what happens when the sky falls?

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roots

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early morning view from our campsite on sucia island, facing east.

we are flounder

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noah pumping out zak's boat during open water rescue practice.

permanent stain

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laura using up the last of the stain on the new umiak frame, about 12 at night.

crab pots

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leia weaving crab pot netting in the barn at cedar grove during the umiak camp.

new umiak

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here's the new umiak at full length.

steam punk II

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steam punk I

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blackboard

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it didn't work

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I finally downloaded the photos off my old OPTIO. here's a couple shots from last summer of an attempt at sailing a catamaran of two kayaks lashed together.

it needed a keel of some kind. also, more wind would have helped. I will try again someday.

you were right

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making dirt is a lot of work

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shaun flattens yet another strip of the final layer of our new earthen floor. I can see why we use concrete these days... this is a hell of a lot of work. we should have kept a log of people's volunteer hours for this project, it's taken more than I expected.

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IMGP7994, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

molly stands ready for the (video) camera

steaming

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jim pounds the heavy bag at SHIFT.

I've decided to shoot myself

shoot myself, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

so I was having some difficulty with my flash setup, and after hours of wrangling with it and doing research I got a response on the flickr K10D group discussion board - much to my joy and chagrin did I discover that my very frustrating problem was very simple, and without the manual or a good memory, very hidden.

but it was still embarrassing enough i was forced to shoot myself.