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Introduction
November 24, 2004
November 30, 2004
December 5, 2004
December 17, 2004
January 11, 2005
February 7, 2005
February 27, 2005
March 7, 2005
March 30, 2005
April 8, 2005
April 11, 2005
April 18, 2005
May 2, 2005
June 12, 2005
July 15, 2005
Summer '05
October '05
Winter '05
Spring '06
blue-bottle home
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Handyman Special
Renovating that old house on Market Street
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December 17
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slowed a bit as I've been down with a vigorous cold, but the kitchen
demolition has started and there's always planning and research to be
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The pantry walls are coming
down and the "Early American Crappy" cabinets are coming
off too. I was actually hoping to save the cabinets for use in the barn
later but they are built in and not very cleanly. It seems like it was a
'make it up as you go along' job with three times as many nails as were
needed. It hasn't been pleasant removing them, both for the hard work and
the fact of something useful being destroyed. It feels a bit like what I
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On the lighter side
is my other occupation. On the left, Ramon and I are packing up the sandbox
toys for the winter. Three machines were allowed inside for winter use.
On the right, the clam digger crane is put to work on a popcorn project. |
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A summer project that should help
keep us happy through the many days of indoor play. Ramon's Barn is shown
at right. I built this out of scraps pulled from a dumpster that was used
in someone else's renovation project around the corner. Timbers were hand
milled from "Ossipee Mountain Firewood" that's sold at country
stores around here to weekenders. Isn't it sweet?
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Finally, another
old newspaper discovered in Chez Melendy proclaims death and destruction
in Brooklyn. This famous subway wreck happened almost 100 years ago just
a few yards from our old apartment at 1035 Washington Avenue. Cybele found
this link to more info. on the Malbone
Street Wreck.
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