That tangle in the lower right-hand corner is called ‘Nzpple, and when learning it, I was told it would really pop when done. I very much doubted that would be the case as I worked through it, but when I was finished, pop it did!
We now have the answer to the question asked in September: What will the tree/tree well restoration project look like when finished?
Apparently, the tree wells are going with some asphalt-like material with drains.
And the trees are little and new.
It’s not the prettiest solution. I believe before there were metal grates around the trees, but I guess it gets the job done.
There is nothing to protect the trees from being carved up, but I guess you can’t do anything about that.
This one is postmarked 11/25, so it took 10 long days to make its way across the country.
Sara had a great time at NCTE in Boston and the author of this book (HaiCuba/HaiKuba) wrote the dedication in haiku!
More Rixty practice with some stripes. I try to repeat the new tangles that I learn several times until they are solid in my head.
Here I am practicing Rixty, that triangle branch shape tangle.
Sara sent this fun postcard (sure to be a Postcrossing favorite) from Newport. She correctly predicts that I will love the postcard.
She reports that Newport is sunny on 11/30, which is a big win after the atmospheric rivers and bomb cyclones of recent weeks.
More meetings…
Our friend, Brooke Hogan is pursuing an acting career and was cast in the movie Breakup Season. It didn’t get a wide theatrical release, but it has been making the rounds. Today it came to the Hollywood Theatre.
Fun fact: the person sitting in that seat you see the back of was one of the cast members, Carly Stewart.
This was a great screening. Aside from Brooke and Carly Stewart (the daughter Liz) being local actors, the movie was filmed in La Grande, Oregon, and a lot of the crew was from Portland. The theater was full of friends and family and we had a great time watching.
Afterward, there was a Q&A with the two actors, the director, and the DP, one more person, and the interviewer. We learned fun facts, like the story of how the puzzle really got finished in time for its final shot.
Breakup Season is now available to rent, and is currently on Hoopla. I recommend it. It’s quite the funny movie.
When I finished painting the front door, I wasn’t really finished with the job, because I needed to put up the new address numbers. And, more than two months later, here I am finding the time to do it (thank you 9/80 day, and Matt out of town)
When I bought the numbers from Modern House Numbers, I paid an extra $6.00 to get both a vertical and horizontal layout, as I wasn’t sure which way the numbers would fit best. They are much bigger than the numbers that came with the house. Good call, because vertical won out.
Here, I tape the template.
And here, the numbers are installed. Not pictured: a trip to the hardware store to buy epoxy and a specific size drill bit; me slicing open my finger trying to open the epoxy; and me making the holes a bit bigger because the specific drill bit size I was instructed to by was slightly too small.
Aren’t they pretty?
And here you can see the old numbers and new ones together.
Three days later, someone was dropping a package on the back porch as we ask, and said, “Is this 8004?” and I wondered how he had possibly missed both address numbers.
I also put up the new circular mirror, which is not actually new, but new to the Orange Door. I still think those mirrors are too high overall, but the circular mirror nicely covers the hole where the guitar hanger was.
Someday we will repaint this room and I will lower those mirrors.
