En la lucha
Snowy days recently. People tell me it is unusually cold for November. Global warming, they say. I guess if you tell a big enough lie often enough, the mindless will believe it. There was an interesting related discussion with the Chilean Antarctic folks, who reminded us that for much of the life of that continent, it was considerably greener and warmer than today. Oh, well; a topic for another time. Just received a message from the Chilean Antarctic Institute asking for translation help for the next two publications.

.El Aguila is one of the local hardware stores, ferreterias, where I get materials. Prices for common materials are high -- perhaps double what you might pay at a Home Depot in Colorado.
.It is good to have a little office in Casa 7 Bis now. The window admits good light but the view is not terribly distracting. I varnished the table I made from the damaged 75cm door.

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The carpenters earlier framed the bathroom in preparation for the tile. We have made corrections and modifications as we go along. I can't be away from the place for more than a few hours since issues come up with surprising regularity.
.Much of the work being done by the present building group is to fix shortcomings from the first crew. Here a beam was sagging considerably and we extended the wall and reinforced the support.

There had been some sort of accident on the ferry that brings supplies to Puerto Natales. Ironically, there have been more boats in the areas recently. But tourism is down by a great measure.
.Since the window suppliers have not come as promised, more than several times, I went and picked up the one needed for the bathroom. The window situation remains one of the biggest problems, and the most disgraceful.
.An earlier foto of the table I made from the damaged door. Here, just after the coat of varnish.
.Here, José M is at work in the bathroom. This seems to be one of his specialties, and he is happy at this part of the job. His son-in-law has been coming in the evenings to help with the tile work.
.Started a new project today, the framing of part of the space above the stairwell.
.Lunch in Puerto Bories.
.Still in the fight.







































































