quarentined, with a routine

Not much excitement after a month of a routine self-imposed quarentine. Most mornings there's yard work, reading the paper and making breakfast, doing the dishes, maybe laundry after - read or watch TV mid-day - and by late afternoon, there's a nap. Around dusk, possibly walk the dog, and that's all depending on how he or I feel.

Now, with August finally upon us, I've added another chore out of necessity. After each, and almost a daily seasonal down-pour, our upper second-story flat roof becomes heavy with what they call, "ponding" water. Can't afford to replace the roof right yet, so I've applied a paintable roof coating to seal the leaks and protect the surface. And to maintain it, I typically have to brush the 1 to 2 inches of standing water off the long, guttered end. Just need a new roof with a sharper slope and better pitch. Replacement will have to wait.


 Climbing from the ground up.

Tools necessary for the upper flat roof maintenance, kept stored on the lower pitched roof.

Broom with a view.

After about 20 minutes of brushing off the standing water, always happy, always pleasant - even in the mid-day heat of a hot summer sun.