It was a wooden sign, and the surface was coated with several coats of marine varnish, But, again, Ohio winters extract a pretty heavy price for being outdoors. I am not sure how long this sign lasted before it became unstable. It was followed by another sign he made and that one lasted for a number of years too. But for the last 4 or 5 years we have been without anything there and it looked prfetty bare.
So, I took the original sign to a wood shop and had them remake it. They did a pretty good job of using a lot of the original wood and putting it back together. It sure looks good hanging out there.
I had planned to surprise my wife with this for our anniversary. She liked that sign and really missed it. She is pretty good at surprising me with Christmas, anniversary and other gifts. And since she says I am not very good at surprising her, this was my chance to pull one off on her. Well ----- let's just say that I moved up the ladder of surprise presentations a bit with this. Totally caught her off guard. Worked out rather well, if I do say so myself.
To be with old friends is very warming and comforting. (Ian Zierling)
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To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.
Ian Ziering
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To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.
Ian Ziering
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Thank you for this gift and for the blog explaining how very special it is! I love you! Pam
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