Sunday, July 26, 2009

Odd Jobs



As a summer caretaker here, duties include the usual weeding, watering, mowing, weedwacking, etc. But along with those, there are a few duties that stand out as maybe not so usual:

1. Feed the swans each morning and evening.

2. Occasionally put on my goggles and swim underwater in the lake's 20-foot "channel" (that runs between the dock and the raft) to make sure that it is kept free of seaweed.

3. Keep the lake's raft clean (a major drop-off point for geese).

4. Regularly vacuum up termites which live in the adobe walls of the basement, where the solar greenhouse and solar shower are located.

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