We worked half the day and pretty much finished up the cabinets and trim.

Here are the cabinets that we have finished, mostly in the last couple days.,

There are few pictures of me in this blog, both because I was behind the camera and because I spent a fair amount of time back at the dorm working on this blog. But that’s OK. I like it on my side of the camera. But Dino shot this one, which I have to admit is appropriate. Here I am setting up our week-ending group shot.

Charlotte made the point that we did most of our work on the interior of the house this year, so we ought to shoot the end-of-the-week group picture there. So here it is.

The plaque

The volunteer groups often put something on the wall comemorating their visit. This can range from t-shirts to exhibits that are far more elaborate. The first year I came down, the plaques for the Sheil team took up about half of one wall, in no particular order. When we come down on Saturday we have Sunday off and most of us go off to visit some cultural attraction or another. That year a few people stayed behind and organized all those plaques in chronicalogical order. Since then we filled that wall and started on another one. That required relocating a few of the existing momentos, but we were nice about it and tried to keep them with others from their group (like relocating one from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine to the ceiling.)

In recent years, Andy has contributed his considerable artistic talents to designing them. This is this year’s offering.

It always gives me a feeling of satisfaction to sign my name. This year several of us spent time looking over the ones from years past and recalling the people who came along, some of whom have either moved or passed away. Andy designed one for 2020 when Covid shut things down for the year, and by the time we made it down here for 2021, four of our regulars had passed away. Andy added their names to the sign, which is appropriate since they left a legacy in some of the houses that stand here and the people who live in them.

This is what the second wall looks like now. I think we have room for another six to eight years before we have to relocate someone else’s stuff again.

Here we all are before signing the plaque. Yeah, I know I already posted a group picture, but I like this one, so I posted it anyway.

On Fridays, we gather for a potluck dinner with some of the homeowners and people on the WTHFH board. This year the community center was closed on Friday night, so we held it at the dorm instead. Program director Sherri provided a tent for us to dine outside.