Ouch

I spent Sunday constructing a triangle platform to the side of the new deck area and then building a set of steps on the angle created by the longest side. I liked the outcome, it makes great use of a useless area on the patio and really helps direct traffic down the center now both sides of the patio can be used for chairs and a swing which was the plan all along. Whilst I was working on the steps J finished painting the polka-dots in K's room and the girls played in the sprinklers and then swam in the lake for the first time, it was great to see them doing exactly what we had bought the place for...

Later in the afternoon I decided to mow the grass and smarten the lawn up, it transformed the shaggy mass into a half decent look yard now. I put the lawn mower away and as I was closing the door (heavy galvanized steel garage door if you remember from earlier posts) I managed to place my finger between one of the horizontal gaps where the hinges are, the door closed and locked completely with my fingers still in the hinge. I unlocked the door with one hand, swore bloody murder and saw the bright white of the cartilage where the door had severed my finger down to the joint, I ran to the house and bandaged the finger up, aided by J who I thought was about the feint at the sight of the blood dripping from my finger. 6 x-rays later the Doctors told me its fractured but no nerve or tendon damage, I have little to no movement in it yet and it is still bleeding occasionally but at least the intense pain has gone, except when I bang it on or with something. This evening Emma and I visited the cabin to water part of the lawn that the timed sprinklers don't reach and we took the canoe out for a short paddle, Emma loved it we saw several large fish jump and she managed to stay upright, it bought back memories of when Emma and I would paddle around Pretty Boy Reservoir in Maryland in the height of the summer..... As I closed the boat shed door tonight I paid close attention to where my fingers were, no where near the hinges....