Good News...Bad News

The good news is the weather in North Texas has been almost summer-like for a few days, but the bad news is the weather in North Texas is almost summer-like!

Without the recent cold rain and winds, I've been able to do a lot of yard work. I cut the grass for the last time and then winterized the mower and small engines by burning up the remaining fuel and put in a small amount of fresh fuel treated with Sta-Bil.  Then I turned and added to the newest compost pile so the completed compost can be added to the garden beds where I'll plant a few things in January. I also dug up some dead shrubs and pruned a bunch of others, but still have two bird-planted mulberry trees to cut down. No rush for them, because the weather turns to winter conditions again tomorrow.

I was also able to check off a few things on my wife's honey-do list. She's been gone for a week and will be for another two weeks. While she's gone, she wanted me to do more shelf customizing in her studio, and build a work bench on rollers, so those projects are now done.

I had planned to link the youtube video of our completed studio, but it's been disabled by the owner so it can not be shown on other websites. Strange...you would think they'd want to advertise their products.

However, there was a bit of progress on the car. Today, I actually got back to making the mirror image parts for the driver's side door latches. I made a bunch of changes these latch assemblies so they are more compact and simpler than the passenger side. I hope the mods will provide more space for the power window hardware and controls.