Laughing Ravens

 What was happening here a year ago? The primary task was completing the renovation of the studio (previously a three car garage, then a pottery studio) into a new apartment for Leto and Kade. Secondary to that was trying to wrap up the gardening year. And that was all squeezed in between full days of work for Cornell University (Dept. of Food Science).  The apartment was being renovated on a shoestring budget. Originally Leto and I had planned to have one of our favorite Amish contractors do the majority of the work. Unfortunately his timeline, Leto's absence and our budget ran into a brick wall. The last time I tackled any serious construction, I was in my twenties and had a body that was still invulnerable. Needless to say, last autumn I came face to face with the consequences of age and disability. Everything that was hard before was so much harder!  Building a kitchen out of a space that previously had held kilns and shelves full of pots   This bedroom space had...