Today was Deck Demolition Day #1 - and the first step was to remove the mass and tangle of grape vines that covered the pergola over our large deck. The task took Spousal Unit and I all afternoon - we hacked, snipped, cut, sawed, and dragged the vines off of the pergola and piled them up into a tidy pile in the yard.

While hacking away at the grapes, I got tiny pieces of grape bark in my mouth (should have kept it closed), in my hair, under my clothes, and in my eyes (despite the safety glasses I was wearing). Felt like "one with the grapes."

When the last vine had been cut loose from the stem, pulled down from the pergola, and hauled into the pile, the light streamed onto the crumbling deck in a manner not seen for decades. I looked up into the surprising view of sky and captured this image.