As I pulled pictures I found that I Had not posted in awhile about what I have been up to…
Saturday we made the Crap (Craft) fair… they have a pretty nice fair here and lost of stuff to look at… odd stuff and unique stuff..
Decorated facet handles for necklaces?
Now there were a lot of times I needed those , back when…
interesting sign… I generally agree with that statement
Sunday we didn’t do much of anything… Monday I got back on the deck oiling and again Tuesday… finally got it all done… I don’t work too fast anymore…No need to be in a hurry.
But it is a damn big deck… and I like it that way… big roof overhang, wide space, can set back here from early morning till mid afternoon with out being in the sun… even then the very north end is shaded by a huge Oak tree for all but about 2 hours of the afternoon and even then it is not direct sun on the north 30 feet in the summer. but do need a fan when the sun comes on over… other wise it is usually about 20 degrees cooler during the main part of the day and at least 10 degrees cooler the rest of the day…. good up draft… I do like my deck…
You can see by the sun screens that the north 30 feet didn’t need the screens due to the big tree… just gets some sun then gests shaded by the tree… oh the sun screens? they are home made as well… Lowes sold some screen material and I bought some plastic pipe and made the frames then we sewed the screen material on to them… pull them back up for winter… do need to put some weights on them for summer to keep them from flapping too hard but they don’t move as much as one would think…
Today I went to the farm after my walk… as Sherrie had a lunch function… so a drive to Barr, OK… yea look that one up…
Drove around and got some pictures of the farm there that I had not been back in on for some time… this picture is of the bottom of the old pond… it used to have a huge pond here … all those trees are new and would be almost covered up in the old pond… that pond backed up into the neighbors place and I found some old paperwork in the farm papers that Grandpa had to get an easement from the neighbor for that pond… but maybe 20 years ago the dam washed out and the pond is no more but sure had a good stand of grass in the bottom now… Way back it was spring fed about a mile west of here… but I think that is dried up as well… there wasn’t any water in the channel…
When I finished up the farm tour I went by an old friends business on the highway into town… last time I saw him was at Dad’s funeral and maybe 15 years before that… I should be better at keeping up with old friends and people I grew up with… We visited for along time… not as long as we could have but several hours worth… I think I kept him from working…? I left there and went on in to Enid and had a short lunch and then visited Mom and Dad’s graves… sure miss them… hard to think it has been 2 years since Dad passed and well over 13 years since Mom has been gone…
On my way out of Enid I saw this sign and figured I should get a picture… kind of a southern term I think? then I noticed the employees car behind the sign… what is that sticking out of the hood?
Must be one of those Go Fast options? seems it was a bit too big for the hood? so they just cut a hole out? still not sure what it was ? but way bigger than was originally on there…
The drive home was the same I had taken so many times in the recent years… Got home and let the dogs out and rested up a bit, read the paper then it was Supper time so I started the stuff and Sherrie made a omelet for supper…
Then she skyped with our son as it is his birthday… a week after his son was born… pretty close there… guess they will just have to celebrate together most years from now on… I caught a little of it as she was wanting baby pictures so she got to see the grandson a bit on Skype… We should be out there in a little over a week… so Grandma can have some personal time… oh and the other one that is just over 9 months old… is giving his mom heart problems…
Your supposed to be moving things up when they start to walk but how high do you go when they figure to climb as soon as they can walk? That kid will need a safety harness and bungee cord on him from now on… or some fancy mittens so he can’t grab to climb?
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