Saturday Silliness

WHAT IS IT??  Topo map of a cinder cone?  Nope.  Yesterday we were cleaning up the front porch, in anticipation of the arrival of some long-time friends from Humboldt County, when we excavated this penciled sketch on the front porch.  BUT WHAT IS IT??  Well it is actually an fine, architectural drawing of the plans for our lanai and hot tub!!  No kidding!! 

When we needed to build a small box to protect the battery on the front porch that runs the solarized water pump, this small piece of siding happened to be just the right size.  Although we decided to go ahead an paint it, we thought it was a delightful example of creative thinking.   When we sat down to discuss the idea with our contractor, he just grabbed a piece of left over siding and began to draw a few ideas. Before painting it, however, we decided to take a picture of it -- just being silly.

 
And, here's another silly picture of our decrepit lawn mower, that probably cost $100 four years ago, and believe it or not, after a few minor repairs (costing less than $25) it still runs.  It is totally rusted out, the blades are dull from knocking chunks of lava -- BUT IT STILL WORKS!!  My grandpa always said he could fix anything with bailing wire and duct tape.  Every time we go to Home Depot, we gaze longingly at the row of spiffy mowers; then we laugh because our mower, ugly as it is, works just fine (this week anyway.)