Villa TBA – Over The Rainbow

Villa TBA Italy

PAINTINGS and DRIPPINGS and -BAD WEATHER COMING

THIS MORNING IT IS DARK AND GREY OUTSIDE and depressing!
But this time- I BEAT THE BAD WEATHER COMING ! STORMY WEATHER, WIND -
WHY DO I SAY THIS ?
LAST NIGHT I OVER-PAINTED THE SMALL LEFT WALL (7 x 2 feet) of my Terrazza
planter – it was done three years ago – so I decided to do it a 6:15pm- last night (it was getting DARK but clear skies) – opened up a fresh can of enamel CHINA RED paint -
which I mixed for four minutes and noticed my left outside TERRAZZA LIGHT was OUT ! The Right one was OK- so I got on a table to replace the 100w light bulb so I could paint better! Except there was a problem ? Always a problem to solve!
At the bottom of the said wall there is an HALF INCH LEDGE and below that a three inch "battiscopi"(skirting) or a seven foot long x 3" ceramic facade right
at the pavement. Well anyway, I decided to paint china red this half-inch ledge!
since it looked pretty nifty ! So I painted the HALF INCH ledge -all seven feet
- as a border. What do you think happened when I continued to paint above
the ledge and the whole wall (7 x 2 feet) ???
RED CHINA PAINT Drippings APPEARED – three or four – so I cut some cloth
3 x 3 inches- I put some turpentine on the cloth and wiped off the DRIPPINGS above the three inch "battiscopi" ! Continued painting the wall – now 7:25pm and watched my favorite TV QUIZ program – YOU WANNA BECOME A MILLIONAIRE ?
Continued to paint and the drippings continued without abatement !- like my runny nose of three days ago ! The only difference is my runny nose was not red in color!
So I cut this time three 3 x3 inch CLOTHES ! Wiped off the drippings and
continued painting- I took an interlude to try answer the €15,000 question (QUIZ) – A B C or D – The contestant got the right answer and went on to the
€30,000 Question -he got that too – continued to the €70,000 question – got that too! Next was the €150,000 question. There he stopped and took the
€70,000- Gerry Scotti, the Quizmaster said "What would you have picked as
YOUR answer ?" and he DID pick the right answer – but he stopped (short) !
Oh! well ! it was 8pm the TV show over -so I went back to see ten(10) CHINA RED drippings !!!! This PROCESS continued till 10pm !!!!!!! but it looks beautiful after fifteen wipings with turpentine and fifteen CUT 3 x 3 inch clothes !!!!
-you know – you can’t make this up. It HAPPENED !
So I decided to paint a BORDER above my two wood doors at the STAIRCASE
ENCASEMENT I installed ! Since the eleven side red bricks -first of all were dark stone-red looking (drab) with cement showing – I decided to paint them CHINA RED- the first coat! Then I took off at the very top the two pieces of wood that need more "shaving" to fit to the slightly irregular ceiling and of course, PAINTED them China Red !!!! These wood pieces are 22" long by 2 1/2 inches (thick)-
I painted them with a light coat at first 9:45pm and a heavy coat at 10:30pm.
Then gave a second coat to the border red drab bricks and around.
Check the dripping which finally stopped except for a few short ones. Wiped them clean at 11pm!
Went to bed at 12 midnight – eager to go to the Wood/Cabinetmaker’s shop
at 8am to shave down the two wood pieces I painted CHINA RED on the
side that WILL SHOW OUT above the doors-
Up at 7am- GREY DREARY DAY AHEAD – and checked the two wood pieces I painted. The corners were still not DRY ! So I got some turpentine to quick DRY them! It was dreary GREY as I said at the BEGINNING of this MISSIVE and threatening RAIN.
I decided to SANDPAPER the corners of both wood pieces on the terrazza
-and it started RAINING LIGHTLY but I continued. Finished sandpapering and
put them in my car to bring to the WOODWORK "falegnameria" SHOP
(joinery in England) before 8am.
At the shop Antonio noticed the paint was not quite dry but he was able to shave
both down anyway. Got in my car to go back to my Villa as it started raining HARD-
Got into my garage and felt I HAD GOTTEN THIS DONE and
BEAT THE BAD WEATHER COMING !!!! ha ha ha
TBA

CIAO, TOMMASO

SEALING OFF ABOVE DOORS OF VILLA STAIRCASE

PROJECT : SEALING OFF ABOVE DOORS OF VILLA
STAIRCASE  – for HEAT BLOCKING

This morning started another project -an important one- since it is starting to get cold -IN and OUT- and it has been raining the past three days! It finally stopped
three hours ago but still VERY overcast and threatening again.
At 8am it was 53 degrees /12,2C INSIDE -upstairs Master bedroom with no
heating and    44 degrees/ 7,0C. OUTSIDE.

THE PROJECT is to install my two doors at the bottom of the STEPS going
upstairs to the bedrooom and sealing off above the doors all the way up to
the celing – 116.5  inches or  9.7  feet HIGH !
The two doors are 52 inches WIDE – each 26 inches
91.5 inches TALL
Above the door is a wooden plank -five inches SQUARED -tall – above that
is the area I gotta SEAL off which is 20.5 inches(tall) higher to the ceiling by
52 inches WIDE.  WHY do I have to seal off this section above the doors ???

Answer : On the Main floor I have three Gas injected heaters – one in each
room. When I put on the one in the kitchen and dining -which is a
BIG room to heat – If I do not seal off the said area -the HEAT will
rise UP THE STAIRS !!!!!! Got it ?

Now How am I sealing this said area – 20.5 inches TALL by 52 inches WIDE ?

Basically using red bricks and GLASS SQUARES that are transparent.
These Glass Squares are 7.5 inches SQUARE and
3.0 inches DEEP
I will use twelve of these GLASS SQUARES -
6 Clear Glass
6 Transparent Turquoise
Red bricks :  2 inches thick x 9 inches wide x 4.4 inches.
I will use  twenty five (25) of them
plus one CUT to size -2 ” x 2″ x 3″  !!!

I had to lay out the “territory” before I can start using the special glue between the wood plank and the red bricks. AND the rapid cement on top of the red bricks sealing off further up to the ceiling with Glass Squares and Red Bricks!

I started this project at 9am and it is now 11:30am as I type this “Diary”.
I had to re-arrange the red bricks and Glass thick square  many times to FIT
all these “closures”-
For example I tried laying the glass squares but the seventh one would not fit !
Then I placed 5 red bricks that 9″ x 5 red bricks =  45 inches and the sixth
red brick was two inches too big. That did not work!
Then I placed the red bricks using its 4.4 Inch side using eleven x 4.4 =
48,4 inches -which means I had to CUT to SIZE a red brick – 2″ x 2″ x 3″
PIECE !!!!!  To cut it and shave it down to size and finish off sandpapering
this small red brick TO SIZE tool more than an hour!
Now I an ready to START glueing and cementing !!!!!!!!

Ciao Tommaso !

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HURRY HURRY to taste foe $20 !!
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CIAO, TOMMASO

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Vatican Humor Joke

HAVE NOT SEEN THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

IT IS A GOOD ONE

VATICAN HUMOR After getting all of Pope Benedict’s luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn’t travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb. ‘Excuse me, Your Holiness,’ says the driver, ‘Would you please take your seat so we can leave?’ ‘Well, to tell you the truth,’ says the Pope, ‘they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I’d really like to drive today.’ ‘I’m sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I’d lose my job! What if something should happen?’ protests the driver, wishing he’d never gone to work that morning.. ‘Who’s going to tell?’ says the Pope with a smile. Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kph.. (Remember, the Pope is German..) ‘Please slow down, Your Holiness!’ pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens. ‘Oh, dear God, I’m going to lose my license — and my job!’ moans the driver. The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio. ‘I need to talk to the Chief,’ he says to the dispatcher. The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he’s stopped a limo going 205 kph. ‘So bust him,’ says the Chief. ‘I don’t think we want to do that, he’s really important,’ said the cop… The Chief exclaimed,’ All the more reason!’ ‘No, I mean really important,’ said the cop with a bit of persistence. The Chief then asked, ‘Who do you have there, the mayor?’ Cop: ‘Bigger.’ Chief: ‘ A senator?’ Cop: ‘Bigger.’ Chief: ‘The Prime Minister?’ Cop: ‘Bigger.’ ‘Well,’ said the Chief, ‘who is it?’ Cop: ‘I think it’s God!’ The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, ‘What makes you think it’s God?’ Cop: ‘His chauffeur is the Pope!’