fredag den 3. juli 2020

Bænken -- The Bench

     Da jeg fortalte om mine haveredskaber, fortalte jeg også om at have sort maling til overs fra et gammelt projekt. Projektet var renovering af vores havebænk. Det er efterhånden mange år siden, vi købte bænken på et flytteloppemarked. Siden havde vi også fået fremstillet nogle nye planker. Og så skete der ikke mere i et år eller mere.
  Men så fik Uglemor brug for et projekt, der kunne laves i småportioner. Det kunne bænken her. Brædderne kunne få olie et ad gangen, sidestykkerne kunne stålbørstes og siden males i mindre stykker. Og hvis man laver en lille smule hver dag eller bare mæsten hver dag, så er man pludselig en dag blevet færdig. Så nu kan vi sidde på denne bænk og kigge ud over haven.
  When telling about the new tools, I told that I  had some black paint left over from a project, I never got to tell about. Here it is. We had bought the bench form a clearing out sale from a moving neighbour long ago, we had had another neighbour make the planks. then the time passed.
  In April, I needed something which could be done bit by tiny bit. This bench fit the bill. I could oil one wooden plank a day, brush a little bit of the steel ends, and later paint it bit for bit, then drill one hole or even two at a time.
   And just as when you're eating an elephant a little bit a day - or every two days - will eventually get you outside the elephant. And thus I finished the bench in early May.

8 kommentarer:

  1. I do like your bench. A lot.
    And tackle rather a lot of my tasks in that 'one bite at a time' fashion.

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    1. That sure is a good way of doing larger projects.
      Dear EC, did you not notice the bloopers in this post? "A mowing neighbour", indeed ;) She was moving of course, I just forgot to run a spell check. If you feel up to it, all comments on errors, bad syntax, spelling mistakes etc. are warmly welcomed. I like to learn ...

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    2. I will - but suffer from dyslexic fingers myself (without the added challenge of translation). I am NOT a fan of mowing neighbours. The noise is horrid and my eyes and nose suffer from the grass.

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    3. Hehe dyslexic fingers. I'm going to use that as an excuses some time soon.

      Slet
  2. I do love the bench and the life lesson of one tiny bite, something I need to remind myself of every day.

    XO
    WWW

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  3. A beautiful result of your hard work.

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