Grill cabinet, continued (and more)...   I got a good six or seven hours in on the cabinet yesterday.  The first of three units is now com...

Gradients...  As I walked out to my barn this rainy morning, this rock wall caught my eye.  This is the rock facade on the bottom of my b...

The grill cabinet is started!   I was able to put four solid hours into this yesterday, and I got a lot further in that time than I expected...

Catching up a bit...   I spent an entire day spraying this week (2,4-D) – our lawn and that of two of our neighbors.  I have a nice spraying...

Apparently thermometers ... are more difficult to make than I'd ever have imagined.  Over the past few years, we've tried perhaps a ...

Hardwood and flowers make a nice day!   Early yesterday morning we set off for Salt Lake City, to visit the MacBeath hardwood store.   Thi...

Enquiring minds apparently want to know...   Two people have written me in the last few days to see if my use of diphenhydramine as a sleep...

14,000 and counting...   The previous post was the 14,000th post I've published since I started this blog over 13 years ago.  It's h...

We see Lily (and her mom, Lizzy) every week or two...   Consequently, it seems like there are large changes in Lily every time we see her....

Finished!  With the trip planning, that is.  Eighteen days, just over 6,000 miles, 84 supercharger stops, and 15 different lodgings.  Whew!...

I'm up to my neck ... in trip planning.  We're going on a big road trip in a few weeks – from Utah to Maine and back.  We'll...

Can't believe I forgot to mention this!   While in Lander, Wyoming a few days ago, we spent a delightful couple of hours in the Fremont ...

Here's an incredible free resource I just ran across...   The BBC has posted over 16,000 sound effect files (in WAV format), licensed f...

The statue is unloaded and unpacked ... and in a temporary parking position for a few months until we've finished our water feature (wh...

We're back!   And such a lovely little trip we had...  Our route (both ways) took us around Bear Lake, then to Evanston, Rock Springs, a...