Our westy is still going (mostly) strong, but this story hit me right in the feels

One more for the Oregon adventure list, hiked the cathedral tree trail to the Astoria column. A 300 year old tree is a site to behold.

Everything that used to work is still working and I now have functioning solar as well. Also, now I know what all the wires do.

My wife was just doing my daughters hair this morning before they head to camp drop-off. My daughter was fussing that it hurt, to which my wife replied, “No one said it was easy to be beautiful.”

My daughter immediately replied “It was a few minutes ago!” ☠️

I’ve been getting the Westy ready for our summer camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Trying to wire up Solar and the new battery. Finding myself wishing the previous owner had labeled literally anything.

I am dying. Woke up this am and my yard waste bin was missing. Online it costs $50 to replace and I started getting righteous. Then I discover waste management records a video of every pickup. … They are replacing it for free. 😂

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Yesterday I noticed this thing on a telephone pole near my house. It’s about 8 feet up and doesn’t have any wires coming out of it. It looks like it has an antenna similar to a wireless access point. Any guesses what this might be?

Embroidered graffiti is now my favorite graffiti.

🎨 Slowly seeing progress in watercolors. It really helps to take a break and look at your work later.

Currently reading: The Anarchist’s Workbench by Christopher Schwarz 📚

“Ideas and words are never enough. The ideas have to be dragged out and poked with a stick to to see if there’s any life in them. And that takes time.”

The kid is gonna be alright.

Still working through a backlog of vacation snapshots. This labyrinth on Bainbridge Island is perfect. A slow walk in the woods, a quiet nod to a stranger, and suddenly the world feels calmer than before.

Airbnb, brought to you by Palmolive.

So many treasures.

It’s that way.

Fourth door for the library. I’m getting better and building these. This time I added an hook and loop catch. If this fails I might need to look at new hinges.

Ongoing Little Library drama. Some savage snapped the new door off. Back to the shop.

I didn’t brew the beers I planned so I’m catching up. Last week was a winter warmer, moved to secondary fermentation. This week, Octoberfest, just in time for April. Protip: a TimeTimer makes an excellent boil timer. #homebrew

Winter storms ripped the door off of our little library. This weekend I rebuilt it, this time I went with a single door using dowels to join the frame. 🤞