Summer is coming.
Antihistamines and cutting grass.
Also parts of the garden waking up, bringing once a year beauty in the form of certain flowers and plants making their reappearance.
I just couldn’t get going yesterday.
Opened my woodwork shop and started dragging parts out to build an oil can ukelele with.
Mickey popped around, twice.
We had coffee, chatted, I enjoyed the distraction as I really wasn’t feeling the shop.
I searched for a small cheap, working ride on mower for him. Unsuccessfully.
I am sure Wolf tools used to make an extremely simple one, but finding something that works is not that easy.
Then went around to his place to help him lift some stuff in his garage.
He is 78. Years old and forgetd that he is slowly getting older.
He offered me a gazebo frame, before he scraps it.
So I now need to order a 3x3 meter canvas roof for it.
Could be useful when working on the C10 outside in the sun, if we have a summer.
Of course after all the wind and drizzling rain the van once again looks like a step child, grubby and neglected.
But I did take a few pics and took some measurements……
Based on a conversation I was having with a long time friend.
My Suburban comes in right around 80 inches to the tyres, The ##### is 79.5(ish) to the widest point on the arches and the K5 Blazer is about 79.5 too (not including mirrors on any of them!). Makes the Jag and Merc look positively skinny!
Always something brewing.
When I reverse (the only way I park cars out back) down the alley, the mirrors both have to be folded in.
You can’t get down there unless you have done that.
Measurement of the alleyway.
You need to subtract 3 inches from the 80 inches to accommodate the boiler pipe and windowsill on the one side.
Life’s challenges ehhh??
Saved by the tape measure?
Have a good week.