The Adventures Of IndeMoJo: October: Summer Wind Down

#joProjects: The Hill At Sunset

Well … it’s finally done! Cleared, cardboarded, and mulched. Ordered 8 cubic yards more to finish the entire thing. Of course I have mulch left over. But that’s okay.

Just loved the way the sun was hitting the tree and its fall colors—just starting to turn. Is it really fall???

I had more plans to plant, but I returned them & got my money back. I’m done with planting for this (my first) season in my new home. Though a couple more hydrangeas might happen. The back hill looks so empty. 😝

#gardening #mulch #hydrangea #sunset #fallcolors

#joProjects: Hill = Done! Done! Done! (for this season at least)

I was up at 7:00 AM and out in the 37° morning by 8:00 AM—coffee in hand—to finish this damn hill. And finish I did.

At one point I took a break. The sun was so beautiful coming through the trees I just had to record it. It felt so good to be basking in this morning sun & worshiping not only my surroundings, but worshiping in the House of Bruce. I was listening to Bruce live at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ circa 09/19/1978. Together—what a heady brew!

Meanwhile back to reality … I had to pull up all the mulch in this only section that wasn’t cardboarded, haul all that to a pile on the other side of the backyard. Then I cardboarded the entire area & used up all the remaining mulch from this new 8 cu/ft delivery.

It took me several days to get this section done. It was a lot of hard work! Not that I mind. Just the facts, Jack!

And so … the hill is done. I am done. The only thing on my agenda is to get contractors here to quote on driveway, windows, and gutters. I’ll be content to watch others work for a change! 😝

#gardening #garden #mulch #mulching #finishedproject #finishedprojects #flowers #sunrise #joPhotos

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Having a dust bowl, post-punk-apocalyptic-urban-farmer/gardener moment. 👍😎👍

This batch of mulch was incredibly dry & dusty. Sure didn’t need to breathe that in! Safety first, baby! 😷😷😷

joPhoto #selfie #postpunkapocalipticurbanfarmer

joProjects: Moving Indoors

So with Fall falling & temps dropping, time to move things indoors.

I started with shopvaccing the entire basement. There was still residual dust from the main beam replacement, mixed with fiberglass dust, and other assorted detritus.

Once that was done I moved all the boxes that were on the floor to the cement shelf above. Gained a lot of floor space! 👍

I then bought a shelving unit assembled & filled it.

I also moved all my garden tools into the basement as well. Kind of mind boggling to see them all in one place.

I also used my new saw horses to set up a nice little work table, using a spare HEAVY wood door as the top. 👍

It’s nice to see the whole place so cleaned and organized, on top of how the joist insulation, netting, pipe & HVAC insulation wrapping looks. Awesome!

Still moving things in … but you get the idea. 😃

basement #tools #shelvingunit #shelving #storage #fallcleanup #fallcleaning

I love buying other people’s art. Especially art that makes me smile every time I see it! ❤️😃❤️

“Citrobot” by Trevor Toney also gave me chills unwrapping it and taking it out of its shipping box. That’s a very rare thing! 👍😎👍

Now Citrobot is chillin’ with Modern Man waiting for the appropriate place to be hung. Wherever it goes I want to be able to see it all the time!

Um …. can you tell … ME LIKEY!!!!
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#art #midcenturymodern #wood #woodart #modernart #awesomeness #respect #talent #Citrobot @Trevor Toney Furniture @Kristen Kieffer @Kristen Kieffer Ceramics

#joProjects: #Gutters: Out with the old. In with the new. 👍

Took down all the worthless plastic gutters. On the sides of the house. Only place they were. Of course the facia boards were not painted.

I painted all the facia around the entire house, while also doing minor wood anchoring in places needing it.

I’m ready for new gutters & downspouts around the entire place on Tuesday. Awesomeness!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#aluminumgutters #newhome #newhomeowner #faciaboard #painting #exterior

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#IndeMoJo : just chillin’ on my front porch. The chair was my mom’s. The cats use to love it! When she passed, I claimed the chair.

Sadly(?) it would not fit anywhere in my new home. It sat in my basement since moving in in May.

After cleaning off the porch at the end of summer & cleaning the basement, I decided to use the chair on my front porch. Great idea! Now I can relax and enjoy the fall weather & my neighborhood. 👍

Win, win! (not so much for the cats 😼😼😼) 😝

#relax #relaxing #enjoying #enjoyinglife #fall #fallweather

#joProjects: #Gutters = DONE DONE DONE!

It was a brisk day (read: in the 20s) here in IndeMo. The installers got here around 9-ish AM.

They did what they came for. Did a little “creative problem solving”, & did an excellent job installing all the gutters and downspouts.

Letting the days go by, water flowing in brand new gutters …

One more job down … and one or two more to go: driveway/sidewalks & or window replacements.

Oh … and they carted away & cleaned up all the plastic gutters I took down. They even took the satellite dish I took off the roof, because I asked one of the workers in passing. Awesome! 👍

#aluminumgutters. #downspout #newhome #newhomeowner #construction

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#joProjects: Gutter Guards Installation 👍

New seamless aluminum gutters & downspouts were done the other day.

I decided to install powder coated galvanized steel gutter guards myself.

Went to Lowe’s very early this morning and bought fifty-four 3ft guards. Came home and started installing.

Got both sides and the back of the house completed, before it started raining. Good timing? No?

Plus my left ankle is killing me from climbing up and down the ladder all day in my new 🥾🥾. But I’ve been having problems with it for a while. Just aggravated it more today. It’s the price of admission for the job & old age. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

At least I’ll eliminate having to clean out the gutters all the time. Bonus points!

Next project: digging a trench to connect all the gutter downspouts and my sump pump pipe on the driveway side of the house. It will go from the front of the house to half way into the yard. I’m doing it this way because there is a natural slope from front to back. 👍

I think that’s enough for one Sunday! 🥵🥵🥵

#gutters #guttercovers #gutterguards #gutterguard #gutterguardinstallation #guttercleaning #homeownership #homeowner #project

The end of a fall day here in #IndeMo. Two piles of leaves. Too late & too tired to bag up. Tomorrow and tomorrow.

Just sitting on the back porch watching the squirrels going about their business & waiting for the sun to set.

Nice ending for a nondescript day. I’m okay with that. ✌️😁✌️

#fall #falldays #leafraking #leaves #sittingontheporch