Blog Archive: Week of 22 August 2021
Friday, 27 August 2021
Who, me? I'd never do a thing like that (below). Also, just added two more photo essays: Timelapse VI and Up On the Roof. And in other news, I've begun a series of videos on my homebuilding efforts; they'll be online shortly.
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Well, the bed was made... until Zack expertly unmade it! (He's in there, by the way, under the covers between the pillows.) Also note that yesterday's post inspired Timelapse V for the home website, a surprisingly good timelapse sequence—surprising because of how many images I found taken from the same vantage point. During my searches, I also came up with lots of new images for Timelapse II, Timelapse III, and Timelapse IV.
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
For those who contact me by text, please be aware that my phone's charging port has crapped out, and I may not be able to respond right away. Meanwhile, today's image has much more to it than meets the eye. Taken in 2014, almost a year after I'd purchased the property, it documents some storm damage: that bifurcated tree, dead center, used to be trifurcated; the third part was blown down and is lying on the ground. Although the event was perfectly ordinary under ordinary circumstances, it triggered significant changes to my plans: the house was originally to be on level ground at the top of the ravine, just out of view, with the deck dropping down a little and wrapping around that stand of trees. Thus it was quite fortuitous the storm did the damage when it did; otherwise, it would have taken out the deck and possibly part of the house. Furthermore, the damage revealed the terrible condition of the trees, so I had them cut down, much as it pained me; they were a threat to anything nearby, especially since the storm damage further weakened them. This then cleared the way for the house to settle down into the ravine, a much more pleasing and dramatic arrangement. Nature did me a favor.
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Going to be a while drying out from Henri—the ground is squishy underfoot. Perhaps appropriate that today's image is a watercolor (albeit a digital one; here's the original image).
Monday, 23 August 2021
Last night I found a treasure trove of lost/forgotten railfanning video files, and consequently I've been producing and uploading new videos like a mad person. If you're a railfan, please be sure to see what's new. And for feline fanatics, there's a bunch of new itty bitty kitty viddies as well. Meanwhile, hurricane Henri has, for me, just been 36 hours of heavy rain, yet no wind, fortunately. May take a week to dry out.