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03/12/2008
It’s Soooo Quiet in the Village Right Now
It’s soooo quiet in the village right now. There are only two guests right now along with all of the staff. Tonight at dinner there was just the low murmur of conversation. It’s quite a change from even yesterday. I think that tomorrow I may try get out for a hike.
It’s also real nice to have Angela home again, and to get to hear all about her classes. On Sunday when Keith and Karen were leaving we all went to Stehekin to see the Holden Art Show in the gallery there. Ang had made it to the boat that morning and joined us for the art show. I was real impressed with the art work, I had seen the picture Ang took while installing the exhibit, but it was much more striking in person. There is a lot of talent in the village not the least of which is Ang but I’m a little biased.
I have been working on the rehabilitation of one of the walk-in refrigerators in the hotel. It is one of those projects where we started out to just replace the refrigeration units, and found a little patch of rot, so we took down some of the insulation and found a little more rot. The more we peeled away the worse it got until it has become a total rebuild project from top to bottom, with some interesting twists and turns that wouldn’t have been there had we set out to rebuild the whole thing in the first place. None of this is getting Koinania remodeled, which is supposed to be my main focus. It has been a fun project for me though because I have gotten to work closely with Jeff the refrigeration guy, and I haven’t gotten to work with anyone else for quite a while. It’s nice to have someone to talk ideas through with.
Tonight was shop night where the villagers can come in and use the wood shop to work on projects. Jenna wanted to make tumblers out of old wine bottles. She looked on the internet for some plans on how to do it. It was a fun project for the evening. We scored the bottles with a glass cutter and heated the score line with a candle then plunged the bottle in a bucket of ice water. The rapid temperature change broke the glass on the score line with a satisfying pop. She’s going to sand the edge to smooth them out enough to drink from.
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Isn't that always the way with rot projects?!!
The wine bottle project sounds fun, would it be safe enough to do with the kids? (for those who don't know, my kids are all 12 and up) That could be a fun way to repurpose some of the beer and wine bottles we end up with.
We had a new member of the family arrive Saturday night. Rosie (dog) and Stan (cat), were watching and complaining about something in the front yard, so Tom looked out and saw a little black kitty. A whole family had been dumped in the neighborhood, and we'd been hoping to catch some to take them to the pound where they would have a chance at survival, because between the coyotes, owls, hawks, and falcons, they don't here. So I as was going to see if I could lure in the kitty, Tom says it's walking toward the porch. I opened the door and she walked in! Then she started rubbing against me as if to say, "Well, I'm home now!" Everyone at church, when I asked if they needed a kitty, said that if God sends a kitty through your door, you have to keep it. So I took her down to the vet and had her checked out, she's healthy except for some treatable bugs and worms. And Ian now has a new kitty. Her name is Hank, short for Henrietta. She's already got Maisie and our boy kitties in line, Rosie's high energy still makes her hiss. She's about 4 weeks old, and skinny from a month of hunger. She's very sweet and affectionate, loves to curl up on laps and get pets and rubs.
never say never, 3 kitties isn't sooo bad.
Love, Tam
Posted by: Tam | 03/12/2008