Wednesday, August 14, 2019

anniversary, wax, and yard stuff



Today is our anniversary. 43 years. Over half my life, 3 years shy of 2/3 of my life. In reality it's about 86 years since we have lived and worked together for all that time. No gimme a kiss, have a nice day at work, see you when you get home; our marriage has been 24/7. We may or may not do something. Our go to celebration for things like anniversaries and birthdays is a movie and dinner out but there's not a movie we are anxious to see and local places for dinner out aren't exactly exciting.

What I've been doing this week is remaking the wax model for the box. I poured all my slabs last Sunday, Monday I planed them all down to the correct thickness, 


yesterday I fabricated the box out of the slabs. 


Today or tomorrow I'll fill in the joins on the sides and make repairs to the outside and add the wavy lines and texture and then it will be ready for a second attempt. Still have to do some color samples.

The other thing I've been doing is watering the flower beds. I get up and go outside and water about a third of the yard, come in, have my coffee and then breakfast and then get started on whatever. In the evening I'll water another section of the yard but it doesn't seem to be making much difference. It is so hot that even the sun loving zinnias go into serious wilt by the end of the day and I water them every day! I may have to drag out the shade cloth til this heat breaks. Dog walks are short with no socializing as everyone and their dog is hunkered down inside. Neighbor Gary who generally takes his evening walk about 5 PM has been waiting til 7 PM to venture out. The only thing that seems unfazed by this heat are the plumerias and the mexican bird of paradise 


and the morning glory bush over at the shop. I don't water it at all and it's been gorgeous.


Minnie is convinced throughout the day that she wants to go outside 


until she actually gets outside. She lays in the sun for a few minutes and then retreats to the garage waiting for me to get through with whatever I'm doing watering though the other day I heard her barking hysterically and when I went to investigate I saw she had treed a young raccoon.



Well, I'd best get to work if I want to make any progress today.





19 comments:

  1. Congratulations!! And many more happy years for you both.
    (We've just reached 40 years.)
    Also congrats for this box model looking stunning. I hope it will turn out the way you want it to.

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    1. I'm doing it a little different but I have hopes.

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  2. How lucky you are to have such an even and long marriage. Many are not that lucky. I am so sorry for the heat. This is the new world cooking itself to death. We have only ourselves to blame.

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    1. long but not even by any imagining and stubbornness probably had more to do with it than luck.

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  3. Forty-three years is a long time to share a life with someone. I know that as with every couple, there have been ups and there have been downs. That is the way of it. May the ups far outweigh the downs from here on out.
    Why don't you use some sprinklers on your plants? It would make watering so much easier.
    I've got nothing left to water, really, except a few beans, a few eggplant, some arugula and the zinnias. I seriously don't know how the chickens are managing with those feathers.

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    1. ups and downs. I wonder now why I made myself suffer through a couple of those downs and the last one never fully recovered from but here I am still. at this point anyone else is too much trouble.

      don't have a sprinkler though that is easily remedied. I don't use them because so much water is lost to evaporation before it ever hits the ground and I want to be more specific about where the water goes. but maybe I'll check them out.

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  4. Happy anniversary! I'm happy for you -- that is quite an accomplishment. They just issued a marine warning for Galveston Bay, and rain is beginning to move in. I'll see if I can't send some of it over your way as an anniversary gift!

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    1. we didn't get a drop but I could smell it out there around 9 PM.

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  5. Happy Anniversary. You are a very special couple for being able to be with each other 24/7. That is a great love. The picture of you and your husband is marvelous.

    I saw the documentary on Toni Morrison yesterday and it was very good. I also saw the movie, Yesterday, a few weeks ago and it was really enjoyable. I tend to like a Indie movies. I am, though, looking forward to Downton Abbey in September. I hope it is as good as the series.

    I love your Mexican Bird of Paradise.

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    1. there's a couple of movies I'd like to see but out here going to the movie is a big effort involving going to other towns. I don't know if we have great love or we're just stubborn.

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  6. Too handsome. Thanks for the picture. I wish you the same success/luck with the box.

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  7. Sorry i'm late but I was busy today. Happy Anniversary! My gawd, that was in the 70's, right? I can tell from the clothes. David and I celebrate our 17 year of wedded bliss next month on the 7th. We won't be doing anything except go out to eat.
    Take the project slow and easy. It will get done right if you take your time.

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  8. Very happy Anniversary, and congratulations!

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  9. Happy anniversary! That is true compatibility, to work together 24/7. Love seeing your wedding pic. You look like a movie star!

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  10. Happy anniversary! I think that there might be homicide if Mike & I had to spend ALL of our time together. Maybe not, but I'm not sure I want to chance it. Thank goodness for us that there's no way I can ever retire. Ha!

    That morning glory IS gorgeous!

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    1. it's been a near thing on more than one occasion.

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  11. When I had more gardens than I have now, I used soaker hoses, no evaporation, nice even flow of water...they have improved a lot... using I believe a recycled tire material. Only thing is you need to bring them in every year or they tend to get buried. Just hook up the normal hose to them and put on a timer.

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