This year’s was the fourth annual. We went to either the inaugural or the second annual, I don’t recall which. It has grown significantly. There were many vendors. My gratuitous purchase was a halberd head. I’ve just become the Sergeant At Arms for my Toastmaster’s club. “Arms” seems a requirement for the job, but aContinue reading “Black Hills Renaissance Festival”
Category Archives: Rapid City
Garden Plot
I know I said I wouldn’t do this, but it happened, anyway. The garden beds are the white, rounded rectangles along the edges. The grey is concrete. The bluish grey lines are the chain-link fence with the posts as block dots. It’s to-scale. I had the drawing – several versions – so adding the gardenContinue reading “Garden Plot”
One Third Done
I’ve become a recluse. It took me a week to recover from having guests for a week. People have become exhausting. In any case, this weekend we managed to get the first third of the garden beds built. We had two done. Now we have eight done. Here’s the reverse angle: That’s bigger than itContinue reading “One Third Done”
Garden Progress
Two beds done. About ten to go: The goal is beds all the way around, but the “before the deck is in” goal is just the ten (or so) to the gate in the back (about where the tipped over recycle bin is). Those two are the result of three days effort. The bottleneck isContinue reading “Garden Progress”
Shen Yun
For years, I’ve seen advertisements for them. We finally decided to go. I’m pretty sure they’re a cult. If so, it is a cult of very athletic dancers. There were two songs that were hymns. The rest of it was dancing – except the erhu solo, which sounded somewhat like a classical violin. Just asContinue reading “Shen Yun”
Building a Castle Wall
The street in front of my house has been under construction since last summer. The street, itself, has been rebuilt. They’re now rebuilding the retaining walls on the far side. (On this side, the houses are the retaining walls; most of them are single-story fronts with walk-out basements in the back.) The old retaining wallsContinue reading “Building a Castle Wall”
Road 2 Destruction
We went to the Monster Truck thing last Saturday. I’m not sure how I feel about it. The pit pass was neat. I’ve never seen a monster truck up close. They’re not just lifted trucks. The engine is in the middle and the axels are insane. For example, torso-sized (to avoid the metric system) differentials.Continue reading “Road 2 Destruction”
Patio Pre-Pour
This happened back in September, but I want the photo public. It’s apparently too big to fit through outlook.com filters. I usually shrink my phone photos, but I want this one full sized. It’s the only evidence we have that a footer (that trench on the far side of the hot tub) was poured andContinue reading “Patio Pre-Pour”
Yearbook Tiles
Fifteen years ago, we had an idea for a fun backsplash for the bar: Have our friends sign tiles. We managed the latter, but we never put them up. They’re up, now. A picture of the whole kitchen would be helpful for context. One sec… That’s the downstairs, rental-to-be kitchen. Rick finished the tile, yesterday.Continue reading “Yearbook Tiles”
Chicken/Egg Problem
If it is digging up the dirt, how did it get on top of the dirt? I wasn’t watching, so I don’t know.
Marked Up 