Dog Days Bonfires

Today was a rather busy day out here on the prairies, first I changed the front tire on our son "Hammy"s bike, then fixed my wifes bike,after that I went visiting awhile with my friend down the road apiece, that visit proved fruitful as he had an old lawnmower sittin out behind his shed, said if I could have it if I wanted, if not he was gonna send it to the dump,so me being kinda iffy about things going to the local landfill (Id rather recycle, reuse, re purpose things),I took the mower home, changed the spark plug, added gas, primed it with a shot of ether and it fired right up, got a good mower for free!!

The rest of the afternoon was spent building a dog house out of scrap wood & some left over shingles, this is the dogs new digs

Yep it is all painted, a bright yellow, the only color I had on hand,(also got the paint free from Sarcan recycling depot)the only new item on this dog house is the metal ring I bolted on the upper right corner, total investment into the dog house, is $2.78 for the metal ring.

it should be said that that bright yellow paint aint oil or latex, its actually enamel, when it dried it went solid like concrete, should stop any wood rot for years to come! took just 4 hours from start to finish (including paint) to construct the dog house, and wouldnt you know it, our dog doesnt like it!

After a casual day,& building the dog house, my wife decided that we should have a wiener roast,and our son "Hammy" was all for that as there was also marshmellows to be had! so I cleaned out the back yard fireplace, stacked some logs and poured about a cup full of gasoline over the wood and threw a match....gotta love that WHUMP and small mushroom ball of fire, it is the first bonfire of the season, many many more to come! best part is I didnt burn down the back yard !!

guess thats it for today, have a great weekend folks!

Butch
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