It felt like we were on Mars today. The topography held no emotion. The beauty… such cold blatant strength of volcanoes long ago. I felt alone and humbled as our vehicle traversed the earth. I felt emptiness… so appropriate as I journey to find my “Me” again… for the second time in my life.
Africa
We have traveled 1400 miles over the past 6 days. We are spending the next two days only at sea moving forward another 1000 miles of this 6500 mile journey along the west coast to Cape Town. I never realized just how large Africa is.
We are traveling by small ship 6500 miles down the west coast of Africa. Our travels began in Barcelona on Friday and will end at Cape Town on 11.25. We have been traveling along the Moroccan coast the past two days. Today we are exploring the area of Agadir.Agadir, Morocco
This is our morning wake up call as we travel along Morocco.
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 sharing her bedroom with FrankAunt Irena now
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.
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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.
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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”.
building Henry’s room
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
"walk with Me"... 