I’d mentioned a year ago that I would be moving at some point. Well, that’s finally happened–partially. What that means is that I’ve moved out of my old house and into a rental. Because the housing market is best described as “Dumpster fire” right now, finding a new house has been challenging, to say the least. There’s virtually nothing on the market, it’s all exceptionally overpriced, and we’re picky. We’ve been looking all year, and this is probably still going to take some time.

I didn’t trust the movers to pack up my hand tools, so I did that ahead of time. Here’s a shot of nearly everything in boxes:

Some would say that this is way too much. But I also have some friends who say that this is way too little. My personal view is that I’d probably prefer to have a little less, but the main issue is (and always has been) organization. If my fantasy of building a dutch tool chest had come true by now, a lot of this would have fit in there, as well as the base that was to go with it.

In any case, after the movers came, pretty much nothing but tumbleweeds remained.

I even removed the lights after this. The sharpening station will stay; I’ll build another when the time comes.

I don’t know if I’ll get much woodworking done before we find a new house. There might be a little opportunity here and there, but it’s unlikely, especially because I stupidly did not take my mini-workbench with me to the rental.

I’ll miss the place that we lived in. A quick walk before the move yielded the opportunity to see some good fall colors by one of the neighborhood lakes:

But it’s not like we’re leaving the spirit behind. Here’s the D&R, which will be close to wherever we move (this is from last year, but probably looks a lot like this right now):