On the Right Track

On our next visit, Gerald spent an entire day cutting scrap wood that had been stacked on the porch. By the time he was finished, our east porch was visible for the first time in months, and both of our firewood racks were filled to overflowing.

When J.C. came up the next day, he brought the tracks for our interior "barn" doors that will close off the large space between the living room and our guest bedroom.

He and Gerald finished out the opening between the two rooms, and J.C. installed the track.

Then the barn door hardware got mounted. In the space where the two tracks met in the middle, J.C. installed a star.

On the wall behind where one barn door will normally rest, Gerald installed this sign.

"Do we have any plaid stamps?" I wanted to know.

"No," Gerald answered. "We gave them all away.

Here's how the wall looked when everything was finished.