I’ve updated my blog with a page of pictures and a contact form.
It’s located at the bottom of the text under my photo on the front page. Just click on the photos link.
Deck project update – with this AM and this PM pics
Wow…… my whole body feels like it has been through a war.
After coarse sanding yesterday and then pressure washing it all, I sanded one more time with a finer sandpaper (“80” grit). Took almost all day to sand it but finally at 4 PM I was ready to put the redwood stain on.
Here’s a pic this AM. This is after the coarse sanding and pressure washing.
Now because of the use of both old and new wood, I went with a solid redwood stain. Here’s a pic at the end of the day today.
Still lots to do before winter. Have to get the two sets of stairs installed. Am thinking about going with wrought iron for the french door step. Also have to touch up the house paint and figure out how to make the area between the window and the deck on the side extension look nice.
What is your purpose? Make your life mean something! Please watch this video.
Do you use Wikipedia for research? Check this to see edits done by 'interesting' entities (e.g. CIA, NSA, etc)
It appears certain government, military, academic and corporate entities have taken an interest in editing Wikipedia information. This is a fascinating look at how vested these entities are in shaping what information WE have access to.
"Don't muddy the waters with inflated ideas of self-importance"
Love my new camera!
Here are two pics from my early fall garden.
The first is a pumpkin blossum just after the rain.
And this is of a Double Delight rose in very full bloom. This is one of the most fragrant roses I have in my rose garden.
Deck project – update with pics
As usual, the deck addition project has taken on a life of its own. The old part of the deck was painted when I bought the house and I painted it twice. So I started sanding the old deck and in the course of doing that, found a number of planks that needed to be replaced. In these AM pics, you can see the painted planks vs the replacements. The lighter wood color are the planks that I sanded.
I also turned over a couple of planks as the other side was not painted and in good shape. Then the tiny belt the drives the belt sander broke (ordered a replacement but won’t be here for a week or so). I started to use the orbital sander but wow…. my hands hurt something fierce about 4:30 PM. So I counted the remaining planks and just went and bought more. Installed six of them in an hour.
Here’s what it looked like at the end of today.
Now I’m exhausted and my hands hurt.
And oh yea, I was using my saw to remove old nails and slipped and jabbed my shin with the saw – nice painful hole in my leg now.
I’ll be glad when this project is done.
Authenticity, integrated Wisdom and the internet
Twice now this past year I’ve come to privately ‘know’ people from the internet who have turned out to be quite different from how they portray themselves within the context of their public personas. It’s been quite a roller coaster ride emotionally, to say the least.
For years I struggled with integrating my intellectual understanding of my own woundedness and the healing experienced only when I gave my entire being to God. This internal struggle played itself out numerous times in failed relationships (“if I just loved enough, they would love me too” kind of thinking).
Seems to me in reflecting on my own emotional and spiritual challenges that the internet is a perfect vessel for those in that phase of their emotional and spiritual development to portray themselves as who they intellectually know they want to be.
That’s my initial thought about it. I’ll be reflecting quite a bit in the next few months as I process all of the Lessons related to these two experiences.
And a special prayer for healing for these two unique Souls.
More about the deck project – now in restoration mode
In sanding down the paint on the original deck, I realized I needed to replace 13 more planks.
ugh…… this deck project has taken on a life of it’s own.
I didn’t get an opportunity to take any more pics today – I will tomorrow for sure.
Sanding a painted deck…. ugh…….
I finished laying the new decking on the side of the house and replaced 4 existing deck planks that had rotted.
I’ve decided to sand the existing painted deck and then stain it all the same color – it will be the best way to avoid painting and to get it to look like one big deck.
But wow…. bought a belt sander (nice smaller one which is perfect for these sore hands) and I’ve completely sanded five of the 12 ft deck planks so far. I also had to buy a small rotary sander to get the paint off in between the deck boards. What a job this will be.
I’ll take some pics tomorrow and upload them. If I live through this, it will look very nice when finished.