Let the weight-gain begin...
When the neighbours came to the door with the 2 kids and the little dog, Benz ran to the door and watched them in awe. He does seem to enjoy Halloween, even though we only got less than a dozen Trick-or-Treaters this year. Oh well more candy for us. Hahaha!
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The prompt that my son Tim used was: "exquisite portrait photograph of an all black cat. Halloween pumpkin scene."
Pretty amazing eh?
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Closing
Tools
Monkey wrench
Flat and Phillips
screwdrivers
Hand pump
Steps to close:
1.
Unplug the chlorinator
2.
Unplug the heater.
3.
Turn off the gas to the heater.
4.
Backwash the pool filter until the pump
sucks air.
5.
Unplug the pump.
6.
Use hose to siphon off remaining pool
water to 'below the return'.
7.
Remove and store the chlorinator element
and control box.
8.
Shut off the valve to the pump
9.
Remove and clean the pump basket.
10. Remove
the drain plug on the front of the pump with the flat screwdriver.
11. Remove
the cap on the bottom of the sand filter.
12. Use
the basket for plugs and caps and loose items you'll need in Spring.
13. Move
the handle on the filter selector valve to winterize.
14. Undo
the pipe connections to the pump and the heater in the pool shed.
15. Insert
the hand pump's rubber hose into the 2 underground pipes and remove most of the
water.
16. Make
sure the hose returning from the heater is clear and lower than the heater
inlet/outlet to allow it to drain.
17. Remove
and store away the pool ladder using the Phillips screwdriver.
18. Clean
and store away the pool blanket.
19. Scoop
out all the leaves etc.
20. Cover
the pool with the winter cover using the deck clips. (12 +12)
It was such a beautiful day on Friday with temperatures up into the 70's. Erin came over and we carved our pumpkins:
Wendy saved the seeds to roast later.
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