I actually left at about 10:15, so next week’s cheque will be disappointing, but it was worth it, I think. I stopped at Buchheit on the way home to get paver base and sand, then came home, changed clothes, and went to work. I cut the sod (AKA crabgrass and witch-grass) with a shovel and […]

Poor little HK did double duty as a concrete hauler yesterday. These things weigh about 10-11 pounds each, and there are 46 of them. I bought 44, but we lost count while loading. I don’t know that I could have chosen a colder day; the north wind was bitter! This will be the flowerbed out […]

I groomed/tidied up my front room plants, and although it could’ve used another coat of heritage white, it was too cold and windy to paint, so it went as it was. I think it came out okay. B not only gave me the lexan for the shelves, but cut it to size for me! Now […]

Heritage white (when I forget) 

I was too lazy to properly strip it, but I think with a couple of coats of white primer and antique white paint, it’ll be okay. B gave me some lexan (and even cut it to size for me), and once this is painted, the lexan will be shelves, and it’ll be a plant stand. […]

Okay, so I’ve had the ballasts for ages, and should have done it long ago (preferably before the majority of the plants died), but I put it off because I wasn’t sure of what I was doing, and then put if off again when I discovered that the new ballast and the old one had […]

The guy on YouTube made it look like it would take ten minutes, so of course it took me half an hour, but I did correctly identify the problem, find the part on eBay (discontinued, though there is a substitute), get the door panel off and back on without breaking it or electrocuting myself, and […]

I barely had enough daylight, but I finished the gradge, and it is now “Parview Peach”. Well, the west side.  It’ll look better in full daylight, but I’m so glad it’s done that I’m posting a photo anyway.  I discovered it’s not Parview’s original colour I don’t like; it’s the pale pink to which much […]

After fixing the siding by the back door, I got the “brilliant” (sarcasm quotes) idea to do the west side of the garage. At first, I thought I could get away with just the bottom four courses of siding, but I looked at the rest, and it had a few small areas of loose paint, […]

Okay, still technically two, but one main colour. I went to Buchheit at lunch, but their computer matching system was down, so I had to go to ACE after work because I wanted it finished. Anyway, it’s done, and looks fine.  Not much difference between Love Story and “Parview Peach”.  Not at all a bad […]