My father's garage was never a workshop. He had one at work and I guessed he preferred to leave it there. My father in law's (Errol) garage was, and he kindly allowed me to work there to make 1) a Kist, and 2) a double bed. He had an impressive selection of tools, and the lowest work bench I have ever used. There I built 1) a kist, and 2) a double bed. I needed these items as I was hoping to marry one of his daughters. The kist and bed were constructed from South African Pine. All that remains is the bed's headboard, and it has been significantly modified over the years. Bits of pine removed from the modified head can still be found in the pile of wood and board that feature in this blog. Every time I modified it, or used an off-cut I would marvel at the quality of the wood. The pine we buy these days simply does not compare.

I (we) acquired my (our) first garage in 1975, and stuff has been, and still is, being dumped, stored, and built / constructed in, 'The Garage'. It has always been, and still is, a place I have enjoyed. I have also been fortunate enough to share time there with my son Bruce, and more recently, one of my one grandsons.

In the garage I, like Leonardo, have built stuff according a plan that had been drawn. The plans have always been rather sketchy, as what was being built in the image of the plan, has almost always evolved as it was taking shape. This evolutionary process did not ever stop, as whatever it was, it inevitably had to evolve further as its usefulness became more and more apparent.

Now that you are fimiliar with the garage, I would like to single out two projects that I have recently worked on. The first is a window roller blind that is being constructed to honour Leonardo. The second is a modification to the lawn trimmer that I am currently using. It was purchased when Edith and I moved into our Protea Gardens home, it is a light-weight model as 1) it is for a small lawn, and 2) it is more in keeping with my waning physical abilities.

Unfortunately it is too short, and so I had to do something in the garage to transform it such that it better suited my height. This will not be the first time that a modification is being made. In the past I have modified brooms, mops, spades, forks, etc. Three photographs are included below to illustrate these endeavours. The first shows the lawn trimmer, the second the window roller blind, and the third various garden implements that have modified in a manner similar to the lawn trimmer

The segment of metal tube use to extend the lawn trimmer was removed from the handle of a rubber sponge mop, where it was being used to over generously extend the length of that handle. The previous extension to the length of the mop handle was so generous that I was able to use that piece divided to extend the grass trimmer and retain a reasonable extension to the mop handle. I could go on, but I have already been told several times that I should avoid doing that.