Swan song

On By wanderingcatyarns

If I have one piece of relationship advice for my fellow ladies… it’s this. Forget about flowers and grand romantic gestures… find yourself a man who’s willing to clean concrete for you.

First… it was my Porch Goose.

The weekend before last, he spent about five hours stripping off the old paint, then using a wire brush to clean up all the detail so I can repaint her.

Then… on our travels Friday night, we came across a large concrete swan planter. I fully expected him to say “Hell no… I aint going through that again!!!”

But…

He didn’t. Instead he lifted it into the jeep for me (it weighs about 70 lbs), and spent Saturday afternoon giving it the same treatment.

He also gave the concrete bird bath we got last year a quick clean up and now all three are ready for painting.

And if that wasn’t enough… he spent Sunday cleaning up a pile of metal garden doodads I’ve picked up over winter…

Including this awesome pump head.

Now that’s true love.

9 thoughts on “Swan song”

  1. chuckandrobin20217a3606's avatar chuckandrobin20217a3606

    Ah Valerie, that is so sweet! You and I have some of the same doodads. Twenty years ago I found a concrete rabbit at a yard sale. So filthy I couldn’t even tell if it was painted. As soon as I got home with it Chuck grabbed it and down to the laundry sink he went. It was painted and in perfect condition under the filth. He, the rabbit I mean, sits in our family room now!😆😆 Enhoy your swans!❤️

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