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Jul 6 2019

7 a.m.this morning hazy and dew.


July 8 2019 Shop wall

“On the seventh day, they blew their horns and the walls came tumbling down” Joshua 6   I was back working on my reno in my shop today. It was a nervous day. I had to cut the last two supports, so I could put a beam up. Then I needed to put in supports on…


Jul 6 2019 Nestle

“I did a character called Captain Q for Nestle’s Quik. Those commercials were kind of funny.” Adam West Nestle. I grew up with nestle quick and the ads. Television was new in the sixties and children like me at the time were very vulnerable to the ads. We were the ones they tried to reach,…


July 4 2019 independence Day

“As I got older and more educated about things like chemicals in food and how beef is processed, I simply stopped eating certain things because it felt like the right thing to do.” Lindsay Wagner While the Americans celebrate their independence Day, I celebrate one of my own. I have learned about the biggest conspiracy…


Jun 29 2019 Full of Air

“I love being outside and getting fresh air.” Marisa Tomei A lot has happened since I last wrote in here, the least of all: I bought a new carpenter pencil sharpener and I just spent a few minutes sharpening every pencil I could find. What I can’t figure out is why I didn’t do that…


June 12 2019 Zombies and saw

FROM JUNE 2014


Jun 11 2019 Barn door

“This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?” Spencer Tracy Today is install barn door hardware day. It was actually cheaper to buy the hardware then make it out of parts you buy or find. Not if you buy from home Depot…


June 9 2019 Green n snow

“I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don’t want to see skyscrapers.” Andre Leon Talley Don’t much feel like writing, but I am glad the green is back. Although in some parts of Alberta saw snow over the weekend.


Jun 4 2019 Clean water ⭐

Well that’s interesting. I just discovered something about my water. I ran out of rainwater in my collection tank, it needs cleaning anyways, and we haven’t had much rain, the extremely high amount of forest fire smoke is a good indication of that. Rain Water from there, takes four days to filter through just my…


Jun 2 2019 On the roof

“Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done.” Mother Angelica  What possesses an old man with balance problems, arthritic knees and way too many injuries to even mention, to climb two ladders up 35 feet onto a roof so slippery I could barely hang on,…