I guess we feel the pressure of getting things looking real nice and being safe for when my Sister and her family visit for almost 2months within the next 3 weeks.. I even cleaned up the pile of timber stacked against the house that has been there since we built it... upon doing this there was a huge and loud BUZZZZZZZZZZZING noise coming from under the pile.. yep a nest of carpenter bees that was about a foot round was sitting there.. The solution (little solution for every issue).. pour gasoline onto nest and light er up... then once 98% of them were burnt I proceeded over the next day or 2 to hunt down the remaining bees with a can (actually 2) of brake cleaner... no more bees... 1 of them did manage to fly into my nose and OOOOOUUUCH!!
Native bees that may be mistaken for bumblebees (left to right): blue-banded bee (10-14 mm long), great carpenter bee (13-18 mm long) and teddy bear bee (13-18 mm long).
So anyways I piled the wood up and burnt the stack... it was epic... small video here
(yes that is a gasoline can in the video.. I ran a trail of it away from the fire and that is what almost got me)
and of course some pictures of the backyard as of today so far
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Had to fix the trampoline when my buddy decided he'd jump on it
(Guy in the Middle also nicknamed SHREK)
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As of this afternoon this is where it is at..
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I have some raking to do on the pea gravel (probably named for play areas cause kids pee on it haha), but now we can breath a sigh of relief cause we aren't having to constantly make sure we don't have any floaters in our backyard... by floaters I mean kids face down in the water style... Due to this...
(we actually dug the trench after my sister asked about pools for Anthony to swim laps in)
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thats it...
Bye
nothings changed I remember a particular boy and his friend Kel who couldn't find the cricket ball
ReplyDelete,it had gone into the long grass near the laundry,that was outside,a bit of petrol and singed eyebrows later they found the ball!!!!Not impressed i can tell you.
OMG bro you haven't changed. LOL. Didn't you learn when you nearly burnt down the shed.
ReplyDeleteThat is one heck of a playground. You know we don't care about your house we are just coming to see you!!!!! Trench......mmm nice one!! Ant is not too worried, he said he will just go to the gym with Kaz!! Like I said they can work out & you & I can work out walking to & from the fridge!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH