- January: painted Living room (Benjamin Moore (BM) Persian Violet 1419), living room shelves (BM Yukon Sky 1439) and front room (BM Bistro Blue 1421), plus put up new shades in the front room. There was some thinning of the book herds as well.
- February: strengthened a previously made cabinet to house the Drill Press. Had changed the layout of the basement work area and thrown out a dresser which had the Drill Press on it and another large cabinet purported to be a work space, but ended up a cluttered mess. Now most storage and work units are on casters.
- March: Replaced electric cord to a Vintage Projection Table. Plugging the Roland Micro-cube amp into the swirched outlet facilitates turning on and off the amplifier.
- March: Added work light over folding bench in garage.
- March: Replaced casters on the Grill nest, removed rust and repainted the nest.
- April: Made a new handle for the Grill
- April: Replaced belts on Akia 1700 Reel to Reel recorder that was originally my dad's. Fastforward/rewind cam is missing a lobe (bottom left) that releases the brakes when selecting rewind mode.
- April: Refinished the Outdoor table top. Used Preval Sprayer to apply spar urethane thinned with paint thinner (2:1).
- April: Replaced melted Low Beam bulb socket on Volvo XC90. Soldered connections and used shrink wrap to weatherproof.
- Made this for no reason. It was going to be a bird house, or an outdoor storage bin or a stool, but it is not.
- Figured out combination to old family safe.
Classes
- January: Drill press safety class, SI Makerspace
- March: 3D Printing Primer, SI Makerspace
Lost several heaths and heathers since last summer, am thinking it due to the rain. The garlic is growing well and all the spring bulbs are blooming.
Planted several plants from Michigan Bulb Sunday April 14.
- Peruvian Daffodils, driveway side
- Liatris, near down spout on driveway side
- Hosta, near down spout on north side
- Dahlia, front garden
- Pink Siam Tulip, front garden
- Black Adder Agastache, driveway side
- Blue Sea Holly, driveway side
- Pink Epimedium, north side under front room window
- some lettuce, spinach and chard
Finished 13 books so far, mainly mysteries.
Listen to Podcasts on the commute which is fine going in, but usually too long and slow coming home.
- Stuff You Should Know
- Wait Wait don't tell me
- Ask Me Another
- Travel with Rick Steves
- Behind the News with Doug Henwood
- Bon Appetit
- Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner
