Got the South Side of the House Power Washed!

The last time Dwayne took a week of vacation to work on power washing and sealing the house – it rained all but two out of twelve days. After working six days straight and getting back to another round of four days off – we were looking at rain busting our hopes, again. Trying to push the issue has become one we’ve given up on. If we get it done – we get it done. If we don’t – we just – don’t. In the meantime – Dwayne decided to move on to something else on the list. If nothing else – we could manage to get the inside of the basement sealed. So – we picked up five gallons of sealant at Co-Op and brought it home. Dwayne decided to take advantage of a pocket of time we had yesterday. We went ahead and set up the extension ladders and walkboard on the south side of the house. The day was kinda crappy. Showers would show up every once in a while. But he got out there and began power washing that side of the house. By the time rain began coming down too much for the power washer to be standing out in the middle of it – he had managed to hit the entire side of the house. (click on photos for larger view) THANK YOU, GOD!!!! Most of you know - I'm only 4' 11" in height. Guess who helped him set all that up! By the time he had to raise that walk board a second level - we called on one of our neighbors for help! Remember that plant I asked about several posts ago – the Devil’s Trumpet? Well – I got that seed pod off. Mind you – it took a pair of leather gloves and clippers to get that thing separated from the plant. And that thing is coming out of the ground TODAY! It’s growing right beside our Pink Lady apple tree. By the time I went to check on that first seed pod – this is what I found. And there are about seven more of these huge pods waiting to turn brown before they threaten to explode and send a nightmare out into our whole yard! That’s not happening! I brought the seed pod inside and used a toothpick to get it fully opened and get the seeds out. Boy the threat of damage only one seed can do! Take a look at this… These plants don’t like getting their feet (roots) wet. This plant’s not very happy with all the rain we’ve been receiving. And it’s become downright – ugly. Not only that but – I found all kinds of stink bugs mating all over the thing! I dunno if I even wanna save the seed on this one. I was all about making a special home for being able to enjoy that wonderful perfume scent of the flowers! But – after seeing all those stink bugs???