

FRONT WALK REDUX
The final section of flood damage from January's torrential rains got fixed at last. A good portion of the stepping stone walkway had...


GIM EXHIBITION
Performed again at the annual summer sale student exhibition at White Dragon Oceanside. This year four of us put together a Tai Chi...


JAPANESE GARDEN BENCH RETREAT
Dug the footings and poured concrete pilings for 6 x 6 post brackets: Verticals and seat support structure added: Roof structure...


MEMORIAL DAY PROJECTS
Finished the planting bed on the other side of the deck, BEFORE: Cleaned out all the weeds, laid the brick border, added the water line,...


JAPANESE GARDEN BENCH DESIGN
Finally got around to finishing the design for the bench & shelter in the Japanese garden: Construction starts next week.


DECK LANDSCAPING
New planting areas around the deck completed finally. First step, move a ton of piled up dirt to the other side of the yard,...


FINAL FENCE SECTION
Final section of the backyard fence replaced. Had to rip out the old trellis, cut back some of the neighbor's overgrown giant birds and...


BLACKBERRIES
The new fence installation took its toll on the Blackberry vines, but we did try to carefully lay them over and away from construction. ...


TAI CHI BLACK FRINGE
Returned to Tai Chi study in October after getting my Senior Black Sash in Kung Fu.


SMALL PROJECTS
I always wonder when I give people gift cards for Christmas, what did they buy? This year I got some VERY GENEROUS Home Depot gift cards...