It may be sad…But it is ours.

boo!

click the image to see the rest of the gallery. Thomas went trick or treating on Sunday night. The neighborhood was full of kids running around. The weather was beautiful so Maggie and Thomas got to rake leaves and get lost in the pile.

ansel adams

I had an idea to add some images to the walls of my home. I have always respected good photography, and have always wanted to fill my home with classic images. Well I decided to take a look around my yard to see if I couldn’t come up with some images my self. I set [...]

thomas the tub. . . in the tub

click here to see a couple more images I have added 4 pictures of Thomas in the tub to the photo gallery. If your interested have a look.

distressed

I painted our hall tree a distressed white

hall tree bench

The family went the covered bridge festival in Winterset this weekend. While we where there we stepped into a second hand furniture shop. We have been looking for some time for a hall tree bench. This one fit the build. It is currently off-white. But this weekend I am going to give it a paint [...]

pumpkin patch

click here to view the gallery This last weekend we went to a pumpkin patch to get Thomas his first pumpkin. He had a great time. We got to ride a hay rack about a mile from the farm house and then picked out our favorite pumpkin. When we got back they had a hay [...]

portfolio

click here to take a look at my freelance work portfolio. I finally got around to updating the blog to hold a small portion of my portflio. I added some thumbnails and some links to sites and print work I have been working on in the last couple of months. If you have any web, [...]

wanted!

A desk. . . I need a desk. I have 2 and I hate them both. I am converting my formal living room into an office. So I have a blank slate and can do anything I want in the room. Its 15×15 and has lots of open space the problem is I don’t know [...]

who would want that thing?

While driving home from the hardware store last weekend I thought I noticed a 2×12 in the tall grass of the ditch about a mile from my house. See I get this wandering eye from my dad. When I was a kid, I can remember stopping and picking up chains, tarp straps, I even remember [...]

just watching the grass grow

My grass seed is taking off. Its day 6 today and the yard is getting more green every day. I noticed the seed at day 3 just breaking the ground. Day 4 It grew about an inch. Awesome. This is going to work out great.

kids pack

My friend Ed let me borrow their Kelty Kid Pack. I borrowed it on a Friday night and Thomas spent the day in it Saturday. Every night since I got it we go on a walk up the road about a 1 mile. I pretend like I am in training for a summer hiking trip. [...]

just watching the grass grow

The title of this post is meant as sarcasm. I haven’t posted for a long time. My excuse of course is the same it always has been. I spend all daylight hours working on establishing my yard and the all the night time hours working on some freelance projects, not to mention the OT at [...]

interior design is hard

Last night before I went to bed. I was really thinking about the interior design of my house. We don’t have a single picture on the wall. Not one. So I have been trying to think of some creative solutions that Maggie and I can apply to the house. We really like the so called [...]