This and that since we returned to NC from the Northeast.

First off, Smoky and Shirl took is out to dinner. We did not take a picture of the Steak and Salmon, they took us to the  Wood Shed, in Stanley, NC, the meal was delicious.

I have been playing in my storage building. I think I now have an office, and I don’t know why:

Then there was the toy box that needed work:

I forget to do ‘befores’, sorry. I built it for Reece in 1985, now I have added Stella to the box.

I also dug out all the pictures and awards over the years and hung them up. I could not see them staying packed up.

To repair the dresser, I cut 4” off the entire bottom and replaced it.

the Chest of drawers I again cut 4” off the bottom. the drawer handles were hardest to repair, being oak insert made especially for this furniture by Broyhill.

The China hutch was a piece of cake. I used Old English polish, my mentor Luke Tucker taught me that. Funny years later they named it scratch hide. Luke knew that in the 1950’s.

I love this wooden anchor and wooden chain, given us by my Sister Kat.

Sherry laughs when she said this was their air conditioner when she was growing up. a seat fan.

She said she would sit on it and spread  her skirt around it and cool off. I pulled it apart, cleaned and oiled the motor, changed the pig tail ( electric wire), waxed it and it works as good as new.

I spread the pictures around the walls:

Some of Shirl’s handiwork above. She done this for all the siblings.  Our family.

One of our GITMO tags and a family pic when I had hair and a dark beard.

Above, a little worse for the wear is Sherry’s mama in a frame built by her Brother Vernon. He inlaid walnuts into the frame, neat.

Thanks for coming this way.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

You never appreciate your memories, good and bad, until you know someone who has no memory, they don’t know you, and you have been their friend for years.

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This might have been born a VW!

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