• Soctopuss rehabilitation

    Electricity is expensive in Hawaii and we almost always have a decent trade wind blowing, so you’ll see clothes lines under an eve or across the carport in every home. Before we moved to Hawaii, we already had a couple soctopuss from Ikea for hanging out smaller items. That means they are older, and age…

  • Scrapwood Boardwalk

    Original installation 3/2023 When I had this idea, I wasn’t sure if it was brilliant or terrible. This boardwalk had a lot going in its favor. Things I considered: Positives:  I don’t chew up the wood of the new stairs and flooring in the house by tracking cinder. It’s elevated so the walkway stays dry even…

  • How do I price this damn thing?

    The amount of frustration I have on how to price things is huge. When I started making stuff, I would just toss out numbers. “I don’t know $20” being my favorite. Which in all honesty doesn’t even pay for materials. The community I am part of started talking about how we are all bad we…

  • Eben

    Mr. Eben (Ebenezar) He came to us with Arya, I fell for his eyes and his coloring. Teki named him so fast, which is wild because every piece of paperwork I had displayed a different name for him. Poor guy. But she said he was an Eben and he was like YES this is my…

  • Cat Content – Arya

    “Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.” Arya Stark – G.R.R. Martin After the passing of my old man Sebastian we adopted 2 kittens, mostly because Eliot was a biter, and she was one of them. The Humane society called her…

  • Stained Glass- intro to insanity

    Since I was little I thought stained glass was amazing.One night while dealing with the affects of life long insomnia, I think I was in my early teens I saw a late night infomercial for stained glass. Now I have looked at stained glass in churches all my life… it was honestly the only reason…