This Saturday, we all went to do some work at the Beorningstead. 

Bryan worked on our Teeny Tiny temporary Shower. It still needs water and some waterproof walls and a vent.

Ya.  It's not going to be fun.  But we have determined that we will have to wait for summer vacation to get the roof work done on the back part of the house, which means that the main bathroom will have to wait until the roof is done. 










After sweeping upstairs and pulling off a bunch of loose wallpaper in preparation for priming the upstairs bedrooms and hallway, we determined that it was a good time to get this abomination out of my studio.

It is the sink/counter top that Barbara used to use.  There was a disgusting rickety old improvised hand pump attached to it.  The pump came off with just a teeny bit of prying and promptly fell apart as I pulled it up out of the counter.  The rest of the de-construction was a bit more challenging.  I started in on the project myself but Molly & Maxx, seeing something they could pound on, promptly promoted me to supervisor/journalist and set to the task quite happily themselves.

As mentioned in previous posts, the Amish used huge nails to hold all sorts of things together.  They used several rail-road spike sized nails to secure the counter top to the back wall.   The bottom was inset into the floor and was nailed to the wall, the riser around the counter bottom and to the floor.  Some nails were pounded into the structure from down BELOW.

That thing did not want to MOVE. 




(Don't you love how Maxx had to insert himself into that photo?!)
It was finally dragged out, after much sweating and prying and now I have an empty spot with a lowered floor in my studio.  This is where I plan to put my long dyeing table.  I'm not sure how I will deal with the inset in the floor but I surely am glad to have that icky sink thing out of there.

Oh - our swallows are back.  As I was packing up our lunch gear, I head this little guy singing away about springtime, nests, old barns and bugs to eat as his mate swooped around the eaves.