Mrs. hutson: emergency set painter

Last Friday I received a phone call requesting some very last minute touch up on the Alcan Christmas sets, so I packed my paints and brushes and headed down to Mount Elizabeth Theatre to obscure various scrapes and dings that had accumulated on Santa's workshop since the last time I had been called upon to fix and freshen.  I got to meet the entertainment - a juggler named Sand - who commented that she'd never seen a more elaborate Christmas set which was indeed gratifying.  She even held the ladder for me when the Theatre Tech was off finding things for her.  Very lovely person and from what I saw of her act, entertaining as well.
On Monday I put another 4 hours onto the set with the hopes that it might survive fairly unscathed for another 19 years.
That is one more 'last' for me; I've been noting all the last times I'll experience situations in Kitimat as we will move to Fraser Lake next summer after 32 years in this little town.
Last falling leaves...last first snowfall...last deep, icy snow puddles...