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We've started a new project that I think will be completed pretty quickly and for a minimal outlay of cashola.
The flooring at the back door has been bad since we moved in almost ten years ago. It was crappy out carpeting covering a rotting piece of plywood.
I pulled all that up the other and found the original tongue and groove wood flooring that was laid down when the house was built. It's in pretty bad shape as well so...
That had to come up as well.
At this point, I called Handy Phil to come and put down a new, level sub floor. As usual, it's going to be more difficult than expected because we have to jack up the post in order to set a solid foundation for the whole floor.
The other thing I didn't consider is the post at the bottom of that stair rail.
It's pretty much rotted through and needs to be replaced, as you can see from the life-like photographic representation above.
I was hoping to use the flooring I took up from the entry way when we installed the tile but I don't have enough of it to cover the area. That means we'll be shopping for some nice outdoor flooring during the Memorial Weekend.
Susan is continuing her stencil work on the fireplace and is getting ever so much closer to completing the project.
My hops plants are doing quite well. The Hallertau has reached the top of the arbor and the Sterling is not far behind. I had a problem with the Sterling because the shoots kind of fell over near the top and then started growing up again.
I had to tie up the shoots which led to this bit of comedy caught on camera.
Here I am stepping off the chair, not realizing the cat's water bucket is right below me.
Here I hit the bucket and start the long decent into loss of balance.
Pivot points change, weights shift, the square of the hypotenuse intersects the cosine of my ass. I really don't think I need to comment beyond this point.
Amazingly, no injury, no bruises.
Just a dumb ass looking at the camera, wondering if that got recorded.
I have been thinking for a while that it looks like there are two different skunks hanging out under the Skunk Cam. I was able to confirm it today.
The skunk on the right is MY skunk (Patty LaPue) who currently resides under the Carriage House. The one on the left (Stinky Usurper) is not from around here. Stinky comes by to check out the area but has never gone under the Carriage House.
I left Patty a little treat last night because I wanted her to be healthy. I cut up a hotdog and put it in a little bowl. I didn't get any video of her eating it but lots of footage of her after the meal.
