2010 Retrospective

JanuarySherlock Holmes movie Februarynada

 

MarchLondon

• Graduation at Roehampton University
• Bank of England ****
• Spencer House *****
• St. Barts the Greater ***
• Huntarian Museum *****
• Garden Museum (0 Flags, no fun)
• Banqueting house * (go if you can get in for free)
• Fullers Brewery Tour *****
• Horse Guards Museum ****

NY Botanical Garden – Espalier class AprilLecture at Drew University

 

MayCousin’s wedding

 

JuneGraduation Party in PA July

Travis parade

Hofstra Campus tour

UMass Amherst campus tour (overnight stay!) AugustOur Town - NYC SeptemberPolish festival in PA October

Wavehill Garden

Concert at Christ Church

RED movie November

Brooklyn flea

Christmas fairs

 

December

Heluva Choir at Snug Harbor

House party

snowshoed[sic]

Seems like I did less this year than last, but then again last year I was on sabbatical.

January is National Mail-Order Gardening Month

And if you don't believe me, just look on this Gardening Company's website offering mail order plants. The link will probably not make sense after January unless February is also National Mail-Order Gardening month as well. I know there are gaps in time and space in the garden so here are some initial thoughts for new additions. I have one area that needs to be revamped, the lilac bush had been moved from there and I had several ideas, but settled on none yet. It is a shady area which probably determine its fate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I haven't received all my gardening catalogs yet.

Bootjack

During the blizzard of 2010 it became apparent I was getting too old to remove my boots without some aide, so I made a basic bootjack from stuff lying around the lab.

- oak board scrap (already had a dado cut)

- stair nosing scrap, which almost fit into the dado cut.

- leather scrap from an old pigskin rucksack, it has been used for a lot of projects.

- bracket made from copper pipe scrap which started out as a plant marker prototype.

I finished the board with tung oil, it looks so good I may leave it in the living room as an accent piece.

 

 

 

I guess that's why I save scrap, you can't live with out a boojack.