5ive Signs of Spring

Me, in my nasty threadbare hat


Bamboo structures, reassembled for 2008 and awaiting the speedy growth of fava beans, long beans, green beans, zucchinis, tomatoes, butternut squashes, lettuces, green peppers, red peppers, jalapenos, peas, asparagus, cucumbers... for starters anyway


Plants cast out, greenhouse reclaimed for car and bicycles.


Back steps crowded with same plants, happy to be out in the dewey nights again.


and last, but not least, the hammock. a sure sign of spring.

Wheels Are soooo Overrated!

Even though a wee little bit Retro, it looks as if it will get us there in a jiff.. Swell!



And while i'm at it, i'll take one of those Retro Beach Houses too!

Which One Should We Take to the Beach?

Decisions decisions.

Alive

Spring is finally here, not a moment too soon. I finally succumbed to some horrible flu bug over the past week, and am slowly getting my strength back and losing the terrible cough. I hope the devil is not incubating inside Steven as i click. Time to recuperate at the beach!

Cocktails Anyone?

How about a cigarette?

Shorpy.com

Well, i've whiled away a bit of time looking at gorgeous old photographs online today. If any of you go to Shorpy, be sure to go to the very first page to discover who Shorpy is, and why this blog is named thusly. Here is a smattering of photos i dig:

Dorothea Lange, et. al.

Gregg over at Petch House turned me on to THIS SITE. Wow. I could look at this for hours, days, weeks. Our new friend Gary keeps saying that in our age, there will be no record such as this, thanks to the digital revolution. Wiping out some virtual data in one fell swoop could wipe away a history that has no physical record, no artifacts, no tangible record of its photographic reality.

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What a sad story.

Authorities in Florida denied info to this guy about his partner, because they were not married. In a state that won't let them get married. His partner and his parents had just died in a plane crash. But since Eric and the guy "weren't actual family members," the authorities wouldn't tell him anything. So he saw that his partner and his partner's parents had died in a plane crash on the news.

See the video HERE.

Steven, we need to find an attorney to help us set up the legal stuff we need to set up since we can't get married.

I'll never forget that night mister, right after Janice died in a car crash, that you showed up at home after a workday at 9 pm. You'd forgotten your phone that day, and were just having a coffee with a coworker after working late at Earthlink, but i was in a cold sweat panic, calling the DOT and the Atlanta Police. No doubt i was fragile after the loss of Janice, but I remembered thinking "we need to do whatever we need to do" to at least get to pretend like we are married and can really take care of one another. That was 4 years ago.

If any of you want to join HRC, or renew your membership, you can do so HERE.

Lights Out

This Saturday, from 8-9 pm, be sure to turn all yours lights off and use no power. Check it out HERE.

Latest Craft Project

Last weekend i made a new medicine cabinet and lighting for the downstairs bath. We found an old empire (sort of) mirror at a giant antique market in Springfield the weekend before, and i built a new box behind that will hold much more than the old ugly 80s oak medicine cabinet now removed. There are no other cabinets in this bathroom but there is a small closet, so a bigger cabinet was the goal, along with a bit more style, as this sink is always visible from the front of the house since we opened the kitchen up to the living room. The lighting Steven found at the Lowe's sale table for like $4, and the black pipe holding it all up are some old curtain rods and parts we rebent, recut, and refashioned to hang the lamps over the sliding mirror. The raw wood you see on the back wall of the cabinet will be covered with some mirror pieces cut to go into the cubbies on the back wall (and thus cover up the lag screws) and i'll be done. The only part i am not happy with is the canopy covers over the wall jboxes (previous lighting was wall sconce-mounted bits too far back for a mirror thrust forward). And it's still not enough room for Mom & BC's little train cases of stuff, but we'll soon remedy that with another cabinet, coming someday soon!