CO Visit

Man this post has been sitting half finished for a couple months now so..better late then never I guess.

As I mentioned earlier I was able to spend some time back in Colorado to do some work on our little hut. It is really coming along now....dare I even say that it is almost done. Yes. I dare.
I admit, it is kind of silly how much time I have spent on this place. I mean its a hut...maybe a cabin. But as one who works in the field of architecture and construction I am constantly designing and building for other people. I love it...but there is immeasurable satisfaction in doing the same thing on something one can call their own. Seeing as I don't have one or six mill right now to do the same thing in Santa Barbara...the hut will have to do.

Grillin' up the trout my brother caught while up thereThe finished deckThe insideSolar Panels going in

SF Walking

It has been about a month but we recently went to San Francisco for a long weekend. Our anniversary weekend in fact. I had never been before so I was pretty excited. As most do, we spent a lot of time walking.Of course this being my first time there we had to see the things that everyone sees there. Now that I have those under my belt, we can dig a little deeper next time we head up there. We had a lot of fun though. Our hotel had a cool mail chute. Probably not used as much as it was a few decades ago.As you can see I was always excited about getting my picture taken.Ja really excited about her yogurt.

Concrete Counters

I have been wanting to try doing a concrete counter for years. I've had some close opportunities but they never came through. And at the speed our little cabin is moving at....the counter isn't ready yet there either. I will make some posts on that soon though.

The opportunity came and actually it was pretty straight forward. Some complicated but methodical and I do methodical like a methodist....or something. No actually, the hardest part what getting the "desired" color. Some colors are easy, a deep red...the hardest. I think we did six or seven samples to find the appropriate color chemistry to get the finished product.

The buffing was pretty cool. It gets the concrete as smooth as glass. And the finished product....The first picture is with the wax and everything so it's the deeper color. The other two were before the sealing and waxing.