As to the topic of the post, the wife likes to make suggestions when spring pops 'round. She suggested I repair our deck on the back of the house. So I bought lumber. Enough to redo the entire floor of the deck. Now the deck IS over 30 years old, so the wood is in really bad shape. Rough and rutted. I am almost 65 and have not worked construction for 25 years. I have to pry out the old boards with a big crowbar, then screw down the new ones. In between I cut and fit the boards around posts and the like. Each day in the weekend I do this, I replace about 12 boards and I am through. I physically cannot take it any more. I have thus come to the conclusion that getting old sucks. If you look at the pictures, though, I think you will agree it looks better.
I will do handrails later this summer. I still have about half the deck to go, so I am not going to be tatting a lot for a while. Too tired!
Yea I have an older home with a lawn that needs to be mowed all the time and spring is just filled with chores love the yellow and black earrings there great😃
ReplyDeleteDeck is looking good. Golden years = fools gold? I've got seven years on you and there are times I think so. However, there are more times that are good. Going forward, if it's bigger than a ball of thread and a shuttle it gets left alone?
ReplyDeleteThose yellow earrings are lovely very bright and bold.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid as we get older everything starts to wear out. The deck is looking lovely even if it did wear you out, you will enjoy sitting out there even more this summer because you repaired it yourself.
Don’t kill yourself, the world needs more tatted earrings!
ReplyDeleteIf you feel too tired, take a break, have a lemonade, tat an earring or two.
ReplyDeleteOh! I have also made these earrings, I will post it on my blog soon. Yellow and black combination also looks good if it matches your dress.
ReplyDeleteI love these one shuttle earrings, I've made a few pairs too. The deck will look so different. Rest daily with tatting.
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