Himself is painting the untreated boards of the shade room. We have to paint untreated lumber so that next spring and summer the carpenter bees won't make a beeline for it. Treated lumber is supposed to deter the creatures but I'm not sure it does. The carpenter bees can drill right into a 2X4 or 4X4. Himself sits on the porch many a day and stands guard, armed with a can of superduper, projectile wasp spray. He can take out a carpenter bee at 40 paces and is the fastest gun in the west.
Meanwhile, the shade room is taking shape. It would have been screened in this past weekend but our favorite local lumberyard didn't have enough screen in stock. The wall to the left in the photo is open and now the insects fly in freely and sit on the screen and try to get out. Himself, the old softie, because we opted to use 4X4 treated lumber at the corners instead of cedar posts that I had planned, volunteered to erect a cedar post in the screen room for ambiance and support -- then embellished that with cross braces like in an old western movie. Now what more could a gal ask for . . . the other side
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