Unlike Lake Wobegon, it hasn't been a quiet week at our house. The bathroom continuing remodel, Stage Two, was finished Monday. Joshua finished the floor in the new closet. It's hickory. The cedar paneling will be installed horizontally above the trim.
We were pleasantly surprised to see that the light in the ceiling just outside the closet illuminates the closet nicely. It would have been expensive to have added a light inside the closet, but it isn't needed. The other closets have lights, but they're deeper.
Speaking of the other closets, it's impossible to get both of them in one photo without a wide-angle lens. Here's my closet with it's door installed so it opens out. (You may or may not recall that they opened into the closet when we moved in, meaning there was space in the closet we couldn't use.) The other closet door is opposite.
Things are happening outside, too. The old greenhouse is gone, or at least it isn't where it was.
Charlie says he's looking at greenhouses for a replacement. Here are the bones of the old one.
Here's a photo of the old one partially dismantled, so you can see what it was. The roof was broken in, probably from heavy snowfall the year before we moved here, so it was useless. It would be nice to have one, though.
The cover over the old hot tub (a pergola––I looked it up) is mostly down. There are still the three posts closest to the house to take down.
We're not sure if we're replacing the hot tub with another one. We'll see. This one is useless and has to go, though.
We may be starting on the front porch/deck this week. I'll need it for photos for an upcoming story, so I need to do that right away.
I needed a Yarmulke or kippah for Emil for Friday's story. I looked for one designed for dolls, but couldn't find one, so I used one designed for people, but used a smaller hook and then worked fewer rounds before the final round.
Four copies have already gone to the four younger grandchildren. Book Baby already has copies to sell. Shipping within the US is $5. Amazon and Barnes & Noble have the book available for presale, availablity November 22nd. You may have free shipping with them. The Wisconsin grands were texting me to find out when they could get copies. Their copies should arrive on Thursday.
I had choir practice Wednesday and Thursday evening I went to my first Taizé service. I went to help with the singing. I didn't get a photo during the service, but I took a photo of the list of the songs we sang. The numbers come from the book we used.
We had an adventure Friday night. We apparently have a homeless encampment in the woods near our house. Last night, at 11:30, the doorbell went off repeatedly. A man with a lunging giant schnauzer or schnauzer mix was at the door. The man said he was homeless, and that the dog had come to him, apparently lost. He wanted help for the dog. My husband took the dog and brought him in. The homeless man took off. The dog ("Griffin") found Dusty’s toy bucket and pulled out a cow's ear, frantically chewing on it, while we tried to read his tags. We were able to find a number, called, and the owners, who had been beside themselves, said they would come and pick him up. As Griffin's dad was taking the dog, we saw two police cars in the street. The homeless man had gone to the house across the street from us first, where they had one of those doorbells you talk through. They couldn’t see the lunging Griffin and thought the young man was agitated. It had frightened them, so they called the police. My husband talked with the neighbors and the police to fill in what we knew. I hope the poor man didn’t get arrested for trying to help a lost dog! This is not Griffin, but he looks a lot like him. Griffin had some rather curly gray hairs, although he was obviously a young dog, so we think he had some other breed mixed in.
If you have a few minutes and are willing, please go to Amazon and B&N and search for "Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook by Peggy Stuart" in Children's. Every click on the page for the book makes it more likely they will keep a good supply in their warehouse and stores. If you are outside the US, you may have a separate website for these retailers. If you have a copy of our other books, Emil and Mariah, please leave an honest review on the websites, especially if you bought from them.
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What's on my needles: Still the Hinterland Pullover (barely more progress made) and the EmPower People Kerchief (still hibernating).
What's on my loom: Dust, but I still plan to make some placemats.
What's on my sewing machine: Still ready for back of T-shirt quilt.
What's in my hoop: Whole Cloth quilt, still no progress..
What's in The Doll's Storybook: September 9, 2022, The Doll in the Hat. Pauly wonders about Emil's funny hat, and the dolls take a look at traditions.
What's in The Doll's Storybook: September 9, 2022, The Doll in the Hat. Pauly wonders about Emil's funny hat, and the dolls take a look at traditions.
What's on my iPad/iPhone: Still listening to The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz.
What's in my wine glass: Crystal Range Barbera, 2020 from Madroña Vineyards. Delightful!
What's my tip of the week: We shouldn't always assume the worst of people. Things aren't always the way they appear. Sometimes they live up to our expectations. Sometimes we're just being unjust.
Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog and they are reproduced with a few changes.
Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook is available from BookBabyBookshop and other booksellers worldwide. The stories are Little Green Greatcoat, The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.
Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are also still available from booksellers world wide. The link for Book Baby is here. The three stories in Emil are Best Buds, Getting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.
If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less.
Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.
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