Le project du jour

Another weekend, another home improvement project here at the O'Neal estates.

Before Daddy left for the Cascades, he had great fun tearing the screened-in porch off our house. It was old and skanky, with holes in every window screen and rust on both doors. His idea is to beautify our patio with slate and a hand-carpentered pergola. It took him two half-hearted days to lay nearly all the tile.



An unforeseen benefit is how the new patio makes an excellent chalkboard.



Isaac's masterpiece -- our stick-figure family. He's putting the finishing touches on Jacob.