Snowmageddon, Canine Edition

Finally getting around to posting some pictures of the dogs having fun during Snowmageddon.

Some pictures from around the farm:






Took the dogs for a hike around the community park, post-holing the whole 1.5 miles. It was, ummm, strenuous.






Hey, "art".

Flyin' with Ryan

Ryan went flying last week and was kind enough to ask me if I wanted to come. We flew over Mike's house (note the pool patio project):



And then flew up to the Allegheny National Forest:



Which apparently has a small cemetery in it:


I took a lot of other pictures, including ones of a pretty cool sunset, none of which came out. I think that the combination of the plane window and the hazy conditions totally confused the auto-focus on my camera.

Faith's Recital

Faith had her yearly recital a couple of weeks ago. These pictures are actually from the rehearsal; obviously, you can't take pictures during the actual recital.

First, ballet:



Faith had a solo:


And then tap:



Some other dances that we were there for:





I think that I'm going to rent a faster lens next year. I had to up the ISO to 800 and the shutter speed down to 1/100 for most of these. I ended up with a lot of pictures that were way too blurry.

Raised bed plans

A 4' x 7' raised bed:


Cut list:
(x2) 2x8 - 4'
(x2) 2x8 - 7'3"

(x2) 2x4 - 4'
(x2) 2x4 - 7'7"

(x6) 2x6 - 11 1/2"
(x4) 2x6 - 11 1/2" (ripped to 4" wide)

Living Room: Planning

Arena collapse

The exterior:



Interior:




Blew doors and windows out and walls off:



Roof joists bowed and split in shop:


Doubled trusses are pulling apart:

Venice III: Walking around

This was a weird chain. It looked like metal, but it was floating.




These poles made it impossible to take a picture out across the water, so... I just gave in and took a picture of the poles. That is Santa Maria della Salute in the background.


Ponte dell'Accademia:


And a view down the Grand Canal from on top of it:


Lots of canals:







And big buildings:


Greenery was surprisingly rare:


This statue, Boy With Frog, probably should have just been called Boy With Penis, for all that people took pictures of.


Art that I thought was interesting:


Blown glass IP infringement:


Hey, a Best Western!


There were lots and lots of dogs in Venice. This was the biggest one we saw, by a pretty large margin: