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Dont think I've posted this previously. This is the deck I built for my mother last summer, I was back there a couple of weeks ago stripping all the paint off of it (was same colour as the flower crate in front of it) I am going back this weekend to put a nice new cedar stain on it instead.
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Hey kilt that's nice :nod: Well done!
I remember that really well. I've got friends who live near Hemel Hempstead, in Pouchenend (sp?) and I phoned them to make sure they were okay. These pics are amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveH
Really nice deck. Looks nice there too, sunny. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Nice to see a person who shows his love to his mother with his own labor and craft. You may think i am weird but it made me feel affected. You couldn't give her no better gift than something like this.
Did you consider to build a top with an ivy around columns and framework, or putting few more trees around, so she would feel more private when she put a table and chair in there.;)
Hey, no that's a really nice thought, Turk.Quote:
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How nice! Looks very pretty.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Firstly, thanks for the comments. There is one issue with it that you cant see in the picture - I got the grade slightly off in one point so the kickboard doesnt sit quite as nice as I'd like.
I bought and installed an arbour a couple of years ago which is now covered in ivy, there is a little bench under it she can sit on if she wants some shade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turk
The idea for the bushes around the deck is that it will create a "living fence" just needs a couple of years to grow to the right height.
great pictures, everyone.
Nice work Kilt. Yes I think a cedar stain would look nicer.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
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Butterfly gardens somewhere...I forget.
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On the Tram ride up to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. It was so beautiful. I love trees!
i thought it was funny how you got a Do Not Enter sign behind your deck, but yeah, what did you use to get the paint off, i've pwerwashed my deck a number of times to peel the dirt and stain off so my dad can stain it again, when he gets around to it, after he gets the bunkbed for my great-grand-children to sleep in, (meaning he won't do it, and most likely neither will i)Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Great deck! I wish we had room for something as great and welcoming as that!!! :)
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See!! This is what everyone should do!! HUG!!
Football games are silly places. They were fighting but then they started hugging. The fighting one was funnier, but it was too big!
Pictures from Tunisia.
The beach, the sun going down and some Carthagina pictures, amazing place.
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Really wonderful pics everyone!
Steveh i remember when that happened. Cant believe that was 2005 though!
Monica thats a really nice picture of south dublin Bay.
Moira, your pictures are just gorgeous!! I particularly love this one, but they all make me want to visit. Actually, the fact that it looks like snow is seldom, if ever a danger, really makes me want to visit. :)Quote:
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Here's one of my favourite pictures taken on a trip up the Alaska Highway (the BC end of it).
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Virgil, I liked all your photos very much. I especially like the one of the palm tree - looking up - the patterns of it's frongs/leaves is really interesting making a nice graphic design. I like the sillouette ones with the sunset. The palm trees look spectacular and the sun really big and glowing - you captured that well. I love the one with the long pier in sillouette also. That is very impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I did notice the dark spot at the top of some (too bad, that can be disappointing) but it does not look like a strap but could be the shadow it is casting or a reflection. I could easily fix that for you in my Adobe Photo Deluxe program - it is an older program, but it works fine with Windows XP and I just paint out the area by cloning another similiar area and work it in at a time...usually works out fine and you can't tell. If you want any fixed, let me know so you can blow them up and print them. It only takes a few minutes each to fix.
Madhy, that temple is so neat. I like the other pictures also, and the discussion you and Pensive have been having about Henna and painting animals, etc. Very enlightening. In the film "A Passage to India" there is an elephant that is painted totally with henna. It is very pretty.
Kilted, I love that darling gray kitten. How old is she/he? It looks to be really young... and so sweet. Love kittens! You deck you built is so nice. I wish my son would build me a nice deck like that and plant those lovely bushes for privacy. I would sit there and read all day long. Good choice - the stain instead of the paint. Must have been a lot of work stripping it off. Wow, good for you - you are a fine builder. I hope you mother enjoys it and appreciates her thoughtful son.
Moira, love your photos also. Where in the world were they taken? I like the last one - with the interesting structures. What are they?
I have been missing much, not checking in on this thread. I need to go back and review all the great photos. Wow, so many have been posted. This is a fun thread!
Hey Virgil!! Glad to see you were in California! You took some great pictures. My dad was looking at them and said you were probably up in Santa Monica or Redondo beach. But if you are taking the PCH then it is quite easy to just drive on up and down the coast! I did that last summer. I can't wait to spend my time there this summer! Hope you enjoyed your stay...when were you out here?
Hi Janine,
The photos were taken in Tunisia and the structures belong to the Roman baths ruins in Chartage. :)
BunnySummers, it's a beautiful country to visit, loved it and have about 400 pictures.:lol:
The sky over Vienna, a few minutes ago. I thought it looked great.
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It's a little blurry since I couldn't use photoflash. (But I did in another picture and that looks like this - scary ;) )
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Petrarch tells me that I was at Newport Beach (she recognizes the pier), and yes I was staying in Santa Monica. I was there in March. Thanks all on the compliments.Quote:
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Great pictures Moria, Themis, and Bunny. I enjoyed them all.
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Thanks :) We were really lucky with the weather when we finally managed to get off Dublin and visit some nearby places like Bray, Greystones or Portmarnock. Great places. All of them.
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Not by me, but of me: on Brighton seafront at the end of the London-Brighton Bike Ride, 2005: 54 miles on my 54th birthday.
Great pics, everyone.
Steve, congrats on a bike ride well done. I love my bike too, and maybe someday I will do a long run like that! Nice picture. :)
Here is an entry point for a field near my place, we see a lot of deer here, and it is quite picturesque:
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Using a powerwasher alone will get rid of the dirt, but it isnt going to do a thing about the stain. Because of the very nature of stain when applied properly it soaks into the wood and is a real pain to get off, I was lucky that what I was removing was just a paint finish (even that took long enough). I used a product called stripex on the base of the deck. It is an envirofreindly alkali based liquid which you paint onto the surface you want to remove, leave it on (instructions say 1/2hr but I found it was better to leave it for a good 2hrs to work properly), then wash it off - again instructions said low pressure, but more effective with high power nozzle on power washer.Quote:
Originally Posted by the silent x
This worked for the deck surface itself, but it drips down the struts and railing so you dont get the required contact time. For the struts I had to use my hand sander & some 60 grade paper. Just be prepared for it to take a long time and lots of paper. Because you used just stain, the stripex may not be as effective so you may have to sand the entire thing.
It is a very basic deck design, & really if you are not in an apartment building you can have a deck just need to be creative with placementQuote:
Originally Posted by Mortis Anarchy
Yeah, I think so. I just finished putting the lost coat of the stain on 15mins ago. Some of the red just wouldnt come off so the whole thing now has a kind of rustic look to it:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
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The kitten is now 2months old, her latest trick is trying to climb the curtains. Building a deck is not really difficult, I learned how to do it one summer building boardwalks through marshes for nature trails. The basic philosophy is the same.Quote:
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Love this picture, kiz_paws. It looks like something I might see around here.Quote:
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Here's one from a road near my place.
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Wow, Bunny, if that doesn't make one want to paint, nuthin' will! Beautiful! :)
My wife and I had a vacation to Arches National Park in southern Utah a couple of years ago. Here are some photos.
This is a famous arch that you may have seen in pictures. The park is called Arches because there are many natural arches formed.
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Other sections of the park had some weird rock formations. I think this was called the three gossips.
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And this looks like something out of a sci-fi movie:
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And we did a good bit of hiking, and here is from one our hikes:
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We took a rafting ride down the part of the Colorado River in that area. Here are a couple of pictures from our raft ride.
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We stayed at a hotel outside the park. The dining room had a great view. The hotel was used for many famous western movies. There was a lot of filming in the past here. Unfortunately I can't remember which movies. This is outside the restaurant and it rained one day and we had a marvelous rainbow and even a double rainbow, which I had never seen before.
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A sunset view:
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And finally, the hotel had views of these marvelous plateaus (they called them buttes) in the distance that the afternoon sun would hit. I would sit outside with a glass of wine and watch the sun hit them and take an occaisional photo.
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I didn't know there's this kinda things in Utah. :) Is there a lot of Morons in Utah too?
Utah is a very very strange state. It has lots of strange natural sights. It's almost a world from science fiction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turk
You mean Mormons, not morons. :lol: Yes there are lots of Mormons in Utah.
Oooh are they two different things?:confused: I was thinking Morons is a kind of religion.
Virgil, those pictures are incredible. I think that I will put Utah on my list of places to see next. Thanks for that wonderful display of nature. :)
Wow Virgil and all! The pictures are great.
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is this magic?
wow!
A few shots and don't be squemish:
My daughter's tree frog Bob and Anole: Lime
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A grumpy Bob desides he's had enough picture taking!
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A n eerie centipede...
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My daughter's gecko, Crocky, showing new tail growth.
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My daughter holds a ring-neck snake she just caught.
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A spotted salamander. Virginia is said to have the most kinds of salamanders in the world.
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A Silver Salamander.
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A Red Back Salamander.
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This may look like a lizard, but it's actually a Red Eft Salamander. And it isn't supposed to exist where I took this picture. Hummmm.
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This shot would make several ghost sites go wild, but orbs don't do much for me. Inside a cave about a mile from the house. Shot by my son of his friend. The eerie part is that there is no water drip, and he isn't stirring up dust, and they always seemed to follow this guy. A note the blue orb. In blow-ups, you can see that it moved during the camera shot. Like I say, obs don't do much for me, but it is an interesting shot!
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