Saturday, 30 March, was S.O.L.V.'s Spring volunteer beach clean up. And the tsunami that hit Japan last year really did a number on our beaches. Regular debris was easy to remove (lots of dumpsters were placed along the beach). But, the pieces of warf and building structures were a little challenging.

After finding a bag full of paper, bottles, plastic cups, etc. I helped a couple of OHSU students collect the big pieces of wood and we stacked them in piles and told the staff where they were. I was home by 1:00 PM. I received an e-mail today that said there were 4,000 volunteers and 52,000 pounds of trash removed from the beaches! That's good....we need to take care of the beaches we're blessed with.

When I got home Carol and I started THE MOSS PROJECT. This is what my roof used to look like. But, I can tell you that after about five hours of power-washing, the moss is gone and the tiles are grey again :)The story doesn't end there...I thought the flow of water would send everything down the rain gutters because they go into 4 inch PVC. Well, the volume was too much for the back side of the house and it clogged. So, after all of the roof was done we had to disassemble the downspout and unclog the elbow. By now it was getting dark and we were both really tired! The garden hose worked as a snake and we ran water through the system for a while to clear it out...what a mess. We re-assembled everything and cleaned up the patio. After everything was put away we got cleaned up and Carol fixed dinner. I had a really hard time getting up this morning!!! Guess my age is starting to show :)