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How to build a birdhouse

Posted in Building, Designing, Gardening, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Have I mentioned that I am obsessed with birds? I am. I want them to come live in my garden. Lots of them. So, in true DIY fashion, I decided to make some houses for them to come and live in. It’s actually super simple. To make a birdhouse you need five pieces: front and [...]

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Bird Nerd

Posted in Building, Gardening, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , on April 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Since I still have a day job, I’m not quite ready for my Big Year – the quintessential bird watcher’s epic journey so memorably depicted in the mediocre yet entertaining Steve Martin movie of the same name. But perhaps because I have a day job, on weekends I have found myself becoming endlessly fascinated with birds. [...]

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These big wheels gotta roll

Posted in Building, Designing, Gardening, tagged , , , on December 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Two years ago, when I was laid up with a broken ankle, I moved our project along by snarfing things off Craigslist and sending Steve out to get them. He returned from one of these trips with a confession: “I also bought some wagon wheels.” Some? “Well, four. They were a really good price and [...]

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Adventures in wood, part 2, or, please don’t “little lady” your female customers lest they come after you with that wire brush

Posted in Building, Designing, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , on February 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »

My first memorable “little lady” experience was in high school. I already knew how to cook and sew, so when I had to choose a “practical” elective I convinced the school to let me take night classes in wood shop and auto shop. Lesson one was changing the oil. I took the cap off the [...]

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Sheetrock, upholstery, geometry, and me

Posted in Building, tagged , , , , on January 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »

When I was a sophomore in high school, I took geometry from Mr. Carr and decided I was an idiot when it came to measurements, angles, and spatial relationships. Many years later, out of necessity, I decided to slipcover a couch. I was nervous, given my experience in geometry, but we were young and poor [...]

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