Unusual weather – several days of rain, then 40cm of snow and a week of below -10 temperatures (dropping down to -23 once), and then 10 days of well above 0 weather and more rain. Managed only one day of skiing in January but saw a couple of movies and two concerts and a dinner in a dome just before the cold weather hit. At the end of the month, almost no snow on the ground and the parsley and grass is green and growing.

Busy in the shop this month. Finally redid the kitchen sink doors after 8 years – Mizuho did not like the solid cherry doors – and made doors for the downstairs bathroom.

Also started on a cabinet / closet for the guest bedroom that will have six drawers and a hanging closet behind three shoji doors. Used the wood we had bought when I thought we were going to build the kitchen cabinets out of cherry. Built the cabinet and milled the rail, made the top and cabinet side, built six drawers and 3 posts. Next step is to install the top and side and the 6 drawers and then build fronts for the drawers. I will then need to figure out how to install a top rail for the shoji screens and install the shoji paper.

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