Word-less post. Almost.

Back deck

...even though I'd waterproofed it last year, going ahead with another run here out back, cleaning and staining the deck, trying to give it another shot on life. It looks so much bigger with nothing on it...

Front shot

Another view...nearly complete...

Porch-view

Swept, pressure-washed, with the cracks caulked up, a layer of primer down, and then now the final coat. Ladies and gentleman, this is as good as the porch will ever be...

Through the trees

Squirrels-eye view of the new colors.

Two Cleary-domes

Get it?

One more choice...

Garage--Spot The Difference

Correct-The car is parked INSIDE the garage in the second photo!

Dormer preview

Floor Space

I was reading recently that a certain, maybe 40, percentage of the floor should be allocated to furniture. I'd estimate that this particular room, once called the atrium, and with enough space to ride circles around on the skateboard in, is now, thanks to the porch furniture finding a temporary home inside, in the range of 10 eligible space. AKA, "only a path..." to get through...

What is this, then?

Having to pull all the storms from the window revealed an interesting thing in the guest room as the blinds were moved to get access.

Apparently, it's called "natural light." Which would potentially reduce the room's title as "Awesome Sleep Cave" (with "worlds heaviest and least-portable bed") if not taken care of before sleeping...

Starting to come together...

Scraping, sanding, color selection, several instances of pointing, one very helpful Donna, and then the next thing you know, the column has test colors on it. It's just that easy....
Some before and afters to follow in the coming days.

Mind In the Gutter

Couple mid-project shots, and then, too a superfluous self-portrait; "How Rusty Sees Me"

One last sitting

The boys got one last chance to enjoy the lovesac (really, enough entries on this yet? -ed.) before Uncle Matt took it to the Dome. Pretty good illustration of scale, though.

Comfy...

See, even pops can appreciate how comfy the Lovesac can be. Getting out of it, however, is no easy task, particularly on a Sunday.

Feng-Shwayyyyy

No points for the first person to figure out what is new inside the dome. Thanks to our benefactors in Virginia for the Lovesac.

You Registered?

The 'Dome gets all politico. Hopefully the sign doesn't find a new home...

Flaky buyer

Craigslist is awesome.

Let me just be clear about that.

People, however, are not always awesome. So, when I decided that I wanted a bed that took "less visual space" in the bedroom (can I quote myself here?), that I wanted to be responsible about it and actually flick my bed#1 before getting something new (or just different...).

So I CL'd it, and got a buyer, got a price, and set up a day for her to pick it up. So I went ahead (the bed was going nowhere w/o being broken down to get out of the room, down the stairs, and ostensibly, into a car. Although I'd be funny to see a fully built four post bed in the back of a pick up truck driving around) and took the bed apart for pick up.

Alas, she got nervous about her ability to put it back together and after I declined her offer to go over and help her (after not being able to figure a good way to first ask, "um, so, are you cute?") assemble it, she never posted to pick it up.

So, now I get to sleep on the floor like the guy who has no job that I am. On the right is the bed, in it's current state...It is, suffice to say, still for sale. And, it's already ready to be picked up!

Shedding some light...

Finally got around to getting rid of the circa 1950's or some such light (on the right...), and thanks to some training from Tim, had a run at "wiring" at home for just the second time. I'm sure that future generations will have similar disdain for this design as I did for the first set of lights, but for now, it's a decent upgrade. If anything, this light doesn't serve as a storage facility for dead bugs, which the previous one did excellently. Nothing like looking up at a bunch of dead bugs.

Backyard attention

Tried to catch up on a summer's worth of weeding in an afternoon...didn't quite work. At least, though, with the cool-off, there weren't any mosquitoes biting.

Color shots

Harbinger of whats to come once again; better make sure the blower is working for fall...

Couple of photos...

Going through shots...from LAST fall...

Winter office

Similar story in SGM winter head quarters, as receipts and other debris were apparently just left to fend for itself here until recently. Probably not something I should put on the internet, just incase I become a VP pick or something.

Organization, please...

It really shouldn't be so amazing to have the stairs/closest place to throw mail before packing for a flight, cleaned off. But after a summer on the road, so it goes...