Category Archives: Photoblog

Our Hawaii Trip

Posted on January 4, 2010 by tpepper

We spent the last five days of 2009 in Hawaii, primarily on the Kona side. It was an amazing time. We had warm, sunny weather, did plenty of snorkeling, went to a luau, saw turtles (including while snorkeling), visited Blue … Continue reading →

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A cold night

Posted on December 24, 2009 by tpepper

It’s a cold, clear Christmas Eve which made a good opportunity to play with my new toys (lens and tripod).

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Thankful

Posted on November 27, 2009 by tpepper

Still didn’t manage to finish the dining room for yet another Thanksgiving. But it’s the love in the room that matters. We had a lot of love gathered around the table this year.

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Our potatoes are out of the ground

Posted on September 20, 2009 by tpepper

We ate quite a few this year during the summer, but today the girls did our main dig. They took 18lbs of potatoes out of the raised bed! I’m guessing we ate around 5lbs during the summer. Last year I … Continue reading →

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Out with plums; in with cherries

Posted on September 20, 2009 by myiphone

Last week I bought two cherry trees. In the meantime I cleared out a mess of volunteer plum trees, taking out about seven and leaving two. That leaves a proper amount of space for the new cherry trees. I suppose … Continue reading →

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Signed off on Portland TechShop woodworking

Posted on August 27, 2009 by myiphone

I took the second of two classes for the woodshop basic safety sign off at the Portland TechShop this evening. In the first class we made push sticks for the table saw. In the second class we made a board … Continue reading →

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Beams going up

Posted on August 16, 2009 by myiphone

I’ve had a productive couple days as I wind up my “sabbatical”. 64″ of rabbits, 54″ of dados, a trip to TechShop and a lot of love for the Fein Multimaster (driving by Woodcraft almost daily is dangerous on the … Continue reading →

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Panels all done

Posted on August 9, 2009 by myiphone

I’ve finally got the dining room panels all up. The final details sure can take a long time to finish not to mention recovering from various royal fubars along the way. And I miscalculated on molding and need to buy … Continue reading →

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Next bit of panels up

Posted on July 25, 2009 by myiphone

Yesterday I got (just) one more section up. I made a few mistakes which slowed me down. I’m trying to figure out what sort of molding to do to cap this section off as it meets the cabinet whic will … Continue reading →

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Berry mania

Posted on July 8, 2009 by tpepper

Nothing like a week away to see how productive a garden is. Our berry vines are cranking fruit out. I picked about half a gallon of raspberries (mostly black caps) and just shy of a whole gallon of marionberries. All … Continue reading →

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