Sunday

 

The beautification committee has been working hard on the entrance monuments to the neighborhood.

Coffee station and other interior house pictures . . .

Today's project was to remove all of the exterior hooks, wires, and ropes that the previous owner installed all around the house, for reasons unknown. I removed, caulked, and painted the holes for 11 hooks, removed 2 wires, and one rope. We've been gradually removing them from the inside of the house. Hundreds of hooks, wires, twist ties, rubber bands, string, in every conceivable location.

This one is history. I got inspired to do this because I had a freshly opened tube of caulk for the exterior outlet repair. The caulk tubes always dry up if you don't use them, so I set about to use it up.

An inexplicable rope tied around the hose bib. There's also one tied around the bottom of the garage door.

Why? Why?

A hook on the wall with a dangling wire attached . . .

. . . all gone.

Double horizontal eyelets . . .

. . . for what purpose? Gone.

Two more vertical eyelets . . .

. . . gone!

Two more offset hooks on a nearby wall . . .

. . . deeply embedded . . .

All gone!

A wire inexplicably tied around a gutter downspout. Why?

Three flag pole holders

You can see them from the street. 

Gone! 

A bucket of crap, removed from the exterior. 

And a lot of tools to get the job done.

Over the years, I've removed more of the same from the garage, plus a trellis that was anchored to the house.

I let the caulk dry and then I spray painted flat, white paint on the caulk to seal it and keep it from mildewing or molding. Apparently, our house color is "ceiling white" because my first can was leftover ceiling paint and it blended.