Making Work When There is None

Hick is not a slacker. When he has no projects, he makes one up. Just before the never-melting ice/sleet/snow storm hit on January 4, Hick was between jobs. Nothing to do on the Double Hovel. Old Buddy was not feeling up to par, and couldn't assist Hick at Bargain House. The lady Hick was doing a kitchen remodel for had not yet left town on her vacation. His SUS2.5 (Storage Unit Store 2.5) had been rearranged. No yards needed mowing. No new themed shed on the horizon. Hick was about to crawl out of his skin.

Here's what he decided to do:

That's what every house needs, right? A giant wagon wheel on the porch, by their church pew and carved wooden Jack-O-Lantern, above the driftwood rock garden and yucca plants dug up along a rural highway.

I don't know why we would need this addition. At least it made Hick happy. For about the 20 minutes this project needed. And another 10 bragging congratulating himself for his efforts.

I get more joy from imagining Hick rolling this metal wheel across the yard, hoisting it up on the porch, and trying to balance it while attaching it to the wood posts.

Still. I suppose this wheel is a positive addition for all but the dogs, who will have to alter the place they launch themselves off the porch to go barking their fool heads off at some real or imaginary threat over by the BARn.