The screened in porch may be ten years ago or longer.
As for the age of this picture: That tree by my neighbor’s shed took over the sidewalk and is now a stump.
I have been wanting to restore the mural for years, but many other projects take priority. These past few years have seen a definite decrease in the visibility of the mural. She is fading fast. It is now, or never.
Today is foggy, The safety line is installed, but I need to wait for the sun to burn off the fog. This next picture is later in the day.
If you look close. you can see the faded lettering of “Straiton & Storm’s” below me. I had to guess at some of the letters. the M was completely gone as was the ampersand,
Once I was near the lettering, I carefully outlined the parts of the letters I could see, then I filled in the rest by hand, came down to look to see the adjustments. By this time, I was using a 1 1/2 inch brush. The paint is Dutchboy, Maximum bond. I did my best to match the colors still on the wall.
By now, I had researched enough old pictures to realize that the Blue should have been a green. Evidently the old paint had faded to look blue. I am not changing it now. By the way, the size of this mural is roughly forty feet high, and twenty feet wide. A one and one half inch brush does well to get into all the cracks of the mortar.
So I bought the green then found various pics with a number of different backgrounds. While the baby blue stood out, the pea green is much softer.
