Kitchen uppers on the stove wall now completed. Doors will take a few months at least. I figure it will give us time to learn where all the stuff is. Next jobs in the kitchen are toe kicks and some more drawers. Don’t hold your breath.

Downspouts and the almost last rain gutters installed last week. We decided to go with a grey green colour for the downspouts to match the stucco colour, rather than matching it to the Charcoal Grey gutters. the gutter guys thought we were nuts but we really like it.

Chainsaw bought a few months ago that is finally seeing some action. B in Law Steve gave me some lessons on how to use it. Great tool!  We have lots of trees and some dead ones, and a wood stove in the basement – a match made in heaven.  Felling trees and cutting them up is very satisfying.

The result of cutting down three dead trees.  The ones with a blue/green colour were killed by the Pine Bark Beetle.  So far, only a few have succumbed.  Mizuho is going to use the splitter to split these up into smaller pieces in the weeks ahead.

I was using a small quiet compressor but realized I was over-working it. It is a great unit, but best for doing trim work in the house. So, I was in the market for a larger unit and this one was on sale at KMS Tools. 5hp, 220 volt, 60 gallon. I really like it. Tools run for a long time before it kicks in. Great for the paint sprayer and air blasting out the sawdust in the shop. It is bolted to the concrete floor with anti-vibration pads. Steve helped be get in strapped into the truck and off loaded into the garage.  I ran the hose through the wall into the shop.  Really pleased with it.

Also got a sprayer from Lee Valley Tools, recommended by Cam. Great little spray gun. These pieces of trim were all sprayed with primer and finish in about 1/4 the time it would take to paint them by hand and with a better quality finish.