Well day two wasn’t as fun as day one. It started with this, and a look at the interior: then on to roofing and wrapping: ‘ Then they tidied up and battened down the hatches for the 5 storm days ahead. They’ll be back Monday morning.
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Denison Farms…
We get the CSA veg box each week from June to November, and enjoy it all, but there is usually ONE week in the fall where the assemblage is absolutely gorgeous and this was the week:
The Garden Studio build, day 1
What a day! Dave (the builder) arrived with a uhaul filled with all the parts: Dave and Wayne (the contractor) looked at the site: Lowe’s arrived and then everything was taken to the back… the concrete piers were put down and then the decking floor and walls then the door and window wall: view from […]
Fall Ride…
Mark Babson came to get me today for a ride in the bike taxi. We took off into the fall sunshine and WHAT TOTAL FUN!! 14th and Center: Across the RR bridge: Past the carousel: Toward (and through) the Willamette campus: over the TIUA footbridge…looking north: and looking south: and a lot of places I […]
Wall Blast
I just loved this wall
Free Bouquets…
This coming week we start to build the studio (!!!) so I had to trim the big hydrangea this morning so the workmen can get by it. I put out 2 big bouquets of hydrangeas…they make such pretty bouquets in the house in the fall…with a free sign on them…it seemed a shame to stash […]
Elizabeth Bauman…Conversations…
Thursday night we went up to Mary Lou Zeek Gallery 2 to see Liz Bauman’s new paintings. The space is wonderful and though by appointment only, is one worth keeping your eye on. Elizabeth has been working hard the last few years painting, and expanding her range of narrative and media. This summer she worked […]
The Last of Hawaii…
My tan is fading but the pictures of Hawaii are still firmly in my head. I realized my detour into trenching had subverted my need to put my entire vacation on the blog. Short but sweet here are the images of the last 5 days in Maui: Palm trees and sugar cane…fascinatingly sugar cane is […]
Trench Day:3:30
By the time I got home Bill was gone and about 95% of the trench was done, proving that Bill is amazing:
TRENCH DAY!!!
Little notes have been left by various guys: no TV/no cable no PGE/no NWNG (I love these little notes…) so Bill showed up early to begin hand-digging the trench: Very cleverly he put masking tape 18 inches up the shovel handle to be able to measure the trench as he goes…what a genius. Oh, a […]
On The Way 