September 17, 2020. Western Head, Nova Scotia, The Painters.

Finally, the painters have gone. The house looks splendid. Now I have the deck to myself. Two men worked on the house, one the owner of the business and one older man who was a skilled painter. A third younger man came to paint when lots of painting needed to be done but for the most part two men did the work. The main man told me that they both enjoyed working by the shore. Perhaps that was why they took so long to complete the job. The older man was skinny. He painted the most difficult tasks. I liked him. He had a nice face with a great smile and even though he must have been 70, he went up and down the long ladders with the best of them. This house requires fancy painting. The brackets under the eaves have a strips alomng both sides, matching the trim. And the dental mouldings over the windows have white on the front. Amd there are medallions at the top corner of the windows that are painted white too. So the older painter in addition to painting the window frames also made the whole house look fancy. The owner of the business always wanted to tell me what a good job he is doing so I tried not to talk to him much. He loves to talk. He noticed the historic plates in the kitchen cabinets and he brought me a Royal Doulton plate of the Bluenose, which now can be seen in the last empty spot in the cabinets. And he is bringing me a gift tomorrow when he comes to get his funds. He did a great job of preparing the house to paint. And he repaired all the damaged and rotted shingles, which were extensive. But friend David, who is a skilled carpenter, has pointed out several defects in the shingling. So I must get George to fix it. But now the painters have gone and the house looks good. Even Gill noticed when she stopped over and she did not even know the house was being painted. The house is now set for the nexzt ten years.