random | oakland sunset.

in a homemade greenhouse made of old window panes.

the basics | bow drill.

getting back to the basics.
my friends sorrel & abel taught me how to use a bow drill. well, it was more like all three of us worked on making the tiniest little flame - if you want to call it that. it. was. awesome. 

high sierra trail | texture

i felt a small explosion inside when i saw this fallen sequoia. (i think it's a sequoia.) i sat near these exposed roots when we stopped for lunch on day 3. after consuming my (unfortunately) never-ending supply of peas and beets, i took some time to examine all of its beauty. 


this shot is my favorite of all the textures i saw on this trip. all of the live and dead wood was...heavenly.

forget what you know.

question assumption. 
stop and wonder. 
be curious.
re-wonder.


i did this recently by asking myself if my "dining room" really needed to be a dining room? sure it's the room right next to the kitchen, but i'd much rather have a studio to paint and sand, and to enjoy a glass of wine while getting my hands real dirty. so i said goodbye to the room formerly known as the dining room!


i spent last thursday evening staining some wood and painting with minimal light wee into the night. there, happiness glazed over me.

i wonder what else in my life is posing as something because it "should be" rather than being what it could be?

fascinated by { ...continued}

no coincidence that in just a short amount of time from posting my emerging fascination, i (re-)came across these two pieces of woodwork inspiration:
ron van der ende
&
knife & saw


mmm...
gives me the warm & fuzzies.

fascinated by

wood

restoration woodwork

trees

&

african drumming

come & sit

you're welcome here.