A quick look from the workshop: running rough oak boards through the planer to prep the lumber for a cabinet project. I always like watching those first passes peel off the rough surface and bring out the clean, straight-grained wood underneath.
Oak is hard and heavy to work with, but it planes nicely and makes cabinets that last. The video shows the planer in action.
Our Dog of the Day for 11/5/2011 features Toodles and Holly, two Shih Tzus with great chemistry. “This is Toodles and Holly. Holly is 9 years old and Toodles is 1. Toodles kind of drives.” “Toodles kind of drives” might be the best line we have gotten in all of Dog of the Day history….
What can you grow in Wisconsin in 2 years? Quite a lot, as it turns out. These photos were taken two years apart, almost to the minute — 6/26/2009 and 6/26/2011. The difference is striking. What started as sparse young plantings against the house filled in into an established garden. A little patience in the…
Sweet Pea is a 2 year old Shih Tzu and she lives and dreams for her balls — she’s even noted for taking a nap with one in her mouth. She is such a loving dog and has the energy and curiosity of a two year old. Any time we get up from our chairs…
A portrait of Akiva looking up at the camera. He’s on a maroon rug, his brown-and-white coat freshly brushed out, with his green frog toy peeking into the corner of the frame. Akiva The Dog.
I took a drive down to Horicon Marsh last week. If you’ve never been, it’s the big cattail marsh southeast of Fond du Lac, and it’s usually called the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the country. It’s split in two. The northern two-thirds is the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, run by the federal Fish and…
Our Dog of the Day for 11/20/2011 is Sophie Bai Lei, a very playful 5-year-old with her own Facebook page. “My name is Sophie Bai Lei. I am a very playful 5 year old female Shih Tzu. I have my own Facebook page where I have met many doggie friends. I would love to be…