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<\/a><\/p>\nWhile you ponder those, I have a new deck to introduce. Here is a before shot:<\/p>\n
This is a during shot:<\/p>\n This is one of the deck guys wondering what he got himself into with a labyrinth of steps:<\/p>\n And an after shot:<\/p>\n More before\/after shots from a different angle: <\/p>\n And here are before and after shots of the deck table and chairs (end of season is the time to buy this stuff!):<\/p>\n Finally, here is how you evolve a window into a door:<\/p>\n My shop participated in the transformation: <\/p>\n This is a fiberglass door with built in mini-blinds. After staining and varnishing, it looks very much like real wood: <\/p>\n Speaking of transformations, Boris and Irena have a pretty impressive transformation story to tell. This is their back yard last year:<\/p>\n This is Irena envisioning what it could be:<\/p>\n And this is what it has become!<\/p>\n Lots of amazing flowers:<\/p>\n With lots of appreciative honey bees:<\/p>\n That first mystery photo is possibly the worlds cutest little dog, a 10 week old miniature Dotson (or Datsun, Dachund, Dashund, Dawtson, or as sophisticated dog people like Zach would correctly say, Dachshund):<\/p>\n Marie, one of the residents, is the proud Mom. She rigged up a little cage so she can bike with him:<\/p>\n We had a nice visit from Tom and Janet on their Go West vacation. There RV gets 20 MPG \u2026 better than my RX8 got!<\/p>\n We again had lots of fun pool parties. The solar heater beat last years record, warming the pool to 94.5 degrees! <\/p>\n This is our new friend Marina, a Russian born, Oxford trained Linguist from Germany. She dropped by for the weekend after doing some research last week at Vassar:<\/p>\n That second mystery photo was a bubble ring that floated up to my foot while I was upside down in our pool:<\/p>\n Also called Toroidal Vortices or Vortex Rings. Dolphins are the masters of these, although they can also be created by whales and volcanoes. Some fun links here:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q<\/a> I\u2019ve been practicing them all summer. You have go to the bottom of the pool and face up, so nose clips are key:<\/p>\n That last mystery photo is truly a mystery. Work duties got us up early, before sunrise, last Thursday, when I saw a light appear on the ridge across the valley on a ridge of the Wasatch mountains. It appeared suddenly, with what looked like smoke curling up from it, then faded out in a few minutes. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wuVgXJ55G6Y<\/a>
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=mHyTOcfF99o<\/a>
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bubble_ring<\/a>
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vortex_ring<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n