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| knees and naps

, Nelson

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close to
home

I'm lucky enough to
have both my parents
alive and healthy.

Making this good fortune
even better is the fet that they
live close by, so fF see them all
the time. | guess you could
sav that our family is close,
and Til tell you what: J hope
that when Pm older, mv own
kids get as much of a kick out
of their old folks as [ do mine.

Naturally, my mont and
dad have been watching my
progress over the years, and
they've always been there to
lend a hand or provide a
shoulder to ery on. OF special
interest lately has been this
move of mine. They've been
totally supportive, and despite
their advancing vears (sorry,
Mom) they've helped out
where they can.

My mom came down and
cut and pasted shelf paper
down in all the kitchen cabi-
nets. She offered decorating
advice, washed and mended
the old patchwork blanket that
goes over the chesterfield, and
brought lunch and dinner
while I was painting.

My dad, who is much
busier than my mother

uilding a

Setting Up Shop, by Sandor
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because he spends all his wak
ing dine fishing, or thinking
about fishing, provided the
salmon and prawns that neur-
ished me through the ordeal.
Ifvou knew what kind of
effort and expense this
invelves, you'd be impressed.
ifnota ithe stunned.

hut, according to my dad,
his greatest sacrifice for my
move has been the reluctant
donation of the old beige
chesterfield thar my mother
had slated for the dump (she's
redecorating ). “Phis is his gitt,
you see, because this is the
furniture upon which he has
taken his | p.m. nap every
afternoon for the last 32 years.
SLook.” he offers by way of
an explanation, “if you were
up at} un, every morning to
20 fishing so vou could feed
vour Amily, vou’d need an
afterneon nap too.”

I'm happy te have this old
chesterfield, because I lett
mine with my first husband,
and despite the fact that
there’s a great big sag in the
spot where my dad napped, it
still looks OK.

Moving it was a litle tricky.
My pal Jon came down to my
folks’ house to help out, and
with him en one end and my
dad and Fon the other, we
managed to get it into our old
truck. But PH tell you, that
couch isa heavy mother, and
even though my dad pretend-
ed he was carrying his share,
I'm sure f was pulling more
weight than he was.

See A big page 24

workshop

guides us through ways to

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tien, ventilation and

power are all covered

in detail, bur other

items to make the

workshop more

comfortable, such as

floor coverings,

windows, and

moveable benches

are also discussed.

A number of shop

profiles provide

examples of how

some wood-

workers have customized their
shops to suit their needs.

Like the old maxim, the
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to create the right space, for
the woodworking enthusiast.

: Terry Peters

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GARDEN AND LIFESTYLE

Prize finish

NEWS photo Julie iverson

SUZANNE Smith of Action Interiors and a staff of six created the decorative paint finishes for this year's PNE
prize home. An outstanding feature of the home is a hand-painted mural in the great room which took an esti-
mated 48 hours to complete at a cost of approximately $1,200. For more, see story page 17.