Heavy Air

The day is not only gray and gloomy, but the air feels heavy . . . and my bones feel it.

One of the very first things I do . . . even before getting a cup of coffee, is to do my PT exercises.  Are they a cure?  No.  But, they help to maintain and that is a whole bunch to be thankful for.

While I was in the studio, I had a knock on the door.  Two weeks ago, Dennis and I had a conference over the state of our garage.  In 2020, I was on the ladder painting the gable of the garage.  My, My.  This year has the paint looking a bit weary.  Could we find someone to come to scrape and scrape and then buy Behr paint at close to $60.00 a gallon?  That afternoon, we called Brian.  Brian did a bang-up job on our front deck.

Brian came this morning.  I believe by Saturday night-fall, we might have the components for the project in the little red pickup garage for permanent siding.  The siding will match as close to what is on the house.  The east gable’s siding will be replaced, not so much the wall.  That wall has durable 4’x10′ siding that looks as if it were put on yesterday.  Brian is going to rebuild the service door opening to allow for a regular sized door.  The old bathroom wooden door that has been on that opening for eons is going to be retired.

After Brian and his helper left, I called over to Truman Lumber yard, 15 miles south on HWY #15, to talk to my friend Vaughn.  Vaughn worked with Brian at the time that materials were needed for the front deck.  Brian will be picking up the materials in Truman sometime Saturday.

As we were not enthused to pay Schmidt Siding from Mankato to come and remove the gutter-helmet that is on the garage and, yes, there is a charge to put it back on again so the warranty can remain, Brian said he would put on a flashing to begin with the siding process.

When Brian was here today and he was done making his notes, he shared with me, that I was the first person to hire him after he had moved here from New York to help a family member.  People saw him here working on the deck and the jobs started in and have not let up.  Sweet.

Things can sometimes fall into place smoothly.  

With that I will take my leave.  ♥