The back deck is done. It just needs to be decorated. P did
a great job of mixing the new and old wood. It’s striped and looks intentional
(and pretty cool). Once it seasons, I’ll stain it to match the two-tone gate.
I
had tall posts installed at the corners so that someday I can put a roof on it
and screen it in (&*^#@! mosquitos!).
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| New supports, old stairs |
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| Stripes |
The deck looks so good, it draws attention to the dismal
state of my back yard.
Someday it will be leveled and sprinklers will be installed.
That’s the only way I’ll keep anything alive back there. I think I’ll build a
small raised kitchen garden on the left and either paint a (peacock) mural on
the shed or put up a trellis to block the view from the house. Add a winding
path, climbing rose bush near the gate and a small grassy area and I will be
happy. But I think I had better fix the
cracks in the drywall inside the house first.
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| Yup. It's a breaker box. Exciting, no? |
On the 4th of July, N came over and together we
labeled the breaker box. You can tell from the floor
plan that the outlets and light switches were added over time. We started by
turning on all the lights, flipping a breaker switch and walking around to see
what lights went out. We quickly learned it was much more efficient to stand
next to the outlet (with a lamp plugged in) and flip each breaker switch until
the light went out, then move onto the next outlet or light switch. A lamp
plugged into the outlet worked much better than the current detector. We were
getting false positives. Apparently there’s leftover juice in the outlet after
the breaker switch is flipped—enough to light up the detector, but not enough
to light a lamp.
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| Cute, yet useless helper |
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| Directly below the breaker box. Um...I think maybe I should fix this...and paint my house, |
