Building a boat is more fun than sanding doors and we had a show to be ready for, we had lots of oooo's and haaaaar's at the show but no one wanted to buy it so it is to be finished for my use now, I bought a 5m length of light glass cloth and with epoxy I have covered the outside of the boat so it is well water proofed and a bit stronger too, now I have the gunwale to do the same with but I come back to that sanding thing and need to sand off the excess glue that ran down when glassing the top sides, the epoxy dries very hard and the wood at the side by comparison is soft so its easy to make a mess when attempting this job and have hollows in the wood and leave lumps of hard epoxy but again with dedication and patience I will do this one day soon 'cos I want to get on and finish the boat.
I didn't want to run away from the sanding, its spring the weather is fine and warm and a cycle ride calls, I have wanted to do the dunes trail the first part of the Motu Trail ever since we arrived in Whakatane and now is the time, its 10km each way so we had lunch at the end in a shelter by a river, we were about 4 hours and that included an hour for lunch and lots of photo stops, this bridge is at Opotiki where the trail starts and where our house guest hired her bike from it was a most satisfying day and now I'm ready to sand.
Kitchen cupboards, boats, and biking... you are really packing some life into each day! I like the look of the bike trail, it would be a lot of fun to do. You are continuing to make a terrific job of the work on the house, and the cupboards for the kitchen. What you are achieving with your house reminds me of what William Morris said, namely.. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” Best Wishes from Peter and Laura
ReplyDeleteThank for the kind words Peter, keeping busy is a way to cope with the tinnitus, mostly I don't know its there when I'm busy.
ReplyDeleteI have been surprised by what I can get done even when I do start so late many mornings, a walk or a swim is necessary every morning to keep my back working, so as you see its all about getting older gracefully.
Take it easy before that op Peter.