26th June 2023
Today all the handles came in. That eight year old child in India certainly pulled the stops out to get them to us. We also collected the two length of copper trim from the small engineering company in Zeeland for the tiles, they only charged us forty dollars for both pieces.
I couldn’t wait to get started fitting them. It was a cold miserable day, ideal for drilling holes and screwing on handles.
It took a while, but soon the bits of looped string were redundant and replaced with shiny coppery coloured metal things that did what was required. They do not shout out against the dark paint of the doors, instead they harmonise with the sink. I still have the four drawer unit to finish, but they are all drilled waiting for their embellishments.
Kelli was working in the garage, and managed to spill the paint that she had warned me of in case I did it. I’ve never seen her move so quickly as she rushed to clean the paint off her feet and sandals.
The weather had turned cold meaning that bike rides were off the agenda, this will last a couple more days before we get back to some summer temperatures.
Another Lifetime to go 