Painting the Arbor Trellis

Since I didn't get it done last year, I really had to paint the arbor trellis this year. Last year before Easter we had a few really nice days and neighbors around me were busy with spring yard work and painting but I decided to put off the work on the trellis till my sons would visit over the Easter weekend. I was sure that we could get the job done then. Surprise! For Easter we had about a foot of snow! There was no yard work of any kind that we could do, --unless you would count shoveling snow off the driveway and sidewalk. My boys went home and the snow lingered on and the weather was cold. By the time the snow melted and the weather was warmer, the trumpet vine was leafing out and the painting didn't get done.

This year the arbor needed painting even more than it had last year. It's not easy to paint an arbor with an established vine growing on it, but I did my best. One day I scraped the flaking paint from it. The next day I painted the first coat. The following morning, I gave it the second coat of paint. It's not a good job, though. There are drips and runs, and a few places where I missed, but when the trumpet vine puts out leaves, it won't matter very much about the paint job. In fact, it doesn't matter now. The arbor looks much better already.