the end of an era

dad's truck left here today
he bought it in 87
it's been sitting a while now
actually that truck has been sitting a very good part of it's live........
it only had 56000 original miles...mostly put on by bernie commuting to a job 96 miles away for 3 years
yesterday morning, a guy knocked on the door and offered us a few bucks for it
bernie said yes.
it was the exact amount i need to take fawn to the vet tuesday
i figured it was dad's way of helping fawn out and telling me time to move on
he would have LOVED fawn, as he adored amber
amber used to sit on dad's lap for hours
fawn would have done the same to him
i find it doubly ironic as this year dad would have turned 100
when i think of that truck i see dad in it the day noah died......and him pulling up in the driveway
maybe it really is time
sadness followed that truck i think

in other news, we started a blitz on the studio
& i hurt my elbow BAD
we still have stuff all over pulled out...... but i think we are going to be making some headway
this is furniture moving blitz not just 'clean up and rearrange stuff'
those shelves are HUGE .....you don't realize how big until you move them
i also realized i need a mobile shelf thingie to put the recycled covered file boxes i made on them
i am finding that those file boxes with labels and the manila envelopes are the best studio files i ever used
i need more
i use them for templates for cloth dolls, reference photos, odds and ends
it's great
i am going to make a few with toile on them as well to mix up with the crumpled recycled brown paper
i just need a shelf system on wheels to store them all

ok i have to shower and go to town

btw, the weather says that tuesday is going to be cool and rainy
perfect to take my fawn to the vet
thank you universe for the miracles on fawn's behalf
she needs more living time