Category: A Daily Tree

Caveat: Tree #829

A Daily Tree / My Photos

This tree saw some flowers appearing on a blueberry bush.
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I resumed some work on the treehouse today, but it was a frustrating day. I kept banging my arms against things, and I had a lot of trouble securing one of the “caps” to the ends of my floor joists. I confirmed that my treehouse deck is definitely not a rectangle, but rather a parallelogram. This is not a fatal problem, but requires a lot of careful work with a tape measure and some extra cuts on my plywood to get the deck to “fit” properly.
picture[daily log: walking, 3km; hammering and sawing, 5hr]

Caveat: Tree #828

A Daily Tree / Banalities & Journaling / My Photos

This tree saw me perform my monthly maintenance oblations to the GDC (RV).
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I took things farther than usual, airing it out, making sure the engine ran well, opening up the canopy. Rain is expected soon, so I’ll leave it open and hopefully let the rain “wash” things off a bit before wrapping the thing back up in its cocoon. I still need to replace the “house” battery – the secondary battery that is connected to the generator. But I’ve decided that’s not a priority – I am able to start the generator by jump-starting it, but the house battery doesn’t hold a charge.
Later, I did some more work in the deck of my treehouse. But I have run out of brackets. I’ll have to go into town on Monday and buy more, I guess.
picture[daily log: walking, 2.5km; banging and sawing and untarping and such, 6hr]

Caveat: Tree #827

A Daily Tree / Banalities & Journaling / My Photos

This tree witnessed the boat trying to make an abortive attempt to escape the barn.
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I got the cable problem under the trolley repaired, and tested the winch to move the boat out of the barn and back in again – I did this at low tide, so I could periodically run down and monitor the new pulley and anchor at the bottom of the boat rail.
Things seem to be working.
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There were a lot of dried-out barnacles under the boat. I scraped barnacles for a while.
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picture[daily log: walking, 3.5km; wrenching and banging and scraping, 7hr]

Caveat: Tree #826

A Daily Tree / My Photos

This tree saw the lower two sections of the boat rail re-installed.
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picture[daily log: walking, 4km; banging and lifting and wrenching, 8hr]

Caveat: Tree #825

A Daily Tree / My Photos

This tree is near my treehouse – I’m standing at the base of my new stairway for this view.
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I had a really hard day at work. I broke a piece of glass which in turn damaged a customer’s artwork (not irrecoverably, but enough that it’s un-hideable and embarrassing).
picture[daily log: walking, 4km; retailing, 6hr]

Caveat: Tree #823

A Daily Tree / Banalities & Journaling / My Photos / Treehouse

This tree faces a future of sticking up through the deck of my treehouse. I’ve decided to keep it and work around it, rather than lop it off.
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The non-temporary treehouse deck is beginning to take shape – the lighter-colored plywood at right will be the permanent subfloor.
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picture[daily log: walking, 3km; banging and sawing and lifting and carrying, 6hr]

Caveat: Tree #821

A Daily Tree / My Photos

This tree saw the hummingbird feeder deployed yesterday morning. Already, it has had some visitors.
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picture[daily log: walking, 4km; hammering and sawing, 4hr]

Caveat: Tree #819

A Daily Tree / My Photos / Treehouse

This tree saw me resume work on my treehouse construction project. I’m building an actual stairway (left side) up to the treehouse, so that I no longer have to use a ladder. This will make subsequent construction activity much easier.
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picture[daily log: walking, 3km; banging and sawing, 7hr]

Caveat: Tree #812

A Daily Tree / My Photos

This tree malingered among the rocks as sleet fell silently.
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With all the snow and sleet and rain and eternal cloudcover, my single lettuce sprout has given up and turned a pale yellow. It’s realized it tried too soon, and is surrendering to fate. The greenhouse remains chilly and barren.
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Caveat: Tree #807

A Daily Tree / Banalities & Journaling / My Garden / My Photos

This tree saw the chilly dawn.
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I ended up running into town for work for the morning – since Jan is traveling and out of town, I was the only person that Adrienne could call for backup.
The sun came out today – not the whole day, but a good part of it. My greenhouse got warm. And lo, a lettuce sprouted (lower left, below).
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picture[daily log: walking, 3.5km; retailing, 2hr]

Caveat: Tree #800

A Daily Tree / My Photos

This tree feels somehow more significant in a numerological sense. Anyway, it’s  been featured before. It’s right downhill from my storage tent – it’s the tree that “caught” the tent when it tried to roll away in the big wind.
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picture[daily log: walking, 2.5km]

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