I worked all day in my studio… finishing up my tongue and groove siding. I much prefer this work to hanging my ceiling! And I actually did something I’ve been waiting WEEKS to do. After requesting to borrow Vernon’s “jawhorse”… and, after he continually forgot to bring it up from the other place… I went…
Category: Projects
Artistic Wool Felting
Progress in the studio: The last sheet is in place, though not screwed down. Or up. Depending on your perspective. Yes, I plan to paint this side just like the other, but I was more concerned about using the lift than painting. Hopefully, a few minutes of attaching it, then it’s off to the other…
I Did It Myself
I spent the day in my studio… listening to Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! and repeatedly raising an OSB sheet to my ceiling. Since the walls are neither straight nor square, I had to continually trim more and more from the edges, of course, lifting/cranking/sawing/cursing/hammering/shoving it back into place each time. It took six tries, but…
All In All
That hot tub I haven’t bought yet? I sure could use it now! I spent the morning spray painting my garden shed and garage, at least as far as I could get on a ladder! So there’s the up and down, the weight of the backpack of paint (only 8#, but still…) and the reaching…
Rain!
.73″ of rain poured out of the sky today… most of it in about a half an hour! It was interesting there for a bit, with lightning popping and thunder rolling. My dogs just KNEW a strike was headed for them, so anywhere within 3′ of a human was BOUND to be safer, right? They’re…
All Progress
Most of the snow melted today… and if there’s one thing that will put a smile on a farmer’s face, it is timing the application of fertilizer so that a spring storm will take it into the ground. Vernon managed that today. It’s a fine line between frozen and muddy, because if there’s one thing…
Decisions. Decisions.
Decisions, decisions. New tin roof colors… what to get? My first choice was mottled brown… from a distance it looks like asphalt shingles… not tin! But, of course, it’s more expensive, and not on the “allowed” list of colors. They had a wonderful sage green, soft, and one of my personal favorites for clothing (if…
Makeover
Well, you can’t really tell too much right now, but my house is getting a makeover. The ranch has decided to add fascia, soffit, and a new tin roof to my house! Yippee! As you can tell, the roof has seen better days… and it’s never had either fascia or soffit… so it’s a new…
Do Something!
Wow. What a nice day around here! I worked on my studio, this time doing some chinking. It’s finally warm enough, and it needs to be done before my cement floors get done. It’s amazing how much chinking goop I manage to drop! I wanted to incorporate some colored glass into the chinking, the idea…
Frustration for the Optimist
Mercy, mercy, what a total day of frustration! iPhoto still was not working this morning, so I rebuilt it as the instructions said to do, and everything looks fine. However, it continued to spin along, going through all my photos organizing faces… which is rather Big Brother-ish, but I let it do its thing, and…
Think About It
I know it’s not much… but for someone who can’t do too much work over her head… my shoulders protest!, I’m pretty happy. Vernon helped me insert that panel above the log, which took some doing, believe me! I’ll have to be creative with trim… perhaps rope? Simply adding quarter round to the corners isn’t going…
Imagine Something
Pretty nasty day around here with high winds and occasional snow… I hid out inside the house! Managed to work on this blog a bit… many of my entries still aren’t formatted right, or even copied and pasted yet! But progress is being made! Thanks to Judi over at farmnwife.com, I’ve got this blog configured…