This weekend was garage and barn tidy time. Which inevitably results in a trip to the local transfer station. Load up the flatbed trailer and hitch it up to the adventure truck (don’t forget to take a dog along!) and …
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One Finished and One Not-So-Much
Work on the balloon seller picture is complete. You can see a full-size digital version here. (no small version today — can’t get it to resize correctly — maybe tomorrow) The image in the gallery is a digital version that I made for Jim …
Read MoreThe Fool’s Trial, Gold Bar, WA April 6, 2008
To start, I want to say thanks to all of the folks who worked their butts off to put this event on. It was originally planned for Deer Flats, about 5 miles up the road and, more critically, abouit 1500 feet higher …
Read MoreOne of My Favorite TV Shows from Way Back
Back in the day (newly married) the DH and I used to watch a lot of the discovery channel. One of the most charming shows was The Secret Life of Machines. Everyday items like vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and quartz …
Read MoreNew Techniques
I’ve got a shiny new copy of Photoshop CS3 and have been experimenting. In Photoshop Creative Collection v3 (no link available) there’s a technique that mimics pen and ink. Something that is similar to some watercolor and ink work that …
Read MoreGraphic Design pRon for my gearhead friends
Thusly: Linkage including a very early Michelin man alas no motos on this one, though the site pretty wells rocks. via: amy crehore edited 25.june.2008 to correct image links
Read MoreThe Spring Trial, Gold Bar, WA. 2 March 2008
Another season has begun. We should have gotten started in February, but too much snow kept us from holding our traditional “Ice Trial”. A tad ironic, that. Be that as it may, roughly 35 of us showed up at Gold Bar, …
Read Moregear review: Alpinestars Trials boots
I purchased these boots last winter, replacing a pair of well-worn Gaerne’s that had finally sprung a leak. For Trials riders in Western Washington, leaky boots are a real downer, since we spend substantial time walking through muddy/wet sections. I’ve …
Read MoreNew Work in the Gallery.
The final images for the House of Mythical Creatures are up in the collage gallery.
Read MoreInspriation: Zapotec Designs
We spent Saturday with our friend Demetrio Bautista Lazo the weaver. In addition to eating too much. (Gracias, Maribel por la comida muy delicioso!) We went walking around the town of Teotitlan. That’s Demetrio showing me a tree of life …
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