Summer

[drscott]

Spent the afternoon cleaning the pool and sweeping the deck of pine detritus. This has been neglected for weeks as other developments occupied my time; and the algae is starting to grow under the increasing sunshine and warmth. I wore skimpy shorts and got a start on my tan, and even so I was sweating out there. The pool filter's pressure gauge shows it needs cleaning again, a one-hour job which involves a lot of kneeling and spraying with the high-pressure hose nozzle, so I get all wet doing it. I'll reserve that for the end of the week.

A tree service is scheduled to come Friday and remove a lot of the Monterey pine tree that overhangs the pool. They were hired by the owners of the tree (which is rooted next door) but will need to do some work from this side. So I'll be cleaning the deck again after that.

I have a long list of housecleaning chores. I've set them up as tasks in Outlook so I can be reminded of the many things Mike used to do that I now need to handle.

Comments

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

You guys. That was a totally functional outfit for pool cleaning. :-)

If I want to get people to pay attention to my fascinating posts on the fight aganist algae (red/yellow/black/green etc.) and the joys of water chemistry, I'll have ot use a duller icon.

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

Au contraire. Actual pixels of nice abs and chest contribute to musing about buff guys working on their pools. It's just that we're a little fuzzy on the details of the pool itself, and a little sharper on the hot guy. It's, like, totally a compliment and stuff. Tell me more about the algae. Was it glistening in the sunlight like your fabulous torso probably was? ;-)