Paradise

Let the sand castle building, drinking beer from a coconut, grass skirt wearing antics begin! On Sunday we head to Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for the wedding of Martha's step brother Noah to his long time lady friend Tegan. I guess that makes him my step brother in law and her my step sister in law through marriage.

I've never been to the Caribbean so my only frame of reference on life in paradise is what I've seen in movies. I expect to befriend monkeys, eat a lot of fruit, talk with parrots, not wear a watch because according to TV ads for Bacardi nobody has jobs down there and nobody cares what time it is because when you've got nothing to do you've got nowhere to be. I'll most likely also swim in turquoise colored waters, light fires on the beach, get tangled up in some romantic misunderstandings... It's all good in the 'hood.

Bookcase made from "shite"

Not finished yet. Still have to put glass in the doors, polish the steel on the sides, make a top, rub mineral oil into the top, doors and sides. I made this bookcase from wood I found all over the city. There are some maple floor boards with the tongue and groove cut off, some cherry skirting boards glued together to make 3/4" boards, steel sheet pulled out of a recycling dumpster at a local factory, glass pulled out of a dumpster behind a window and door factory...

Hopefully I can sell her for $300 this summer at the Waupaca Arts Fair. I aim to have a few more bookcases made by then. This one is the biggest I'll do for now. 50" tall and 30" wide. The doors for this one I made myself but the next ones will have doors I found around the city. It's amazing what people throw away and what I can turn into cash for the family.

Better get back to the shed, me cup of tea is going cold.