on the joys of bronze metal

and the least expected anniversary gift

it was our ‘bronze’ anniversary.

I wanted to cast something myself in the backyard while she was at the cottage but quickly determined the job would involve too many favours. I went shopping instead.

When I shop, I visit one of my holy trinity. These are stores whose websites I visit the most: Princess Auto, Kent and Home Depot. This time with ‘bronze on my brain’ in the throes of summer, I had fantasies of sweater weather. No, she wasn’t getting somethin’ pumpkin’ spicy. Instead, I skipped the cheap tools at blue and the free lollypops at green. I went to the orange store.

Under building materials, search for the word bronze.

Enjoy.

Specifically, don’t look for the ‘bronze coloured’ things. Instead, only find things actually MADE OF BRONZE.

There are a lot of pipe fittings and filter pieces. There are bolts and there are connectors. Bronze gets used a lot. A mixture of tin and copper, bronze is moderately easy to work with, It’s strong and can hold an edge. Bronze is an alloy that endures…