Update on the porch

I bought paint and other supplies I needed on Saturday (and Sunday) from Lowes. And after much wood filler and lots of sanding, today I was ready to wash the east porch floor and then paint first coat as soon as it was dry!


Now it has looked like rain everyday for weeks, and we never get more than a few drops. Until today that is.. Well we sure needed it, but I couldn't very well start the painting project with rain coming in on the porch! And figured not worth cleaning as everything always blows right onto the porch when we have a storm.

Tuesday is another day.

On the West side it's different story. I got all the Latex paint up but discovered under one of the pillars, the wood is rotted! So investigation ensued with the help of my brother-in-law! He loves the destruction phase of any project! The white board covering the that end of the porch was very warped, so I guessed it should come off. And we need to see what was behind it.  Butch was happy to to do that..

As you can see, there is a rather large gap from the outside near the post. This is the post under which the porch floor board is rotted! Not sure yet what to do about this, but looks like it will have to wait until I come back from Alaska! Still hoping I can get the floor on the other side completed before I leave.

Quite a gap!

West End of porch

Oh well, since I couldn't work on the porch, I spent time finishing my Mixbook from my Peru trip! Thought I should do that before embarking on another trip. Have a hard enough time remembering what places the photos are pictures of without adding a whole new group of photos to look at!

 I think you could spend forever changing these photo books and making them just perfect. I opted for finishing it instead. The cover is a picture of  Machu Picchu!