gutter rap (a la 'stutter rap')
i cleaned the rain gutters.
in freezing cold. with a ladder standing on uneven ground. with no tools but my hands covered in orange rubber work gloves. i scooped out fistfuls of rotting leaves and pine needles and berries and other types of unrecognizable organic matter - all in various stages of decomposition.
i had underestimated my own ability to stomach the unimaginably gross and yucky. in about 45 minutes i was done with each side. i did the back gutters first (on the wednesday before of thanksgiving). to get the hang of things away from the eyes of passers by. on this pleasant sunday afternoon, i finished the front. it was a brisk 32 degrees outside. but at least it was sunny. school starts back tomorrow so i am glad to have this out of the way.
as a finishing touch, i put in plastic gutter screens under the shingles to cover the gutters and keep things from going back in there so that i don't have to do this again. ever.
somewhere nature is laughing at my naivete.
in freezing cold. with a ladder standing on uneven ground. with no tools but my hands covered in orange rubber work gloves. i scooped out fistfuls of rotting leaves and pine needles and berries and other types of unrecognizable organic matter - all in various stages of decomposition.
i had underestimated my own ability to stomach the unimaginably gross and yucky. in about 45 minutes i was done with each side. i did the back gutters first (on the wednesday before of thanksgiving). to get the hang of things away from the eyes of passers by. on this pleasant sunday afternoon, i finished the front. it was a brisk 32 degrees outside. but at least it was sunny. school starts back tomorrow so i am glad to have this out of the way.
as a finishing touch, i put in plastic gutter screens under the shingles to cover the gutters and keep things from going back in there so that i don't have to do this again. ever.
somewhere nature is laughing at my naivete.
