8.31.10

This sunflower was totally dying and nasty looking - but you can't really tell.

8.30.10

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8.29.10

Today we saw this cat! It was hanging out by the Methodist church down the street from our house. It was pretty into getting pets from everybody. It was also pretty into looking almost exactly like Charlotte.

8.28.10

Close one! Back on track baby.

8.27.10

So send away the ghosts that haunt me now.

8.26.10

And then the water reached the West Coast
And took the power lines
And it was me and you
this could last forever
And the whole town under water
There was nothing we could do
It was dark blue

8.25.10

There are spiders ALL OVER THE PLACE, making little silk tunnels, nothing but death and disease hidden in darkness and danger.
*quote close enough*

8.24.10

Oh well. Let's try this again, shall we?

8.23.10

Narrow laneways filled with crooks.

8.22.10

The fence is well on its way.

8.21.10

With the completion of this trapdoor, construction on the deck has officially finished!

Alternate view.

8.20.10

Fuzzy moth.  Joining the trend.

8.19.10

The fence.  It is started.

8.18.10

I bought this record today. The picture didn't come out very well, and I didn't feel like retaking it, so I just played with the settings until it looked all washed out and weird. As long as I was going to use a bad picture, I was going to go all out.

8.17.10

The best calculator.

8.16.10

It was really nice out today.  I feel fall coming on.

8.15.10

Today we had some people over for s'mores. We got this firepit so we don't burn big holes in the deck.

8.14.10

Super cute bunny that Sam and his girlfriend brought to my parents' house.

8.13.10

Look at all this junk I picked up in the yard!

8.12.10

This will very soon be a fence. By very soon I mean sometime in the nearly foreseeable future.

8.11.10

Cicada skin!

8.10.10

Deck finished! It has been super hot and disgusting outside, though, so no real chance to enjoy it or take more pictures yet. There is still lumber all over the yard, and I do actually have one corner piece of the handrail to finish, as well as the trapdoor for the spigot.
But it's still a deck.

8.9.10

SO SICK OF YOU AND WHAT YOU ALLOW ME TO DO.

8.8.10

Adios, giant concrete step. You moved easier than expected, which, though redeeming, only hastened your demise.

8.7.10

Mystery plant, what are you?

8.6.10

Monsters come out after 10.

8.5.10

Deck boards and stairs in place! Now to assemble the railing...

8.4.10

This is how hot and humid it was at 7:00 this morning. I felt like I lived in a temperature-controlled bunker in some rain forest somewhere.

8.3.10

Joists up! This is what I did from 5-9 today. I was super sweaty!

8.2.10

Day two - all 12 holes dug, all 4 beams in place, smaller support beam for the spigot trapdoor also in place. Next up - joists!

8.1.10

Happy August!  Day one – 7 holes dug, one beam in place.