So this story starts sometime in the early- or mid-1970's, when Tom and his family were living in Europe. While they were there, his folks bought a weaving loom--a four-foot wide floor model made by Glimakra. They learned to use it, made a few projects, and then their interests moved on. The loom came back to the United States with them, and has been set up for the last 40 years in an out-of-the-way corner of their house, gathering dust and ignored by everyone except visiti

I'll just quickly share a couple shots of the finished kitchen here: This first picture is taken looking into the same corner as the picture from early December. This row of cabinets is on the wall opposite the range. The kitchen works, and is delightful. It has lots of space and lots of light. As soon as it was all finished, I completely forgot the inconvenience of the previous 93 days without plumbing in the kitchen. Now I'm unpacking the rest of the moving boxes, shuffl

What a fun way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day--with a nest of new rabbit kits! I bred Clover to McCoy last month, and then just watched to see what happened. Rabbit gestation is 29-31 days, so I had March 15-17 circled on my calendar. Clover didn't seem any different until about a week before, when she seemed, well, a little heavier. By March 15 she seemed a LOT heavier. I put the nesting box and a little straw in her cage around the 11th, and she mostly ignored them. On