2025 Life Logs, Day 131: Boat Work
Date: Monday, May 12, 2025
Weather: Sunny, Very Windy; High Temp 63, Low 52 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Sometime before noon, I headed back to Ardenna. Yesterday, Heather and I worked together to clean and brighten the teak on Ardenna. Today, I went to work on Step 3, oiling the teak. You can varnish teak or oil it, and today I was so glad Heather and Jed have decided on oiling. It was a very windy day and the seeds and blossoms from all the surrounding trees were blowing in that wind—blowing right on to Ardenna’s deck. There is no way I could have continued if I were varnishing. But if pieces of debris blow onto the oil, it will just drop off when it dries. As always, I underestimated the time needed to do the job. It took twice as long as I expected to do half the job. I love doing the boat work although my old body doesn’t seem to love me crawling around on my knees on a hard deck. When I got home, I was too tired to eat a very late lunch. So, I skipped lunch and took a nap. After the nap, I was fine. For future projects, I need to double the time estimated and add in an hour for a nap.
