Into the Abyss

I was tired of looking out of our extemely dirty basement windows into a mess of cobwebs, leaves, and sticks. So I went where no man has gone before, at least not for the last 25 years, or so. I braved the dark recesses of our basement window wells. Why I chose to do it during the hottest part of the day, on the first 100 degree day of the year, I don't know. But do it, I did. And now our windows are a tiny bit cleaner than they were before.

The window wells are pretty deep, and very scary.
They have years and years of accumulated dust, leaves, and spiders (eek!).

Here is my trusty steam cleaner (actually on loan from chem dry). It worked pretty well. I think it would have been better if the windows had been cleaned more regularly. Now that I am back in the basement, I can see that the windows still look dirty. But at least the spider webs are gone. I can't wait for my shutters to get here so it all gets covered up.

Here are my little helpers.
I don't know if you can tell, but Mabel's cheeks are bright pink.
It was really hot, even in the shade.