After a balmy December and January with little snow, February is on track to be the coldest on record with a fair bit of powder snow. We have been somewhat less industrious of late. Amid several concerts, foreign films and dinners, and playing with Taisho, we have been working on the closet doors and the kitchen doors and drawer fronts, as well as the corner pieces for the planters.
Bought these from Eternal Timber (eternaltimber.com), a guy who deals in slabs and makes beautiful tables out of slabs and epoxy resin. He had a moving sale so I got these three cedar slabs and a small walnut piece for less than half the regular price. Not sure yet what I will do with them, likely tables and benches.
A neighbor lent us their dehydrator and we used it for some apples. Really tasty, and healthy.
Going through some boxes I made years ago in Japan I found a box of cigars! Yahoo! Box also contained a dozen old passports that will help us reconstruct what we have done these past 30 years. Shall be going through these in the days ahead.
After having a very mild winter with very little snow, February reminded us we live in Canada. We had some very cold weather (highs of -12), a fair bit of snow and lots of sunshine.
These are the just-installed closet doors at the front entry. They are made of fir and painted Baltic birch plywood. The shoji strips are lapped so each of the verticals and horizontals run the full length with a half-lap joint where they meet. Still need to make some finger holes for the doors, one upper cabinet and doors, finish the end cabinet and make doors for it, and make a top for the one cabinet and the end cabinet.
These are the kitchen door and drawer fronts. They have had one sanding but need another but I am waiting for some warmer weather as I like to sand outside. After sanding, 3 coats of oil with sanding between coats.
And this is Taisho in his favorite place from where he can look down over the valley.
And for your viewing pleasure, here is Taisho’s first encounter with a beef bone.