A Little Progress is Still Progress

A Little Progress is Still Progress

      I started chopping out the charred wood from yesterday's burn. It went pretty well, but I decided I wanted it to look more like a canoe, so I rolled it over and used a string to measure where I needed to cut.           I...

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Semi-Social Distance Saturday.

Semi-Social Distance Saturday.

We did pretty good today. Amy did have to take the dog to the vet this morning, but otherwise we stayed home, tried to stay clean and maintained some distance betwixt ourselves. Since I am still working at the Ortho Clinic, I've been sleeping in the back bedroom and...

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Fire & Adze

Fire & Adze

  https://vimeo.com/402266036 More work on the canoe. Using fire and an adze to hollow out the cottonwood log. Visit adventuresidecar.com for other adventures, poetry and even recipes. more information about the dugout canoe project can be found at:...

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Throwback Thursday – Big Red

Throwback Thursday – Big Red

I got a phone call the other night from Ike, the fellow who ended up with my big bore KLR rig. He had some questions about the tail-light wiring. Unfortunately, I couldn't help him; the tail-light was something Larryboy installed before I swapped bikes with him. It...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    3/25/26 6:00 44F (6.66C) Calm, quiet, mostly cloudy with a ring of clear sky around the bottom. Yesterday's  rain has stopped,  for now. Walter waited patiently for me on the back deck while I  dawdled making tea and feeding the cat. Amy gets home from...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    3/23/26 7:30 32F (0C) It is a calm, quiet morning. Ice coats the deck, bumpy and slick. There is just the slightest of breezes and a thin, high overcast furs the sky. Birds converse in low voices. I just plucked a box elder beetle from my hair. The...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      3/22/26 6:00 30F (-1C) Calm,  clear and frosty. Birds sing against the fluttering background rumble of distant  orchard fans. A turkey calls in the woods across the street. A duck rises from the pond and flies off quacking. Walter growls, barking...

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Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

It was shirtsleeve weather and sunny in town, pretty mild for the second day of spring. Mike and I decided to go look for snow. We found it at 3000' in the Gifford Pinchot. There was no snow below that level and ice flows covering the road above that. Satisfied, we...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      3/21/26 5:30 48F (8.8C) Faint breeze with stronger gusts. Clear and starry above, surrounded by a ring of low clouds The nieghbor was walking around his farm with a flashlight,  which piqued Walter's interest. He's gone inside and the dog has...

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