Vacation's Over.

Real life begins again. And, thanks to my having ignored upkeep chores around the old homestead for longer than I care to admit, it is not a benevolent real life.

I am painting the house, officially. Unofficially, I am digging and scraping and hammering and doing all those things that I have done before and should not have to do again. I am not the type of person to stay in any one place long enough to have to re-do anything I have already done. (That is not meant to relate to “poor craftsmanship” issues, just the “you’re supposed to do that how often?” issues.)

I wish I would have taken a truly “before” picture, but I didn’t. So you will have to settle for “early in the process” pictures.