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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22,  2007

Morning dawned cloudy and cool.  Took an early morning walk to the pond and made some notes of all the downed and damaged trees in the area.  If I get them cut down, there will be a nice open grassy area between the road and the ravine edge and a good view of the pond.  Also the removal of a few dead damaged trees along the cutaway lane will create a pleasant spot for a little guest house. Nothing big, maybe 16x24 at most.  A small cottage or dog trot. It would be a very quiet restful spot.

A big omelet for breakfast with Dan and the we started work on the little loft over the inglenook.   Johnny C. came to help just as it started to rain around 11:30.  The rest of the day was cold, dreary and windy.  Completed the loft, which is only about 5 feet square, but nearly 12 feet tall.  I’m thinking a couple of tiny square windows , up high would be really cool.  We wired in a single candle sconce and it occurred to me, we could hide the doorway behind a bookcase and make the room a little oratory.  Tito could paint us some faux mantegna’s and we could have our very own Camera de Sposi.  A fun artistic conceit.

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