Sunday, December 21, 2008

Windy



The bookcase has left a nice big space in the workshop. 
The way up to the house had a short run of winding steps, so I took a couple of planks off of either end from the book case to allow us to get a grip on the shelves from both sides. The same idea as pulling out a drawer on a wardrobe to get a better grip. These are the new owners, who wisely stayed out of the way in their little field of a front garden while we huffed and puffed on the moving job. They were digging up a few taro potato type items for us to bring away home with us. 
 We had a fairly wending journey back, visiting once and future clients for work, so I have my next projects ready to go. We had the sun in our faces all the way down in the morning and then again on the way back. As well as the taters, we also got a bottle of shochu and a few heads of broccoli at our other stops. Some of the broccoli went straight in the pot. Delightfully fresh with a slight lemony flavor, it went down very well with a drop of lamb.
The weather seemed a lot milder as we got nearer to the sea, but we brought it back with us and felt the same balmy breeze on our faces when we got out of the truck in the early darkness. That breeze turned into some of the strongest winds we have had this year and made me pop out into the darkness clad in pajamas to sort out some sheet metal making a racket in its bid for a flight to freedom.