A swing for my mother
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What a great piece. And I bet when you sit in it, she comes to visit (in your memory). Very, very nice work, and given how much we like to sit on the porch and watch the critters, I can only imagine how much she would have enjoyed it
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Excellent build, Bryan. I'm glad you got to keep it.
My deepest condolences to you and your family for your loss.
My deepest condolences to you and your family for your loss.
I have the exact opposite problem. Not enough swings. Currently two gliders is all we have. One on our private porch off of the master suite with view of the waterfall. Second is actually down beside the waterfall. But we need about 8 more!! Two down by the larger creek, two on the dock on pond and four for the firepit gathering area we will be building soon near the kids playground (someplace for adults to sit while the kids play). Rural life is great!!!!
Sorry Bryan didn't mean to take over your thread.
I have so many projects ahead of those swings it may be years before I get to them.
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My brother and his wife, he just visited us, has a 10 acre property in Southwest Washington State. He has a small river, a little too big to call a stream, that slices diagonally through it. In winter it's whitewater rapids. He needs to build a bridge across it to get to the other half of his property. Unfortunately, it rains so much that the place is always a little soggy.
It's too wet for sitting out, then when it dries out, it's hot hot hot.
My parents were older when I was born, and my dad passed 48 years ago, my mother, 30 years ago. But if I pay attention, I can still hear their voices. If my dad is up there, I think he'd love our lot, because he was a landscaper and gardener. My mom contracted the construction of six rental units, five of which still stand. She would have enjoyed what we've done to the house.
We have a whitewater creek/river (Cadron Creek) with good rapids crossing one corner of our 20 acres here in the Arkansas Ozarks. The waterfall is the spillway of our pond with a natural rock ledge. The pond is fed by a separate smaller creek. I plan to leave this place to my son to carry on as you have with your parents' place.
Crazy that you should mention that your dad was a landscaper. Mine was too. He owned Green Thumb Nursery and Florist in El Dorado, Arkansas. My mom was of course a florist. Dad had 2-3 landscaping crews and we forced Mums among other things. My dad was a workaholic and he also worked at Monsanto Chemical!!!! I always said that dad's landscaping was his hobby and my work LOL!
Likewise, my parents were older when I was born. I have three sisters. Oldest is 19 years older than me and the youngest is 10 years older.
It's really great to have all these family memories for sure!!
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Nice build and love the wood. I have an occasional opportunity to pick up some Cypress shorts and will now start collecting all I can.
Brian, really like the build. Have always thought about building a swing. Had two posts with a top cross piece in back yard. The swing that was on it when I bought the property over 50 years ago. Time deteriated the swing so I took it down. Then rust took the pipe and I had to take them down. Still wanted to build swing. It is still on my bucket list.
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Thank you Frank.
My mother had a swing that she painted with latex house paint, she painted everything, anyway, the paint trapped the moisture underneath it and rotted much of the swing but she could only see a little of the damage and ask me to fix it. When I started taking the bad parts off I kept running into more rot so without telling her I cut it into small pieces and threw it out with the trash then built this one. She wouldn’t have wanted to bother me with a big fix but I surprised her with this new one. She loved it and told everybody who came to see her about it.
Yeah, we all miss her.
My mother had a swing that she painted with latex house paint, she painted everything, anyway, the paint trapped the moisture underneath it and rotted much of the swing but she could only see a little of the damage and ask me to fix it. When I started taking the bad parts off I kept running into more rot so without telling her I cut it into small pieces and threw it out with the trash then built this one. She wouldn’t have wanted to bother me with a big fix but I surprised her with this new one. She loved it and told everybody who came to see her about it.
Yeah, we all miss her.
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Looks like a well designed swing. The bottom is nicely contoured for comfort and cypress is a good choice from a weathering perspective. I built a similar swing 25+ years ago and still have it. I try to treat it annually with a coat of Penofin Penetrating Oil as the NM sun is tough on wood. Fortunately it does not get full sun all day.
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