We got a package from Max and Becky today… Inside it was a note that said “some people take the tiny house thing to far”… And here’s what was in the box : A 2 1/2 inch tall replica of our house that Max had 3-D printed
It was so very cool… I immediately thought of other things we could print in that shape… Chocolate, wax, metal… So cool
It made me think of this Billy Collins poem that I like
Some days – by billy collins
Some days I put the people in their places at the table Bend their legs at the knees If they come with that feature And fix them into the tiny wooden chairs
All afternoon they face one another The man in the brown suit The woman in the blue dress Perfectly motionless, perfectly behaved
But other days, I am the one Who is lifted up by the ribs Then lowered into the dining room of a dollhouse To sit with the others at the long table
Striding around like a vivid god Your shoulders in the clouds Or sitting down there amidst the wallpaper Staring straight ahead with your little plastic face?
It started pouring early this morning… That usually means trouble for us as our basement still leaks. We recently hooked up a sump pump that we can pump out her basement when the water gets deep… It’s a major hassle to have to go down there. A couple of days ago I decided to use the home automation we have to try to automate the process. I’ve always had a leak detector down in the basement with signals me when the basement is starting to get water in it. I finally completed a code pattern to turn on the sump pump Whenever there’s Water in the basement. I’m not sure why I never did that before. Anyway that works… But the problem is that without going downstairs you don’t know that the sump pump is on or that it’s working.… So a couple of days ago I use the same home automation to turn on the model train that runs around the top of our kitchen whenever the sump pump is on.
Long complicated day at work… But strangely fine. At Six Diane are young friend Finn And I climbed up Bolton. Finn had never been up that mountain before… So it was fun. We hiked up in a thick fog. It was actually cold enough at the top that we needed jackets. Hard to believe that it was in the 90s just last week and will be again this week
The three of us cooked macaroni and cheese on my old gas stove up there. Nothing taste better than eating outside like that
Came home in time (I had hoped) to watch our friend Keating and his first episode on “forged by fire”… Unfortunately you need to be a history channel subscriber to be able to watch the new shows. So hopefully I’ll be able to find it recorded later in the week. Keaton is a gifted maker… I’ve watched his videos about making knives before. He’s an amazing guy. Please tune in if you can
The heat has broken!… Today was cool fish and dry… By cool it was only in the mid 80s. But it felt like fall.… By this afternoon it was in the mid 70s and beautiful. Diane did yoga outside… She asked us each to say what was really really cool… It occurred to me that having cool weather was really really cool… In every sense
