Scattered thoughts.....

If I owned a carpenter's apron, I would be putting it on today. Instead I will be working my hammer and reciprocating saw to install my new window. I am getting excited as I spent a lot of time planning. I find if I don't rush into the job, I tend to make less mistakes and can also save time for that.





I know I have shared these little guys before, but they just speak to me. I am setting outside with the dogs and look over at these guys, and I just have to go get my camera. I rescued them from the garbage of a neighbors house. The little rabbit lost an ear, but they are nice little sculptures. I know I need to get out more and see the European sculpture scene. I must be desperate for three dimensional art work.





For those who are following our seasons from afar, here is the old silver maple now with not a leaf. The tree needs to be trimmed up by an arbor expert, but they charge big bucks by the branch.





My dad tore three different houses down in Iowa and built houses with the used lumber. He used the large pieces for the floor beams and save a lot of money by doing so. I guess I took for granite that people knew about these square nails. They are called forged nails. These nails were holding my siding on the house.

Somewhere in Boston, (I saw this on PBS), they removed a floor from a large famous music hall stage, and replaced it with new lumber. To be sure that they didn't change any of the conditions of the music hall, they used new forged nails like this as that was what was originally used. So they are still making forged nails. Boston may have been the wrong city but it was a major city, and on a good day I can recall where they actually did the work.

I have a few more pieces of siding to remove and then I will start cutting a new hole for this larger window. No rain is predicted and the temps will be in the low 60's. Thanks for reading.....