For Becca's cake I made it in the form of a crown.
And another shot.
For Halloween, Ian dressed up as a fireman.
My major project for the past two years has been putting in pavers around our pool. This year I finally finished it except for a few details. We also outfitted the area with some umbrellas. It's quite nice. Oh we also had the house painted.
The teak chairs were Randi's idea. I love them.
I've also taken the family caving. This
photo is dark, but that's Ian at the top of the ladder in Knox.
Since then he's been on one other cave trip with me.
I've also been known to stand up in a canoe. This is a race I was in in the Spring of 2004.
I've also been known to do cave rescue classes. This is me this past summer. The item I'm in is known as a Ferno. It's used to carry patients. I'm about to be dropped into a 40' gorge.
A few years back my dad sold it to the local historical society.
This is a view of the front just as construction was starting.
To the right on the first floor was the passenger waiting rooms, one for women, one for men. On the left was a freigh warehouse.
On the upper right was the stationmaster's apartment. After we bought it, this remained a 3 bedroom apartment.
On the upper left was an upper level warehouse. We converted this into an apartment. That's where I lived. Actually, I was stuck up in the attic. My family was gracious to put in a pair of dormers (the second is in back) and skylight. My bedroom occupied about 1/3 of the entire attic. Quite roomy actually.
In the back you can see the overhang still remains, but the loading dock is long gone. Whre the pickup truck is now used to be one of two sidings that were there. I'm not sure when they were removed.
Since the historical society now owns it, they've attempted to restore it to its original condition. Here's one picture of the work in progress.
While I quibble with some of their decisions, and regret the loss of the skylight and dormers (while agreeing that's more historically accurate), I overall applaud the work they've done.
