A day off...

 We took a day off...  when the King goes hunting.. I go with my camera and a book.. and yesterday was no different..    But this time he was not hunting for 4 legged critters.. he was hunting for mushrooms.. He got only 4..  so far this year.. the pickings are slim..  But the huckleberry look like it might be a bummer year.. Huckleberry, for those on the east coast.. is a blueberry like berry, but better tasting. 

So here is what the camera picked up.. 

this is the burnt area from last years wildfire... see the burnt tree that was growing around and over the large rock?

this is a fir tree.. but I found it unusual.. as it was a deep green thru out, but on the tips were a neon like color of light green

wild strawberries... 

some one with a short frame... .like a 4x4 turn around here before we got there.. we turn around shortly after..    we were about 20 miles of the roughest road ever up... 

the crooks of the trees... weird how they grow like that

the King coming down ... slowly...  from where he thought he might find something.. he did hear elk crashing thru the woods ,   he thinks he spooked them..  

the creeks were running fast and furious down hill

this is Pack River.. where Trout creek empties out and they both empty out to the Lake Pend Orielle 

this is called Bear Grass... don't know why? 

deep into the woods it is dark and there is a lot of trees that have fallen.. which is surprising as they are so close together

UPDATING....

 What I have found out is...  construction is a slow process..  Being a person who wants to get things done asap... to take on this project..  I have had to tone down....ME...  I finally found a place for me.. to mellow out..  lol..   like most things.. it is the devil is in the details.. AND DETAILS WE HAVE..  it is called the trim.  The trim around the windows.. the trim at the top of the wall.. the trim around each hole..  meaning for the vents and lights and etc.. So here we go again..  the pictures that I hope says a thousand words.. because this is all I have for today.. 

And most of all.. a huge THANK YOU to our contractor grandson, Mike......  we could not have done it without you.. 

Here is one of the details..  the light had to be removed..  a hole to allow for it in the metal.. and then rewiring back to fit the fixture back on to the wall. 

Kind of hard to see, but there is trim up the top by the wall and soffit...  and around the window frame. 

this is the finish product... of the front porch.  

This is the back finished.. the deck and back wall... 

of course the project is not a good project unless you have your sidewalk supervisors.. no chairs this time. 

And  to show you that it is not easy.. we have grandson up top putting in the sheet of metal.. with the King down on the ground under the porch ... guiding the sheet to it's proper place

next week.. hopefully the driveway side and then the front. 

Rainy days and Rainy nights..

Rainy days and Rainy Nights..  Wasted days and Wasted nights….  You are the reason why we are so blue……

Seems to be our song of late.  Seems like God is going to make sure we take this remodel slooooooooooooowly….

But I am grateful for Sunday…  as my mother use to say.. this too shall pass. 

We can find other things to do.  And if the weather does change in the afternoon…  we can paint the windows frames to the same color as the trim.    For one job that is still to be done. 

We also have a back yard by the back gate loaded with all kinds of bush to take to the dump.  Having to cut a lot off of our snowball bush… we have a lot.  Don’t know what hit my bush but it is killing a lot of it.   But one project at a time.

 

They say a picture is worth.........

They say a picture is worth a thousand words... so hope so, as here are some pictures.. 

First off, today, one of my peonies decided to bloom

And the rest is of the metal finally going up..  Thanks to our grandson who is a contractor.. 

This is the work shop..   lol..  

in this one .. if you look in the corner you will see the blue trim 

 

and of course you have to have the supervisors section...  for those who watched.  Our neighbor Larry came down to see how things were going.. so while our grandson and the King worked we talked and watched. 

Ok, I have to give in.

Ok, I have to give in.

Last week as I was weed whacking.. I finally had to realize, it is getting too much for me..  I got the weed whacking done.. but then there was the clean up..  the dry stuff after.

But I put it out of mind, as the rain came ..  for 5 days off and on.

But today… it is sunshine, just like yesterday..  The King was doing some stuff for our sister in law…  so I thought while he was gone… I would do some clean up.. where stuff fell from us working on the suffix.   Then I noticed how bad the weeds were.  The King had mowed the lawn.. with the riding lawn mower which leaves taller grass in corners.

So I got the whacker out. And started to go around the yard. Wore out one battery and was starting on the second one. String ran out.. (mental note” got to find one of those heads that you can put on, with one thru string). After doing the whole front and ¾ of the back, I had to take a break. My back and legs were killing me.  The ALEVE was leaving me.

Went in and got some flavored water.. and then saw the neighbor outside .. across the alley from me..  So I went over and sat on her deck and we talked.  Told her ( I needed a shadow.. (my words) I had to finally admit I am old and need help.  And I was wondering if her 13 year old daughter had a job yet.  Yep, she works two days a week.  But it turns out I could get her for one day. 

So we left each other, with a plan..  I need a shadow. Told her it wasn’t steady, as it depends on weather.. how fast the grass grows.. (it is going like gangbusters right now with the rain).  So probably once a week.  

After I got home.. I thought about how maybe she could help me with some weeding in the garden area as well. 

So there it is.. I am old.. finally admitted it, I can’t do it all myself.

Not liking this…  It is hard when you are use to be a doer.

 

Hello June…. Are you sure you aren’t April

Hello June…. Are you sure you aren’t April

Well here we are, just about to half way thru 2022 and nothing much is going on..  We are STILL working on the house.  We get a good rhyme going and then it RAINS..  SO we lose a day, or start in the am and loose another afternoon..  so back to it two days later, because it RAINED.. 

I THOUGHT IT WAS APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS!!

Got the suffix scrapped.  In case you don’t know what that is..  well, if you have a hang over roof.. the under part of that hang over is called a suffix…   I didn’t know either until last week.

So today..  we got the rest of the scrapping done.  Well, actually the King did it. I was the go for…  go for the hammer, go for the tarp … and etc.    Then it rained.  Then at 3 IT STOPPED.. so he went back out and got ¼ of the suffix painted.  Hope to do the rest tomorrow.  BUT at noon he has to go help our sister in law.. so guess that is ok too, as it will be dry by the time he gets home.  So he can see if there is any missing spots.. COME FRIDAY…..THE METAL will be started.. as our grandson is taking the day off to help.. And he knows how to do this..  we would be just guessing. BUT…the weather man says… it is going to RAIN!!!... please let it be in the early morning?