I built a platform bed because I don’t know where people by furniture.
IKEA is the only store with furniture that I don’t mind. Their furniture is functional and doesn’t try to make the homeowner look more interesting than they are. Bedroom furniture is the worst. Stores sell bedroom sets that look like they were build from wood salvaged from dilapidated Amish barns or rescued from Belgian whorehouses.
I’m finally finishing the grout and trim on the downstairs bathroom. It’s not a big job, but I’d rather screw around at home, then go to Home Depot to get what I need to finish the job. Sparky likes doing everything, but loves going for car rides.
He customarily gets a treat when the last errand is run, and we are ready to drive home. I don’t know why he gets a treat when he is already so happy about the car ride. I gave him a treat once, and now he turns his charisma up to 11. I am powerless to stop.
Sparky makes it fun to run errands.
Planting a tree is a good project because once it’s established, the tree does all the work.
When I saw the Sagrada Familia basilica being built in Barcelona, it seemed very planet-of-the-ape-y.
It was designed by Gaudi, and has an organic look that I really like. This was in 1991, and since it was being built by Spaniards with private donations, I doubted it would ever be done.
Now it is finished, mostly, and there is a Lego Sagrada Familia kit for $799. It looks horrible.
We’ve been busy doing grueling and grimy work, so I didn’t take many photos.
During Sparky’s long day, we shuttled IBC totes from the mulch yard, to my buddy’s house for later retrieval. He’s got a thriving firewood business, so I wanted to get the totes from his house to mine, then set them up for firewood.
Sparky likes a car ride, so he wanted to come along to the mulch yard. It was a longer day than he’d expected.
When I started teaching at Normandy in 1995, I was coming off of an engineering career that was mentally challenging because every project was unique and exhausting because of the long hours on site and extensive travel.
I was enthusiastic. Normandy was a great school for me because nobody was paying attention. I could do whatever I wanted, and I wanted to do so many things. I didn’t care about the time, money or effort, if something seemed like a good idea, then we did it. The mural was a good idea.
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster. Today, people know about the disaster, with many becoming familiar from the excellent miniseries Chernobyl. It has an IMDB score of 9.2 and is worth watching on HBO Max.
At the time, it was the radioactive fallout over Scandinavia that got my attention. Ten years later, I had a student who had been there.
I have been painting molding and trim in the solarium. Over time, it gets nicked up and scratched, so it’s a nice, limited project. Sparky doesn’t like it because I can’t stop to play. When I am sitting on the floor to get the low stuff, Sparky isn’t welcome to help. I have to send him away.
Now that the work is done, Sparky is happy to go outside and goof around. It’s so nice out, I’m tempted to get a beer and go back outside.
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