Rose Room: Yuji Kamihigashi & Asaba Hirofumi
Old-Fashioned Music is a great YouTube channel, featuring the very talented Yuji Kamihigashi & Asaba Hirofumi playing together on their (you guessed it) old fashioned guitars.
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Hazel, Struggling
Hazel has had a rough time of late. She’s been having difficulty with her balance, and has been falling over on her side more and more.
New Fence Install, Day 7: Even More Pickets
Another day, another rush to get outside after work to put in a bit of time on the fence. This time, I asked Liz to get a few photos of me doing the install (I tend to take most of the photos on here, and I don’t tend to make an appearance as much).
While I love documenting our process, I wanted a few photos of me in the mix.
History Lesson
I am four in this photograph, standing
on a wide strip of Mississippi beach,
my hands on the flowered hips
of a bright bikini.
New Fence Install, Day 6: More Pickets
After work, we suited up and headed outside – trying to take advantage of the longer days, and trying to get a bit of fence time after the work day.
Playing Kelp (or Rather, Learning to Play Kelp)
We got a late start, and I think we settled in around 9PM. But most of our time was looking over the instructions and slowly reading them out loud as we set things up together.
New Fence Install, Day 5: Middle Rail and First Pickets
Bought a new siding nailer, and getting ready to load it up with nails. The thirteen year old in me is clapping his hands, and jumping up and down.
New Fence Install, Day 4: Top Board, Continued
While we are still using our jigs to determine the placement of the top board, it was difficult to see where to screw in. Liz got the measurement and we used a chalk line to figure out where they go.
Morning Walk: Parks and Flowers
Walking around the neighborhood, spotted this large hand. Leftover from Halloween? A parade prop that someone just can’t throw away?
I guess the liked it. And liked it enough to put a ring on it.
Morning Walk: Fence Analysis
On our morning walk, we stumbled across a lost set of keys. Tucked within the green, they look weathered, like they’ve been here a long while – waiting. I wondered if their owner will ever find them, if these keys will ever again meet the locks they are bound to.
Maybe in autumn, when the leaves fall away. And a random walk. And a random glance.
Hazel, Closeup
While I am biased, I also know I am right: Hazel is impossibly cute. Here she is, looking curious – as evidenced by her facial expression, as well as that one ear sticking out to the side.
New Fence Install, Day 3: Top Board Begins
Made a few jigs that I was pretty proud of. This jig put the top board flush on the opposite side of the fence, resulting in the top board leaning over onto our side with enough material to cover two rows of pickets, along with our top trim.
New Fence Install, Day 2: Unexpected Rain and Hail, Working from Another Yard
At the rate we were going, I’m confident Liz and I could have finished the middle rail today as well (though it would have taken us another 2 hours, and would have left us a bit exhausted).
That said, we got a lot done and decided to call it quits a bit after 4PM. A full day, with a bit of time left in the evening for us to feel like we could still have a weekend.
The more we progress, the more we get to the quick/fast/rock-n-roll part of the fence install that I’ve been looking forward to. We still have a lot of details to work out, but we’ve been working faster and faster, which has been great feeling.
New Fence Install, Day 1: Arguments and Angles
A large part of our morning was receiving the delivery from Menards, and then relocating everything from the end of the driveway down near the backyard.
Stain and Shellac Experimentation, Continued
I have long since lost track of all the variations and tests and permutations she’s tested out. I am a terrible chronicler of this process, and all I can really do nowadays is just photograph her, doing these complex things and imagining a spiral notebook chock full of data and numbers, floating above her head.