New Deck

Today's weather:

Sunny
High - 71
Low - 40

Work has begun on our new deck.  Last Thursday all the materials were delivered.  We can no longer park in our carport.

We have a two-person team working on it, both residents of the park.  Roger is the former head of maintenance.  He is ably assisted by Jeanne, an Air Force retiree who loves to learn new things and build stuff.  They make a great team and seem to be doing a wonderful job.

Here's what it looked like on Monday.  We've lost the use of our front door, as the steps have been removed.  Fortunately, we also have a back door.

By Tuesday it started to resemble a deck.  The steps were starting to take shape. 

No work was done today because Jeanne has a volunteer job three days a week and Roger was called in to help with driving.  They both volunteer at the local VA hospital.  With any luck, Roger will be back on the job tomorrow.

We seem to be the talk of the park.  It's a wonder they get anything done at all.  We're on a very busy corner and everyone stops to look and chat.

The other news is that we've put up a hummingbird feeder at the front corner of the house.  We had our first hummingbird within an hour of filling it.  It was a Costa's.  We've been told there are also Broad-billed hummingbirds in the park, but we haven't seen one yet.