![]() ![]() The snakes still live around the building, but we respect each other, and keep our distance. The result is that every surface in my work studio was lovingly hand-made. In a beautiful, unspoken moment, she helps add to his outfit and takes him to a parade of people dressed up. When he goes home, he dresses up like a mermaid with items found in the house and proudly shows his Grandmother. He built custom cabinetry, insulated the whole building, hung drywall on the ceiling and made beautiful maple plywood wall finishes, with custom paneling. Jessica Love tells a story of a little boy who wants to dress up like the mermaids he saw on the bus. Over the course of several months, Daniel transformed the place–he put in windows, did the electrical wiring, and even some ad-hoc plumbing so I could have a functioning sink. The schoolhouse was not insulated, had no running water or electricity and was the place of residence of three, 6 foot long black snakes. Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love: 9780763690458 : Books Winner of a 2019 Stonewall Book Award In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle. ![]() ![]() When we found this place it had an old barn for his woodshop, and a one room schoolhouse which we would convert into my studio. We are both artists (Daniel is a furniture maker) and had been looking for some land with buildings we could both work on for years. ![]() My fiancé and I moved to this piece of property just as the lockdown was kicking into gear. ![]()
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