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Martijn Doolaard August 23, 2026 36m

#223 Building Doors as Summer Fades

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  1. the other side remains without glue to allow seasonal movement The vines I planted two months ago

  2. I lost my hat... It just fell over the edge. There was a wave of wind and I was just too late to catch it it went over the edge, it's very hard to get there, I don't see it I'm very attached to it. See if it can go down in a way, because it's very steep there Maybe there... Yeah, it looks strange.

  3. It's exactly the same hat, same color and the same model. I bought it five years ago before I came here And because I liked it I thought, I buy two just in case one gets lost. And through the years I thought, maybe it's time for the new hat, because it got dirty and... It's shaped a lot and um... but I was so attached to it I never changed it. and now it's lost so Guess it's time for the new hat. You have to get used to it I need to find my hat Found it!

  4. It's wet from a night of rain, but I felt bad about it. Strange how attached you get to things like that. Wearing it every day for five years. I couldn't leave it there, so I climbed down Yeah, good Two identical hats, The only difference is five years of wearing [german speaking]

  5. Picked up another mixer. The old one, the red one, that I had for years I borrowed from a friend, but he needed it back so I picked up another one Quite old but they always still work. Yeah I wanted to hang at least one door this week but... Didn't make it. It's a bit more work. The hinges need to be recessed a bit more deeply into the door frame for everything to be flush. So that's a bit more chiseling work and um not doing too well still, so I'm I'm a bit slow but next week I will have some people here, we're gonna be back on the roof Stonework, concrete work, the concrete belt Hopefully we can pour it by the end of the week. So that will be a big progress again Yeah then I can move on to the woodwork for the roof.

Summary

The transcript reflects on attachment to material possessions, specifically a lost hat and a borrowed mixer, and the eventual necessity of letting go. It highlights the speaker's ongoing DIY home renovation projects, including hanging doors and progressing with roof construction. The practical takeaway is the realization that while we grow attached to things, change and progress often require embracing new and letting go of the old.

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