One of our neighbors further down the street from us cut down their ornamental plum tree in front of their house. These are the same type as the ones that were on the post a while back in bloom. I went over and talked with them and they said that they did not like the dark red leaves...........I don't know what people are thinking at times. At least they are planting a maple in its place. I picked up a piece of the tree and turned it on the lathe into a candle stand. I still have to get another piece of it to make a base for it. It is hard to tell but it is about 14 inches tall.
I worked on Boeing work most of last weekend but did have a chance on Sunday afternoon to attach two of the rails on the freezer door and to build up the two raised panel fake doors. The rails are attached to the frame but the doors are just sitting in the openings in the picture because I still have to put some beading around the opening, size the panels and put the hardware on before they are attached.
We tried out the edger the other day on the walkway in front of the house. You can see below the before and after picture of what the area looks like. It definitely adds a sharpness to the edge of the walk. It was amazing how much grass had grown over the edge.
Finally finished up the bed out back between the house and the garage with the last row of cap stones. This is something that was started last fall but then it got too cold to glue in on the cap row of the the stones. I think that it came out looking good but it will all come together once the whole area is leveled and the pavers and steps are in place.
The grass looks so much better than it did last year The block wall between the garage and the house really improves that area. Dad
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story - that you made this cool candlestick out of the trunk of that cut-down tree (I agree, what where they thinking?! Your photos of those trees in bloom we stunning}. Hope you can get more wood to make your base. And congrats to Marshall!
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