The Adventures of a Middle Kid
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Extra! Extra!
    • The War Between the States--A Journal
    • Book List
  • The Bee Project

Front Walk Tune-Up

5/14/2015

1 Comment

 
Sometime earlier this week (I think it was), Mama asked me if I thought that I could re-work the area up to the front door. You must admit...it needed it:
Picture
(I had already gotten started before I remembered to get the camera.)
This morning, Daddy reminded me and so, after writing a letter with my morning tea, I set to work. That edger in the above picture worked fantastically as a pry bar. Thankfully, it wasn't necessary to use it on each of the stones.  

At some point during the collection and stacking of the stones, a mama Robin flew up and sat upon her nest up on the light fixture by the front door. There she stayed until Katherine opened the door quite a bit later.

Once I got the stones stacked neatly on the steps, I was ready for the next step--which meant defining the edges of the area a little and either pulling or scraping the weeds out.
Picture
A pre-shot...
Anyway, once I got done with that, I tramped off to get the sand out of the barn. There were two bags of the stuff (one partially used) and I used both of them. I carried the first one all the way from the barn (along with the square pointed shovel which wasn't necessarily smart), but took my mother's wise advice of using the go-buggy for the second one. The complete bag weighed 60 pounds. I suspect the other one was about 45-50 pounds. I think my already stiff shoulder muscles are going to be worse tomorrow. ;}

Due to the atmospherics in the barn, both bags had set up fairly solid (this is a concrete sand mix), so I took that shovel and beat the daylights out of the stuff. I was unable to totally smash it back into sand particles, but I did a good enough job to do what I wanted to with it.
Picture
Something about the perspective of this pictures is weird...
Picture
Leveled out as well I was going to get it.
By this point, Mama had finished what she was doing in the garden and was pulling weeds around the driveway. While I was finishing up with the sand, she went into the attic and brought down cardboard boxes--for this:
Picture
Once Mama helped me lay out the plastic, she went into to make lunch.
Picture
I started re-laying the stones and after a bit someone arrived to take pictures. :)
Picture
Picture
This is one of those classic pictures that remind me of the days when I was rather small and Mama would get onto my for always wearing out the knees of my pants. (Apparently, I did a lot of crawling about when I could have used my feet instead.)
Picture
I dunno...is that a Rooster face?
Picture
Job done. Now all we need is to repaint the front door....
There is still an element of "wave" to the stones, but at least it is better and there is no grass and flowers growing through the them! 

Now...this afternoon I am going to try to finish up weeding the strawberries. I worked on them yesterday and still didn't get finished. I think I should be able to manage it without too much trouble...

     Racheal

1 Comment
Mum
5/14/2015 03:47:24 pm

yes, the door does need painting....maybe when the Robins are done nesting...

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    New post on The Bee Project! 04/26/18
    Picture

    The Middle Kid

    I chose to title this blog "The Adventures of a Middle Kid" because that is exactly what I'll be detailing (mostly). I chose 'kid' over any other word, like 'girl' (I am the middle girl so it also would have worked) or 'child'
    (since I am no longer exactly a child).

    I am a middle kid and I will always be a middle kid--even when I'm 80!

    Picture
    Picture

    Archives

    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013

    Follow
    Picture
    The anti-Christ will not overrun Christ’s church or kingdom.
    Christ will win. He is winning. He has won. --Joe Morecraft, III
    Picture

    Categories

    All
    1942 Truck Restoration
    Accidents
    Agriculture
    Authentic Christianity
    Books
    Caretaking
    Cats
    Cattle
    Chickens
    Church
    Confederates
    Conference
    Cooking
    Costumes
    Cow Cavalry
    Family
    Farmers Market
    Filmmaking
    Food
    Friends
    History
    Holidays
    Horse
    Knitting
    Lyme/Co Infections
    Lyme/Co-Infections
    Mechanics
    Movies
    Music
    Musings
    Musket Echos
    Nonesense
    Pictures
    Politics
    Reenacting
    Rodeo
    Sewing
    Shooting
    Theology/Philosophy
    Video
    War Between The States
    Weather
    Weddings
    Work
    Writing
    WWII

    Picture

    Picture
    Picture

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    FREEDOM'S LIGHT FILMS
    Picture
    Picture
    Reformed Reviews
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    www.fold3.com
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    7 Lb.s of Bacon Mess Band
    Picture
    Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.