Day 2485 Old, grey and cracked.

3rd June 2024

Oh goody, it’s a trip to Grand Rapids to collect a gardener’s bench. Now Kelli loves old things which is why she married me, but when we arrived at the address, and saw what was waiting outside I had my doubts.

It looked like it had spent its entire life outside. That wood was cracked and weathered grey, the areas that was painted was chipped and sad looking, the only redeeming features was it had potential to look cute.

This was the topic for the drive back. Kelli wanted to keep it exactly as it was and put in the sunroom. I suggested that it be stripped down and refinished and rebuilt, replacing all the rotted timber, remaking the top and adding an oil finish, then it could go in the sunroom.

We went back and forth trying to find a compromise, I was insistent that I wouldn’t want it in the house, but it could go in the greenhouse.

By the time we got home we still hadn’t agreed.

I unloaded it from the truck and looked at it. It’s held together with nails, large rusty nails, I have burnt better things.

So the dilemma continues, I know Kelli will try to sneak it into the sunroom, but I don’t believe there is room, but we shall see.

We decided that today was pool installation day.

We pull out the large tubs from the shed and laid everything out on the paved piazza, and started the filling process. It does take a long time to fill, however I did notice a leak. There was a small puncture in the side wall with a thin jet of water spurting out. I tried to find the waterproof tape that I bought a couple of years ago, could I find it? No I bloody couldn’t. That made me angry, it’s in the garage somewhere. I did manage to find something that I slapped on the inside and relied on the water pressure to keep it in place, which worked. Tomorrow I will try to find the proper stuff and get the job done properly.

We’ve started doing some new arm exercises, my chicken arms still exist, so this was another attempt to strengthen them.

So for ten minutes you have to keep your arms up and perform ten different arm movements. It sounds simple but it’s harder than it looks.

I’m interested to see what happens after two weeks of this.