AROUND ANGEL CREST MANOR

 Our "original equipment" microwave...a lovely black fronted Korean job bit the dust. Seems that that brand (Samsung...the nameplate well hidden because even they didn't want to take credit for it) has a well documented problem with corrosion on the contacts of the control panel. (There is even a 2 hour tutorial on the internet about how to fix it sort of until the next time it craps out). Since this bugger is over a stove and gets continual moisture from what is cooking beneath it, it seemed like a good idea to find a better one. We were able to get the very model of Fridgidaire that matched our stove. An added bonus is that it is 100 times quieter that the old one! 

 A typical scene replayed upteen times during the day...Izzy awaiting "staff" to let her outside. We keep a water bowl outside on the deck and every cat knows that "outside water" is far better than that old "inside water!"

 Some of the Ashcraft farmhouse kerosene lamps grouped on the mantle. Jack remembers using these, as they didn't have electricity on the farm until the mid 1950's. Good times!

 Dance clothes put out on the bed in anticipation of dancing tonight to our favorite dance band...the 16 piece Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra. Sometimes I actually wear the very clothes that I lay out.....

And of course your tour wouldn't be complete without a stop in the shop...here we have a gunked up Saab transmission recently brought up from California. Somebody poured some horrible gunk in it to "fix" it. This one had to go into the sheep dip tank at the machine shop for cleaning. Too bad that you can't smell the fish oil residue...it permeates the entire garage. Yes, the Swedes really used fish oil in transmissions.