I spent a chunk of today at our studio space working on Audrey II. It’s not so much a refurbishing job at the moment as it is a down-to-the-studs overhaul. Here’s what the upper jaw of an Audrey II looks like when it’s had all the cloth stripped off.
I had coffee with Nancy Aldritch this morning and have begun work on the Irvington Home Tour. Things are starting to get busy so my posts might get shorter.
I went to Lewis and Clark College today to meet with Jonathan Gibson, who has written an opera called Carp and Diva. I will be building the carp. Afterwards, I biked over to meet Rob and Wayne at the tennis courts and then we came home. I had a couple of funny moments on the
We had a small gathering in our back yard today, because the weather was so lovely. Everyone admired the new floor and counter, but only because I forced them inside to look at the new surfaces. Rob and I just got back from The Life Aquatic. It was a lot of fun. This is also
Maggie is home and surprisingly frisky. She won’t let me take her picture, I guess she knows she looks odd. From the left, she looks perfectly normal, but from the right she looks a sheep that had an itch while it was being sheered. I always thought her Meow sounded suspiciously sheep-like.
Gardening begins and is a lovely distraction from all responsibilities. Here are our planters. I have brocolli, strawberries, mizuna, and sweet peas planted. Mmm-mmm.
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I just got off the phone with the vet. He found another smaller mass next to the first lump. He removed both and we’ll get them biopsied. They are also pulling a couple of her teeth because they are rotten. She’s going to hate me when she gets home.
Well, I dropped Maggie off at the vet today. He’s supposed to call sometime mid-day to let me know how the surgery went, and if all goes well I’ll be picking her up between four and seven tonight.
I did some yard work today, including planting the raised bed/wine barrels in the front yard. Rob went down to the studio to edit Christmas Carol. And Don Dougherty stopped by for wine and cheese. It was nice to see him. The weather was so nice that we actually sat in the back yard. Lovely.
I am making two small raised beds for vegetables out of an old wine barrell. I just got back from Home Depot with river rock which should help with drainage. Now I just need to go get some plants.
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Lance and I did repairs today. Nothing much to report except that she’s not in good shape. The big news is that Mount St. Helens is going off again. I learned about it as I was biking home yesterday, people were standing out on their porches to watch. I had three people yell at me,
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While Rob went off to play tennis, I spent a happy day editing short stories and my novel. I have to write a summary for it and a query letter, but I think I’ll be able to start sending it out in a couple of months.
The weather has been unabashedly lovely. Which meant that I charged out to do some yardwork. Actually, mostly I went out because Rob had already done some and I felt guilty. In the process I remembered that I suffer from allergies, something which has not bothered me for the past two years. Why? Because I
Sorry this was so long in coming. Here is our new counter. I’m sorry I didn’t do a before picture. The low tile on the right of the picture is to accomodate the electrical outlet. The dark line around the sink is where the edge of the iron shows.