Cutlass Painted

I had a nice warm day and got the Cutlass painted.
It is not a show quality job, but for a budget paint job it is an improvement.
There are a few small specks and some dust, but all in all not bad.
I would love to set up a better booth. There are a lot of challenges and drawbacks to painting in a barn.
Any how, it is a much better looking car than it started.

Cutlass Update

Ok, I got the body work done, and the car in prime. I fixed the larger dents in the hood and elsewhere.
I have to stop somewhere.
This is a budget job, so I am trying to balance between what is paid for and my own desire for perfection. It is not going to be perfect, but it will be much better than it was.

Painting Project

I have a car to paint, as soon as the weather is cooperative. This one is for my Pastor's son. Last fall I had it here for a while. I cleaned up some of the rust and put a rust inhibitor on just to hold it till this spring.
Well it's back. I need to fill some holes and clean it up. He had striped off the moldings (rust traps) and there are a few dings and dents. I will get most of that done while I am waiting for warm days to paint it.

Farm News.

Well, the garden is planted. I hope that all the frost is past, it got me last year.
There is rain and warm temps in the forecast. Looking forward to seeing the sprouts come up.
I have a car in the barn. A painting project for the Pastor's son. That will keep me busy. I'll post some pic's from that in another post.

The newspaper clipping is from here.
Newspaper Clipping Generator.

Sad News

I have sad news to report, We lost one of the dogs, our eldest.
She had been with us for 15 years. She had been showing her age for a while and we think she had a stroke this winter. She had been having trouble getting around since then.
She was a great little dog and a good rat hunter. She will be missed.

Ginger
1993 to 2008

Not Yet

The weather is getting better. The snow is gone and I am cleaning up the mess winter leaves. The ground is still too wet to plow or till, and we still have some cold and frosty nights.
I plan on planting around the first of June. I tried to go early last year and got caught by frost.

There are signs of life though. Some first flowers and buds are out. The Daffodils were a pleasant surprise.
Things are looking hopeful.
This is the UP however, and we have snow in the forecast.

Spring Is Here (I think)

We had another blast on the 12th, wind and snow. Woke up to about 6 inches of the stuff. (First Picture)
But it has been nice since, and we have had warm weather for a week.
Most of the snow is gone, just a few patches left. It is that brown and muddy time of year. The ground is still too wet to work, but I'm getting started cleaning up branches, and raking leaves. We even have frogs singing the pond.
I am planing on June first for planting. I tried to start early last year and got caught by frost.
Today I am fixing a fuel leak on the Pastors truck. I hope to get some paying jobs to help out. I still have not found any full time employment, so I will grab any jobs that present themselves.