Someday Projects

We kept saying someday we should clean up that old woodshop/greenhouse.  It became a dumping spot for many projects and lots of wood that might be a wood carving someday.  I finally finished cleaning up out there.  That was a long project...36 days but some days were too warm or I was too busy to work out there.  I am so happy to be done cleaning in there.  Now I can enjoy the space again and work on some more dish flowers.  Far Guy still has a bit more wood to sort through and some "stuff" to organize whenever he feels like it.

I have a big project waiting in the wings.  Not sure I am ready to revisit this project yet. It was a project I started back in about 1986.

The old milk can was painted by my friend Susie.   I kept something inside the can all these years.  The milk can sat in the kitchen at the resort and at the house in Harwood it sat in the foyer.  The box on top holds two special tools to  help with this project.  It will be an adventure.  Take a guess if you like...what am I up to now? 

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Yarn and Wood

We have been working in the greenhouse/woodshop.  It rained yesterday so we worked out there until it was time for our naps.  Monday we took a load of kindling to my other baby brothers fire pit and took a whole load of stuff to recycling.

One day I stacked a whole bunch of like kinds of wood together.  Nice and neat!

I blocked another shawl.  This is number four of the five skeins I ordered.

I put it in the shawl box.  I am getting quite a collection.

Back view. 

Note to self never order five skeins of one kind/color of yarn again...the last shawl is almost done.  Good thing too as nine skeins of a favorite yarn in all different colors was delivered yesterday.

I started  crocheting a wasp nest they say that if you put one up wasps will stay away. We need one under the back deck where I was attacked last summer.  Maybe one out at the sauna too as they tried to build a nest there also...  Buggers.

Big day yesterday as my baby brother went shopping and brought us ammonia and a rain gauge for me and blueberry pie and coffee for Far Guy. 

 We are greening up quite a bit.  It rained yesterday so I will have to mow soon. We needed rain badly as the ground was powder dry.

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Blooms

I mowed the front yard.  I left the dandys on the side yards for the bees.

There is a good crop of dandys on the side yards.

Little Violets that took up residence against the house.

A Trillium about to open.

We had a busy day.  Visited two cemeteries and left flowers.  I am still working out in the greenhouse/woodshop...Far Guy has lots of stuff treasures. I have been delivering buckets of kindling to the neighbors fire pits and stacking like kinds of wood together on top of the benches. I am about 2/3 done out there.

The suitcase was repacked with some summery clothing should the call for new lungs come. 

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Update On Lung Transplant List

Far Guy is back on the Lung Transplant list as of Tuesday.  He had a long video chat with his Pulmonary Transplant Specialist.   They are starting to do transplants again.  Most likely he will remain on the list until he is 71 which is in 9 months.  Covid 19 is still a concern.  It was a tough decision...once he enters the hospital for transplant he will be alone with no family visitors.  After three or four days when he comes off the ventilator he can use facetime to connect with family.  However the visitation policy may change as time goes on.

So we wait...let go and let God.

I must repack the suitcase...switching out winter clothing for summer and make sure the craft suitcase has some projects!  If and when he gets the call I will take him there and stick around a few days, if our rental is ready I will stay if not I will come back home until it is ready.  We will be gone from home for 3 to 4 months.

Far Guy is stronger than he has been in a long time and has not had a cough since early February.

The Pin Cherries are in bloom.  Food for birds.

I have been working inside the greenhouse trying to get it cleaned up.  Yesterday I was working under a bench...I had to crawl under there to vacuum up some leaves...my head hit a small wasp nest...it went rolling off  like a ball.  Nothing was flying out so I continued on with my work.  Far Guy took care of it...no wasps.  He looked under the rest of the benches as good as he could for more...but none were noticed. Life is just one adventure after another.

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Same old stuff

Not much new here.  I worked in the woodshop/greenhouse for awhile.  We got the shade cloth up without falling off of ladders or breaking any bones.  I piled up some lumber.

Far Guy woodcarved outside and watched the birds.  We walked to the mailbox.   I watched Mirror Mirror on Netflix...a different kind of movie I give it a 7 out of 10 stars.  I had a long nap.

A Trillium and a Feather both carvings by Far Guy.

Supper was "freezer"  a day we both enjoy.  Far Guy ate the last of his Gumbo and I had hotdish.(hamburger, veggies and potato) No fuss....Far Guy got it all warmed up and then woke me up!

I am looking for a different pattern for my next shawl. 

Yarn Chicken =That is when you may or may not have enough yarn to finish a project. So you crochet or knit on until you win or lose.

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Big Project

Yesterday my other baby brother came over with his construction crew and we changed out the covering on the woodshop/greenhouse.

We had a white covering on it for the past 6 maybe 7 years.  It had several holes...one where a rabbit was getting in and out.  The last time the plastic was changed Far Guy did it all by himself.
Before

After

This time we put it on loosely the previous was too tight especially in the winter....the bows moved! Years ago this was a vegetable, Native Plant growing greenhouse and a spot to hold special orders away from the retail greenhouse.  Since Far Guy was in charge it became known as "his greenhouse" then after the business closed a woodshop/greenhouse.

It is very bright in there now!  The white covering filtered out lots of light.
I will show you my aisle.

There is soap curing that was too smelly to bring in the house and on the right all my glass flowers and glass collected to make more flowers.  I should wrap up that project someday!

Cleaning inside continues until it gets too warm in there...we have a shade cloth that covers the entire house so that will go up soon.

My baby brothers crew did an awesome job!  Luckily the wind held off until we finished!  One big project crossed off the list!
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Day Out

Today is our day out (1 1/2  hours or less) away from safety.  It is always an adventure to watch people in the parking lot while I wait for the grocery delivery...and then another adventure seeing what we didn't get.

Yesterday was a busy day we both worked in the woodshop/greenhouse for 3 plus hours and then we went to recycle a bunch of stuff.  We are making progress.

I sat outside after supper...pork chops and wild rice...and watched the fluffy summer clouds.

Watched a crazy squirrel eating the buds on one of the piss Popple  trees.

 The cloud behind him showed off his silhouette.
We need rain it is very dry.
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A bloomer and a feeder

Spring has come to our yard.

I remember when I was a child my Mother always said we could go barefoot when the Dandelions came out.   Well I am still wearing socks with my crocs and even gave up coordinating colors. Yesterday it was turquoise socks with red crocs:)

I trimmed some brush back along the driveway. Then I spent about three hours in the woodshop/greenhouse.  I will be out there most days until it gets too warm in there.  Me and the shop vac are making progress....years ago we put a landscape fabric floor in there.  Yesterday the huge wild raspberry canes that grew in one corner were eradicated...I had raspberry canes stuck in my hair...I had a whole garbage can of canes that went into the woods. I ran onto two slightly dehydrated mice and lots of spiders. Yuck!  It is a big project....but little by little I will make a difference.

There was a report of  Orioles in an area south and west of us...so I got out the feeder that my Dad made for me many years ago.  The best thing I ever did was to paint it a gloss orange color.  It just has Grape Jelly now, I will add oranges on top of the screws when the birds come.

We are staying safe and busy at home.
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