The Joy of a Greenhouse

My wife and I drove out to look at a greenhouse on what was probably the coldest day of the year, and a poor time for travel...but it was a good deal, our neighbor telling us, yes, the greenhouse is free and all  you have to do is take it away.

Well along came the month of May and it seemed a good time to take apart a greenhouse. First it took a good seven hours to move the glass and on the second day, a rainy day at that, another seven hours and I had the frame in pieces, neatly stored until such time I am ready to put the greenhouse back together.

It seemed easy enough at the time, but turns out some panes of glass were about forty five inches by
a good seventy eight inches high...and heavy, actually very heavy.  And I began to wonder, is this such a great idea? But I never leave something unfinished, just the way I am, so continued to work with hammer and crowbar and pry-bar and the good ole Phillips screwdriver. And yes, the ole body was sore after all that hard labour, but something inside felt good, felt right, I kept trying to convince my wife that yes, this is the right idea...
but I must have looked like I aged another 30 years after working in the rain for that last seven hours...
and what you have to do in a situation of doubt is to use that magical word reinforcement or should that be - just force oneself to keep going, imagine all those green and leafy vegetables.  Ya right....
now, you go ahead and tell my chiropractor that!!!

Would I do it again....ahh,  maybe!!!