Knife — A quick test of the new photography table. Jim gave me the knife a few months ago. The piece of driftwood was washed up on the Baltic coast and is amazingly lightweight.
Set up for a quick test — I used a small hand-held fill in light for the test pictures. It has finely adjustable color temperature and brightness.
September 1, 2023 9:35
Sparkle Zone Storage Center, Stage Two, almost complete — Some final adjustments to the bottom doors to be made. There is still some minor work and finishing touches to be completed. Apart from that, all done. +5
August 31, 2023 9:09
A costly mistake… At $70 per door, and I ruined two doors before I realized my error. I forgot to allow for the Inset panel (at 3/16-inch) when selecting screws to mount the doors on cross braces. That brings my ‘Cock-up Account’ up to $200 in a couple of months (don’t ask).
August 30, 2023 9:40
Sparkle Zone Storage Center, Stage One, almost complete. Now for the fiddly bit of the end panel and the ‘fill-in’ panels. That big gap — that’s a special space, and will be Stage Two!
August 26, 2023 17:47
It fits — Carcasses fitted to the wall, this, and fitting the doors is the easy bit.
August 26, 2023 14:06
Will it work? Dry fit. Just eyeballing it to make sure we like the use of space, and checking I hadn’t messed up my size calculations.
August 26, 2023 10:15
Boxes — I was going to custom build the Sparkle Zone Storage Center, but we realized we could save a lot of time (but not $$$ — the doors alone were nearly $700) by bringing in ready-made units.
August 26, 2023 9:58
An empty wall equals storage potential. Recently we’ve been on the lookout for more storage space. We have also been looking for somewhere with space, that we can use for small product photography. The south facing windows of the ‘Sparkle Zone’ offer good light and, we realized, space for storage of our photography gear — and more.
August 26, 2023 9:51
I finally found a use for one of the few small rock samples I have collected over the years. I also tried out some new (to me) technologies in creating this post.
August 25, 2023 11:59
Morning sunlight in the workshop. +1
August 19, 2023 9:41
Workshop Bling — I finally got around to adding some drawer pulls onto the drawers in the workshop/garage.
August 19, 2023 9:30
Rumpled — I loved the play of light, how the duvet mimics the shapes of two people lying back-to-back, and the stories implicit in the folds and wrinkles of the duvet and sheet.
August 19, 2023 9:06
Cleaning & Reorganizing — My biggest recent upgrade has been to plumb in compressed air lines so I don’t trip over the airline snaking its way across the floor. I should have done it years ago. +1
August 18, 2023 17:42
Hall Closet #2 finished — well, except the wall still needs patching and repainting.
August 18, 2023 14:35
Stained, ready for varnishing.
August 8, 2023 13:28
Workshop — mid-project. +1
August 6, 2023 12:02
Hall Closet #2 door trim added & doors fitted.
August 5, 2023 11:31
Checking — will everything fit as planned?
August 3, 2023 16:47
Measurements — It was a key requirement that this cart fitted and would pass easily through the doorway.
August 2, 2023 9:29
Backpacking gear to the rescue — Making breakfast and charging my phone while the power is out. We were lucky, we only went without power for 21 hours. +1
July 31, 2023 8:15
Hall Closet #2 — making a start. We’ve been planning to convert this space into a closet for some time now.
July 30, 2023 15:30
Four days by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness, July 2023. It’s time I took a short break, watched the lake for a while, did some navel-gazing, and maybe some journaling. Journal: 10 15
July 9, 2023 18:00
Trip over — Three nights and four days by the lake. I left a day early as I didn’t fancy hiking out in the 90°F+ temps forecast for Monday. +1