Twenty minutes later, I had all of the boards cut for the frame, and that was when Tony walked up. After explaining my design to Tony, he went to work—nailing and screwing the boards together. It took him about thirty minutes.
Once the bench frame was built—we pushed it up to the three walls and Tony nailed and screwed the frame to the two sidewalls of the Space Ship. Then I started cutting the boards for the seat, as fast as I cut boards, Tony nailed them down to the frame. Unfortunately, because I am not an expert carpenter, like my brother Ronnie—we were three and half boards shy of completing the project. So, we went to Kerrville to eat and to buy more lumber.
I made a fool out of myself at Luby’s cafeteria as I was leaving. Tony had gone to the restroom, so I went to the cashier and paid our bill, and was then going to go outside to wait for him. As I started to push on the door, that would not open, I heard Tony laugh and say, “Nance, I’m taking you to the eye doctor on Tuesday. That’s a window that you are pushing on, the door is right here—right next to it.” Then Tony opened the door for me and we walked outside.
In my own self defense, the windows looked exactly like the doors—just no handles! I will never make that mistake again! Then we drove over to Home Depot and bought the extra boards, to complete the project.
When we returned to the rescue ranch—Kinky had called. Before going outside to work on the Space Ship, I returned his call.
“Nance,” Kinky said. “Last night was great with Levon Helm and a lot of fun. Is everything okay at the ranch and how are the Friedmans doing?”
“Kink, knock on wood—everyone and everything is fine.” I said. “That’s great about playing with Levon—I love him and his music and The Band. Where are you calling me from?”
“Ratso, Jewford and I are headed to Philadelphia, and we should be there in about an hour or so. I can’t wait for you to read this magazine article—I promise, that you will love it. And, you do know that Nancy Doyle., isn’t going to be able to visit us in September—don’t you?”
“I know,” I said. “She called me, the other day, and I am sick about it. She is such a great person. I was really looking forward to seeing her.” Kinky and I talked for a little bit longer, thank goodness, because I found out that I posted Kinky’s Tuesday’s shows wrong.
Kinky, Little Jewford and Washington Ratso will be doing Imus first, around 7:00 or 7:30, Tuesday morning, and then right after that, they will be doing Fox and Friends. Sorry about that.
Here is a picture of the bench and the matching quilt—doggie bed on the floor. I will make cushions for the bench seat—later this week. I miss Kinky!
