Comments on: A Summer Project

By: Capricorn Cringe

Capricorn Cringe — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:35:53 +0000

That back deck needs to be tangy!

I love what you do with your shots – they are always original. No two pictures are the same – even if you shoot them in the same space, you always make it look a little different.

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I suspect the back deck will end up the same color as the fencing in front. Just a guess. But it’s possible we’ll treat it the same as the front porches.

And thank you about the photos. Lately, I’m not feeling them. But I think it’s the lighting that’s getting to me. ~W

By: Janelle Miller

Janelle Miller — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:34:55 +0000

I love those pictures, please come to our house and take pictures!

By: Liza Lee Miller

Liza Lee Miller — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:06:36 +0000

I’m always amazed by the stuff I can overlook. Now that my kitchen is DONE, I look at old pictures of it and shudder in horror! But, most of the time, I didn’t really see it. Even now, my kitchen is lovely but covered with clutter. Maybe I’ll clear some of that clutter away today as a gift to my husband! Happy birthday, honey. Don’t get used to it!

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I don’t even want to think about our kitchen, Liza. I just close my eyes–it’s so bad! (there would be so many more cooking posts if our kitchen wasn’t such a pit!) ~W

By: sadira

sadira — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Thank heavens when we bite off more than we can chew…we often have partners who can help out! I love to plant and don’t have as much fun remembering to water…but, for the life of me, I can’t get the cat to agree to do it

And you’re right, isn’t life about staging it the way you want to see it? We can see all the ick, but sometimes it’s better to just look at something more beautiful and find a way to capture that instead…but really, it’s so funny to look at pictures of a carefully staged scene and then think, “…wait! What the heck is that?!?!”

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Your cat comment made me giggle. ~W

By: IZ

IZ — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:57:28 +0000

I really like the idea of a garden on the deck. Way cool. As I’ve thought about it, I think perhaps we were thinking the deck was low enough to the ground that we could handle in the future. That, and since the deck wasn’t exactly damaged in the storm, not a part covered by insurance. Anyway, it is a really good project and I’m glad you guys are doing it. Oh, and seeing the glass half full is a good thing.

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I suspect seeing the glass half full is a choice–you know? Well, at least for me. ~W

By: katie

katie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:07:06 +0000

sooooooooo glad someone else has stray sthreads in their photos, too

and glad you’re his mamma

By: Robin Ball

Robin Ball — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:50:56 +0000

Great thought! Good to slow down. Don’t worry about the painting, you will barely stay ahead of the moss..:-)

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I have a feeling we may do it this summer. But if not this summer, then definitely next, since the backyard is on the agenda for ‘10. ~W

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:48:27 +0000

What I notice is that I get so used to seeing certain things that I don’t even pay attention. (like my very nasty strainer in the kitchen sink–EWWW!) Too many coffee stains, so I bought a new black one at Target. No more white. I wouldn’t have noticed the deck at all! My husband has been working on ours and our fence; we are painting our house this summer. Between colors and styles and procrastination, I hope we can stay married during the process.

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Man, home improvement can test the best of marriages, eh? It’s hard to get it all hashed out without a few tears. ~W