I’ve been at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, a wonderful place, run by the State of Calif. no less, for the last 2 days. It’s a whole bunch of buildings built in a pine forest/sand dunes looking down at a beach of white sand and crashing waves. The Timber Framers Guild is a big organization that has two conferences a year. This is the first one I’ve been to and I love it. My kinda people! A bunch of the buildings were designed by Julia Morgan, who along with Bernard Maybeck is one of my architect-heros. She designed these buildings in the early 1900s.
Merrill Hall at Asilomar. Julia Morgan, architect
Detail of Merrill framing
Here are a few random shots from yesterday and today. (It’s easier to blog when I’m on the road — so little time at home.)
Cool little Morris van
4-wheel drive wheel chair for beach travel. Sherm, are you ready?
Lotus owned by master woodworker Chris Feddersohn at the conference grounds. Chris seems to be having an awful lot of fun in life.
Colorful little house in Pacific Grove
