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 …
Oh my God! Did Matt finally break down and decide to get a cell phone? Sorry to disappoint you all, but no it’s not a cell phone. For some time now I’ve had my eyes on the Pentax Optio line …
As promised, the crew from DCI Builders showed up this morning to start work on the new garage. Hard to believe that we’re finally proceeding. I think we started this project about 4 years ago. It sure will be nice …
I was just getting back to the office after making a run to Fortuna when I noticed a beautiful rainbow over town. I grabbed my camera, ran down the street, and actually got a few different shots before it disappeared. …
Look what the UPS guy brought today! Artie found the packaging materials made excellent pillows, but then he’s a very relaxed cat and could probably sleep anywhere. I picked up the whole box and brought it into the TV room …
Construction on my long delayed garage remodel is finally supposed to start this week. That meant I had to clean up the wood pile that had been building in the area in front of it. Took me the whole weekend, …
If you look back at the first entry for this year, you’ll see my prediction was correct. I noticed after the storm we had a couple weeks ago that this barn had a major collapse. I was waiting for a …
This afternoon the FVFD responded to a structure fire up Williams Creek Road. This road is a very narrow country lane, and the structure was at the very end of it, making it difficult to get all our equipment up …
While Lori and I were in the Bay Area, I took the opportunity to meet with Blake and start our trip planning. Blake and I are going to take a two week trip this September, riding out to Colorado on …
Here is why it didn’t surprise me to the mountain lion tracks yesterday. Today there were 14-15 rose destroyers in the Bugenig’s field which is the largest herd I’ve seen over there. Definitely time to cull the herd.
It has rained for a couple days so the creek went down enough that I was able to get into it again to do some more cleanup. This pile is just the smaller stuff that I could drag out. The …
Blues singer Earl Thomas came by the studio to get some portraits done. He came in after looking at the work on my web site, but when he got to the studio he remembered my work from the Arts Alive …
