My Home Office

I spend a lot of time in this room, on the computer, editing and printing photos, doing crafts and scrapbooking. Mike installed some new shelves and a paper rack on one side of the closet. I use the other side for storing off-season dresses.

The formica table was from the old farm. It was new in 1968, I think. The corner desk was one that we'd bought for Valancy in her university days to use in the dining room. The printer table is actually an old TVand stereo stand, with a rack that held LPs and tape cassettes.

This room had been a child's nursery; the walls were tan and with sage green beadboard as a wainscotting. I painted the beadboard glossy black and the walls pale yellow. I haven't got around to hanging my B&W photos in B&W frames yet.

The light here is great for most of the day. There are two six feet high windows with decent sills, and another just outside the door. It is pleasant and roomy; warm in winter and cool in the summer. The wide-plank pine floors are easy to clean and allergen-free - except for the odd bit of glitter!

Key West Truck

I have been looking through my digital pictures and printing a few, such as this one taken in May 2005 at Key West, Florida. I have a series of B&W photos that I want to hang in my office in black frames with white mats. Lacking such frames, I printed this in sepia to go into a cream-matted frame. The truck in this one is actually a vivid turquoise, very Florida, which is why I took it at the time. But now this photo looks like it could have been taken in the 40s. I like the detail of the palms and the bridge reflection in the truck window, although the truck itself could be in better focus. Maybe Hemingway could walk into this picture. Although I never cared much for Hemingway, I discovered that he liked cats, so he couldn't be all bad.

 

Uh, gee - thank you?

Today I was at a scrapbook store, and they were selling off their older paper racks because they didn't fit new papers that are bigger than 12X12 inches. The racks have 30 slots. So I bought one, and waited for Mike to show up (he'd gone to wash the car - scrapbook places are not places men hang out, unless there's free beer).

So I see him pull up and get out of the car. I go out the door, carrying this big thing. He runs up to meet me and says, loud enough for another woman to hear:

"Wow! You got a big rack!"

I started laughing right away - took him a few secs...

Finished!

Mike finished his radiation on Thursday, two doses short because of side-effects that concerned his doctor.
He is so perky today!
He will still have to stay home for a bit. I was working from home and going into the office when he had his radiation treatments each day. Now I'll have to brave the traffic alone.

I'm looking forward to Mike getting his strength back. He was so tired that the one-time insomniac was taking naps daily and still going to bed early. Plus, he has to avoid insoluable fibre, so our diet has taken a bit of a hit. I didn't realize that we ate so many whole grains and vegetables until we started cooking without them.

On with life!