This was taken last summer up in a bay we call "hidden beach", about 15 min east of Glen Arbor. A truly peaceful beach, with some nice Petoskey stone hunting grounds.  With all this warm weather we

Yes, this can be done.  The middle section of my Extang Trifold 2.0 delaminated from the foam core, and started to bubble. Contacted customer service and they were gracious enough to send me a replacement

I’ve fixed a bunch of stuff on our flat and sloped roofs.  Rooves?  Anyway...it’s been a learning experience for sure.  Below is the last obstacle in my way to a leak free roof: One 4ft

This one was a treat. I give you, Derby Pie: Pecan Chocolate bourbon barrel aged Stout-Braggot! Intense Chocolate aroma and flavor, but also let’s the pecan shine through.  Very minimal hop

Start at the top and work your way down.  Ok, I didn’t exactly do that but am trying to make things right with the roof before working much more on the inside. No no more piles of leaves and pine

Rule number one - never try to paint over an old stained piece of wood furniture without priming with a good wood/stain blocking primer first! We wasted a couple days learning the hard way. Today, after

Got up on the roof today and did it up right! Touched up some spots on the chimney that were cracking and looked leaky. Then we addressed a known leaky spot, with Gaco Patch, and some polyester fiber tape.

Kaboom!  Hit the 500 followers milestone! Thankful for all the support, all the friends I’ve made through this platform, and all that I have learned here so far. Yes, this is a place that some will

Which is the real wood door, and which is the “Vantage” MDF type material door? The bottom is the MDF door, and apparently they can save you thousands, and are more durable.  Paint can be baked on

...caught a few deer in the backyard chomping on the greenery.   Sometimes a quick break...get up and walk around...that’s all you need to refocus and re-energize. Also, it saves you from getting

Just completed my custom hand made card for my Mom.  She always gets a kick out of something I made myself.   Mother’s Day has always been an important holiday for me, along with Father’s Day.

Seeing double? A little trick we pulled on the camera today while taking a panoramic photo.  Turned out pretty cool, and was fun to pull off. Now, back to enjoying the fire...enjoy the weekend steemians!

Not too happy today with the flooring company installing our floors.  Issues in increasing levels of frustration: 1. They broke my push broom: 2. They didn’t run flooring into the tiny vacuum closet

It’s a beautiful sight! White oak flooring going in over the past few days.  Looks much better than the old damaged parquet flooring. Itll be a couple months until we actually have them sanded and

More to explain, but for now, time to rest up.  Lots of work to do in the near future...

Climbing the ranked ladder, let's do this. My live stream is at DLive

Posting this so nobody else goes through the same pain.  thought I could get away with painting an old shelving unit with paint that has primer in it.  Didn’t work.  The stain prevented

I realize this looks like a mess of slop, but it’s damn good.  Quite a unique dish. Essentially you take cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and a little onion...and coarsly chop it up in a good processor.

Before the whole “micro-brewery“ went viral and beamp a thing, Kuhnhenn Brewery was making small batch beers and serving to the locals in Warren, MI.   I paid a visit to their newer Clinton Township

It only lasts for a short while, and since it’s the first year with this home I had to take a few pics of our magnolia tree in bloom. I‘m no ‘flowering tree fanatic’, but this is pretty beautiful.  Rainy