It's not nice to fool Mother Nature...

So am I dating myself here...or do you all remember those 70's TV commercials for "if you think it's butter...it's Chiffon"?

Well I'd like to know what the heck I did to fool {a.k.a. piss off :} Mother Nature today!  Was all pumped up to finish my patio this morning...so I got out there early before the sun got up too high in the sky to clear off the patio.

The chairs needed to be scrubbed and prepped for a new coat of spray paint. *Note to self* don't use "environmentally safe" spray paint again on patio furniture!  It's safe alright...it attracted all kinds of moss and bugs to my wicker chairs.  I re-read the cans and it does say safe for indoor and outdoor objects...which means that the darn bugs and algae didn't die when they set up home in my patio furniture...lol  Oh well...live and learn (pun intended ;)

 

While the chairs were drying off in the sun I took a hose to remove all the debris off the patio and the rug.  Then I rinsed it off with a bucket of water and a little bleach to keep any mold from coming back.

 
 
Then while I was waiting for the sun to do it's thang...I went inside to wait for DH to get back with the ladder from the rental center.  We barely had time to get the canvas cover up and before you know it...it was pouring rain!

 

But at least we got the cover up on the gazebo and as soon as it stops raining...looks like a few more days of this stuff according to the radar...I'll be able to go back out and finish what I started today ;)

Guess I'll have to find another project to keep me occupied for the rest of the week ;)

 How about you...anyone else out there wondering what the heck they did to "fool Mother Nature"?

Fondly, Roberta

Comments

[Xavier Wessinger]

I love your patio! It's gorgeous! I think your weekend is well spent decorating and upgrading your backyard. I wish I could find the time to do the same, LOL.

[Cuisine Kathleen]

I remember it well! Mother Nature is not being kind to the people in the South with all those tornadoes. We had a brutal winter here in NY, but compared to what they are going through, I won't complain!
Thanks for visiting my blog!

[Cortney Lyon]

Oh that gazebo is beautiful! I could spend a nice summer day in the hammock reading a good book under that.

Has it stopped raining yet?

[Denyse@Crazy Beautiful Life]

I want your Gazebo!!! We've have bought 3 in the past 5 yrs...Mother Nature is not nice to them!!

[By the Bluegrass]

Oh my, I am so over all this rain! We are flooded around here and it's tornado watch's every night! My nerves have about had it! Your porch
looks lovely!
xo,
Sena

[Bonnie]

Oh that is annoying. The weather can be a pain when you need to do things outside! The gazebo looks so nice and stylish though!

[Donnie]

I think Mother Nature is definitely PMSing this year.

[Deb]

BWAHAHA - too funny! Guess you should have watched the weather before attempting the clean up! Oh well, lucky it's humid and hot and it should all dry by Friday! :)