Wedding Preperations

 During this lockdown, I've been busier than I have in years. I sold a house and the move is in 10 days.  A lot of the furniture from it is being stored in my guest house basement and garages so I had to clean them up and get them ready ahead of time.  This meant cleaning up a basement that hadn't been touched in 15 years except by some kids (no names mentioned) that constantly threw stuff down there. What a job!  It was disgusting, hard work and I slaughtered a lot of creepy crawlies.  Yes, spiders were hurt in the cleaning of this basement....many of them. I also needed to clean it before the wedding.

I've been doing a lot of gardening.  Not a great thing to be doing in this extremely hot weather and this draught. I planted that hill next to the potting shed. Now I have to water constantly to keep it alive.

 At least the leak in the pond has been fixed and everything is back up and running.

 Somehow in this abhorrent heat, a running creek makes it feel slightly cooler.

 I've been sprucing up the outdoor furniture too. 

 It sure needed it.

 I power washed it and now it's getting a few new coats of paint.

 I'll take pics when it is done.

 I painted the front porch at the guest house too. When I redo this house next Spring, I will be putting slate down on this porch.  I decided to paint it a slate color so I can live with it and see if I like it.  I have new porch furniture coming next week and it will give me a chance to see what it looks like sitting on this color.  So far, I like it.

 What a challenge this basement is!  When the house is redone, the basement will be turned into a laundry/craft room.  I had the old washer/dryer hauled out of this area. I will have benches, shelves and closets built in here.

 There are 2 areas like this in the basement.  This was covered floor to ceiling with junk.  I filled 50+ construction bags with junk and had a truckload of other stuff hauled away.  What a job!

 Temporarily, I am painting the walls white just to make the area look better.

 The floors are next.  I'll paint them gray just like the porch.

I'm leaving the ceiling black for now because I would have to use a paint sprayer and I don't want to get that involved just to have it redone in less than a year.

So, besides making party food for 20 people and delivering it to them, this is how I spent my 4th of July weekend.

On another note...two years ago yesterday we brought home this little boy.  One of the best decisions I ever made!