Working on my "man-pad"

Sorry for the delay in posting. Earlier in the week things were pretty rough around here, but now most of them are resolved and life is better.

Our close friend Doug came by and was a great help. He dropped off a prototype cold frame to help with our winter garden. It's a frame structure that keeps a plastic sheet over the veggies, keeping off the chill wind and frost and making just enough difference to extend our growing season significantly. He also helped me shuffle around the huge mountain of boxes of my junk that is now at home and not in a storage unit.

Today's plan was to install some shelf brackets and then to work on unpacking boxes. I was able to fabricate some pretty cute shelf supports out of an old, retired static rope and some climbing hardware. The shelf is now full of my favorite climbing, caving, canoeing, arctic/antarctic exploration, and mountaineering books. (It extends down the long wall of the room, and wraps halfway around the short wall, too.)

I hope to have a photo of it up in the morning.

More soon. I have an hour-by-hour rundown of a typical "day in the life" in the works, but I can't decide if it's too silly, too boring, or just too much trouble. Cheers!