25 May 2007

In a crate with walnut handles


He finished her chair sometime ago. But she lives in the Seattle area. Now our roof and skylight are fixed. So he's building the crate to ship her chair. A custom crate designed to hold the walnut comb-back Windsor chair. How to crate it? How to hold it still inside on its journey? It needed something to hold the plastic wrap that will serve as a tie down across the seat. Hmmm. He found just what he needed! Leftover walnut from the chair, turned into handles inside the crate!

24 May 2007

Men on the Roof

Our skylight broke during the October 2006 Surprise storm. It has been wrapped in a blue tarp... still leaking .

Today it is over 90 degrees and sunny. And the men are on the roof. I'm told they won't finish today. Hopefully the outside will be done so the expected rain doesn't get it.

But the orchids are still inside. The forecast is for temperatures below 50 over the weekend. This is the strangest time of the year.

13 May 2007

Orchids in the basement

From September until the end of May my orchids live in our basement.