“In Museo Guatelli’s central room, a former granary, the collector’s traditional farming implements have been intricately arranged into expansive, interlinked patterns.”
It’s from Museo Guatelli: https://www.museoguatelli.it/
Spotted this at: https://is.gd/ewKGx
Dave Sellers’ shop
At the book convention I tried out the above 3 reading devices. There’s just no comparison with the iPad. As someone said earlier in the week, they seem like stone age compared to the iPad, which I’m writing this on now at the airport. It’s just phenomenal, the more I use it.
Take a length of sturdy rope, a sanded-down section of a tree branch, and hang from ceiling hook. You can do lots of stretches and exercises with this simple device. I sometimes do it while watching TV. I also have one in the office. The invention of Bruno Atkey (see pp. 90, Builders of the Pacific Coast).
I’ve never liked electric hot water heaters, since a lot of energy is lost in transmission from the generating source. Propane or natural gas provides heat right at the source and seems a better choice. And of course, solar is king, if you’ve got it together. I have a solar-heated outdoor shower, but haven’t got around to solar-heating all household water. I’ve made an exception to electric water heating with this little 2-1/2 gallon hot water heater that goes under the sink of our office kitchen. It has a switch that I turn on for maybe an hour, then turn off. The water temperature can be set with the thermostat. The tank is well insulated, so it stays hot for hours. It seems a very efficient use of electricity.
In the house, we’ve had a 5 gallon electric water heater under the kitchen sink for about 15 years. It’s minimal in electric power usage, and doesn’t waste water getting from cold to hot (in pipes coming from a more distant water heater).
And yes, I’ve got to get more of our water heated by the sun. It’s on my list of things to do, honest.
https://www.insinkerator.com/product/product.php?id=41&template=hwd
Per a posting today from Cooltools, you can get a Sears tool catalog for free:
“On a recent trip to Sears, I was happily surprised to see a thick catalog near the checkout. I hadn’t realized the Sears Tool Catalog is still in print, still available for free, and just about as big as the old Radio Shack catalogs I used to get.
It’s not just Craftsman tools in here. They have all of your professional brands inside, and some wicked tools you can’t find at a brick-and-mortar Sears. Woodworking tools are well-represented. Mechanics tools are, too, as you’d expect, including SK tools and some small specialty brands; also shop equipment, even some boots and clothing. Sears has also recently made major upgrades to what it’s calling its interactive catalog.
— Christopher Wanko”
Yesterday I made this out of cedar shakes left over from roof job. Based on photo in garden catalog.
NY Times article “The Kite Makers”
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
Published: March 6, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
Haitian improvisation: “…door hinge at the Pétionville Club camp: the torn sole of a plastic sandal, fastened by nails through bottle caps, which act as washers.”
Photo: Lawrence Downes
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/07/opinion/07haiti_slideshow_3.html
I continue my practice of picking up fallen trees and limbs from various roadsides. Sudden oak death has caused many oak deaths and a state botanist recently told me it’s better to burn the stuff than leave it in the woods spreading the disease. This pile is mostly oak, & some cedar and eucalyptus. I’ll chainsaw it up, then rent Mark’s homemade splitter – about 2 years worth of heat (our only source) in house. In the office (separate building), I’ll turn on a 660 watt radiant electric heater for an hour or two on cold mornings.