Trigger's bench got some arm rests

Trigger's bench

The weather's far too nice for intellectual effort so I did this instead:

"We choose to… do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard." (2)

Before. Well, just after I started and then remembered I hadn't done the before photo:


After. I made it from decking material, so hopefully reasonably water resistant. There is a diagonal plank on the back (from bottom hinge to opposite corner) to keep it square. Mrs W insisted on fitting the grille herself, which is why it was inside out and upside down:

"We choose to… do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard."

This afternoon I have mostly...

... been replacing the rotten bits of wood on this bench with new ones. Took me four hours, it did:

The little lass and I made the executive decision to rebuild the table using alternative old/new or dark/light slats.

Obligatory snow photograph (1)

Garden table and chairs (2)

Garden table and chairs (1)

Garden table and benches (2)

Garden table and benches (1)

Garden chair, wall

"Flying 200 miles* in a garden chair"

There was a video of this on the BBC yesterday, all good stuff, but the best bit** is in today's Metro:

A trusty BB gun and a blow pipe armed with steel darts took care of the buoyant balloons. 'I'd go to 30,000ft* if I didn't shoot a balloon down periodically,' Mr Couch added.

Any lesser mortal would have taken a pair of scissors or something.

Aptly-named Kent Couch, you rock!

* This is an Imperial 'blog.

** The BBC article has now been expanded to include this.