A Life Uncommon: We Captured the Rain and covered the Gazebo

Saturday, August 22, 2009

We Captured the Rain and covered the Gazebo

The cover came and did not fit!

We got an inch in the water tank last night!
We are hoping for more rain today but the chances are getter worse as the day continues.

We altered it by 3 "

we had to dismantle and saw off three inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We still have to do some squaring and anchor of the corners to the ground.

5 comments:

Annette said...: What a beautiful gazebo! looks very nice with beautiful fence! we're over cast here and SO muggy, reminds me of Oklahoma weather! Your sweet hubby is working hard, you can tell by the 4 picture I think, look at that face..you'll have to post pictures if you can of your rain water tank with water in it...maybe later on in season, I know, you need a monsoon, those monsoon's are just stunning to me! Have a sweet Saturday!
Love ya~
Annette
p.s.
I put your number in my cell phone, maybe one day I'll surprise you instead, when you least except it!; August 22, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Susie said...: That gazebo looks so great! You guys did an awesome job!; August 22, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Denise said...: Hey there..... sorry that the silly cover did not fit but it looks like your HANDY man got it fixed..... I will send some rain to you as we have had a lot...... We are also thinking about a rain barrel. We use a lot of water and that would help..

Love ya lots and thanks for the sweet words about Mom.......; August 22, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Denise said...: I love your gazebo.; August 22, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Debbie Petras said...: Good job on the gazebo. Wasn't the rain wonderful yesterday? I loved waking up to the sound in the morning. Greg and I sat on our covered patio sipping our coffee and taking it all in. We both love the smell of the desert after the rain.; August 23, 2009 at 1:03 AM

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