Final Tucson Projects–Turtle Fountains, Footstools and Chiminea’s
The temperature in Tucson when I return climbs into the low 90’s. It’s time to finish off projects and head to cooler climes. The trip to San Francisco (NPS Tradeshow–previous blog) was my fifth or sixth roadtrip last winter marketing my book and...
Septic Tanks and a Summer Spent
The first order of business this summer is to go fishing. I first invite a friend who knows where the fish are and we catch about 15 halibut–all small ones–but we toss some back. Halibut are getting smaller–if you want the big ones (40#),...
Of Boats, Birdhouses and the Man of Stihl
Picking up where I last left off, I hire a local logger, George Rice, who loves to fell trees. He shows up with two huge Stihl chainsaws, a maul and several wedges and gets to work. The largest tree is tied to two others in one huge root-ball towering about...
Back North and the Big Blowdown
It’s time to return to Alaska again–to destruction, frozen pipes and this time uprooted trees–lots of them. We had an Easter storm that even the Easter bunny couldn’t stand. Move over Punxsutawney Phil……. It’s good-bye to...