Hard Rain

Starting falling late afternoon and my windshield wipers aren't working. TR's car wouldn't start. We retired to the pub. Sorted hardware, actually an interesting chore because we have some interesting hardware. Things that don't get used fairly often are stored in small bins on shelfs in the vault in the basement, which is our tool room. It's a mess right now, but there's no reason to clean and sort everything, because we have three shows coming down at the end of next week. D ordered the Master Boxes (specifically for art), dense, double thick, with archival foam lining, but essentially card-board boxes. $186 apiece, also ordered some boxes for the champagne flutes, $7 each. Trying to keep things organized is a frigging battle. Start in Pegi's office tomorrow. Repair some rotten plaster, actually more a matter of containing some rotten plaster above the new windows (the problem is fixed); there's a wierd soffit and whatever we do will be hidden. Another messy job. Then repair sheetrock and paint at least two of the walls, she's specified a periwinkle color. Then rehang the Carters. We're getting the Folk Art show early, so D can photograph everything for the catalog; it travels to three other venues after we assemble it, so we'll have to figure out how to pack it for travel. Another interesting task. The same art shipper is going to transport the work for every venue, and then back home. Which makes the whole process easier. We've worked with him many times. Art shippers are a strange breed, only the good ones build a reputation. Fed Ex has an art shipping branch, and they're quite competent; but the idependent guys are much more interesting. Weather looks good for this weekend, cold but no rain, and should be able to finish stage one of the floor insulation.