Solar panel pavers. Go high tech green.

I do not like that. Would look better in a stonescaped southwestern US yard but I'm in a swamp. Everything's a varied shade of green or brown, moss covered, got several different grass varieties I planted to match the water levels in the different areas. A uniformly green area in the middle of all the variation would stick out.

I'm 8/10 going to proceed on my own. It's been well over a decade since I've done a patio or walkway but I remember how. Watched some videos to see if standards of materials have changed since the last one. I learned nothing new.

I will do plain concrete but it has to be paver tiles. The ground moves too much for anything poured. Our house has an addition built on a crawlspace and it moves as much as an inch depending on season. The concrete pads in the garages have sunk 2-3" from poured height and are cracked into several pieces.

I can take the project and run without wife's picks. Just need to pick something I like and start finding prices.

Have a bird feeder hanging from a Shepard's Hook about 5ft from a tree. It is just out of their jumping range. Squirrel Dive Fails. Some good clean comedy there.

Had one who was making it 1/3 of the way up. WD-40 was something he hadn't bargained for. Slid down like a poorly trained stripper.

Moderately coded story of the night Buckminster almost rid himself of his virginity until she got to her senses just in time!

Totally appreciate the decision. I am looking forward to seeing the project progress.

No acccountin' for taste

Already built a wooden 20x12 deck with throwaway wood - ish. When schererville Menards built their new building a block south in 2012(?) They left the cheaper bulky items in the old store as long as they could. I kept checking the store clearance items and bought a bunch of things I still haven't used but will be glad I have on hand when needed - like my well pressure tank still in the box. Bought stone for a fireplace too, but ended up using it as edging.

Anyway I had my trailer on the truck coming south from Chicago and wandered through the yard saw long pieces of pressure treated pine for dirt cheap. I think the decking was $0.19/ft. It was picked over and most boards had a warp to em. But I bought more than a deck's worth without any plans for a deck. 2x12 pt pine was cheap too. The more reasonable sizes were gone so I framed with 2x12s for the cost of 2x6s. Loaded up the trailer and when I got home I started measuring for a deck ....after buying materials.

All in I spent less than $3k for a 20x12 deck. Including the tools I rented or bought, stain, and the landscape timbers and rebar for a raised garden around it.

It's held up better than pallets n plywood. My shed on the other hand has a floor that was replaced at one point and has 3 pallets under it rather than floor joists. That is completely rotten and my foot went through when I was restocking the chicken feed corner. I will probably replace the pallets and plywood, I don't want to redo a shed. Next outbuilding will be a proper barn I can put a camper in.

HHD Ram & dudes!

If true, it will be the warmest day since earlier November. Saaaaaaalute!

Had to put the dog back in a cone last night. She went almost 2 years without eating her hands, I thought the cone days were over now that she's old as chit. Her whole life she's had to wear a cone about one or two months a year because she gets compulsive about licking her hands and eventually starts biting the fur and skin once it's rubbed raw. She bites her nails until they bleed too once she's gotten a big open sore on her paw.. I bought a stack of dog cones years ago and this is the last cone I have. She was very excited when I was taking it out of the plastic packaging. She likes having the cone on.

Yeah, put in a wishlist.

I could sure use a new batch from Alejandro Gonzalez Arias (house roller) Hotel Comodoro Havana. My old mule has not worked since the covid hit and I'm having to allocate.

Lit a candle for you. Be strong.

To show you are not alone, am heading down to my local later this morning for one with a friend of mine.

We'll get through this, DED.

DrMad: Not sure if you are.

What is a Drum & Paso?

Hardly...it's a moniker for Angelo Moore when he's out and about. Huge fan. Who am I to get in the middle of people's minds?

http://drumhorseassociation.com/ 

https://floridapfha.org/# 

My wife has a Paso Fino and a Peruvian Paso. Gaited horses that don't bounce you around because of their footwork. They're naturally given the gait. I used to have a Clydesdale but sold him (to a reality tv star) and have given up riding with my shoulder as bad as it is.

Interesting. I would have done the opposite. Would have sold the reality star to the horse.

Clydesdales. Heard they wish they had Frank's dikc.