There has been a stretch of nice weather this week, a perfect time to get some house projects off the ‘to do’ list . . . finally.
Our big outdoor project, which we put off last year, is painting the pergola. It was starting to look weathered, so we thought it best to move that task up on the list.
We also have a few canning projects we need to complete to help replenish the pantry. It is pretty straight forward . . . we cook up a large pot of soup, usually on Soup Sunday, then pressure can the contents.
The one caveat . . . these projects need to be completed well before the heat of summer.
It has been a nice spring in Central Oregon and the temptation is to head out for the river . . . or forest. Unfortunately, that puts off the inevitable.
An outside painting project requires a couple of days of dry weather. Fair conditions prevailed, but we can’t count on that for much longer. It looks like snow is in the forecast for later this week.
Sitting on the patio under a freshly painted pergola on a warm summer’s night will make all these efforts worthwhile.
Now complete, we can look forward to being on the river or out in the high desert.