Lauren Amelia

We welcomed the first addition to our family last week, Lauren Amelia.  She is good at sleeping, not sleeping, and smiling.  Her favorite places so far are the hospital and her new home.  We have been very blessed and hope that she grows up to be a wonderful woman.

Laser Cutter

I've been interested in creating a laser cutter for a while, and am excited to create a simple CNC setup with use of the Makerslide rails and an arduino.  I enjoyed a project that used an arduino before, and am excited to have some computer aided fabrication capabilities.

Baby On The Way

We are expecting a baby!  Very soon in fact.  We've been assembling the myriads of baby things that having a baby these days requires... car seat, playpen, stroller, etc.  Thanks to everyone who has helped us get ready for the baby!

Vineyard End Posts

My brother and I installed end posts for the trellis rows at the vineyard.  These allow for the trellis wires to be tightened.  The wires are now taunter than ever before.  This will help facilitate putting the drip lines in for irrigation.

6-2012 reading

A few months back, I read through Night Watch, Making Money, and Snuff.  All by Terry Pratchett.  Good reads, though I think i'm off my Pratchett kick for a while.

Dry Summer

Apparently this summer is even drier than the previous one.  According to the weatherman, this summer has been the driest since 1957.

Roasted Vines

The vineyard project has been roasted out.  The dry farming experiment is officially over.  While we may continue with the vineyard, it will require some sort of regular watering.   That infrastructure might arrive in a future project.

As it is, the vines have no growth this year, as it hasn't rained much in the last month.  As you can tell from the photo below, everything is a nice toasty brown, and this is just the beginning of July.