September 1,2014

The lake has started to turn and wend her way to fall. It is a sort of meander, slow sort of idle. Most of the blooms have been made, the fireweed has bloomed and fluffed to the top. Most of the energy has been spent.

 The loons have been very active; early one morning last week I listened while a couple of adults were tutoring a chick on something, probably the flight south. Parents giving driving lessons are always a little tense especially when the child is extremely confident. All three of them were loud, rapid fire, and terse in their communications; I interpreted the conversation went soemthing like this.
Parent: It is a long trip. 
Chick: I don't wanna go.
Parent: You HAVE to pace yourself.
Chick: SPEED think SPEED
Parent: You must PLAN.
Chick: Is SHE going on the trip?
Parent: YOU must stay with the group.
Chick: (YAAAWWWWNNN)
Parent: WATCH out for predators.
Chick: Did you see that gosling!? What a doofus!
Parent: Sleep with ONE eye open.
Chick:  ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz....


Meanwhile the humans have been busy, busy, busy.

Okay this is the plumbing before David cleaned it up. View is from the furnace room looking into the bathroom. We demolished the bathroom  to the studs, cement pad and joists. The big white cabinet that was in the furnace room is gone.

 What was in the half wall? BIG pipe with teal  paint on it.  All things considered, we did not move the pipe.

David created the in-wall double cabinet with the towel rack under it. I have totally given up on towel rods. The hooks don't fall off, or bend, or break. They do hold a lot of stuff!

This gives you a look at the glass block window, the Swan Stone shower inclosure and the Light teal and dark teal paint scheme.

I call it "the tree". We wrapped the pipe in a thin yet dense insulation and the David built this beautiful maple box around it. The  hooks that hold various things are the "branches". The room does feel more open than it did before. You can also see here the  appliances are all white, the sink is a pedestal, and the floor is porcelain tile.

Sorry for the orientation. It is correct in my file, this blog would not download it right. Turn you head and you can see the mirror and shelf that David created . Alon with a branch of the tree holding a washcloth and a happy little plant.

Shelf over the toilet. With stuff. This bathroom is hook intensive to provide storage and organization.

Overall it is still a snug little bathroom, with lots of hooks, a pretty paint job, some gorgeous carpentry. 

Love you all,

Mom