Attach of the Multiplicitous Moss

In between a variety of jobs I am doing around the house, I am helping my local handyman who is cleaning the moss off the roof. 

Last year, we hired the son of our friend Mark, to come over and put some zinc stripes up on the roof. The zinc is supposed to run down the roof when it rains and kill the moss. 

It's a year later now and the moss is quite healthy. So Mitch is back today to remove the moss. He's up there on the steep roof with a broom and a putty knife to clean out under each shingle. 

He's doing a great job.

While Mitch is up doing the work that I should be doing, I have gone out and taken delivery of our latest investment in our home winery.

No, that is not a still. Although, that would be nice too. We bought us a top of the line, enamel coated Hand Crank Grape Crusher. It stands just over six feet tall and it is hungry for some grapes. 

Unfortunately, it will have to wait until October when the harvest is in.

When we started looking at this, it was $420.00. Then we realized we would need the stand as well. That was $300.00. Then we realized it had to be shipped, which tacked on another $120.00. And of course, we couldn't get out of this transaction without paying some sort of tax to someone, $79.00.

So, our $420.00 grape crusher cost us just short of a thousand dollars. It's a good thing I like wine.