Indoor activity

Life back here in Wellington at Steve and Annemarie's has featured a few daily excursions on the tandem, some gardening around the house, and a few woodworking projects done in the basement. Jean has done some knitting, and we've both puttered in the kitchen and gone on errands to town with Annemarie, while Steve has returned each day to continue his research work at the Kiwistar lab about fifteen minutes away. This has all been in addition to giving Madeleine regular attention, too.

IKEA has not yet opened a store anywhere in New Zealand, or I might have found things like these projects below. Instead, I made the following, and thought of the names that Ingvar might have given them if he did have a store here:

The Frústanda:

In action:

The Shörakka:

All loaded with the shoes Jean and I brought:

And, a set of bedside tables that took a bit more design and construction time, so I might call one the Mârka:

Steve has only a few woodworking tools (sabre saw, router, small collapsible workbench, four small clamps) so these projects were done with the slow-n-steady method.