We spent two days outside this weekend among some warmer temperature’s with Saturday, being the first time this year over 70 degree’s, getting up to 75 degree’s and Sunday was cloudy but was around 71 degree’s. We decided to re-stain the fence since it’s been 2 years and it was starting to look a little [...]
Today we spent the whole afternoon in the garden shop at Lowe’s getting some plants for our backyard. Enjoy! This is called a “Red Prince Weigela” and has rich red flowers (they look pink in the photo but they are red). This shrub grows 6 ft. X 8 ft. and will go nicely along the fence, between [...]
Well, we finally got the concrete poured yesterday, after a few days of rain delay and backed up work orders. Enjoy! Looking eastward for the shed. The concrete piled up in the foreground was hauled away the following day. Looking westward into the garbage can area. This area holds all 3 cans, with 2 cans [...]
This week we had the same man who poured our patio last spring begin the frame work for a tool shed in the backyard, a smaller pad for the garbage cans along the house and a walkway from that pad to the front of the house. Enjoy! Shed frame looking north. Shed frame looking east. [...]
When Gino started working on Isabel’s table, we decided in secret that he would also make a cutting board for Gabbi for Christmas. Enjoy! Cherry and maple blocks being glued together. After the first drying, Gino cut them, flipped them with the end grain facing up, and then… …glued them together again. Then he rounded [...]
Well, this weekend Gino only got to work on the table Saturday evening because we had friends over on Sunday. He’s going to try and take some time off later this week to get it closer to being finished. I hope so since there are only 10 days left until Christmas! Enjoy! Corner close up [...]
