This is more a vignette then an actual story.
When I was young my Dad had a workbench near the basement door. In that area was also a radial arm saw (that sort of defined the space, as it was the last thing before the washer and dryer), the brick chimney and a wood burning stove.
My Dad kept a scrap barrel. All the little pieces of wood that he cut off, or pieces he cut wrong, or extra pieces he put in that barrel.
Probably a couple of times a year he would clean up the work area. Mostly it had been made completely disordered by us. He would set aside some Saturday, usually in winter or late autumn.
He would start a fire in the old wood stove and burn all the scrap. He would clean things up and hang up the tools. Eventually he would sweep up an the whole place would be clean and cozy.
I loved those days. We would work together to clean up and in the end the results were dramatic. It made you want to start a new project.
When I was young my Dad had a workbench near the basement door. In that area was also a radial arm saw (that sort of defined the space, as it was the last thing before the washer and dryer), the brick chimney and a wood burning stove.
My Dad kept a scrap barrel. All the little pieces of wood that he cut off, or pieces he cut wrong, or extra pieces he put in that barrel.
Probably a couple of times a year he would clean up the work area. Mostly it had been made completely disordered by us. He would set aside some Saturday, usually in winter or late autumn.
He would start a fire in the old wood stove and burn all the scrap. He would clean things up and hang up the tools. Eventually he would sweep up an the whole place would be clean and cozy.
I loved those days. We would work together to clean up and in the end the results were dramatic. It made you want to start a new project.
Love it; love you! Auntie Char xoxoxoxo ;-p
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