…moving forward
the beginning of closure…
We completed drywall/prime last week.
Frank has settled in. He now has his own private room and is no longer sharing Aunt Irena’s bedroom. We fired him up for the first time yesterday. He and his brother Steve on the other end of the house are getting along real well. Together they are doing an excellent job humming together… keeping both sides of North warm and cozy.
Aunt Irena was a mess after she arrived. I believe it was because she could not sleep with Frank snoring in her bedroom. Anyway… Frank is now gone and she seems to have settled in nicely too.
The most exciting development is now we have two gateways that make the duplex of yesterday into a home today. We gutted the south kitchen above, To the right of the fridge we opened our first 4′ gateway into the north unit. This gateway leads into our kitchen.
Above is a view from our kitchen into the new south side. This area will host an expansion to our kitchen, a pantry, and a pocket door leading into our laundry room. As you turn right at the end of this hall there is additional utility area that includes an upright freezer, beer/wine fridge, additional cabinetry, and “Henry”.
Henry’s room is almost completed. It only needs paint. He will arrive soon. Kip is standing in Henry’s lower level doorway. It is here where Henry will greet our guests and transport them into our tree house above.
The second 4′ gateway is on the right side of this fireplace, and connects the two 30’x20′ great rooms. This area will host our new primary bedroom and den. The open door on the right will lead into the primary bath, and laundry room. On the left wall is where Bob, our 8′ door wall now lives in the primary bedroom. He replaced the two small windows.
this view is from our great room into the renovation. To the right is our new primary bedroom and den… left is the primary bathroom and Henry.
As my files grow in size our decisions begin to be less. I am beginning to find closure. I am witnessing the creation of a dream… my dream… looking at what is… seeing what could be.
O8.30.25 …walk with me.
Returning to the web…
I believe a “turning point” visited North today. The drywall sanding is close to its end. The dust particles permeate everything.
Above is not a face plate… it is the dust surrounding a face plate after I picked it up from the counter.
Tomorrow the prime begins. I am playing with wall color here…3 different colors…dark colors. Hidden Gem has my interests peaked. Also, the color Mink. Dark tones, if chosen correctly can create a solitude of peace in a space, like nothing other.
Candle magic. It exists in the most challenging situations if you believe…
my candle magic tonight.
O8.22…tonight’s candle magic
Our candle magic found gratitude tonight. Gratitude to one another… talking/recognizing how we have worked so hard to respect each other…listening / learning as we discussed our differences creating North.
We have finally found the same page. As I return on Monday to hug Bob, Aunt Irena, and her tribe, Frank, and Uncle Peter… I will obviously giggle. My imagination and creativity has been a godsend.
The web…
This morning at North.
… creating the web… before leaving to Bayfield. The drywall sanding machines are coming.
70…walk with me
I must take a pause from all that I have been sharing. I moved into another decade today. This is profound. It is not like going from 30 to 40… 40 to 50 or even 50 to 60. It is profound…standing taller than any other decade because I now am who I worked my life to become.
I see how few decisions that I made along this journey had so much impact in creating who I am.
The decision to go to college. The friends I gravitated to when I was there. The men that interested me … the man I chose to marry. Once married, our mutual decision not to have children.
I find my life has been built around these critical decisions.
Seventy is bringing all of my past into view tonight. It is a good night. I am not disappointed because I continue to love my me.
"walk with Me"... 