The Gold Street Cabin In Mammoth, Utah

This has been a short work week because a colleague asked Don to trade shifts so two work days were out, we had a trip to the 'Doctor with the Magic Hands' in Salt Lake (a chiropractor) because Barbara has a muscle ache the local chiropractor hasn't succeeded in bringing relief to (neither did the Doctor with the Magic Hands), and Barbara with Don's help has been frantically finalizing her recent publication Farewell, Fleeing Repatriation before a review comes out on it in an international digital magazine Nov 12.  Still, a few things happened.  Sweet picture of a mother and baby sharing a drink.    Some of the adult deer are getting so brazen they just stand and watch us and wait for us to bring out food. This pretty little bird visited our feeder just one day.  There is too much glare fore the picture to show that he has a neon yellow breast.  Barbara tried to identify him with online resources but he didn't really look like any of the options. The...

   Barbara was busy, so Don painted the desk alcove. After painting, Don laid the vinyl flooring in the alcove, cutting the pieces to fit. Now for the hard part: installing the mop boards in the corners. Protecting the edges of the finish flooring with pieces of scrap plywood. Our neighbor Patrick helped move the oak, roll top desk. It separates into two pieces, both HEAVY. Installed. Don had to climb over the desk to plug in the outlet strip behind the desk, then get Patrick's help to climb back over the desk to escape! Barbara decorated the desk, while Don and Patrick moved the "baker's rack" into place. Don calls it, "Mehetabel", after an eyesore "white elephant" lamp belonging to an old friend of his.