{"id":19721,"date":"2021-08-01T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=19721"},"modified":"2021-08-01T17:04:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T22:04:02","slug":"new-gutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/new-gutters\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gutters!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ok, now that it&#8217;s August&#8230;August!  How did that happen?  It has been so hot and humid around here, but yesterday was freakishly cool and cloudy.  It it rained in the morning and after a nap I trimmed the forsythia bushes outside my huge picture window.  They&#8217;d been growing like crazy and bugging me and it was so nice to work outside when it wasn&#8217;t hot.  After I finished I couldn&#8217;t help myself, I started pulling weeds.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, my friend Nan called and she and her husband Jim were in the neighborhood and were going to stop by.  If she hadn&#8217;t called I probably wouldn&#8217;t have stopped til it got dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is warmer but there&#8217;s this large rose of sharon at the front of the house that I&#8217;ve been dying to dig up and transplant over to mom&#8217;s house.  I&#8217;ve been patiently waiting til my knee got better and the plant grew and decided that today was the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It didn&#8217;t take long and I ended up transplanting four of them.  I was very careful, not putting any pressure on my right knee.  But then when I finished my knee was very unhappy.  So now I&#8217;m sitting on the couch icing it.  I feel like I&#8217;ve done plenty of things since the surgery on June 24th but I guess that digging holes is not the best idea at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily there&#8217;s nothing else I want to dig up right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile&#8230;In June we got new gutters, which have fancy gutter guards so the whirly birds won&#8217;t land in them and clog them up.  Kevin paid a down payment last year to a place called &#8220;Gutters and More&#8221; and the guys were supposedly going to turn up &#8220;after the last frost.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They finally arrived late morning on June 17th.  Just two guys in this truck and these big rolls of aluminum.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j46.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j46.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j46-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here&#8217;s the amazing thing &#8211; the made the gutters!  This is a gutter that has been formed out of the box there on the right, as the guy adjusts the aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j47.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j47.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j47-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dang, I wish I could remember his name.  He didn&#8217;t mind me videotaping him, and it was fascinating to watch the roll of aluminum go into the machine and come out a gutter.  He measured as it went in order to get the size perfect.  The video is short and I promise it&#8217;s entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xVqGkcKlV2A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j48.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j48.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j48-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here he pulls the lever to cut the gutter off at the right spot.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNVLPHy7iYM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This looked mighty dangerous to me.  Who&#8217;d want to be up on a ladder at such and angle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j49.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j49.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j49-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have quite a bit of guttering and different levels and it was such a huge job.  I think it was a pretty hot day, too, and I wondered how many days they&#8217;d be at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They took a break mid-afternoon but came back and worked and worked and as the sun started to set they were still going strong.  It was almost dark by the end, but they&#8217;d somehow managed to finish it all in that one very long day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what the cool gutter guards look like.  We&#8217;ve had quite a bit of rain since they&#8217;ve been installed and they&#8217;ve worked perfectly.  From a second-floor window you can look out and see whirly birds and other detritus sitting on top of the guards which I think is quite something.  I which I could buy Bev some gutter with guards for her birthday because whirly birds in her gutters are one of the things she really dislikes intensely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j50.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j50.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j50-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ok, just one photo of darling Les and Riley, always so stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j45.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j45.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/j45-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I&#8217;m pretty sure that&#8217;s all I have for June, here on the first day of August.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ok then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mrs. August First Hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, now that it&#8217;s August&#8230;August! How did that happen? It has been so hot and humid around here, but yesterday was freakishly cool and cloudy. It it rained in the morning and after a nap I trimmed the forsythia bushes outside my huge picture window. 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