It is October when G and I start thinking about what projects need to be completed before it is too cold. Mine was to stain the deck again. I looked back on the calendar and it looks like I did it two years ago. There must be a better way, but this deck is what was here when we bought the house. It was a two person job (not G and I). Doing projects like that definitely is not his favorite thing to do. So I power washed it, and applied a brightener which is supposed to open the pores in the wood so the stain goes in better. Next I hired a 20 year old Amish young man. He has been doing a lot of yard work this summer. He spent two days applying the stain on the floor. I stained the railings for two days and am not finished. Rain is here so it will have to wait.
G project was to put a sealer on the cracks and joints on the concrete apron in from of the shop. This took him several days too. We are bleary eyed but are happy to have done so much. I did not think to take any pictures.
For G's birthday party I made a board with pictures from his life. I thought I would include some here. This is him riding a motorcycle to classes at the University of Minnesota. I can't believe he is smiling.
Another motorcycle pic. He raced motocross in Oklahoma. I never could get the red dirt stains out of his clothes.
Ok, this is the last motorcycle picture. This was a couple years ago when he rode the Continental Divide Route. Just wanted to show there is a theme here.
4 comments:
Gerry needs to add the picture he showed me - of this summer trying to ride motorcycles over boulders!
what awesome pictures and how productive you guys have been! I wonder if uncle G also still has all those bikes somewhere?
Did Gerry sport a beard in Oklahoma?
Man, oh, man. His hobbies haven't changed at all. I'm glad that Abraham Lincoln beard is gone, though.
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