CH: Day 74
I scraped paint off more siding. I hate this job. Hate it. But it must be done.
I also mowed some of the yard. Yes, I am a brave, intrepid man.
I also fussed with the large window in the air-conditioned workroom of the Cross House. Yes, I am an indulgent man, too.
And thus passed Day 74.
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I see more sinking nails, putty and linseed oil treatment in your future. But at the end of that tunnel there will be paint. It’s like walking on a tightrope and not looking down. Eventually you find yourself on the other side. Sorta. And how to tightrope walkers do it? Baby steps.
I finished my second raised bed and it is now ready to fill. I can’t believe I did it and in the heat of summer too. I look at it from the porch after the sun has gone down and there is a good breeze and can’t believe what I accomplished, all using your baby step™ method. My front yard is transformed. Not done. I have a dead ornamental plum tree that needs to be cut up into much smaller pieces. The raised bed has to be filled and planted. There is a whole wrought iron fence that has to be repaired in steps, painted, bricks laid underneath, etc before that flower bed can be planted. Two areas where breaks in the irrigation lines have to be repaired. But you know what? I don’t find it daunting any more. I am no longer overwhelmed to the point of paralysis over the list of things that need doing. Because I am baby stepping a little at a time every night, be it three hours or 30 minutes.
If you can get that work done in the summer heat I can manage to a little every day.
This weekend it is major pruning and dumping into the raised bed to help fill it up and provide future compost. I can do this. Because it is nothing compared to what you are doing. And you run a business as well.
I am amazed and awed. You are inspiring. If it hasn’t been said often enough or lately, thank you for this blog.
Hi Ross, Over on instagram, one of the ladies I follow is applying linseed oil prior to scraping – she has noticed (in her case) that it then comes off easier (the next day, not straight away) and is easier to clean up. Have you tried it or might it be worth trying?
Enjoy the A.C!
Ross, I used a Painteater, very very carefully, to remove paint from my Victorian. It is much faster. But you do have to hang on to it and be very gentle or it takes off too much wood. Wear protective wear, since there is more dust. Much love!
You got quite a bit done, that’s the important part. The only thing worse than scaping is sanding (for me) either one makes my carpal tunnel syndrome act up. Stay cool.