The Workshop: The phone didn’t ring once but...

When my wife visited me in the workshop this afternoon she informed me that she had left me a phone message.

A red light flashed inside my little round head.

“Oh, yeah. I said I’d bring the phone out here this afternoon, didn’t I,” I said sheepishly.

No wonder I worked for three hours or more and finished several birdhouses - one, two, three, four - without a single interruption.


["Yesterday's progress": photos GH]




["Today - all finished. $10?"]

We talked about ‘what might have been’ - had I only received her phone call.

“I was going to buy you lunch,” she said.


Though I paid a heavy price, it was nice to get three colourful birdhouses all lined up and another batch of eight (tri- and four-plexes) almost finished.


["One more will fill the old bench"]

If I remember the phone next time, maybe I'll get another offer for a free lunch.

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How much should I charge for the painted ones?

$10? $15? $20?

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