Quick visits, day trips, excursions, and weekends away. Anything under a week, you wouldn’t count as a genuine vacation. This includes camping trips, but excludes our many backpacking trips.
Day One — Annular Eclipse Trip. The plan is simple. We have set aside three days to drive to Odessa, Texas, which is in the middle of the Annular Eclipse track, where the weather is set to be clear and cold. We’ll watch the eclipse and then spend two or three days driving home. +2
Cats need glasses — and Morty agrees (sort of). Anything for a fluffy lap to sit on. +1
Ginger & Morty — Morty has a particularly strong headbutt.
Cottage Still Life – This photo started life as a joke picture for the girls, and then it took on a life of its own requiring a second ‘shoot’ just to put right a few of the details.
Snow in the yard and on the field – We woke Saturday morning to a light dusting of snow which had mostly melted by the evening.
Cottage in the snow – For the past couple of months Ginger has been working with her parents on a remodeling project, converting the one room with ensuite ‘Little House’ into a Writers/Get Away Cottage. It now has a living room/kitchenette, bedroom, HVAC and a wraparound deck out back. +1
Jim in the workshop. +1
Damascus steel knife – Jim tried his hand at making a Damascus steel knife blade.
Brass canon – Yes, it works! +1
In a corner of the workshop.
Kaleidoscope.
Looking out – past the forge.
New and Old – New welding visors and old posters.
Rasp snake.
Jim’s workshop – well, a large bit of it. You can’t see the anvils, forge, and lots of other tools that are behind me
Table. The legs are steel, not wood. It’s very heavy!
Old Tools. Detail from inside the tool chest.
Tool chest in the workshop.
Globe Lamp – sculpture by Jim Davis.
Butterfly – Mild steel and copper sculpture by Jim Davis. +1
On the workshop wall … A baby elephant, fish lamp, and lots of other goodies. +2
Sunflower – Mild steel sculpture by Jim Davis.
Afternoon in the garden – Mild steel sculpture by Jim Davis.
Ozarks Mule – Mild steel sculpture by Jim Davis.