LITTLE red PORCH: It Was An "Oh No - But Great" Kind of Day

Saturday morning I got up before the crack of dawn and went to the studio to put the backing on some signs before we headed out to sell our wares at the Orleans Farmers Market. It was just misting a little outside but I was still feeling good about our potentially grey day. I packed up the car, picked up my niece and we headed south. About five minutes out of Orleans the sky just opened up and we were being pelted by the rain. Not looking so good!
We arrived, checked in and waited in the car for our spot assignment. As we waited the winds began to pick up intensity and the rain was in a sideways motion. So we discussed it...if the Weather Channel shows this nasty weather clearing up by 10 am, we are sticking it out and selling some signs, if not we are outta here.
The Weather Channel showed that there was a 80% chance of thunderstorms, high winds and rain until 7pm. NOT GOOD!
We said so long to Orleans and headed back the way we had come only minutes earlier.
When we got home, this is what it looked like.

We felt lied to and betrayed by The Weather Channel. And for all you who came out and wondered why we weren't there...we are so sorry!!

BUT.....On the flip side, this is my little studio above the garage.

This is how I had to access my studio....not so much fun with an armful of signs. Notice the lack of railing (oh, and the splotchy paint...that is to be rectified at another time).

Can you say DANGER?

Aaacck....don't look down. If I were to trip, I would end up in the canyon of gravel below.

Kenny knew I was bummed about the farmers market so he got busy.
Out came his handy-dandy tape measurer, some scribbles on some paper and I was told to jump in the truck. I grabbed my cup of coffee and off we went to Bender's Lumber, picked up some treated 4 X something's and headed back home. We put our game faces on, all the power tools came out, Kenny's shirt came off and stuff began to happened.
I love it when this happens.