JULY 17, 2020. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Painting he House.

The house had been painted white many decades ago. When we bought the place, the house had not been painted for many years so the house had that look of a house weathered. Some people like the look. In Washington, some folks paint their brick house and then just let the paint weather off. Ken and I do not like that look. So after the addition was complete, we had the whole house painted. And it looked great, The weather and the ocean breezes are not easy on houses on the shore so after several years we had it painted again. By now we had put up the Guest House, which was a replacement for the Carriage House, which burned down. Ken and I decided to side the new place with cape cod siding blue, which looks great. At the same time, we decided to remove the shingles from the main house and replace them with turquoise siding. The cost changed our mind. Next plan was to paint it the same turquoise color. Again, reality struck. To change the color of the house would double the cost so we decided to stick with white, which pleased our friends. So 5he paint job was finished five years ago and has stood up well...until this year. The wall facing the ocean is the worst. A painter has been out to give me an estimate and I will have it done this summer. Then I will be all prim and proper in my White House by the sea. I hope the paint job will last a decade.