Where did the first part of summer go?

Well things seem to be crazy these days. I find myself mowing the lawn just so the noise will drown out all the chatter between my ears!

Since my last post, the French doors are back in and ready for trim and siding. As I am planning on slightly extending the jambs, I want to have the siding in hand before I make trim and figure out the amount of extension.

I managed to make some plates for the two light sconces, though:

A good sight better than what had been in place, I assure you.

I am not excited about leaving the tar paper to the weather for the next few weeks while I'm at summer camp, but it all sheds water, and I tacked up some stickers to keep it from blowing off.

Our garden and edges of the yard continue to produce, with red and black raspberries just coming in now. A quick walk around the place yields a nice pint!

Here is the aforementioned cucumber trellis made from an aluminum ladder that was left behind. It was old enough (and full of kinks) that I figured it was safer to chop it up.

The cukes went from nothing to something basically overnight:

Though difficult to photograph, these climbers are amazing!

I caught one of them holding hands with a nearby pea plant, but I had to break that up. I'm hoping the third section of ladder will give the peas something to climb, but not make too much shade for everyone else. Tune in next summer, when we have some more garden space!

Tomorrow I am delivering a chair and taking up residency at the high school craft program at snow farm. Should be a good time!

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Andy