A Post Circuitously Related to Sleeping

Hola,

    I've been building a bed so that T and I can finally step up to something other than a 10 year old mattress and metal rails.

Happy Fam, Janky bed.

Here is what it all started as.

Pile of wood.

 A few hours later.

Underside of the frame.

Then a few hours later.

I know it doesn't look square, it is, the camera is zoomed out wide angle.

After a bit of research we bought a king sized memory foam mattress. That meant that I had to add more slats and we had to pick a stain color. Since it is hard to find time to work during the week I waited until this weekend to do that.

One coat of stain. There will be more and a clear coat.

I'm also going to build a headboard for it based on this.

I managed to take the kids out for a little California history adventure this week. Gold was first discovered under an Oak Tree in Santa Clarita, 6 years before it was discovered in Sutters Mill. The place is called the oak of the golden dream (more info here, and here).  Apparently some guy fell asleep under an oak tree in 1842 and dreamed about gold, he woke up hungry pulled up some wild onions and there was gold on the roots. Now you look at the tree but not touch it.

A fine place for a nap.

There are a bunch of short little "hikes" so me and the kids went on a few walks.

My kids can't pass up a bench without wanting to sit on it so I used the opportunity to photograph them.

We walked around a bunch more, steered clear of the poison oak, and didn't see any rattle snakes. I took a few more pictures.

We made a stop at In n Out on the way home and finished the adventure with a chocolate shake.

Stay tuned for more adventures and super exciting bed updates!!!!

RTSZA

stuff and STUFF

So,
    We've been laying low for a pretty long time. Aiden rides a tricycle when the weather is co-operating.

We took a trip down to paramount ranch again just for kicks.

T had two 3 day weekends in a row so the next weekend I loaded up a pack with a whole bunch of extra weight and went for a hike.

White strip on Left is Edwards AFB about 50 miles away.

360 degree panorama of the destination

A smaller panorama from the edge of the Devils Chair

To give you an idea of scale and how high I ended up this is cropped from the previous image and that tiny speck is my shadow.

It was 7 miles round trip and super nice. I wrapped it up just as the masses were heading out and complaining.

Then last night it snowed pretty much all around where we live but not AT where we live so I told the kids I'd take them to the snow.

The kids got all bundled up, and out of the car.

Then they started to freak out. It was cold and they didn't like it.

Sam hated it too so everyone sat in the warm car while I went shooting.

I've been working on a photographic series about the expanding presence of green energy companies in the Antelope Valley for my website . While we were out on the west side I headed over to a huge solar plant under construction.

As far as I could tell these power lines run only to each other??

That's pretty much the highlights of what we've been up to. I'm teaching, T is teaching, the kids are learning and mostly happy and stuff.

TaTa,

RTSZA