Author: doug

That little induction hotplate is actually a pretty reasonable heat source.  Certainly much easier to control than a camp stove.

Our contractor did the major demolition of the old kitchen today.  What may be good news: it looks to me that the house’s original fir floor may be intact under several layers of other flooring material. What may be bad news: my untrained eye wonders if the loose, flaky underlayment below the lowest layer of linoleum could be asbestos.  For both possibilities, only time will tell.

…are outside on the deck, waiting to be put out of their misery.

Lis and I took a walk in Auburndale Park today.  I didn’t bring my wildlife lens because of the threat of rain. So of course, we came across very photogenic and cooperative wood ducks. This was the best shot I could get of them.

It turns out there’s a tropical volcano inside our wall.  I think this project is going to be more involved than I realized.

Homemade whiskey stones, cut by me from soapstone.

Testing out a motion-sensitive webcam in the basement today, I caught one of our plumbers investigating our Samovar

This is as good a time as any to take the first frame of the kitchen project time-lapse.

I figured out a way to mount my good camera to a woodworking clamp, so I’ll be able to take time-lapse photos of our upcoming kitchen project, removing and replacing the camera to keep it out of harm’s way.  Gorilla Pod, you got nothing on me.

Our kitchen is packed into boxes.