- IMG 6553
Heather and Clare - IMG 6552
festive! ish. - IMG 6551
Laurel pours herself a well-earned drink after whipping up a fabulous New Year's Eve party two days before she moved out. - IMG 6550
Laurel also cooked us a table full of excellent snacks. - IMG 6548
Leslie and Bryan got a little creative with their outfits. - IMG 6545
final result - IMG 6542
making toffee with the help of our Christmas-gift candy thermometer (thanks, Cam!) - 05_cnc_drills.JPG
CNC machine begins drilling holes. - 04_george_cnc.JPG
George approves. - 03_cnc_starts.JPG
The CNC machine prepares to cut out the control board and box pieces. - 02_cam_model.JPG
- 01_cam_model.JPG
The CAM software at the Sawdust Shop showing the control board layout to be CNC'd. - IMG 6343
Dr. Bryan, returned from filing his dissertation. NOW he can relax. - IMG 6333
Thanks to long training in puppyhood, everytime she sees something that looks even a little like a lap, she likes to sit on it. - IMG 6329
So he does a little yoga to unwind. Sous helps. - IMG 6326
Bryan, completed dissertation in hand. He was not quite ready to be happy about it yet. - IMG 6287
In anticipation of her birthday, Sous receives more beef pizzle than she's ever seen. - IMG 6284
watching the world go by (she is not allowed to be on that couch) - IMG 6281
caught in that sunbeam again - IMG 6278
mussels in tomatoes and sherry - IMG 6277
Turns out all it takes is a little bacon to turn any vegetable delicious. - IMG 6271
Eventually. - IMG 6270
Sous absconds with one and actually eats the whole thing. - IMG 6257
Bryan with a stalk of sprouts - IMG 6255
delicious deviled eggs - IMG 6251
just home, jubilant on election night - IMG 6249
morning shadows through our bedroom window - IMG 6247
Bryan's boys come over to celebrate the eve of his new job - IMG 6244
- IMG 6239
I feel left out on Halloween in our hyper-decorated neighborhood, so I improvise some spooky spirit.