Wow! A wall and a shelf

Hey! Can you believe it? I actually have a complete interior wall! Well, OK, the window needs some trim and the wall could stand a little paint newer than 1948 but you must admit it looks better than before. Oh, and the shelf in the corner helped get much of that stuff up off of the floor.

Alright! Back at the ND Studio and the first item of business... dig out from under all of this stuff! Then it'll be on to setting up the pottery wheel and getting ready to print some t-shirts. It is good to be back!

Up and at 'em at the Econo Lodge in Provo Ut. Yesterday saw many miles behind the little Scion. I drove across on the I94 until I hit the road to Casper and headed south. I passed the Little bighorn like I did on my trip in '04 but I did not stop in this time, I just kept on the road. The most memorable part was the drive down the 220 past Independence Rock and Devil's Gate. It was raining at that section and it was beautiful as you could see for miles and watch these downpours move across the valley. I'll post the pictures of this when I get home this evening.

Back in Bismarck for one day. Tomorrow will be spent trying to pay back my Dad for all of his help on the farm and the studio (impossible) by helping around the yard. I'll also try to put some time into posting a few more pictures to this blog. Then it is on the road again to CA. As much as I hate to leave, I do like road trips! Besides, the road really ends at Salinas for my sister's wedding which I am excited about!

My hired hands work on cutting logs while I am away. This is a small windmill my sister and her husband gave me last year. My Dad repaired it this year and put it up again working better than ever.

The barn, it's back now broken, reclines further after 82 years of service, as it too marks the passage of time.

Hollyhocks still grow around the place just like when my grandma was there.

It is with no small amount of sorrow as I cast my last glance across the yard one last time this year.

Just a few of the projects that took place this summer. The window is in on the North side of the studio and the wall is re-sided all the way down. We also repaired the roof on that building and the garage as the wind always tries to remove the shingles. Adrian and Mom put in some work on the flower beds which make the place look great while it was Adrian and Dad that completed the walkway from the studio to the house.

Mom waits patiently in my car for me to finish with the photos. I'll be on the bike again as I look forward to another ride.

My Dad helps clean up the studio after our work on it as we pack up and get ready to head for Bismarck. Man what a mess! Perhaps that mess will make it to the top of the list of projects one of these years and actually get cleaned up.

You can see a couple of shirts I screen printed hanging in the background.

Not all of the work that takes place on the farm is done on the studio, some of it is done in the studio. I put together a small edition of linocuts this year. I enjoy working with traditional media and tools.

Sunrise at the farm over part of my antique farm equipment collection. The light is a bit strange with the heavy atmosphere today.

The sun sets on the prairie with a different spectacle almost every night.