After a couple of years of our front fence consisting of just poles, I finally started working on it again. Part of the delay was that I didn’t want to buy any new power tools until I had the garage …
Lori’s idea for the garage was to give each motorcycle it’s own “stall” and I thougth that was a pretty clever idea so we went with it. There will eventually be dutch doors on each stall.
Just another progress shot of the garage. You might be getting sick of these, but at least there have been pictures this month. It really is nice to be able to get the bikes in and out so easily. I …
How far has President Bush’s popularity sunk? Well this business in Fort Bragg wants to make it perfectly clear that the Bush supporter next door has nothing at all to do with their business. I was in Fort Bragg for …
Here’s the latest on the garage. The posts from the old front porch are in and I’m glad we had them around to reuse. They’re really going to add to the architectural interest of the building.
A few years ago Ferndale won an award for being one of “America’s Prettiest Painted Places”. We may have to give it back. Honestly this picture doesn’t do justice to this new paint job on Main Street. In person it’s …
It stopped raining. The sun came out for the whole day and it felt absolutely wonderful. Yesterday we were teased with a beautiful daybreak and by the time we had breakfast, showered and got dressed it was dark and dreary …
The rear addition is starting to take shape. It sure is fun just walking around the shell, planning where all the workshop stuff is going to go. As we’ve dismantled the old garage a bit I’m finding that parts of …
With all the rain we’ve had, the grass is going to explode if we ever get any sun. I guess that’s why our neighbors brought in an extra large herd of cows and calves this time. They seem to enjoy …
Well we can finally get from the road to our garage without having to cross any dirt, or as the case has been lately, without crossing any mud. The concrete in the foreground is the porch for the motorcycle garage. …
Yesterday the framers showed up and started working on the two additions. Today they are continueing the framing, and when I left for work they had just started pouring the final bit of concrete. I don’t know how many total …
The FVFD responded to a single vehicle traffic accident four miles up the Wildcat. A lady driving from Petrolia to Ferndale drove her car off the side of the road. I’ve circled the car so you can see it. It …
As you can see, the garage safely completed its journey west. In the first step towards becoming a two car garage, a hole was cut for the second bay. Since the existing door is kind of trashed, we’ll be getting …
Just before we went to see Earl Thomas, I photographed Mabel and Ryan in the studio. When Lori and I were last down in the Bay Area, we went to the Vintage Fashion Expo, which we hadn’t been to in …
This afternoon we went to see Earl Thomas at the Rep. Watching performers at the Rep is always a great experience because it’s such an intimate setting, but Earl managed to make it even more intimate. At one point he …
On my trip out to the mail box today I noticed a bunch of really big paw prints in the mud in our front yard. I thought this would be a good puzzle for Lauren to figure out, since I …
With the slabs all poured it was time to move the garage forward. For my directorial debut, I’ve even included a short movie showing the first part of the move. Sorry my first movie is rather boring. It’s about as …
Ok, you’ve all seen the movies where in the big heist the bad guys can’t touch the floor or the alarm will go off, so the they repell from the ceiling right? So who would have guessed that slugs have …
Here is an example of why I’m really having fun with my new pocket camera. I didn’t have to risk disturbing Artie to get this picture. I just reached down to my hip, unholstered my W10, and shot him. Times …
In addition to dragging home historic concrete, our yard is recently boasting a new foundation. Actually, this is only part of it, there is still one more pour for the back section that will become the workshop, and the aprons …
Ferndbridge was built in 1911, and at the time it was the largest concrete bridge in the world. Over the next 95 years, numerous drivers have found it a bit narrow to navigate and found themselves running into the concrete …
Since our existing garage is going to be moved during the construction of the new garage, I have to get everything out of there. So today I started packing stuff up. It’s going to be several days of drudgery to …
Last night Lori and I started a six week dance class that will teach the waltz and the foxtrot. Last night we started of on the waltz since it is the easier of the two. It was pretty easy to …
