My New Office
Well you haven’t heard from me lately for several reasons. First, I’m still working on the gallery, more on that later. Second, Grandma has been visiting with us the last week. I should have taken pictures during her visit, but the camera has been at the gallery, and I keep forgetting to take it home with me. Third, school started, and my EMT class takes up two nights a week. (I promise to follow my scope of practice, and should I save someone’s life, I won’t be making up any stories for my family about a parade.)
So what’s happened since you last visited? Lots!
Labor Day weekend Lori and I drove up to Seattle to pick up a fainting couch for the studio. We stopped to see Grandma on the way up, then stayed with the Hoopers one night, returned to Grandma’s, picked her up and brought her with us. Got back to Ferndale on Monday. Tuesday Grandma helped sell posters in the shop while Lori was at school, then we played pinochle (of course!).
Wednesday I worked and then went to school, saw Lori and Grandma for about 15 minutes while I scarfed down my dinner. I don’t know what they did all day.
Thursday, I went to work, then to the Fireman’s dinner where I was voted in as an official member of the department. Got a shirt with a real badge even.
Some day I’ll have to post some pictures of me wearing the uniform and the turnouts.
Friday night, we all went to see the play, “How to Eat Like a Child”, at the Ferndale Rep. Very funny, and several of the kids were very good singers. I was quite impressed. Saturday I moved my office furniture into my new office space. Then Lori and I went out to dinner with Company #1 of the fire department. Lori was sitting in the right spot and won a gift certificate for Ivanhoe’s.
Then today we went on a tour of the old Methodist Church, the parsonage house, their carriage house and their gardens. The church was pretty cool with its original tin ceiling that was made in Italy. There are quite a few hidden gems in Ferndale, and this week I got a peek at another one, the old Oddfellows hall. Both the church and the hall have been converted into very unique residences. Lori and Grandma are now on their way back to Oregon, and I’m here typing this at my desk which now resides in my new office which you can see in today’s picture. Sorry about the picture, pretty embarrasing for a professional photographer, but most of my equipment is still at the house, so I took this with the built in flash which doesn’t work all that great. I still have a bit more painting to do in the gallery side, but once it is done, I promise to take a really nice panoramic picture that you can compare to the before picture.