Gratuitous Cute Dog Photo and a Quick Fix

That's Jules asking, "Are we there yet?" while we were staying at our interim house. He's been a real trooper- not even a year old and he's had all kinds of crazy experiences (including being brought to Connecticut from Kansas by flying monkeys when he was only eight weeks old). Fortunately he's adaptable and seems to take it all in stride. That's what he gets for being an artists dog!
One of the first repairs we made at 965 Jeremy Swamp Road was to put up an emergency railing by the stairway. The previous owner had seen fit to saw off the railing leaving absolutely nothing between here and there. (We think this was to more comfortably squeeze the bath tub up when he put in the second bathroom). In any event, Jules loves to play on the landing and I was panicked to think that he (or a beloved friend) was going to simply misstep and plummet over a veritable precipice. I located some lattice stashed by the side of the house and Bob screwed it to a couple of pieces of wood and Voila! Tragedy averted.

It's not a permanent- or particularly lovely- solution, but we don't need to worry about this accident waiting to happen.