The green cabinet

The green cabinet above the toilet in my "new" guest bath is a treasure that my brother Rick made me for Christmas one year--I wish I could remember what year. He (as brother Tom also is) was a superb craftsman and for awhile years ago, we siblings decided to draw names for Christmas. Everyone wanted Rick to draw their name, assuming they'd get a great wood product gift, which they usually did. This cabinet was mine.

I hung the shelf in the living room of my previous home and one day it came crashing to the floor. For some reason, Rick made a very odd choice for the cabinet backing. You can't drill through it to hang the cabinet (hence the crash). I don't know what kind of wood it is, but I lovingly repaired the cracked shelf and tucked it away until I could figure out how to safely hang it. Well, one day I did find a way to very carefully hang it again. But there were long periods during which it was absent from view.

Rick didn't visit often--I lived in the city, he lived in the country 150 miles away and he hated coming to the city. But when he did visit, I'm sure he wondered why I didn't display his handiwork. Rick is gone now. He was killed in 2002 when his motorcycle crashed. Does he know how much I love my cabinet? I hope so.