The bathroom in our home is in serious need of a face-lift, something we’re finally getting around to. In preparation for this adventure, we trundled out this morning to look at bathroom tiles. We started by looking in a couple box stores. Based on what… Read More
We hung one of the snowy owls out on the deck. It’s beside a star, one of our early mosaics. There are loads of mosaic pics over at our Long Branch mosaics site, if you’re interested in seeing some of our other work. Next up,… Read More
Quite the choir today from these guys as we drove up to Long Branch Animal Clinic with Ladybug and Jacques. Everyone was a rockstar today!
In one of my Lazy Allen stories, My Dog’s Bigger than your Dog, I mentioned the Clown Prince of Polka, Walter Solek. In the story, the narrator, Lazy Allen, tells his buddy Staashu about the day he played poker with Walt Solek at a stag… Read More
It didn’t occur to me that my impending retirement from my day-job would come with a mess of paperwork, but as it turns out it does. Forms galore. Add a declaration or two. Documentation. There is benefits stuff, insurance stuff, pension stuff…and some choices to… Read More
Not that kind of hanging. Mosaic hanging day. We took advantage of the nice weather to hang one of the snowy owl mosaics and also a butterfly mosaic. This was good timing because just yesterday, Tuija (who walks the partners when we’re at work)… Read More
I’m really looking forward to gardening this year. Since I’m saying bye-bye to the work-a-day world, I’m going to structure in regular gardening time (after my morning swim and before a painting session?), and I expect to be able to tackle some garden projects as… Read More
This night two years ago I didn’t get much sleep, as it was the eve of Tuffy P’s liver surgery. For those who don’t know, my wife volunteered to be an anonymous living liver donor. That means she gave up something like 65% of her… Read More
Here’s the new butterfly mosaic – this one is approximately 2 feet square. Tuffy P did a great job on this one. My only role was to make the shaped ground. This mosaic features a variety of items from broken crockery to pokerchips. There is… Read More
27th Street 