Hey. So we’re building a fence here. Hence I am exhausted. Why are we building a fence? Because there wasn’t much between the fence standing up and falling down. It was time. This was after the boychild and I removed the first section on the left, waiting for the man in charge (my dad) to show up.
Thing is, dad is almost 80 and has had heart issues, so we’re all masking up while doing this. No need to get anyone sick over a fence, right? Damn bushes have been pushing this thing over. We’re trying to take that back. Did some major chopping. They’ll come back. They always do.
We had hoped to just replace slats, but apparently with lumber mills being shut down due to the pandemic, those are hard to find. So we adjusted…
The lower yard needs work. It was a jungle for years before the boy went out and attacked the lavender star flower bushes. The one on the right is pretending to be a tree. We want the others to be more bush like.
We didn’t mean to start on Fathers’ Day…dad just misread my email. It’s OK…the first day, we put in three posts? Maybe four…
The first one took three hours because…it was the first one.
Today was the second day, and we got all the posts in. I was in charge of making the concrete on the top slope away from the posts. Well that’s definitely four posts in, three to go.
I don’t feel bad for the neighbors…all they do is construction. You can’t see the new playhouse to the right of this picture, or the pool in progress in the ground down there. It’s a lot.
We’re putting metal poles on all but one of these…just for sturdiness. The one without…it would have been a pain to get one close enough, so we didn’t.
Hopefully the rest of them will hold the fence up.
As of this afternoon, all the posts are in, top stringers in, and about half the bottom stringers…we needed concrete to firm up before doing more, and one section of wide slats is in. Tomorrow we finish, hopefully. So we can let the dogs out NOT on a leash. That will be nice. Plus I’m tired. It’s hard work in the sun and all. Kudos to those who do this all the time…if I’m out in the sun/heat for any period of time, I get dizzy. So then I drink more water. Probably bending over for 20 minutes, trying to make a concrete pyramid structure with a pointy thing that has a name that is totally not in my head at the moment (trowel…there it is) did not help.
Anyway…tomorrow, more stringers and lots more rails. Then done! Cleanup will take a while…lots of boards that need to have something done to them…either made into firewood or cut for the dumpster. We’ll see which.
Meanwhile, I ironed a little bit last night…
OK, it was actually two hours, not a little bit. Got her head done and the background stuck in behind her…and started on the skelly in the background…
All this with a large Golden Retriever to step over…
We’re waiting on test results for the old lady…she’s got a face swelling that could be an infection and could also be a lymphoma. She’s doing fine though, no symptoms, so hopefully it’s an easy fix. We’ll take antibiotics for the win!
I had some time before dinner yesterday to piece some more fabrics for the Abstract Arcs quilt…
I also cut out pieces for the next two blocks but didn’t get around to sewing them together yet.
This is the easy part, right?
I’ll probably need to make a few more combinations of these to get enough blocks for the whole piece.
This is in the evening light, so everything is very blue-toned…
The backgrounds are all actually white and black. Here they are with dog for size…
I sat outside and tried to read for a while with the girlchild…really, after working all day, my brain was mush for quite a while.
She’s been reading like crazy these days…
With puppy assist. I’m a little jealous of both those things, but know I’ll get some in a bit.
Dots! I finally caught up…Saturday night was the octopus…
Fun but time consuming…
All those legs…
And then I caught up on the acorn, which was Wednesday’s? I think? Can’t remember.
The acorn…
Someone did one with bullion knots on top, but in the end, I found a thread that worked.
And then Sunday night’s abstract…
They all start to look like flowers or microbes at some point…
This was a quick one…
Tonight’s is not. We’ll see if I finish.
Kitten has found her summer spot…where she will probably lie while I am trying to copyedit later this week.
Ugh. Sweet cat. Bad location.
Here’s Nova, also sweet, but not in front of my computer.
And with Luna…
Last…for those who don’t follow my Instagram. This dragonfly was around and then hung out for a while.
Amazing color…
So. Tomorrow? More fence, hopefully done. Although we need to build a new fence in the front yard. So that’s later. Then cleanup. Tonight? Dinner. Sew a dot. Hopefully either iron or piece some blocks, maybe both. Then a good night’s sleep. Sounds lovely. And happy birthday to my younger brother, who is smart and hires people to build fences. Actually, I’m pretty sure he’s done this with dad as well. It’s a thing.
Kathy Nida 