Spring chores

[branchandroot]

We finally got a warm enough day that I hauled out all my materials, including zip ties, the step ladder, and the netting, and put up my trellis netting on the porch. There used to be a lovely pear tree for shade and privacy, but it bit the dust in windstorms last year. So now I have a privacy/shade panel secured to the railing, and a trellis to have my incoming clematis climb. The "measure twice, cut once" adage took a hit, putting this up, but the casualties were zip-ties, which I order by the several hundred, so I don't feel too bad. I got the netting right, at least!

Behold the twitter thread full of pictures. My shoulders are going to complain about all that over-head threading along the largely invisible dowels at the top, but I have triumphed.

I've been waiting for a warm day when I didn't have anything else to do, and Wednesdays are close enough for rock and roll, so here we are. I don't think this is stir-craziness except in the Michigander, "omg, is it spring yet? now? how about now?" that tends to hit in March. On the other hand, I can't deny there was definite therapeutic value in a specific task with simple parameters that didn't change before I finished.

Now: time to turn on the outdoor speakers and have a margarita!