a few weeks ago i went down to southern california to spend a week with my friend, margaret and her family. mathew stayed home and worked on the house.
here’s a photo from the week before i left, of the giant stained cabinets.
while i was gone mathew added brass window handles in the office…
…and put up shelf hangers for the giant cabinets.
mathew said that my uncle ken was visiting and saw mathew in the process of putting these heavy cabinets up. he came running in to help and then realized mathew had the whole process under control. the shelf hangers cleverly held the shelves up and in place so that mathew could then screw them to the wall studs.
and all around the ceiling he installed angled crown molding backing for the crown molding to fit against.
meanwhile, my week in southern california looked completely different… (left) me and walker doing some grocery shopping. (right) max hanging out in his jumpy chair.
on one of the sweltering days during my visit, margaret, max and i went to visit the warner bros studio lot. margaret used to work here and some of her former co-workers were kind enough to give us a tour. (above right) the fictional connecticut star’s hollow town square from the show ‘gilmore girls.’
more ‘gilmore girls’ buildings: (left) lorelei and rory’s house, (right) luke’s diner.
(left) the star’s hollow high school was also the courthouse from ‘dukes of hazzard.’ this town square set has been used many times for different shows over the years including ‘seinfeld’ and ‘the waltons.’ (right) we also took a cart ride around the studio and got to see merlotte’s bar from the HBO vampire series ‘true blood.’
back at home after a long, hot day. max looking tired and then sleeping while mommy cooks dinner.
finally a photo of me and margaret! the week went by too fast. (right) me riding the train home…