my dad's picasso

my dad has been here for a month building a deck for eric, adam and me on our new house. (is it still new? we bought it in april. i am officially deciding its new for a year.) yesterday, in the 40-degree weather and rain, eric, my dad, and eric's dad, lou, finished it! it is so beautiful and really professionally done. we are so lucky to have a dad and pap-paw with major skills!

after they finished, they all sat outside next to the fire pit they made to burn out a stump from a tree we had removed earlier this year. 40 degrees, rain, and sitting outside. i later learned they were talking politics.

men....

o yeah, that's three levels you see. he designed it himself! he said may times that this deck would be his "picasso." he and my mom did not pass down their gift of seeing things in their minds' eyes before they actually exist (my mom is also an excellent painter). but now seeing this in reality, i'd have to agree with him.

boyz in da hoods.