So a quick update on the studio… The toilet hasn’t worked for a couple of years… No problem, the outhouse works. Now the pump on the well has given up the ghost … Crap! There isn’t much we can do over there so all of our art supplies have slowly been migrating over here. We have a heater in the bathroom so things don’t freeze up but otherwise we only light a fire if it’s really cold… It stays above zero most days. Every time we go over there we end up grabbing something else. Today we decided to bring a book shelf from over there so we can tidy up the house… It’s getting kinda out of hand! So… We haven’t ploughed all the way over there all year, we decided we can snow shoe and use the sled. We can get the truck to about 100 metres from the studio so the rest of the way is really deep (see photos below, they are all taken at the studio). So we get our snowshoes on and bring the big sled we use for firewood with us. Load the shelves into the sled with Barry pulling and me pushing, we almost ran (I was running, he was walking) that 100 m. with this bookshelf. I think I should be getting into shape!!! So now the studio is just a big storage locker. The foundation is rotting and 2 of the walls are sinking… Barry and Chris shored them up in the summer but it won’t last too long. The plan is to rebuild something smaller, one story and torch this building … It’s not worth trying to salvage. Well have a big marshmallow roast that day and invite everyone. I made reference to snow drifts inside a few blogs back… I was talking about the back door, since they lifted the wall, there is about a 4″ gap at the bottom and there are snow drifts inside… Hahaha… Oh so much fun! We will replace the water pump because that is our laundry facility… We did it in town the other day and it was $32.00! Oh! My! Gawd! How can people afford that! We might bite the bullet for a few months and wait until there isn’t quite so much snow! We are thinking of building a bathhouse /laundry facility / pump house together so it might be worth waiting… Ugh! Well see how long we last.
Stay tuned….