Mission:
Go into the woods
cut tree and make bench from thee
wife happy with me.
OK......was the haiku tie-in a little hokey?
Sorry.
Anyways, in keeping with the theme, I thought I'd share the fruits of my labor with you guys. I had this keen idea one day while at the trails. I've been eyeing this particular cedar tree for awhile---good sized, but struck by lightning about a year ago and had the top blown out of it. I had thought "Well...this would make a pretty good source for some trail stuff...treads, maybe a couple of supports or something."
But.....
"On the other hand....I've bought this house, and I've done a lot of work on the yard to get it back into some assembelence of an actual space you would want to be in---- and it could go to some good use there.........."
So, the wheels got to turning and I decided to use it at the house(sorry trails, you know I love you, right?). I concocted this idea after a little research, to do this Kenji-style bench that would serve as a neat little place to sit, but also block that last little drop-off area that young Colin(or a tipsy 'Hound & Co.) might accidentaly fall off of if given the chance.
Anyways...long story short....here is what I've been working on lately. I've got several Alberta Spruce trees that I haven't planted yet that are going to be around the perimeter of it to kind of shield it from the pub-lix, so it's going to be a cool little chill space when young Colin waits for the bus in the coming years.
View with the cedar fence that I built in early July. Lookin' good.
Go into the woods
cut tree and make bench from thee
wife happy with me.
OK......was the haiku tie-in a little hokey?
Sorry.
Anyways, in keeping with the theme, I thought I'd share the fruits of my labor with you guys. I had this keen idea one day while at the trails. I've been eyeing this particular cedar tree for awhile---good sized, but struck by lightning about a year ago and had the top blown out of it. I had thought "Well...this would make a pretty good source for some trail stuff...treads, maybe a couple of supports or something."
But.....
"On the other hand....I've bought this house, and I've done a lot of work on the yard to get it back into some assembelence of an actual space you would want to be in---- and it could go to some good use there.........."
So, the wheels got to turning and I decided to use it at the house(sorry trails, you know I love you, right?). I concocted this idea after a little research, to do this Kenji-style bench that would serve as a neat little place to sit, but also block that last little drop-off area that young Colin(or a tipsy 'Hound & Co.) might accidentaly fall off of if given the chance.
Anyways...long story short....here is what I've been working on lately. I've got several Alberta Spruce trees that I haven't planted yet that are going to be around the perimeter of it to kind of shield it from the pub-lix, so it's going to be a cool little chill space when young Colin waits for the bus in the coming years.
View with the cedar fence that I built in early July. Lookin' good.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
