“Did you see that?”
“I didn’t see anything. I’m too busy having heatstroke.”
Continuing the home improvement cascade
Today we got started on our garage storage project, a nifty flexible little system based on some wall mounted rails and movable hooks and shelves. And like any other home improvement project, the cascade continued with more acquisitions (and a hefty contribution to the economy).
We started with the blank newly painted wall.
We headed off to Lowe’s to pick up all the supplies and some additional tools we’d be needing to finish the project.
Since there was going to be a lot of nailing involved with this project, we decided to invest in a pneumatic nailer to help aid the process. I’m not exactly the most skilled with a hammer, and usually end up with about as many bent nails as there are hammered in. To help deal with cutting the large pieces of plywood involved, I needed a good stable work surface, so we had to pick up a couple of work stands too. There’s also going to be some drilling into aluminum, so I needed to get some proper drill bits. See what I mean about every new project requiring just one more new tool?
With a little bit of glue and that handy pneumatic nailer, we had the plywood panels up on the wall and trimmed out.
Tomorrow or Tuesday I’ll start cutting plywood to make the mounting rails. Then we have to figure out what kinds of shelves and hooks we’ll need to make.
All this stuff will come in handy for the next project we decide to take up. I wonder what other tool I’ll need to get for that project.
Frog invasion!
This comes from one of the staffers at the SC Aquarium.
Please educate yourself on Cuban Tree Frogs. These are invasive frogs obviously native to Cuba and surrounding islands. They are very established in Florida as are many invasive species of reptiles and amphibians. They have recently been reported in Savannah and we have now had 3 different cases reported in Mount Pleasant. I helped a lady this morning in Mount Pleasant that found one. Anyways these frogs usually hitch a ride on plant material from nurseries and places like Lowes. If you are planning on doing any new planting be sure and check the plants carefully for these frogs. These frogs are voracious eaters and will eat a lot of our native amphibians.
These frogs look similar to our native tree frogs But can get much larger (females can reach 6 inches). They have small bumps on their backs which distinguishes them from our native tree frogs. They also have extra large toe pads. The easiest way to determine if you are dealing with a Cuban Tree Frog is to rub the skin on top of the head. Cuban Tree Frogs skin is fused to it’s skull so the skin won’t move. This is not true with our native tree frogs.I have attached a picture but you can easily look these up on the internet. Remember these frogs can change colors and be any color from dark brown to white.
Linkage:
CBS News: Cuban Tree Frog Found In Georgia
Wikipedia: Cuban tree frog
Animal Bytes: Cuban tree frog
Creating my own Planet
Now that Lowcountry Blogroll has hit the ground running, I figured since I’ve already got the Planet software running, I might as well follow in Jared’s footsteps and make my own planet.
Planet Imablog is a collection of blogs from around here and in my blogroll that I read on a regular/quasi-regular basis. Not sure yet what I’m going to do about the local blogs that might get replicated by the Lowcountry Blogroll feed. I’ll probably just leave it for now and see how things go.
Planet Lowcountry Bloggers has a new home!
Thanks to Brian Muller (One voice out of billions), Planet Lowcountry Bloggers has moved to a new home and with a new name: Lowcountry Blogroll. It’s the exact same thing only at a URL that’s a little easier to remember. It’s also updated hourly so there should be less lag time between a blog entry posting and when it shows up. Those of you who had a link to the original incarnation should update your links accordingly. A re-direct on my server will send you to the new site if you still happened to be using the old URL.
Thanks for doing the hosting Brian!