New Old Light

The Duck has figured out many astonishing things in the world of home renovation, but changing the fixture on this 100-year-old living room light, where the old wiring was still attached to the original gaslight assembly, ranks up there with the best of 'em. The phrase "call an electrician" does not compute with D. Ducknik. If she stares at it long enough, she gets it. And sure enough: it's now a new fixture, connected to the old system. And the light is on.

The painting is all done too in Lamar Odom's old playpen. J-Whack's friend Taper Dave repaired and painted the ceiling and D. Ducknik did the rest, repairing all the old plaster movements and tears and places it had pulled away from the lathing in 120 years of earth movements, and then painting it all. Now she's poly-ing the floors -- where did those tiny circles come from? High heels? Pool sticks? They'll all be gone soon.