April 18, 2006 at 3:27 pm
· Filed under Exterior Projects
posts_stripped
Originally uploaded by merideth.
Yes. That’s what I’ll need if we start seeing the sun in any long-term kind of way. Right now my skin has that super-white look of burrow-dwelling mole people…or the British.
But we got a whole DAY and a HALF of non-rain (it could never be called sunny) last weekend and I used the time to finish stripping the paint off all 4 sides of the far porch post. I got the rotten quarter-round on the inside edge of the porch ceiling torn off and rot-fix applied. I sanded and rough-cut the boards for the top and bottom post trim pieces. And I started finish sanding the stair-side post. Wheee-ew. Tired. But man, so very happy to actually get something done.
Today is beautiful and, of course, I’m at work which is far from my extension cords and tool belt. FAR!
Permalink
April 13, 2006 at 4:54 pm
· Filed under Art/Design, Go There
michigan_modern
Originally uploaded by merideth.
For those of you who are near Southfield, Michigan and can get to this event: I hate you. Or I’m so jealous I can’t stand myself. Potato. Potahto.
The event describes itself as “AN EXPOSITION AND SALE OF 20TH CENTURY DESIGN
ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO, STREAMLINE, PRAIRIE SCHOOL, GREEK, EGYPTIAN AND GOTHIC REVIVAL, SURREALISM AND NEO-BAROQUE, ART & CRAFTS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, FIFTIES, SIXTIES, ART MODERNE, TRAMP ART AND MUCH MORE!”
I’m not yelling, the caps are theirs and I didnt want to retype. But check that out!
So go! And tell me how awesome it was. And buy me a souvenir!
Here’s the link
Permalink
April 4, 2006 at 7:59 pm
· Filed under Garden/Landscape
potato harvest
Originally uploaded by merideth.
And what’s in the mud? Well in our backyard, potatoes are in the mud. And tonight when I went to make stew and found that I’d forgotten to buy potatoes, B. suggested that I go out and dig up one of the plants in the garden. Okay. Rooting around in the dirt OUTSIDE the house. That’s almost like a house project. It’s on the house property. I need a tool to do it. Close enough!
So check it out. All those potatoes came from one plant. It was like an easter egg hunt with dirt and tools! In other words, AWESOME.
And we have two more plants that we put in for the winter crop. So the fun hasn’t ended.
Ok. Clearly I need this bullsh*t rain to stop so I can get on a real project. Pity me.
Permalink
