Weekend chores, a bonfire and iRobot pool cleaner fixes

Posted By on June 8, 2021

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It was a “work around the yard” weekend for me and besides power washing the patios on Saturday, I cut down honeysuckles in preparation for the new concrete driveway project later this summer (if it is still scheduled and affordable )?

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Along with sawing trees and hauling limbs, I started the old dried out honeysuckle cuttings and fallen sticks piled up on the ever growing bonfire -it was getting way too large and out of control. Thankfully the wind was light and rain dampened things a bit … and to answer my daughters question, “Did you need to call the fire department?” Um .. NO… thankfully.

But … it was a busy and active weekend and as you can see from my Fitbit step counts for Saturday and Sunday … now to get into a more ambitious weekday schedule.

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Another “fun” (sort of) project was to repair the aging iRobot Verro. I used some leftover airplane aluminum, rivets and plastic fencing as a replacement guard in order to keep the bag out of the impeller. It seems to work … BUT the drive belt fail just as I returned it to the water. Come on Amazon, get me those new belt quick (I can’t trust their Prime deliveries anymore).

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And an updated photo of the growing robins nested on the back porch grapevine wreath preventing me from putting a fire in the outdoor fireplace. Hm … “come on, leave the nest!”

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