Beneath the Wraps

           For a week now we have been touching up our house.   The deck REALLY needed a make- over.   I don’t think it’s been painted/stained for two or three years.   It NEEDED a fresh coat of something.   And Richard was concerned about the trim facing west as it also needed a fresh coat of paint in his opinion.   Honestly no one is going to notice.   Nobody ever goes back there – especially to look at the shutters.   But whatever.   So here are some things we have done.   we painted the chairs after this photo was taken clean up             I thought I had posted about our make-shift shed that we made from the tarp of a greenhouse kit.    Richard built the frame to last – but the tarp did not.    It started out with good intentions but became more of an eye sore each time it was moved.    And so much junk accumulated over the years...

                 I’m certain that my insurance policy must be in the shed as I can’t find it in the house.   Too many things have been pushed aside.   I haven’t had the room to go through them until now but don’t wish to tote everything back into the house only to take it out again.   I can be more effective when it warms up – but not to scorching.              I can’t sort through papers while I’m wearing gloves and so my fingers are cold after having gone through two boxes – neither had any hints of what I thought should be present.   My fingers are so cold I couldn’t do anymore.   But I was having fun looking as I came across memories of handwriting, saving various assignments from Jaime’s school, an old photograph of a cousin and his wife.   The photograph isn’t labeled.   If I should die right away, no one in Oregon is going to know who ...