Today being Memorial Day, we pause to remember some things.
Remember when we didn't have any balusters and the second floor looked as if it were going to collapse? (That bit of hyperbole is brought to you by Ms. The Glass Isn't EVEN Half Full and the Water Probably Has Arsenic In It.) Well, look at us now. Balusters for days, and nine of 'em are spanking new.
And here is Gibb memorably painting them.
Remember when everything kinda looked dirty? Um, 'cause it was? Now everything is gleaming (and, belying our blog name, we protected our wreck nicely, thank you). Note Barbara and, below, Etkar putting the finishing touches on the paint job that we were helplessly thinking was going to take us a week.
What we're really going to remember about this Memorial Day is how amazing it was to have our friends show up for us ... again. Thanks Gibb, Barbara, Etkar, and Jeanne (who sneakily dodged the camera).
