Well, it’s been awhile since I have posted anything. In the meantime the grass has been growing, and my trustworthy John Deere 750 tractor mowing deck finally bit the dust. We have almost 4 acres to deal with, and subtracting the house, barn, outbuildings, etc., we have probably close to 3 acres to mow. When […]
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Little By Little the House Is Built
It is the little things, like Folksy Lady says, that add up. Handyman might not feel much is accomplished, but he has made so much progress on this place in the past few years that it really is amazing. And so much nicer for us all. We stopped at Lowes after our Labor Day hike […]
Holiday Over: Time For Work Projects
January is always a time to plan and get started on work projects for the year. I suggested to Handyman that he could set up a few of the small “finish up” jobs to work on throughout the winter months of January and February- he thought that was a good idea. The thing with these […]
We Are People Not Machines
That is what I often say to my husband, the Handyman. He is one of those driven workers who puts his nose to the grindstone…. and I’m the flint who gives off the sparks, I guess. But I really think there is a deep truth in “to everything there is a season”. Just my idea […]
Updates from Handyman
As my wife stated, we have not had much to report lately. One thing that we did do (that needed done) is to get some fresh gravel on our driveway. In the past we have gotten #57 which is a combination of #5 & #7, which is a larger more irregular gravel. Also have gotten […]
Deck Maintenance 3
This time with pictures. This picture shows the two levels of the back screen porch and the outside deck. The entry to the porch has been cleaned with deck cleaner, but not stained. The next picture is what the stained deck looks like. We haven’t done the rails or trellis in this photo, and that […]
