Shelf Up

As I stated, I found the perfect Board, not Broad,  My 1 x 12 cedar board is up and I am sorting out some more things and have got the wood sorted that was over head in the garage !
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The shelf is finally up, it has the red milk crate sitting on the end of it above the table, I was worried it would be in the way of the vehicle this winter !.

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Once I move the white table down in the cellar for winter will have lots of room !

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I have been working on my "Lazy Akers" sign my Brother John made me years ago !  As we have went back to owning our own place, Lazy Akers gets worked on and hung back up soon !

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Don't forget, remember our Vets !

Boards, not Broads

Well, a nice surprise today, up early, off to the garage, while carefully rummaging around over head I saw a board,  a wide board, well, as I am making shelves in the garage because I hate cupboards where you can not see anything I like my mess out where I can see it !
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Now most guys would think I am crazy getting excited about a Board and not a "Broad" !  LoL !

This was up overhead in the garage, almost not able to see it It looks shiny because it is wet from spraying !!!!

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The mess that was,  Most of this has now been sorted, put into place, probable get moved again and maybe again before it finds a home !

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This I found after spraying it lightly with water is a "Cedar", it has a nice cedar smell to it and has some saw marks in it and lots of knots so it must of been a big Cedar Tree  it is 12 inch's wide, 8 foot long board, very few of these around today !  It looks shiny because it is still wet, I covered it with wet paper towels and put a fan on it to blow it dry so it did not warp. this is going to be one nice long shelf !

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Tomorrow I found out is Saturday, I thought it was thursday !    Oh well,  Early Bed tonight, my nap was interupted by a teriffic thunder and lightnng storm ! Things are going good here, I have found my "Lazy Akers: sign my Oldest Brother John made me years ago and am touching it up to hang back up and Offically this place will become "LAZY AKERS" !!!!

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Don't forger, Remember our Veterans !!!

Great Day

Well, was up early so off I went to the Garage and worked on my shop !   It was hard to start as there was so many options so working with a big green monster of a work bench that came from the paper mill years ago I started to "Get Er Done" !
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This is the north end of the garage, this is the picture of the garage when we looked at the property, the green work bench which weighs a ton is on the left side of the photo.  most of this stuff went to a friends house for his use, the cabinet on the right was full of screws, nails, bolts, etc, etc!!

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Work Bench moved, rearranged shelves, sorted paints and items that came out of storage for the past 12 years, paints, stains, sprays all good !

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Getting things put away and sorted was not too bad, but the Lawn Chair did get a work out as I did sit a lot !!!!

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The right side of the garage, Dremel tools and bits, sander, skill saw, circular saw, drills all survived the 12 years in storage,  I did lose some nails and screws and misc to rust for some reason, I had them in plastic sealed containers but the ones that cracked rusted!!

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Tomorrow will get back at it as I have some projects I want to get done !!!!!!!!

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Don't forget, Remember our Veterans, Past and Present !!!

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Back at it

Well, we mad it back to Carthage Center,  The residents were excited and happy to see us, it has been a month since we have played and sang there for them.
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Mark Thomas and I played sang, I joked around and I did get a lot of laughs and I enjoy it when I tell them things I know will get attention !!!!

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It was a great night and will be back there in 2 weeks to do it all over again !

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DON'T FORGET REMEMBER OUR VETS !

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Getting HOME

Well, I am HOME from my 4 day lock in "Men's Retreat",  It was a reat 4 days, My Honey Anna Mae was there working n the Kitchen cooking for 27 men.    It was hot in the Church but I found a cold little room I used as a Chapel for Prayers and Preps for Men giving Talks !
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I talked about 'Piety" and it was a rough talk, I got thru it !
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We sang, Prayed, ate, sang some more, Prayed, Had Communion several times a day, 
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I went to bed Thursday Night at 2 Am, Hot and a back ache,  We are woke up by a "BELL", a rather loud bell at 5AM, we go directly to the Chapel and Pray .

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I enjoyed the Men I was with, most of then were on VDC Walk 21 and some of them were on Walk to Emmaus Teaming which are also 4 day Prayer Weekends !

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Back home and sleeping in my own bed, not a blow up mattress and I have my Honey with me !  

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De Colores!!!

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Don't Forget, remember our Vets !!!

Cooler for New Tree

Well, it's cooled down finally to 75 but still muggy and dry, no rain,  I fin ally got my Christmas Tree delivered this morning !  I bought a Norway Blue Spruce, 8 feet tall not counting the root ball,  I bought it for the new house as I always wanted one so can cross this off the "Bucket List" !!

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I bought the Spruce 6 weeks ago when we bought the house, have been waiting for them to plant it but it is so hot they had to wait and today was cool !

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There were 3 Burly Guys who grabbed shovels and hand dug the pit for the tree,  they quickly had the hole dug,  they threw in some pieces of scrap steele in bottom of hole and then sit the tree in and squared it up !

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The owner of the company is Andy who is the owner on the left kneeling , these guys are all 6 foot tall so the tree way planted and they watered with 3 to 5 gallons of water.

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All Planted, between the garage and Garden Shed. Now have to water it every day with 3 to 5 gallons of water for 30 days till it roots.  The Iron in the hole is an Old Timers thing, but it says on GOOGLE that Iron Chelate helps a tree grow !

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I am standing where the tree is now planted !!!!!

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Mandolin is tuned, clothes packed and I am going down to New Hartford Methodist Church for a 4 day Men's retreat, It will be a great time joining other Men of God and some Pilgrims and eating, Singing and Praying and Sharing Life's adventures !!!!!

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Don't forget, Remember our Vets !

Wooden Things !

Well, been busy settling, yesterday was a good day, I worked in  the Garage on some items, a Sailor I made about over 12 + years or more ago, had fun making and giving these away !
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On the left is one wooden Swabby one I made,

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I think the one on the right looks like * Jack from Shipslog !

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 I am fixing the arm on the one my Brother Made me from landscape timber years ago !

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12 or more years ago when we lived in Deferiet I spent most of my spare time in the garage at 31 Wilna Ave, next door to where we live now at 33 making these !

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Some of the ones I made !

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I made  set of all Branches of the service and these are on display now and have been for the past 14 years over on Fort Drum in Adjutants Office !

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These I made when we lived in Carthage on South Washington Street  !

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This was the garden area at 31 Wilna Avenue over 12 years ago when we lived in Deferiet ! The picture below is what it looks like now !  We now live next door on the left !

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There was a garden here 12 years ago !  Now just a lawn !  On the right side is our garage !

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This was what we saw this morning while having coffee, we watched her wander around the back yard for a few minutes than she wandered off !  Awesome !  This is my Garden Shed and my Tomato Plants, I picked Cherry Tomato's tonight.

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Well, it's late, 9:30PM, it was a rough day, spent a lot of time laying down, didn't feel good, probably overdid again !  Gotta  learn to slow down !

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1 reason I didn't feel good today was working on the KIA and laying on hot black asphalt in the sun and also washing and scrubbing down the siding on the house for a couple hours but it got the mildew off and looks nice and white !

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Well, Don't forget, Remember our Vets !!!!!

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Changes

Well today was a rough day,  I had a friend come down with his trailer and we spent 6 hours clearing out the garage, garden shed and basement  of things I NO LONGER USE OR NEED !!   It was rough giving up some thnigs but was for the best,  Saws, drills, hand tools, some old hardwood lumber, Oak, Mahogany, Birch, it was difficult but off it went into his trailer.
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My "Old Blue" cabinet went along with most everything in this picture !

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Pretty much every thing in here came out of our storage unit we have rented for 12 years and it is mostly all gone !!!!

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I will put on some after pics but most of everything here I had is gone also !  

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I should have just left all these things in the storage Unit and saved me some back breaking work of  moving them but we no longer pay a monthly fee for the storage unit, The things are gone and my friend is happy he got a nice haul of treasures !

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We live just across the river from Fort Drum, New York, we see these "Birds" flying around all day, we and most people in Deferiet have no problem with these, the big C-131's and all the new "Drones" we see all day out flying around !

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As we get settled Anna Mae is out taking care of her flowers, shrubs and plants !!

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I am now able to "Do My Thing" in my Garage and not worry about making too much noise an disturbing the neighbor !!  We are still Playing and doing our Nursing Home Ministry with Music, Song and Prayer !

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We are almost settled, we had some visitors today,  My Nephew and His wife from Georgia are up here, they came up in their Class Motor Home and are staying for a couple weeks, they are selling their home in Georgia and moving to Florida, He served 30 years in the good ole US NAVY !!

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I am Gary Brent Wood, This Is Brent John Wood my Nephew and Namesake ! 

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Well, it is 9:30PM and almost bed time,    

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Don't forget, Remember our Vets !!!

Slow and Steady !

I am slowly being allowed outside, My Honey has kept a tight rope on me after getting home from the Hospital,  Mainly sitting in the AC and relaxing !!!!  I do quietly slide on out to the Garage now and then !
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I did go out side this evening and water the lawn, flowwrs and plants, we are slowly getting the inside re set after moving and working around boxes, bags, sacks of thins !
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Outside watering shrubs and flowers.

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They were dry and needed some water !!! We are on a water meter but they bill every quarter so I use all I want !    and it taste like well water !

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I managed to have a garden, The man who used to live here, Norm Lovejoy and his wife Margaret had a huge garden,  Norm loved tomatoes and as the garden went he changed to 5 gallon pails,  These were in the garden shed, half full of soil and ready for tomato plants !

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This a shot of the Beefsteak Tomatoes, the white powder is *(Sevin), an insect powder I have used for years and my Father used it also in the Garden !

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My Honey with St. Francis and her Flower Garden which is doing really well, needs lots of water and love !!!

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My Jade Plants are loving this hot, humid weather and are doing well on the back deck in full sun all day !  Hope they continue to do well, they need to be repotted soon !

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These are my off shoots of my Dad's English Tea Roses, we have spread these all over where we have lived, I have them started pretty good so will see what they do !

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To the left in the picture taken at Gates Cemetary by Dad  and Moms stone is the Original Rose Bush my Dad bought in 1930 which we transplanted from the house.

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These are the Tea Roses that will hopefully come next summer on the Roses !

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Sure wish Jack and Sherry from Shipslog, were here  so Jack could build me some shelves and Sherry and Anna Mae could visit on the deck !  http://shipslog-jack.blogspot.com/

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Our Back yard showing the Garden shed and the garage and house !

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My lawn being mowed by my neighbor, he has mowed it for us since we have moved in and he weed eats and blows the clippings !    Nice Guy !!!  I do not mow as I can't yet !

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Enough Pictures she said !!

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Oh well,  Don't forget, Remember our Vets !