to heavy rain.  There have been a couple of thunderstorms with lightening, thunder, and hail.

Working in it has been a mixture of setting up the saws and other construction items to work for a bit then covering up everything with tarps, sitting it out for thirty minutes or so then uncover and continue working.  Some small showers you have a tendency to just work through until you are soaked then you debate whether or not to put on a rain jacket or be wet.  After the fourth or fifth time shedding clothes it was time to just be wet.

My helper, Paul and I were building a patio pergola in Sandy the last couple of days working between the raindrops.  It turned out nice but drove us crazy putting on and removing rain gear, also putting on and shedding sweatshirts as the sun came out and we basked in the sunlight.



The patio cover turned out nice (see photos) and today we started a project doing repairs to a house who’s clogged gutter had rotted out the wood fascia and soffit overhang underneath.  We pulled off the gutter and removed about 20 feet of fascia and soffit only to find more damage underneath so tomorrow will be doing a little more demo before we can rebuild it, caulk and paint the new materials.

Where Alaska is hurting work and otherwise, this area seems to have plenty to keep busy with things starting to schedule out a bit every week.  Another summer day has come and gone away with this tired sore body but it is good for me right now after a nice day working seeing the results building things with my hands again.

Have a great week everyone!

Ice

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