Are We There Yet?

Weather, from Wednesday to Friday, was forecast fine and sunny.  Just the conditions for sanding, prepping and painting the outside of the wee weird window to the kitchen, which is looking forlorn since wee weird door had its make-over. 

Thought I’d also have time to sand inside of wee weird door, as well as the outside of the dining room window sill, just to get all the sanding finished.  However, wee weird window took ages.   Plus, I didn’t start until half ten, which didn’t help – due to too much late night watching of Grey’s Anatomy – getting my £1.99s-worth. 

Removing old crackled paint takes longer than a person might imagine.  Mickey, the mouse sander, is earning its keep. 

These particular fenestrations, are super-weird as are on a very steep hill; the kitchen window sill is just above ground level.  This is actually a relaxing height for prepping and painting windows, but requires a stool, to straddle sideways-on, so as not to topple, roly-poly-esque down said hill, in the manner of an overturned turtle, screaming to the bin men to help. 

I have one of those solid old-style stools that schoolboys used to make in wood-working in secondary school.  Schoolgirls made cheese sauce in home economics class.  It was a heady time.  Not as heady as wood hardener and wood filler fumes in the sunshine.  I wasn’t sure if I was dizzy from them, or if my varifocals had slipped.  Turned out to be the latter.  Suffice to say, that was the ‘S’ point in the day’s work – the point at which one is ‘scunnered’.

The antidote - a nice walk to breathe in the sea breezes.  Also bought the groceries for this week – much reduced due to last week’s stocking-up.

(Hope I didn’t look like Top Cat from having dust-mask tan-lines). 

Images for this journal have been posted on Insta @purplehaze_journal

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