Quiet Workplace

When I'm not doing what I want to do, I work as a handyman and house painter. In recent years I've avoided this as much as possible, but I still need the income. 
This is a fence and porch I've been refurbishing for two old friends who live a few blocks from me. The back yard is full of plants and there are bird voices. Crows, gray catbirds, American robins, northern cardinals. 
Another quality of this workplace is that I'm alone and no one is bugging me to finish the job. My rates are far below anyone else who could possibly bid the job and I just take my time. 
So there you have it. I'd rather be digging things up in an archive or photographing birds and cats, but here's what happens instead, more often than I'd like, but it's bearable, so --there you have it.