A Project Completed
This morning I got a call from Carpenter Bryan. He asked if I had a problem with him installing the storm door on our front door. Absolutely not! By twelve noon the door was installed and there was no cleanup for me. I had stayed busy in the studio the entire time . . . staying out of the way.
What had happened while Bryan was working with his helper on our front deck, the neighbors to the north of us had called the fellows over. It seems as if Jan and Randy will be having their back door tricked out with a deck such as ours. For the entire time I have lived next to Jan and Randy, they have only had rough wood steps not attached to the house at their back door.
When I paid Bryan, he was grinning from ear to ear with another job to do in time to come. I kidded Bryan that he had gotten a job for our same deck and steps design while he was finishing up with us. Now that Jan and Randy will have a nice deck and steps such as ours, Bryan can soon have this design as his signature. Bryan thanked me for putting his card on Facebook as he had to install some windows out on a rural site.
St. James needs several Bryans for small carpenter jobs. I let Bryan know I was hanging onto his card for a time when we might need him again. He smiled and we shook on it.
Tomorrow Dennis called in a favor without labeling as such. Dennis’ daughter Sandy has a fellow that is storing a car in our back garage. Tom will be coming over tomorrow with his chainsaw. The plan is to cut up branches and trees on the blue barn acre. Cutting them up in six foot lengths or less, will allow them to fit in the bucket of the skid loader that Dennis can borrow from his nephew Brett at any time. It’s a smaller loader than Brett uses with his concrete work. Brett keeps it at his house for moving snow in the winter.
Daughter Sandy wants to take some Hosta home from the east end of our original lot. My plan is to stay put out of everyone’s way. Sweet.
May everyone’s Memorial Day be safe and restful . . . as mine will be.