Interesting Stuff

Interesting Stuff

Friendsgiving 2024

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Lina wanted to keep Friendsgiving small this year; so only Roger, Suzie, Cedric, and Tami came over this year. We saw some turkey-shaped bread on the tik-toks and instagrams and asked Cedric to make some. He did an outstanding job! Roger started smoking the turkey at 5:20 in the morning and it looked and tasted

Interesting Stuff

Christmas 2022

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We were home for Christmas this year and Lina decorated the house. We put up the Modern Christmas Tree. Lina decorates it from the first floor. Then I hoist it up to the second floor on a pulley. There’s a rotating disco ball and an up-light placed on the ridge over the front door. I

Craftastic!, Fun in Denver!, Interesting Stuff, Projects

The (Semi) Living Wall

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I’ve long admired living walls in homes and businesses. The soothing green and feeling of nature brought indoors especially during the pandemic when we’re feeling anxious and can’t leave our house. I love living walls, but I was also afraid to lose our mirrored wall. In July, we went to a garage sale at an

Craftastic!, Interesting Stuff, Projects

Faux Velvet Painting Painting

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I’m so happy to finally complete this project! (thank you corona virus). A couple of years ago I took a seminar at Tiki Oasis by Eric October called Tiki on Black Paper. During the class, Eric showed us how to make a faux velvet painting using black construction paper, a stencil, and colored pencils. I

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Lina gets a New Car

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Lina’s mini used to be called the Princess.  Then the Dirty old Whore. And finally the Money Pit.  She was going to buy a replacement used, but couldn’t find a practical car that she liked enough to part with. Mr Money Mustache shocked the world by buying a new car.  It sound like a deal

Interesting Stuff, Places We've Been

Behind the Pink Wall – Palm Springs, CA

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If you’re from or have ever visited Palm Springs, you’ll have seen the long pink wall running along Frank Sinatra Drive separating the Annenbergs and the hoi polloi. For years, I’ve wondered what’s behind that wall. The Annenberg Foundation opened Sunnylands to the public recently and public tours are blowing up! (Sunnylands is the West Coast

Fun in Denver!, Interesting Stuff

Check Out Our New Neighbor!

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Hey Everyone, We just got a new next-door neighbor on Gilpin Street. Our neighbor is not shy and doesn’t mind posing for the camera either! Bad news is we’ll probably find him going through our trash or hitting us up for food soon if he doesn’t break into our house first! Cholo won’t go near

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