One morning at our coffee circle my neighbour mentioned that she didn't like the state of the sign at the entrance of our subdivision. I told her that it bothered me too, and I had a great desire to paint it.
"So do I" she said enthusiastically! Great, all we needed was a partner in crime to spur us into action, so we started to make plans to splash some paint around. We set a date, gathered supplies and looked forward to a fun morning. Mother Nature sent a beautiful sunny day our way this morning so we packed our wagon full of painting supplies and set off down the street.
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My
Partner in Crime brought a table to put our painting supplies on..
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...and we each had a ladder, so we were all set and soon got down to business.
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The old wood sucked up the paint like a dry sponge, but we dabbed and brushed, and brushed and dabbed until...
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...the sign started taking on a spiffy new look.
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We laughed and talked and had a grand a glorious time working together.
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Total fun!
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Neighbours out walking stopped and cheered us on and thanked us for sprucing up the sign. Yep, it looked pretty good.
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We might need some Ben Gay to rub into sore arm and shoulder muscles tonight, but we had a lot of fun, and
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are quite pleased with the way the sign looks now.
2 comments:
What good citizen's you two are and the sign looks great....:-)Hugs
Bernie - thanks. We sure had fun.
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