No strops, no paroxysms of disappointment and frustration, just sheer unadulterated delight working with some of the professionally crafted chicken house plans currently available for download.
They are accessible today at the stroke of a few letters on the keyboard or click of the mouse.
How I struggled in the past with DIY projects! My outdoor efforts looked even more limp than what I managed to conjure up indoors.
I am seventy-seven and was never especially inclined towards what I perceived as a hermetic bunch of esoteric people enthusing about their most recent wood structure triumphs.
It all appeared too opaque.
I did try some free chicken house plans offered on the world wide web but the blueprints and I never rubbed along together well.
Then I ventured across one of a few sites which were promoting professional designs and practical instructions for about $20 at the time, probably more like fifty bucks nowadays.
Over the last eight seasons my skills have been transformed out of all recognition.
Okay, so I say it with tongue in cheek, but my wife loves me more than ever for all the garden buildings and furniture I have constructed at a fraction of the cost they would be from a contractor or store.
By the way, her favorite moniker is still 'her indoors'.
The plans really were, and are, quite exceptional.
What I appreciated even more was the insider builders' information.
And not just that, the range of choice does not stop as more 'inventors' keep coming up with new innovative creations to give your garden its own unique stamp.
I now wish I had discovered this well hidden resource much earlier in life.
Never mind, I am happy as Larry now and love whiling away the time with my latest erections.
Nobody admires me more than my dear missus, the children, grandchildren and not forgetting one or two of my friendly neighbors.