This Old House End of Season

Lenny has pitched his tent, well actually filed his tools into his tool trailer and cleared my driveway for the winter.  The change in my house from spring to fall is incredible, almost as beautiful as the changing leaves.

I love the new side entry porch, and nice deep steps, and new lighting.  (See the $$$s flying away??).  Also the new slider on the back deck and the siding of course.  Can't you just see this house with indigo shutters next year?  And a roof to match the porch roof.

What I have noticed as autumn deepens is how much warmer the house is.  I have two drafty outside doors left but everything else is "green" or in my case wheat. (Golden?)  :)

He left me with all the "owner" tasks to do -- most of which will have to wait for spring.  The pressure treated wood of the new railing is not cured enough for me to paint, stain or whatever I'm going to do.  I can't move the plants back in because, again, we're having frosts. We're having frosts at night!   In fact the high today was 36 degrees.  BrrRR. 

The one thing I HAVE to get done before we close the doors and settle in for winter is the front porch deck.  Angie and I started the sanding,  optimistically I really expected the weather to hold a little longer, and I can't leave that floor bare through the winter.  So, optimistically she says, I plan on finishing the porch deck this weekend.  Along with babysitting the twins while Angie runs down and closes up her camp.

Like the swallows to Capistrano (you can move a California girl to the snowbelt but she still remembers) Lenny will be back in the spring.  Next year's big project is the driveway, garage floor, and some mega drainage issues for the backyard.  For him anyway.  I'll still be playing catch up on the painting and staining.