since the spring, we’ve been working on a few projects outdoors and one of them involved removing a rusted out planter from the front steps…

next was to be removing and replacing the carpet which has been on those same steps for thirteen years…

I remember a friend of mine coming and replacing it while I was in hospital, not long after my beloved’s passing… it was such a treat to walk up the tidy steps when I returned home…

over the last few winters the carpet has been breaking down, particularly from my shovelling I think, lol…

we emptied the rusted out planter and dumped it right into the garbage can, kind of in pieces… we had a new one all ready to go but planned to wait for the carpet to be removed and replaced before putting it on the top step…

we picked up carpet and glue… next we planned a day when we had help to remove the old carpet and lay down the new one… unfortunately, it rained for most of that day, but during a break my housemate was able to remove the old layer…

that was on July 21st… it looked dreadful but we anticipated that it would happen soon…

every single time we planned to get the job done, it rained… I was starting to believe my grandson is a rain magnet…

well, yesterday, September 21st, it finally happened…

scraping, glueing, and laying down the carpet took a good portion of the day and there are a few bits that need to be trimmed…

can’t walk on it for a few days, but it already looks a thousand percent better;-)…