Wednesday, January 18, 2006

boring you silly with yet another photo session


kay gives me a break

never satisfied, we've built a mantel and stained the brick for a deeper richer focal wall

never satisfied




still after a look and feel we can both live with, i.ve built a mantel for the fireplace and stained the brick for a richer focal point wall.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

CoLoR mY WorLd



Absolutely the world's cutest helper helpsCoLoR mY WorLdTim Allen would
be green with envy
kailani


this is a special album for several different
reasons.
1) this is the first color change we've made in our
new home which, with the exception of the grey exterior that we are
going to change at a later date, was delivered to us as a blank slate
of white.
2) i am actually doing (and enjoying) the painting
myself which i usually leave up to kay because i don't have the
patience or the tidiness to do. (see: perservering )
Oct 10, '04 tejasmidget said:
first
i had kay scrape up the old paint spills off the floor. then i had kay
stain small areas while shifting the furniture around the room. then i
had kay go over the stain with clearcoat. now i'm watching it dry.
easy!


- tejasmidget

3) i have a witty bitty
helper.
(who puts a smile on my face, and a beat in my
heart.)  me & g'pa



i literally started on the computer trying to visualize what it would look like, and it went from there........ALBUM











Saturday, January 07, 2006

CoLoR mY WorLd


proud of her work kailani shows off her smile

Absolutely the world's cutest helper helps CoLoR mY WorLd Tim Allen would be green with envy.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

moon&stars

One of the things that I like most about this new place is the unobstructed view of the night sky. Before, the trees crowded over the lawn, the drive, and the house so that when you stepped outside, hardly anything was visible.
I can't help but notice how the stars seem to form deliberate patterns in the sky, almost like a picture book, or hieroglyphics, or a code of some sort. Many shapes seem to be pointing at something, like directional signals, but what they are pointing to is just beyond our view. If you look away, your peripheral vision picks up even fainter signs and the stars just out of your central vision are brighter than when looked at directly. It is a beautiful view, best seen around 4 A.M. when the moon is furthest and the sky is dark. If it is possible, they seem to have drawn closer than when I was a boy.
Some may say that it is just gravitational pull that aligns the stars in such a unique and precise display, others may look and say it's just random.Yes, I've seen the movie, "a beautiful mind" and it's not like that. Astrologers and seamen see them for what use they may serve. Ancient peoples may have seen them as gods. There seems to be something mathematical, and logical, about the placement of the stars, but the scale is so grand, that we cannot comprehend.
Whatever is the answer to this mystery, I can't help but believe that there is reason in this picturesque scenery, that it has been put there for a purpose, that it is writing in the sky. Whatever the motive, it is deliberate and well placed, and can be enjoyed by skeptics, and scholars, and laymen alike.
For centuries, man has looked to the sky for answers, but has not been able to come to any significant judgment, only hypotheses, and theory, all vague, and inconclusive. I believe it is more simple, that is why it escapes us, it's splendor overwhelms our senses and we try too hard to unbelieve. When my grandchild is here, we enjoy pointing out the moon, and the brightest stars, and they bring wonder to us both, as she seems to accept them more easily as they are, without prolonged explanation.

moon&stars

One of the things that I like most about this new place is the unobstructed view of the night sky. Before, the trees crowded over the lawn, the drive, and the house so that when you stepped outside, hardly anything was visible.
I can't help but notice how the stars seem to form deliberate patterns in the sky, almost like a picture book, or hieroglyphics, or a code of some sort. Many shapes seem to be pointing at something, like directional signals, but what they are pointing to is just beyond our view. If you look away, your peripheral vision picks up even fainter signs and the stars just out of your central vision are brighter than when looked at directly. It is a beautiful view, best seen around 4 A.M. when the moon is furthest and the sky is dark. If it is possible, they seem to have drawn closer than when I was a boy.
Some may say that it is just gravitational pull that aligns the stars in such a unique and precise display, others may look and say it's just random.Yes, I've seen the movie, "a beautiful mind" and it's not like that. Astrologers and seamen see them for what use they may serve. Ancient peoples may have seen them as gods. There seems to be something mathematical, and logical, about the placement of the stars, but the scale is so grand, that we cannot comprehend.
Whatever is the answer to this mystery, I can't help but believe that there is reason in this picturesque scenery, that it has been put there for a purpose, that it is writing in the sky. Whatever the motive, it is deliberate and well placed, and can be enjoyed by skeptics, and scholars, and laymen alike.
For centuries, man has looked to the sky for answers, but has not been able to come to any significant judgment, only hypotheses, and theory, all vague, and inconclusive. I believe it is more simple, that is why it escapes us, it's splendor overwhelms our senses and we try too hard to unbelieve. When my grandchild is here, we enjoy pointing out the moon, and the brightest stars, and they bring wonder to us both, as she seems to accept them more easily as they are, without prolonged explanation.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

moon&stars




One of the things that I like most about this new place is the
unobstructed view of the night sky. Before, the trees crowded over the
lawn, the drive, and the house so that when you stepped outside, hardly
anything was visible.


I can't help but notice how the stars seem to form deliberate patterns
in the sky, almost like a picture book, or hieroglyphics, or a code of
some sort. Many shapes seem to be pointing at something, like
directional signals, but what they are pointing to is just beyond our
view. If you look away, your peripheral vision picks up even fainter
signs and the stars just out of your central vision are brighter than
when looked at directly. It is a beautiful view, best seen around 4
A.M. when the moon is furthest and the sky is dark. If it is possible,
they seem to have drawn closer than when I was a boy.


Some may say that it is just gravitational pull that aligns the stars
in such a unique and precise display, others may look and say it's just
random.Yes, I've seen the movie, "a beautiful mind" and it's not like
that. Astrologers and seamen see them for what use they may serve.
Ancient peoples may have seen them as gods. There seems to be something
mathematical, and logical, about the placement of the stars, but the
scale is so grand, that we cannot comprehend.


Whatever is the answer to this mystery, I can't help but believe that
there is reason in this picturesque scenery, that it has been put
there for a purpose, that it is writing in the sky. Whatever the
motive, it is deliberate and well placed, and can be enjoyed by
skeptics, and scholars, and laymen alike.


For centuries, man has looked to the sky for answers, but has not been
able to come to any significant judgment, only hypotheses, and theory,
all vague, and inconclusive. I believe it is more simple, that is why
it escapes us, it's splendor overwhelms our senses and we try too hard
to unbelieve. When my
grandchild is here, we enjoy pointing out the moon, and the brightest
stars, and they bring wonder to us both, as she seems to accept them
more easily as they are, without prolonged explanation.