Beautiful day here on the Oregon Coast

That is one of the places I go for tide pooling. The tide is in in that photo so no tide pools.

@cperry2 This is the first time I heard about tide pooling. I will check this out online.

@thelme55 If you have time check out some of my earlier posts. I have talked about several of the creatures found in tide pools. It is something I enjoy and will soon get to go do again. Because of a bad knee, I have had to stay away from the slick surfaces for the past two and a half years. I've had the knee replaced (back in January) and it is getting to where I have the confidence to go back.

@cperry2 Cooking smells always fire up the appetite, don't they?

Have fun with that. In winter, baking is such a great pass time. I don't do it, my wife does, but I love the smells that permeate the house.

@JudyEv Oh, without a doubt. I love the smell of bread cooking but also several food dishes as well. But I think my favorite is to smell steaks grilling on a barbeque. A smell we are getting quite a bit of right now.

@cperry2 I often overdo when I want to finish something, but I pay the day after. Good idea not to let your wife help. I do not let my husband help anymore after he had his spine problem. Happy Independence Day.

@LadyDuck Thank you. I am two hours into pulling down panels and taking a break. My wife dresses up in her painting clothes and is slowly priming the new panels. She insists on helping despite her issues, so she is priming the new panels. I put them on the stand and she does not have to bend over to reach them.

That is great advice. I overdid it yesterday because of the time crunch. Early last night I realized that I have to factor in my age to this equation. Doing so, I am beginning to doubt I will make the deadline on Sunday night. But I will still give it a shot, just not putting all my eggs in that basket. I went and got more plastic sheeting to cover the hole just in case I do not finish. If my wife were her normal healthy self, I think it would be easy, but she is nursing a bad back and I do not want her out there doing anything that might aggravate it. (lifting, carrying, holding things in place) I wish I had not chosen this moment to start working on the issue but, I'm too deep into it to back out now.

@cperry2 I'm retired. For me every day is a holiday! :-)

Well, yes, I suppose it is. Our celebration of independence from England. So, are you planning a great nonholiday weekend?

@MALUSE I am retired as well. And normally I would agree with every day being a holiday, but when work needs to be done, I have to get out there and do it.

@cperry2 That is nice that you understand about the differences in holidays. Glad the job is done.

I understand about the differences in holidays. I sometimes forget I am speaking to a world wide audience when I post here. Fortunately the job is done and it went better than I had anticipated.

@cperry2 There are bluebird eggs getting ready to hatch soon. I love the downy's too.

@CarolDM I had some dark-eyed juncos who had taken up residence in a debris pile in my back yard. I seriously doubt they have remained though. I haven't seen them since nest building. Unfortunately, I have had two rubber boas (nearly scared me out of my skin) hanging out near that pile. It is sad but I believe it is unlikely they would have passed up on an easy meal of eggs or baby birds. When I have some time to sit, I'll watch and see if the birds are still around.

@cperry2 I would love to see those, never seen them before except on videos. Bird watching is good for the soul.

@cperry2 Not really. I also did some house cleaning.

So just rest and relaxation? That sounds wonderful right now.

Yes, that would be much better, but I wasn't being greedy. Still, I have to finish it now that I've started.

Don't remind me, I have to do the kitchen tile too. But that is probably going to wait a while.

@cperry2 That's smart.

That's the hope but being realistic, I am prepared to cover with plastic, just in case.

@cperry2 That is great news Clint. I am glad it's all done and YouTube videos were able to help you out.

The work is complete as is the painting project for the rest of the house. Once I got past the fear of doing work I had never done before, (several youTube videos helped a lot.) The wall panels went up fairly quickly.

Maybe, it certainly does look inviting. If I told you the water temps here are around 53 degrees F (11.5 C) would you still want to get in the water? The coastal waters here rarely get above 55 degrees F. We get a flow that comes from the arctic and pushes down the coast. If I were there in the Philippines, I would be in the water every chance I got. I did that a lot (swam in the Gulf of Mexico) when I lived in Texas many years ago.

I would have appreciated the help. I have my wife helping but she is hurt and trying to recover from a back injury. So, she cannot do a lot. It's okay. I can get it done, though it might take a bit longer than the two days I have left before the rain. I have already had to hang plastic to protect things once.

@cperry2 Oh I wish a complete recovery for your wife soon and you too take care.