August 18, 2020. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Preparing the House.

Getting the house ready to be painted reminds me a lot like getting ready for Christmas. First you must shop and then wrap in addition to all the preparations for the meals. The organizations for Christmas are always much lomnger than the actual event. But without all that effort, Christmas would not be the joyous event that we all know and love. The men have been working for over three weeks preparing the house to be painted. The decks are littered with stuff. First came the scraping, then the repairs of the rotted shingles and trim. All the benches were moived away from the house in order to scrape the shingles behind the benches. That was not done dsuring the last painting. All the downspouts are down. I can not easily walk the deck because of all the stuff scattered here and there. The heavy fog has slowed things down. Now the rain made everything wet. The primer coats has been done. There are more damaged shingles to be repaired. But soon, the paint will be installed and the house once again will look perfect. Lastly, the shutters and downspouts will go up. And finally the trim painted. I will feel as if was Christmas morning.