Bonding and Baby Food
Liz, sitting with the bunnies… and with some baby food at the ready. Fake it till you make it.
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End Table: Glue-Up and the Last Day of Class
Our last day of class had a twist: everyone split into two groups, with all of us working together to glue up everyone’s tables. A brief view of some of the early tables, while Shaun (and Gibbs) look on.
Bunny Paying Tribute to the Bunny Queen
In the evening, we were hanging out in the yard and noticed a small bunny just chillaxing. Despite Liz moving around and doing some light yard work nearby, this guy didn’t really budge.
A New Bunny, and the Hopes of a Foster Fail
Our drywallers needed to stay late today, so I ended up remaining at home while Liz took Hugo back to Red Door for another round of speed dates.
The goal was to see how things went with Kavorka, and maybe Salt. Hugo was pretty stressed out on his second meeting with them, so we were curious to see how things would go this time around.
Office Drywall: Day 4
On walking in, we were just amazed. And giggling an awful lot.
End Table: Custom Staining, Finishing, and an Unexpected Trip to Delilah’s
In class today, we applied a finish for all our pieces. Note the extra bit of stain that Liz brought with, in case we needed to do touch-ups.
I have to say: Liz was the star student tonight, as several other folks wandered over to ask about her process and what she did. Lots of interest and questions, and Liz was just in her element – talking about everything she’s learned about staining. Quite cool to watch.
Hugo’s Speed Dates: Red Door Animal Shelter
A session with Salt, which seemed to go rather well. A bit later, Toni would let us know that Salt was “a little boy crazy.”
Liz’s Early Birthday Celebration
I ended up needing to miss a woodworking class last week (and needed to go in on the weekend, to do a makeup class). Liz decided she needed the night off as well, and decided that we’d both miss… and go in together, today. Our makeup work: sanding. We were encouraged to bring headphones. I…
Warehouse Liquors: Glenmorangie Tasting
Most companies try to keep their identity consistent, a stable look and feel that carries across their packaging. But Glenmorangie seems to have embraced this very diverse, wildly different style and gone for breadth.
Looking at this group of bottles, yes – it’s a range of whiskies. But boy howdy, is it a very big range of style and marketing and branding, to boot. Really quite incredible, when you take a step back to look at it all.
Brunch and Bunnies
With a lovely breakfast behind us, we headed over to Red Door Animal Shelter, to meet some bunnies. While Hugo gets the official final say, we do a first round to check out all the contenders.
Solo Office Work: Insulation, Visqueen, Cleanup
Today, Liz suited up and put in some time in the front office. I’m still unable to really assist, so this was all her. She hauled a ton of material out, and set about getting the room ready for drywallers.
A Return to Shellac
Today, Liz went down to the basement and spent some time reviewing/revisiting the work she’d done to prep for our trim. She mixed up newer variations, and was working on dialing in the formula for the shellac/stain for our overall trim.
Cloudy Gets an Elevator Ride
I think this move is meaningful because it’s a sign of trust. And Liz is always over the moon, when it happens. But I also think it’s an indicator of how fearless Cloudy is – she reminds us a lot of Phineas, in that way.
Even with her just having one eye, you can see that she is scoping out the full length and breadth of her domain.
Backyard Fence Removal, Day 4
One challenge: in some spots, we had some seriously large roots that had grown over the concrete. So we had to break out the sawzall and cut through a lot of material, to make space for the concrete to come out.
Long Bonding Session
There was this special moment, where Cloudy flopped right next to Hugo. It’s always a little dicey when they get this close, because anything could happen – and things could get violent/aggressive very quickly. But it worked out well.