No, the baby is not ours. It (he) belongs to our neighbors Maria, Toby and Kaia. Little unnamedasyet boy arrived this morning, and I am told all are doing well. We will visit this weekend, as we want to give them time to get acquainted without us drooling all over. Congratulations neighbors!!!!!!
We had a little piece of deck put in this week, buy the same guy who did our back deck and porch. We think of him as our little brother. We wanted the deck to try to cut down on the dirt. I hope it works. The dogs think it is just for them…which I guess it is. Note: My monitor is really messed up, so I hope the pictures look ok. I cannot judge their color situation.
Simple enough. It will get stained with everything else this summer. Actually, it might take the summer to stain everything.
He started the shed, which is going to be great. We are going to have a sink in there and even that new fangled electricity.
I tried not to get all the junk in the picture. Look at that view! What a lucky shed. He is not finished, but will probably be tomorrow. 
It is really nice.
Many years ago we had a big ole fat cat named Possum. He had many health problems and did not live a long life, but we really loved him. At that time we had a bird that would visit our feeders who reminded us of him…fat…slow…not a care in the world. Well, I think Possum the Bird, as we always called him, has found us. I took this poor photo through a window because I thought a bad photo was better than none. I bet he was on that feeder three or four minutes, which in bird time is forever. He just sat there and swayed with the wind. Welcome to the new house Possum the Bird!
February 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
so next winter we can look forward to reading about how to keep the pipes from freezing in your new (probably unheated) shed. For future reference, the “green” approach is to build a box around the pipes and fill it with horse shit. i seem to recall you have horse friends, so availability shouldn’t be an issue. The theory (and it really does work) being that as horse shit degenerates it gives off heat, thus protecting your pipes.
Actually i suppose there are many green uses for horse shit…one of my grandmothers, who, by the way, barely spoke english (which may have been a good thing considering some of the things she DID say) advocated using horse shit as a poultice. never tried that.
MY personal most effective use ever of horse shit was having a metric ton of it dumped on the front lawn of someone who really pissed me off. Didn’t cost a lot, and if you pay cash it’s hard for them to identify you.
February 20th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Actually, I do have a horse friend, but I think I will pass on that! The water spigot is already there. The shed is covering the side of the house that has the spigot. So, there is not plumbing, just connecting. Thought of central heat, but I doubt the garden tools or Christmas decorations need it.
Remind me never to make you mad!!!!lol
February 20th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Okay, i have to point this out. I HAVE to. I just looked again at the pictures. i LOVE new construction, especially when it’s wood, and yours looks awesome. i DID notice, however, that when you took the pic of the shed interior…you’re standing in the door and your shadow is on the back wall…see that picture? Now look carefully at the shadow of your head. DO you see the antennae? I actually moved this pic to a lower resolution monitor to make sure it showed up there too, and oddly i could see it even more clearly. Perhaps in the harsh light of a spring, or nearly spring day we are once again reminded there are aliens among us…and i don’t just mean my illegal neighbors.
February 21st, 2009 at 7:52 am
Please do not give away my secrets! lol Actually, I think it looks as if I was impaled on a diagonal.
Just remember….we are among you!
February 21st, 2009 at 3:54 pm
LOL….I did notice the antenae too….that would explain a lot wouldn’t it…hahaha :~)
the shed does look great and after it is stained it is going to really be amazing.