My Most Important Announcement EVER!
You know what that means? ROSS IS GONNA, AFTER MORE THAN EIGHT FUCKING YEARS, FINALLY PAINT THE REST OF THE MAIN PORCH CORNICE! Really. I know y’all are as gobsmacked as I am. So, on the count of three: 1, 2, 3: SQUEE!!!!!!!!
Continue ReadingTa-Da!!!!!!!! Announcing…
Y’all have been asking me to create videos. I have long wanted to, but these concerns have stopped me: I have zero extra time. So, how do I add something time-consuming to my life? Because I have no extra time, I also have no brain space to learn a whole new, ahh, thing. I watch…
Continue ReadingA Centipede in the House
The idea is that the ceiling is open to the night sky. Soon, there will be stars. The main ceiling will have the same ‘cracked ice’ pattern as the parlor. And I am pondering an enhancement to the teal border. The night sky comprises four separate layers: Base pale teal. Black gloss cut 50%…
Continue ReadingA Health Update
A seeming miracle has happened. During the last 48-hours or so I feel…better. Much better. The best I have felt in like 18 months. For about half of 2022 I have been incredibly lethargic. I was napping three times a day. Doing anything took titanic effort. I recall climbing up a ladder a while back…
Continue ReadingDecorating Begins!
The painting of the library ceiling begins! The color looks like white but is a very pale teal, a match to the parlor ceiling. I am uncertain how I will embellish the ceiling so the next few weeks should be quite the adventure. Ross excited!
Continue ReadingGhostly Apparitions
With temperatures plummeting for a while, I have abandoned the front porch and moved back inside. For now. My focus is finishing the renovation of the library and its decoration. To this end, the room and its books needed protection from dust and paint. And, for some reason, the shrouded room reminded me of…
Continue ReadingSanta Arrives Early
On October 3rd I received this email from Wendy: Hello Ross, I follow your blog and I have an antique bedroom set and a settee that need a new home. They were donated to our restoration project that we’re in the process of selling and the buyer does not want them. I can send pics…
Continue ReadingSQUEE Update
Democrats have retained control of the US Senate. Democrats still have a chance to retain control of the US House. There are 21 elections (I think) still not called.
Continue ReadingA POLITICAL REMINDER
In 2018, on election night, it looked like a Red wave. A lot of people were freaking out. Slowly though, over a period of three days, it developed that a Blue wave had happened, the largest since 1974. In 2020, on election night, it looked like a Red wave, and that Trump might have…
Continue ReadingAssuring Crispy
To the left is a sloppy edge, with violet paint glopped onto the porch beam. This is OK as this was the only way to get paint all the way into the inside corner. To the right is my carefully painted beam and 1/4-round (click image to enlarge). Ross…happy. (Note: the electrical boxes will…
Continue ReadingIf You Have Not Voted Yet…
This is, obviously, a political post. Please scroll down if interested. …remember this tomorrow:
Continue ReadingA Tiny Intervention Involving Eight Legs
There was a small clump of lint on my floor. I took a broom to it. The clump…moved. Huh? I bent down. It took a moment to realize what I was looking at. A large-ish spider (2-inches?) had gotten its eight legs tangled in the lint. It could move, sorta, but it could not walk….
Continue ReadingWhy Voting Is Vital
This is a political post. If you are interesting in supporting good over evil, please scroll down. Bo Hines is the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina. From the Democratic Congressional Campaign…
Continue ReadingHealth Update
A few weeks ago I had a CT scan. “A CT scan shows detailed pictures of the organs and tissues inside your body.” Last Friday I had a PET scan. “A PET scan can find abnormal activity and it can be more sensitive than other imaging tests.” The PET scan “is a functional imaging technique…
Continue ReadingAfter Eight Years….
The color is historically correct. It took a lot of effort, and several wrong turns spanning years, to arrive at the right color. But, I feel good that I never gave up and took the easy route. In 1894 the color would not have surprised. Today, it does, as people are so used to…
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