Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

[Gary O']

I hadn't noticed the bricks and 4x4s in your photos until you mentioned it.

I've gotta expound on that a bit

I'm not all that fond of my floor and floor support effort
Yes, it's a tiny shed, but I toyed with how I built my shop and cabin floors in the mountains
(until I saw the prices of dimensional lumber)

Now, the shop was built like a tank
...and the floors of the shop and cabins are legend
You could drive a small crawler across those floors without any affect

My lady and I put a lot of effort into leveling the ground

It's a fairly large bldg





This shed, well, I used what I had lying around (blocks/bricks/rocks) because, well, it's a tiny shed

I did bury a PT 4x4 on the one end

But, not too worried about it

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Gary O']

A rather event filled day

A fire erupted a couple miles north of our cabin
Choppers and belly dump planes doused it
Glad they got there in time
Those woods are tinder dry

Meantime

Got the walls on the tiny garden tool shed
Pretty freaking easy



The fun part will be doing the trim and door
Heh, trim covers a lot of sins

But

Gotta paint first

Trim

Door

Then major drip edge



Pretty hot today at 100°F

Drank about two gallons of water (not exaggerating)

Eight of these;


I woulda drank more, but had to dodge my lady to get to the ice cubes

Yelling something about 'blood all over!!!'

Go figure

She let me in, but only after I cleaned up a bit;





Dang onion paper Irish skin

 

[Ken N Tx]

A rather event filled day

A fire erupted a couple miles north of our cabin
Choppers and belly dump planes doused it
Glad they got there in time
Those woods are tinder dry

Meantime

Got the walls on the tiny garden tool shed
Pretty freaking easy

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The fun part will be doing the trim and door
Heh, trim covers a lot of sins

But

Gotta paint first

Trim

Door

Then major drip edge



Pretty hot today at 100°F

Drank about two gallons of water (not exaggerating)

Eight of these;
View attachment 178840

I woulda drank more, but had to dodge my lady to get to the ice cubes

Yelling something about 'blood all over!!!'

Go figure

She let me in, but only after I cleaned up a bit;

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Dang onion paper Irish skin

Ouch!!!!

 

[Meanderer]

"....and fire...don't forget fire"!

 

[Sliverfox]

Gary,,know what you mean about thin skin.
Dog was trying to get my attention,,pawing at my arm.

Ouch,,,'look what you did.'
Ripped off an L shaped piece of skin.
Bandaid time,, figure that spot will get hit again.

You know that shed isn't going to be big enough,, don't you?

 

[Gary O']

Dog was trying to get my attention,,pawing at my arm.

Ouch,,,'look what you did.'
Ripped off an L shaped piece of skin.

Yeah, we took care of my son's wolf pup while he was commercial fishing
That little guy could shred flesh
And nip
....and howl
Cutest little howl
Head cocked back
Lips pursed
Wailing his tiny lament
I'd join in after a few nips and rips

You know that shed isn't going to be big enough,, don't you?

They never are
I'll just be thankful for some room in the shop for my flat stock
......and a place for the lawn mower

 

[Sliverfox]

No rototiller?

 

[Gary O']

No rototiller?

For as much (or little) as we'd use one, it'd just take up space for 11 months out of the year.

I'll rent one to enlarge the garden next spring, and also rent a small auger to plant fruit trees this fall

 

[Sliverfox]

Sounds like a plan, Gary.

 

[Meanderer]

Gary you may want to branch out to building commercial avian abodes....?

 

[Sliverfox]

Meanderer,,^^^looks like a suggestion to build bird feeders.

 

[Gary O']

Meanderer,,^^^looks like a suggestion to build bird feeders.

Yeah, my lady has suggested that a few times

I might
They'd involve some larger gnarly roots for a stand

However, I'm leaning toward making more spice racks, jelly cupboards,
small pie hutches and things like that






One thing that kinda intrigues me is a four way mirror

I made a three way, for trimming my beard
But, oddly, my hand gets confused when viewing the image and trimming the right side



So, one day this winter, I'm goin' after a four way...of which confuses the heck outa me just thinking about it.....

 

[Gary O']

I'm happy with how the trim is turning out

 

[Meanderer]

"There's no tool, like a new tool"!

 

[Sliverfox]

I've used the upper one so much, as my go to knife in the kitchen
Trying to get used to the lower one.

 

[Gary O']

I've used the upper one so much, as my go to knife in the kitchen

Yeah, my lady's go to kitchen knife remains my Gerber skinning knife
(and my steak knife)

Uh, that one looks like one more pass of the flint stone and it's gone

 

[Sliverfox]

When it gets that thin, it'll will be called a'needle'.

 

[Ronni]

Back to building the garden tool shed


Wife took this pic a couple/three weeks ago

My back was killin' me

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Glad I took a break in digging and low work

Back is good now

Did some precutting and ripping

Just now put things away in the shop for the evening


....and tidied myself up
For some reason, I'm not let in the house if I don't....

Man Glitter
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Ron has so much man glitter going on that my daughter even bought him a tee shirt to commemorate that fact!!

 

[Gary O']

Almost ready for making the door (or doors)...almost

 

[Tommy]

Looks great, Gary!

 

[Gary O']

The little garden shed.....is......done

Too many other projects on hold
'Tis a bit of a relief
But
it was a fun build

I was really surprised the doors came together relatively easy

 

[Gary O']

I am going to make a change
(not totally happy.....yet)




Next;






Then the myriad of projects that've been on hold
(I don't wanna think about 'em for awhile)

 

[Sliverfox]

Don't think about those other projects too long.

So many of the ones I left for later,,I've Forgotten how to do them!

Old age ain't fun.

 

[Gary O']

Don't think about those other projects too long.

So many of the ones I left for later,,I've Forgotten how to do them!

Old age ain't fun.

Reminds me of a poster of mine;