Asparagus and Rubberbands

King BoxBoy

Packaging for new alarm clock. Nbd.

Fred regards the new DVD player

Our old DVD player either died or developed a strong strain of homophobia, wouldn't play either "I Am Devine" or "Pee Wee's Playhouse" season one disc one. So I went out to Best Buy to get a new one, but they don't open until 11 on Sundays. So I went to Target instead, got the cheapest thing I could find there. This one's pink and it seemed very happy to boot up PeeWee.

I think Fred approves. Someday he will solve the mystery of the tray that slides out of the slot.

Happy New Year

Goodbye Xmas tree

 

Goodbye, old Amiga monitor. We had some good times, and I’ll miss you.

The Bachelor Strips Bare to do Laundry, Even

Watercolor, ink, acrylic,  dryer lint on paper

11" x 15 "

Mary Did Easter Eggs

One of each color.

Fred's Bowl

Needs reinforcement. See http://brucine.blogspot.com/2012/09/freds-bowl-enlargement-project.html Now things have gotten out of hand

Needs reinforcement.  Going with corrugated cardboard under two opposite quadrants:

Build note:
I primered the shiny printed surfaces with acrylic ultra-matte medium to make the hot-glue stick better. This seemed to work.

Collage

Counter-clockwise from top: Blue Car (Alex Green), Helibeast, Hedgehog, Evil Penguin (supine), Nixony-Looking Motherfucker (Fred), Eeyore (Hilda Harris)

Magnetic Defect

Our ca 2001 Toshiba CRT TV has never been right, but I love it's foibles.

I'll miss the weird pale spot.

5th Night

With Fred

Doors to deck measurements

Dining room window measurements

El Pollo Dali

Sunday Morning

 

Sharpening the knives

and then:

Forward Facing Cat

Freddie with yoga mat

Ruthie with a Mouse

Photo by MJF

HBO

ENTERTAINMENT

You Got to Countersink your Shit

The slats on my side of the bed keep shifting out of place, leaving a big gap under my upper back. Fixed it! Fred helped.

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

In the shower, the steamy shower, Freddie’s on patrol

Photo by MJF

When we Notice the Lights Coming on vs Sunset

Mary got us some solar-powered lights for the deck. They have a sensor which turns them on when it starts getting dark. This is related to when the sun sets, but is also affected by atmospheric conditions—overcast skies will cause it to get dark enough to trigger the lights earlier than on a clear evening. An additional layer of variability is added because we don’t always notice exactly when the lights come on.

The blue line shows official sunset time in Oakland. The plateau at the top of the curve was midsummer. The red line records when we notice that the lights have come on. 

Thanks to MJF & Jim for assistance with data collection.