Yeah, it’s really Thursday, but yesterday the smoke finally clear and I’ve been outside working. The smoke has been thick here for about a month due to different fires in California, but mostly it’s been the Dixie fire that’s been dumping smoke here in Reno (Nevada, you’d think the Californias could manage to keep the smoke in their state). This week a new fire, the Caldor fire started and it looks like that the winds are shifting and we’ll start getting smoke from that tomorrow.
sigh.
Early in the week, there was one day when the smoke wasn’t at the hazardous level and I managed to get out there with my N-95 mask and finish the shed. Built the doors and put in the anchor bolts.
Didn’t get a picture of the bolts but here’s the tool that did the job:
and I even moved a few things over to this shed from our other garden shed:
Most of my work this week has been in my workshop shed where mudding and taping is still going on:
I end up having to move a lot stuff around to position the ladder for the ceiling work so I’ve tried to get as much on wheels as possible, like my main work table:
Likely, I won’t be getting much work done next week due to the smoke.
If you need me, I’ll be out shopping for a giant air purifier.
Andrew's View of the Week 
Your shed and workshop look great, and I’m glad you got a brief respite from the smoke. Hoping for rain, for you and for us…
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Rain would help. Hope it gets here soon.
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Oh, how I hope for relief from all of that smoke for you westerners. Has to be frustrating not to mention unhealthy. But hey, on the bright side…the shed is looking good (even if it takes a year to complete).
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It’s going to be a few more weeks before all this smoke is gone. The fires are starting to get scary.
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I won’t claim the smoke in Colorado is as bad as Nevada but maybe we’re a close second. We also had a clear day with lower temps this week. I had to look twice to realize the Rockies had returned to our view to the west. Like you, it seems like it’s been a month or more since the last blue skies.
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From all the reports I’ve seen you guys still got more than your share of the smoke. Hopefully this good weather and low smoke will hold on for at least one more day.
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We got a break too. Rain, hail, 30 degree temp drop, snow on the peaks. Almost-blue skies today. I’m not building any sheds. Just happy to see the sun and lower temps.
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So far the low temps and not so smoky skies are holding for today. I’m hopeful, we’ll have one more day like this.
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Be glad you moved. PG&E is starting brown outs–blamed on the fires.
Good work with your storage area!
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NV energy has been able to keep up, but has put out a few warnings that electricity might get shutdown in areas close to fires or in a couple of known high wind areas.
The sheds are doing great and I’m looking forward to moving my bench and tools in.
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Glad you got some time to work on it. It is all coming along nicely. What a great space you will have when you are done. 🙂
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I’m looking forward to having it all completed and getting shop set up there.
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You’ve done really well there. Just like John Wayne in “The Fighting CBs”, construction under fire.
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At least the fires are only throwing smoke and not bullets … 😉
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Looking great!
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It’s almost done! maybe, sort of … 😉
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