Christian Pipe Smokers

I am miffed with our WalMart 24" Expert Grill. It is otherwise a good grill with cast iron cooking grates and can be found for less that 100 bucks on sale. I got four seasons of hard use out of my last one, but I am only on the second season with its replacement, and I already noticed the charc...

My daughter is home (LA) from Stagecoach and has been reunited with her huge Yellow Lab, Remi, which we were dog-sitting for the past five days.
I already miss that dog.

I got home from an MRI and Sheriff's cruisers had lined the street in front of my house. I asked one of the neighbors and was told that a toddler had passed away.
One of our neighbor's grandchildren, about 10 weeks old. SIDS, we were told.
Very sad.

I'm fortunate that a clerk at my local ACE is a retired contractor who knows his stuff. Those Spax washers are called "stucco buttons."

The stucco soffit is sagging above my home's front door. There's no indication of water leaks and I can register the ends of the trusses with a stud finder on the fascia board, so I figure jacking up the soffit and shooting some Spax screws every 6" or so should keep it from pulling down (this ...

I thought I was done planting tomatoes this year (5 plants!) But I've got a hankering for Sweet 100s.
They're probably the easiest tomato there is to grow.

Sun tea, iced.

I bought a pop rivet tool today.
$3.77 incl. tax at Harbor Freight.
It got good reviews and came with an assortment of pop rivets.
As best I can remember, this may be the third pop rivet tool I've bought in my 71 years.
I so rarely need one I tend to lose 'em.

As old as God wants me to get.