Clean Fence

We're starting to work on our garden space for next year, and step one for us was to clean up this fence while there was still good access. We sprayed on a wood cleaner, then pressure washed it off. Aaron will go back and lightly sand to get off the fuzz and I'll stain it so it stays brighter longer. What a difference there is already. We had to stop when our neighbor got home and had people over, so just a little ways to go. 

The plan is for raised beds back in that corner.  The little fence will come out, along with some of the sidewalk.  I don't know how far we'll get this year, but either way it will be okay.
We got a bunch of siding put up yesterday, we're so close on the back!  We didn't have what we needed painted for those last few spots, so I'll work on that this week.

We had an action packed weekend, the best sushi we've ever had at Mame in Eugene.  I don't know how well you know my food preferences, but I'm not big on seafood.  I ate multiple raw sea creatures - and enjoyed it.  So fresh and good.  The chef does a special, you name your per person price and he makes up all sorts of different things to try.  Since there were 6 of us, we probably had 15 or more different things - having a friend that knew the owner well might have bumped that up a bit.  Stand outs were the raw scallops (tasted literally like butter) with sushi rice risotto (coconut milk and lemongrass), lots of things I can't remember the names of, seared ahi sashimi, and mango curry cheesecake.

Saturday we went to Corvallis with the intent of going to da Vinci Days, but never made it down there after some shopping and catching up with good friends.  I'm a little bummed about it, but we still had an awesome day.

Sunday we worked around the house.  We're gearing up for a long vacation, so I'm feeling the pressure of getting these summer projects wrapped up!