animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the little things

Back when we were going to sell the house and move the the country, we had our “to do” list for the house down to about a half dozen things that we felt were required in order to sell the house. Once it was determined that was not going to …

painted porch

Remember how my side porch was crumbling and then I patched it up? Well, enough time passed so I was able to paint it Monday night (I had to etch and prime prior to doing this). Anyway, it turned out pretty good. You wouldn’t even know it’s falling apart now.

porch project progress

I couldn’t stand it any longer, so I took a break from gardening Saturday morning and finished patching the porch. I previously had to put the project on hold because of the weather. I feel so much better now that the holes are gone. And, while it doesn’t look the …

crumbled

Last fall, I noticed that the side porch was crumbling a bit. I didn’t have time to get to it, so it had to wait for spring. Finally, last weekend, I started on the project. After removing all of the loose materials, it looked much, much worse than anticipated (these …