Note details: curved-out section above upper windows, little overhang at midway point, curve at bottom of rafters. Needs to be reshingled, but the bare bones are there. Architects take note: the elegance of simplicity.
Louie (left) is my separated-at-birth brother and the primary builder in our book Homework; he still rides a 500-foot zipline across a river to get to and from his home.
Titch and I are brothers in the sense that his last name is Jones, my mom’s maiden name — Welsh — and we were both born on April 28th. We had wild ducks and Louie’s red wine for dinner the night before. It was a spectacular day at the beach, after 2 days of rain. The 3 of us wander beaches whenever we get together.
Our newly-formed Shelter film crew has started making short videos. With producer Em-J Staples and cameraman and film editor Evan Kahn. Listed in in order of production here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=CAI%253D&search_query=lloyd+kahn
To see URLs for buying any of these tools, click on the YouTube icon at bottom after video starts.
Our next video will be on my return, albeit more cautiously, to skateboarding.
Jon Kalish sent us a link to an interview he did on timber framing in Maine, whih included this video.
Jon’s interview at: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/11/23/gardner-waldeier-house-raising
On the road again
Heard about a 2-story driftwood shack at Navarro beach, road to beach closed because Navarro River has not broken thru to ocean, making big flooded Estero. Tried to walk thru yesterday afternoon, but water soon up over knees, so had to settle for this long shot. I’m heading south today to another long sandy beach with a bunch of shacks. Glad I got this iPhone 8 plus, way improved camera. BUT am so pissed off I forgot to bring my grown-up camera (Olympus OM-D) with telephoto lens. Damn! Still, you get the idea. Watch for my new book, Driftwood Shacks: Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast. As a result of this trip, the book has grown by at least a dozen pages. This is the first in a field of small print-on-demand books we’re going to try. I have a ton of things that I’d like to make small books out of. Barns, motorcycles, New York City, L.A., Baja California Sur…
Meanwhile, finishing 2nd draft of my book on the ’60s, present working title: “Something’s Happening…
Haven’t got subtitle, maybe “My Life and the ’60s”
The December/January issue of The Mother Earth News has a 5-page article on our book SMALL HOMES.
Note: We are offering a 50% discount on our books SMALL HOMES, TINY HOMES, and SHELTER for the rest of November, with free shipping, Christmas gifts?
Details at: https://www.shelterpub.com/building/
Colliding Rivers near Glide, Oregon, where Little River and the North Umpqua River meet head-on. There’s a photo on the bridge where I was standing showing the confluence looking like a maelstrom in the winter, with water up over the bridge (covering all the rocks you see here!). I went swimming a little downriver, it was co-o-ld, but refreshing on a hot day.
Birdhouse at Bellknap Hot Springs, on the Mckenzie River in central Oregon.
Cost $8 for an hour to use the facilities, mainly a large pool with temperature of 95-100F. A lovely place. The temp. of water coming from the springs is about 190F.
I’m trying to contact the guy who makes these, to get a few for our collection of mini houses.
Ricky B, who does antique and vintage car restorations in Prineville, Oregon, has created a miniature ghost town. as shown in these 3 photos.
It’s a uniquely delightful place. Everything Ricky does, both autos and vintage building, is remarkable.
Norman’s Mom “…wouldn’t even harm a fly.”
Ricky has at least 30 cars, all immaculately detailed. Most are standard models, but this is a wicked hot rod, I believe a 1951 Mercury, chopped and channelled to perfection.
On the road southeast, from Burns to Jordan Valley, Oregon
I’m frustrated by having such a dorky layout, due to Blogger.com parameters. I don’t have the skills (coding) or time to make these posts look other than awkward. So, for a while (until I can get my layouts together), it’ll have to be the singer, not the song…
