Christmas 2023 started rough when the tree came crashing down and destroyed most of the ornaments and jewels; along with one of the rings. I'd been meaning to add some kind of winch system for years, but I was finally motivated to get one installed. Then the Modern … [Read more...] about Christmas 2023
PNG Shield
I found this PNG in a random auction here is Colorado and Lina won it. I built a stand out of some teak that's been sitting in my shop for a long while. I also aged the hardware. I think it looks great! Now it needs to find it's forever spot in the house. … [Read more...] about PNG Shield
Swamp Cooler to Humidifier Conversion
I decided that the swamp cooler would be too hard to explain and too personal for the new owners of the Great Dale, so I decided to remove it. Lina happened to pull out the crappy humidifier around the same time. As I was dreading listening to the noise from it, I realized … [Read more...] about Swamp Cooler to Humidifier Conversion
Friendsgiving 2023
After the travel-heavy schedule of 2023, we decided to stay home for Lina's birthday, which means Friendsgiving. We didn't want to get out of control like the year we had 20+ people over, so we kept it intimate this year. But we did have enough food for 30 people, of course. We … [Read more...] about Friendsgiving 2023
The Anova Precision Oven Has a New Home
I bought this fancy oven for the Airstream and because I wanted to try it out. Turns out that it is too big for the Airstream and Lina hates looking at it; so I had to relocate it to the garage, which meant running some conduit and adding a new circuit to the garage panel. … [Read more...] about The Anova Precision Oven Has a New Home