when salmon fishing got canceled, we hit the coast for some rock fishing

a man and his dog

last days of summer veggies

chickens taking refuge under the apple tree in the first rains of the season

neil trims a gnarly douglas fir

more from my 30th: river day with snorkle and dogs

neil's fishing trip in CO with ole jeff

drinks in the mission: vittum brothers and me

azzy and michael

pearl and ben got hitched and we partied in black mountain

black mountain homestead




"them some quiltin' people"

some pre-wedding music: simon plays the saw





alex, me and homemade apple mead


cleanup

Crackin' a cold one and kickin' back.

i stole this from squibgrowsup.blogspot.com

my birthday

we may never see the pictures from the tubing adventure in the river. we may only have this one relic of the giant turkey leg bbq.

neilio's birthday

complete with surprise guests, wine tasting, redwood tour and a horse shoe bbq, it was a really good day.



wasnt easy getting the pins in, but the demolition crew finally got it done.


does anyone want to see what a double ringer looks like?! here it is. done.


redwood walk

these are the surprises.

portraits of all those in attendance:

crimedog

deni


alex


neil


me

new house pictures

finally. it's true. we have a house.

chickens 101

although a long time coming these pictures of new home construction, but i finally have some good internet access, so here they are. alex and bianca made the first stage of project chicken coop happen. they also made the first stage, of "get all these boxes out of our life and have a living room" happen. thanks guys.