Picture correction

Looking at the last post again, I realize that the picture is from last year. Yes, I measure the progrss of the fence in years. This picture is more current but, no, the tree was planted that size. I measure the progress in years, not decades.

The arbor alone took a year - that is one year calculated in man-minutes as I kept my day job (computer programmer) - roughly equivalent to 512 songs played serially.

One of the reasons it took so long is that I did not listen to good advice. One of the benefits of teaching yourself how to do things is that you get to learn so much the hard way.

Where some people know instinctively or by book learning that 1-1/2 inch iron does not bend very easily and that if you are going to bend it you should make the arc 10 or so feet in diameter. I on the other hand, have hours and hours of memories of wedging, heating, pounding, muscling, pullying, leveraging and seriously risking life and limb to back up why one should not attempt a five foot diameter without the proper tools.

My car, my house, my ropes, my cables, my chains, my wife, my wenches , everything stationary and everything that remotely looks like a lever are glad that I am done bending those two pieces of iron. I should probably mention that I too am glad that I will never have to do that again, lesson learned.