Tuesday, 09 June 2009

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  Our Deck-In-Progress

  Mornin' Peeps!

     My mommy said she'd like to see pictures of the improvements Bob and i have been making to our deck, which i spoke about in my last blog. Maybe you would, too? Whether you do or don't, here are a few :

     First, two shots of the old deck:

  

  

     Two shots of how it looked when we were done, and how it looked when we began the re-build two months ago:

  

  

     Now, here's what we've done so far:

  This is probably the best picture. The deck is now 8'X12', instead of something like 16'X20-something. We still have to put up the slats on the railings. The old piece of lattice is a test to see if it will be a good tomato support. If so, we'll buy a nice new one next year. Bob built a ramp so we can run the wheelbarrow up to stack firewood on the deck in the winter. The garden bed in the left foreground has two plantings of green beans in it, the one behind it has sweet corn.

  

  The front bed has zucchni growning, and the back bed has tomatoes and freebie melon plants that just came up. We don't even know what they are (probably cantaloupes), and they'll probably get way to big to leave in, but we'll see. In the background you can see the old glider swing we had on the old deck. Bob made a new tin roof for it to replace the original rotted-out one.

  

  Just a pic from the side.

  

  This shows the walkway Bob put in from the patio to the new stuff. The wooden ramp you might be able to see here is to cover the ditch he had to put in for the downspout drain.

  

     There's a lot to be done yet. I'm happy to say we haven't bought anything for this construction except new bolts, hardware, etc., and the tin for the swing roof. Everything else was recycled from the old deck boards that were still good enough to use, and the patio block left over from other projects. The walkways aren't done to precision, but that's on purpose. Bob wanted everything to look as if it were there for years, so he "built in" a few flaws.

     I'm proud of how things have turned out so far. Not bad for a couple of old folks doing a little bit at a time and working with what we had. I'm also proud of Bob... all this came from the vision he had in his head, and he worked it all out and made it come to be.

     I've got a good man, me.

     Have the best day, Xangamigos!

   

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