Spring Cleaning

What is in the tree?

Yesterday, while we were hanging around the house Larry looked out the back window and saw something in the tree. I did a little exploring. I first took a picture and then I walked on the porch to look a little closer. It looked like it was a growth but then it moved, it was a squirrel. It had been sitting there eating. It had its tail curled around it and you could not tell it was a squirrel. But once it moved it became clear it was a squirrel. 

What the porch railing cover looked like before

What it looked like once it was cleaned

Larry cleaning the gs grill

Larry helping me clean the porch railing

The grill after it was cleaned

Part of the railing after it was cleaned

This morning it was overcast and we didn't have anything on our agenda. When we built the house Larry and I installed a plastic railing on the back porch to prevent someone from falling off the porch. The railing is out in the elements so it gets filthy. Last year we cleaned the railing around this time of the year. We have been waiting for the oak trees to quit shedding their stuff so we can clean them again. We decided this morning was the perfect time. While I cleaned the railing Larry cleaned the gas grill. When he finished he helped me with the railing. Flo stayed out with us during our project.  The only problem cleaning the railing was the caps, they have groves in them and the dirt is difficult to get out. It's nice when someone comes behind you and cleans the places you missed. The railing looks like new. It took us an hour and a half and by the time we finished it was starting to get hot and the clouds were gone.

Reading is fun

Watching television

The rest of the day we hung around the house. I finished reading The Devil's Bed, it was very good and then I started listening to the Cork O'Connor book Northwest Angle. Larry had finished this book yesterday and then today he started reading The Devil's Bed. In the evening we watched PBS Independence Lens: Peace Officer, then we watched the second Captain America. Peace Officer was very well done about how SWAT policing has changed. We had a very relaxing evening.