Model of Tiny Home

April 1, 2016 at 2:46 am

We’ll be selling our books at The Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif., in May, and we decided to build a model tiny home for display. Our friend Tom agreed to make the model. It turned out that he got into it and spent over a month (not full time) on the project. He said he could have built the full size building in the same amount of time. It’s put together with glue. Window shutters and doors open on hinges.

The full size building is 10′ x 16′, scale here is 1 inch = 1 foot, so this is 10″ wide, 16″ long.  Single wall construction (no studs).

Materials for model:

Siding: cedar; bats: oak

Shakes: cedar

Ridge beams: redwood

Shutters: cedar

Door: walnut

Door and window trim: oak

It’s a little beauty.

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My Photo Exhibit of Driftwood Architecture Opening This Weekend

March 30, 2016 at 9:34 pm

I’m doing my first ever photo exhibit, opening this Saturday at the Bolinas Museum. It’s part of a 2-month-long exhibit on the subject of makeshift architecture, and features artists Jay Nelson, Whiting Tennis, and Eirik Johnson, along with my photos of driftwood beach shacks along the northern California coast.

Rick Gordon has processed and printed 24 14 by 18″ prints and printed them here on our new Epson Stylus Pro 4900 ink jet printer. They look pretty darn good! The ingenuity of anonymous beachcomber artists.

The opening is this Saturday, April 2nd. At 2PM, I’ll talk a bit about my background and our 46 years of publishing books on building and fitness; at 3PM, there’s a reception.

Bolinas Museum

48 Wharf Road

Bolinas, California  94924

https://www.bolinasmuseum.org

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Brazilian Seahorse in Aqarium Store

March 29, 2016 at 9:15 pm

This is just one of the many sea creatures at this remarkable store: the 6th Avenue Aquarium and Flowers place at 429 Clement in San Francisco. There must be 50-60 tanks of exotic sea creatures, all clean and beautifully tended.

The 3 or so blocks centering on 5th Ave. and Clement is a great neighborhood, with 3-4 dim sum places, Chinese herbs, all kinds of ethnic restaurants. The Cafe Bunn is a great Vietnamese restaurant, with Vietnamese sandwiches along with typical Vietnamese dishes, good, inexpensive.

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2nd-Day-of-Spring Trip to Mendocino County

March 23, 2016 at 4:01 pm

Conjunction of Four

Sunday was the Spring Equinox (also Evan’s birthday).

Monday was Bach’s birthday.

Tuesday I left home at 6 AM for points north.

Wednesday (today) is the full moon.

Seals cormorants, seagulls at Jenner rivermouth

It was a spectacular drive along the coast. Clouds, rain, sun, mist, fog, along with thundering surf. Hills are the greenest of green. Cows, sheep, goats, horses grazing happily.

Music: “I just dropped into see what condition my condition was in by” the Launderettes

“You can have my husband, but please don’t mess with my man,” by Koko Taylor

“Look how me sexy,” reggae, by Linual Thomson…

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