My Trailer is a Rhombus

But Dan says no, the driveway is just crooked
and he's only partially done with the framing.

The front has been re-framed with fresh wood

and sealed with flex seal.

The busted open corner has been realigned, re-framed, 

and sealed with rope caulk and flex seal.

The skylight has been replaced
and the roofing re-framed
so now we can vent!
This is the best photo yet...

Wait, let's look at the old one again...

And now the new one again because 
it's the best part so far.

Now for the floor...

It is completely rotted.
Where there IS NO floor in the corner,
there HAD BEEN a leaky water tank.

Dan said we are going to replace the floor,
because that's what Opie would do.

Opie is Dan's grandfather, in Germany, and
he used to make furniture,
and cut stone.

Dan said we are going to cut off the the trailer,

replace the floor, 

and then put the trailer back on.

HOW are we going to do this?

He's going to cut it off, folks,

and we're going to LIFT and SLIDE

the body of the trailer.

He will finish the re-framing first,
so when he cuts it off it will be somewhat sturdy.

That will be another post
for another day.

Gross Wet Chair

Last year, I picked up this gross chair 

in the pouring rain

when the vehicle was loaded down with kids on the way to school.

It's pretty big.

I was immediately taken by the caning,

my true love.

My only regret

WAS THAT THERE WERE TWO CHAIRS

and I could NOT fit both in the van with the kids

and their backpacks

AND it was garbage pick up day, 

so I knew the other would not be there after school.
And Dan was crabbing that it was raining and we were going to be late
if I didn't get my butt back in the van.

:(

Yesterday, I finished this puppy in one day.

I primed and painted her a light aqua.

I just stapled fresh drop cloth tarp over the original base.

I wrapped the cushions up like a present

and hot glued the tarp-

(you KNOW I don't sew!)
Here's my regular 'hot-gluing a cushion' photo:

AND, for a final touch,

hot glued red grogain ribbon over the stapled edges 

as a contrasting trim.







Each leg got a pretty bow detail, too.







NOW, for the REVEAL!





TA DA!






I think she's in need of a cottage placement.






I'm in love with the color choice,
but have no room for her in my house.
I'm on chair overload right now!







Now she's ready to PAR -TAY!





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Go Fly a Kite

Beach-camping wouldn't be complete

without some kite-flying.

This year,
 as my oldest was further down the coast,

I realized he was about to learn about 

the birds and the bees

if we didn't redirect his kite-flying.

But the wind was loud,

and so were the waves,

and he was completely oblivious

to the head I had seen peeking up from the beach grass,

and the arm pulling it back down,
as he ran even further and let out still more string.

His kite was really high up in the  sky,

and if it crash landed,

it was gonna nose-dive into

something worth telling the kids at the lunch table.

I told my other son, who was close to me,
"See those people?  Don't go over there."
He replied with alarm-
"MOM, Don't they know there could be a snake in that beach grass???"
(!)

How does it end?

Of course, we had to go get him.
He's still a baby.

Almost There

That's what you would say 

just as you crested this dune...

...before your descent down to the coast.

Back to Muskegon, Michigan,
Hoffmaster S.P.,

best family friendly local getaway 
within 3 hours.

Just got back from a few days of doing 
 absolutely nothing

except camping out,
 eating mo's
and some roasted wienies, too.

Maybe dodging a little rain,

and swatting some mosquitoes,

~but no serious business~

what.so.ever.
except serious beach-camping.







It's July and it's full-blown summer.