Thought maybe I should try and do a post. May have already said all this, but oh well! ;-)
Just as hubby was getting used to walking normally again, his shots are wearing off. He talked to the doctor and they are going to look into getting him another series. They wanted to do it when he called in last Thursday, but he felt really good and didn't think he needed to.
He should be getting his pacemaker around the 4 of September...
Hubby and son found these up in the attic while fixing a window.
Many of the original cypress or cedar shingles are still there under the tin. These square nails were what they used to hold them on.
Hubby has done some research and the last use of these nails was about 1920. While talking with some neighbors down the road, they told us way back when people would burn down abandoned houses and then sift through them to get the nails.
That was before the time of the easy to manufacture wire nails, of course.
It lends a bit of further credence to the estimate of the house being built around 1880.
A few pictures.
The window hubby and son repaired.
Hubby put plywood on that window back in 1994. The large glass had been broken, as had two of the smaller panes. The plywood was still there when we bought the property from BIL. There was a lot of caulk and stuff-it used. And the place that did the glass did not have the old style lead type glass or whatever it is called, but it still looks okay. Hubby wanted to install a sash lock, but the windows are not modern enough for that. The upper window actually presses into a slot that holds the window closed; but hubby put a couple screws in for my piece of mind.
Green beans. Not the quarts and quarts some people can, haha. I am finding that I don't think I like canning, but at least I am learning how to do it.
Found these mushrooms hiding in the cantaloupe patch.
A slice of yummy cantaloupe...
A shirt I saw in the local Hobby Lobby...
Take care and God bless. ♥
