Veterans Day / Paint and Painting

Recently when going through papers

at moms I found my dad's service

record and papers. 

Thank you for your service

Dad. Dad joined the Navy at 

a very young age, when

there was not a age restriction.

I was told that Dad joined

at 14. Ran away from home and

joined. I did not check the 

enlistment date to be sure before

giving them to my brother but

I do know it was between 14

and 16. 

Thank you to all the 

Vets out there. 

The barn where Misfire stays is

on the property of a guy I used

to date. We remained friends.

His new girlfriend and I have 

been talking about needing

to paint the barn before putting

the word out to get more folks

there. The talk also came up that

we could do outside each stall

a different color. I have been waiting

for the inside to be pressure washed 

and some wood replaced but I 

personally got tired of waiting so

I asked Chris if he cared if I painted

Misfires a certain color. He did not care.

This is a shot of the colors

it took to get the color I wanted.

Pretty cool....

Here is a shot of the barn

before we started painting. 

Renee thought that maybe

we should paint all the doors

the color I brought over and the 

rest the stain color she picked out.

It's bold.

And yes, my color choice

was PURPLE!

And colorful. 

But it looks so much

cleaner and bright.

The top portion will also be the stain

color. The above door had a big hook

on it but I could not get it off so I painted

around it. The renter at Chris other house

came down and took it off, so I 

will have to go back and paint that

white spot. I have 4.5 doors to go!

I am also going to purchase 

new hooks for the doors. 

I will do more painting

in the morning when I go let

Misfire out in the morning.