Painting/Trimming the Shed

Hello Family & Friends,
The past two weeks we have been busy painting the shed (2 coats) and putting up the aluminum trim so that we don't have to paint that again (I'm hoping ever, but you never know).  With the temperatures soaring we have been out painting either at 6AM, following the shade when we can, or painting after sunset until we cannot see anymore!

Here's a few pics of the activity.  I do have to admit that it does look really nice and is much more protected from the sun and monsoons.  I didn't really get before pictures so you have nothing to compare but I do like the white trims as they give it a little more pizazz....

This is the west side and we really had to work quick in the early morning to not get caught by the sun. You can see the trimmed side on the right and the left side is being finished.

Darrel is adding our address numbers, we painted them black so they would stand out.  Previously they had been a "weathered, rusted number" and they bled on the paint when it rained.

You can see them here to the left, now we are trying to install the trim boards over the garage door and it wasn't going well.  But with perseverance and both Darrel's and Susan's muscle, we got them on.

Here's the other side of the door, the white trims really make it have some definition.

Here's a shot of the west side with the entire trims installed.

The white corners add some character to the barnboard.

The plastic storage shed sits at this corner and it was just sitting on the dirt.

Notice the edge of the pavers to keep it out of the dirt we used 15 pavers to cover the space and then added 30 to make a motorcycle parking pad.

We park the motorcycles on the first paver pad but it was too much in the sun during the spring/summer months....

....so we added another paver pad closer to the shed to store them when we occupy the lot.

The first pad also helps with dirt washing from the neighbors lot, too.

We added a different door, (that took about 5 days) with a security screen door we can lock plus the inside door.  We hope it helps with the rain not getting in the shed.

And of course, we are working during the hottest 2 weeks so far this year.  It came on quick and I think it is here to stay.  Let me tell you, a high 80's would be a welcome relief.

So you can see, we are doing home chores while the COVID orders keeps us home -- I guess that has helped us get so much done.

Thanks for reading and keeping in touch, we miss you all and hope you are keeping healthy!

Sending blessings from the road,

Susan & Darrel