Gargoyle On Duty

   Two and a half years ago Ed built the stairs up to the apartment over the garage. We needed a place to live during the construction of the house, and we needed it right then. He knew that once the house was done, the stairs would come down and be rebuilt to integrate with the new porch. The first of the week the weather was good, and since it was part of the process for putting up rails for the house porch, the old stairs came down.

   Mittens, our six toed cat, likes to help. Her usual routine is to climb up the maple tree and onto the roof of the apartment. She then cries piteously until one of us gives in, goes out onto the apartment balcony and brings her down.  She could go back down the maple tree but she wants to reinforce who is in charge. This time she goofed. The stairs were gone and she was on her own. So after standing at the edge like a little gargoyle for a while, she d got bored and came down on her own.

On rainy days, Ed works in the basement, finishing the paint in the Man Cave. He wants it to look like an old mine shaft.  After some trial and error, he perfected his painting technique and put on the final coat. He literally wore out three paintbrushes on this project.

   After letting the paint dry, he went down yesterday and started hanging light fixtures.  Except for that little thing about not having enough light bulbs on hand, it all went smoothly. The lantern sconces are up in the theater room.
   This room still needs a ton of work. Ed still has to build beams for the walls and ceilings, install baseboards and trim out the doors. Since the weather report calls for rain all week, he'll have plenty of cave-time.