HEDGE TRIMMED

 Today we had some tree trimmers come to tame our hedge.  They did a wonderful job and left everything very tidy and clean.

BEFORE

AFTER

I had them look at our Japanese Maple in the backyard and they cleaned it up for me, too.

81/100

Another day of painting the rail posts on the new deck.  But, I got it done.  Two coats on them all.

I sewed up a few more triangle scrappy blocks, too.

71/100

Not enough sleep last night.  I didn't get much done today.  But, I did get some work done on my #100dayproject.  Today is day 71.  Wow.

About the only other thing I did was to clean and move the little wind chimes that have been hanging out by the front gate for the last ten years. It is now hanging on the north corner of the new gazebo on the back deck.  Now we can enjoy the beautiful little song that it sings.

GAZEBO UP

Darrell started doing the sub-assemblies before I was even out of bed.  After my breakfast, I went out and helped him as we put the gazebo together on the new deck.

I was busy helping and didn't take anymore assembly pictures.  The gazebo came with screens and curtains.  Victoria helped me put the screens on, but I don't think we'll use them or keep them.  Here is the completed project.  We were done by 12:30, just in time for a late lunch.

Afterwards, I went up to my studio and had a relaxing few hours piecing together some more triangle blocks from my scrap bucket.  

60/100

Wow, 60 days of working on my #100dayproject2020!  

I'm enjoying seeing my Covid-19 on the design wall, it gives me an idea of what I need and where to go from here.  

I got 7 more blocks made, all on the reddish scale.

But, before I did all that, we decided to go ahead and seal the deck this morning.  It's supposed to start raining Saturday afternoon, and not stop for a week or so.  So, it was either wait the rains out or do it this morning.  We just want to get the deck done, so we went for it.  I was fine with the color the deck is now, Darrell wanted it to get a bit darker (the sun will make it darker).  Once we seal it with the UV protectant, that process will slow down.  Putting the sealer on it, darkened it up quite a bit, so I think he ended up okay with the way it looks.  I think it's great!

First, he trimmed all of the posts to height.

Mixing up the sealer.

He painted the sides of the boards and I rolled it onto the surface.

We locked the dog door with the dogs and cats inside.  They were confused and not happy.

After it set up a bit, then he wiped it down. 

It's beautiful!

58/100

I couldn't do much of the work that needed to be done on the deck, so Darrell was again, on his own.  He made a template to cut the curve into the ends of the deck and then trimmed them and routed a round-over on the ends.

The dogs really like the new deck.

I was busy in my studio, first I spent a little time making more triangle blocks from my scrap bucket:

Then I made the binding for and sewed it onto the Baby Pi quilt.

The back of Baby Pi

56/100

Today, Monday, was a busy one.  We did our weekly grocery shopping early at PCC in Burien.  When we got home, I put the groceries away, while Darrell went out and started working on the deck.  The washing I did on the deck yesterday didn't do much.  So, today, he's going to start sanding it.  While he was doing that, I was doing housework.  Yuck.

He got about a third of it done.

Later, I got a few more triangle blocks done:

53/100

He got pretty much all of the boards on the top of the deck today.  They only ones left are the little pieces around the posts.  He had me gluing plugs into the screw holes.

As soon as I cleaned out the bird bath in the front yard the crows were waiting for me to clear out.  When I moved away one came in a started drinking.  It's nice to see it's of use.  

Jelly likes to chase the crows.

I also saw a hummingbird come in to check out the pond.

I got a couple of the triangle blocks done, then finished up the quilting on Baby Pi.

52/100

Darrell got the steps done today - they're beautiful.

I worked on my scrap bucket, then started quilting on the Baby Pi.

I got some a program for some numbers.  Each one has to be programmed individually.  But, they stitch out really quick.  I got six of ten rows done.

51/100

Today was finally a nice day.  Beautiful morning!

After a morning walk, Darrell got to work on the steps of the deck.   By the end of the day we had steps and the ramp can come down.  The dogs are very happy.

There wasn't much I could do to help, so I watched and sketched.

I went upstairs and got some more work done on my 100dayproject2020.

I also got the Little Pi quilt loaded onto the longarm.  I want to download some numbers to use as a quilting pattern.  I'll do that tonight and then start quilting on it tomorrow.

We finally got our 'Stimulus check' today.  The rest of our family members got theirs weeks ago.  Darrell found out he needs some dental work, a crown, that will cost about the same as his half of the check.  So, that's where that will go.  The rest will end up in savings, I guess.  (If we black-out that horrible man's name on there will the banks still honor it? - I don't think I'll try, but I'd love to make that statement!)

48/100

Another nice day here in  West Seattle.  Darrell got to work early on the deck.  I went out to help, but there wasn't much I could do today.  So, I mainly just watched and occasionally carried, fetched or held the stupid end of the tape measure.

I did get most of the garden weeded when I wasn't sitting and watching.

He wants to get the steps done.  He designed and made templates for a new joint for the mitered corners - that took a while.

He got the first few boards down before he slowed down for the day.  He wanted to work on finishing the plugs off.  They need to be trimmed and then sanded flat.  

I worked on my scrap bucket and got three more triangles done.

Then I made the binding for the green churn dash quilt, Verdant.  I was worried that I didn't make enough, but I was wrong, there was more than enough.  I just sewed it onto the back.  Tomorrow I'll finish it off.