With Fluffy basically completed for the season, we got back to our house projects… Our big one for the week is to install wainscotting in the entrance way.. the wall had been destroyed by years of stackign wood there.. we decided to give it twainscotting to match the reso of downstairs. That meant removing the old sheetrock.. Below that we found a mix of ‘modern’ studs and insulation and some stretchboard and horsew hair plaster of the original walls.. Then we marked the studs and qwere ready to install the plywood underwall.
It felt good to be working on anything other than a bus 🙂
Sin ce we didnt get Fluffy to the Clarks party, we still havent had a full test of all of her systems.:driving, Ligts, fire and sound actually running on the generator. We chose today as the day we’d get everything working together… and we decided to invite the public.. It was hard to get a real count but I think we had soemwhere between 70 and 100 people come by to see . It was so much fun to see everythign work and to share it with our friends !
I came home late last night and found a bunch of freshly made samstones on the table drying. Diane rolled them, pressed them and stamped them all. It’s a meditative process which we still do after nearly 17 years I find them really beutiful when they are in this state
Fluffy is no fully wired and Diane and I are able to test patterns on her. this is something we never got a chance to do last year..
I need to taker a minute to say that none of this would be possible without Dianes hard work in organizing the naming, lables and assembly instructions for this beast. Even though Fluffy is stealing our summer (it truly is).. I’m so grateful for the chance to work this closely with Diane on a big techcnail project. Just like she and I have worked together on ever other big project i’ve had to do. We work together so well .; She;s super sharp techcnailly , creative and organized… and can work with anyone… I feel so lucky to have her as my main collaborator.
