September 7, 2024
This took a bit longer than usual. When working in the other areas of the second floor, there was always some ceiling drywall in place to catch all the debris. Below me is our kitchen, and all I really have is just a few plastic sheets, stretched across the floor joists.
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September 6, 2024
Spotted this on the way home. At first, I was taken aback – not sure if this was something left out accidentally. Or something left on purpose for anyone else to take, because it was no longer needed.
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September 5, 2024
A little later, we amended our theory: there were two baby squirrels, both of them calling out for their mom.
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September 4, 2024
Of particular note: as we were sitting down, one of the veterans (Michael)… shouted out that he wanted to sit next to Liz, because “she gets everything right.” He was referring to one of the prior events (the March outturn), where Liz was really spot-on with a lot of her predictions (the tasting involves trying to guess the age, distillery, casks used, and ABV for each dram).
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September 3, 2024
An interesting tidbit: Liz looked up a lot of census data related to our house, and found a lot of individuals (with differing last names), all registered to this house/location.
Her theory is that the homeowners split up the top floor into smaller rooms, specifically with the intent to rent them out (to help bring in income). Which is why so many of these second floor rooms were so small.
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September 2, 2024
Our instructor, Nick, talking through how the newly installed drawer should function.
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September 1, 2024
Well my gosh, I haven’t seen you in a long while. Hello, stranger – it’s been a minute!
As someone who’s kept (or tried to keep) a somewhat daily blog since 2002… there’s been an odd amount of radio silence, lately. No updates for a few months on here, which is a bit out of the ordinary.
Let me explain.
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August 25, 2024
Checking to make sure things are level and lined up. Small note: we used splines for the corner joints.
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August 24, 2024
Incredible designs – even though they’re still, they look to be in motion.
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August 23, 2024
Sandy, taking a nap and clearly dreaming of a wide, open field. Chasing after all manner of squirrels and birds, I’m sure.
Look at those little legs going. You can almost hear the wind rushing by your ears, imagining how fast she must be running.
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August 22, 2024
I spotted this in a store window, and… I was (and still am) absolutely speechless.
I don’t event… I mean, why… of all the…
*weeps*
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August 19, 2024
Every time I see this large container, in my head I hear Brad Pitt saying “Drugs!”, from the movie Twelve Monkeys.
It’s… it’s a good thing I’m not a doctor.
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August 18, 2024
A nice thing about our class time: oftentimes, there aren’t a lot of other people, using the table saws. This is a view of the main area, where we do most of our cuts.
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August 17, 2024
Work has (somewhat) resumed in the neighbor’s backyard. But I don’t really want to talk about that here. Instead, I’d like to talk about this impossibly tiny, impossibly cute little bunny nugget that appeared amongst all the hoses and buckets.
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August 14, 2024
Caught a few moments on video, when I realized Daisy was sleeping and dreaming. Look at those ear twitches!
Daisy’s been getting on, and her age is starting to show. But I hope that in her dreams, she’s still the same, young, spirited bunny she was when we first met her.
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