oh rill-ay?

this rod's been getting a workout...

wait...that's not a rod

old news of sorts

this place is cute

it's also tiny

they make nice pies...

pepperoni and jalapeno pepperoni and mushroom (I like mushrooms) pepperoni

right next door is the sierra vista motel

w/ four rooms it is arizona's smallest

I've stayed there about half a dozen times and the rooms are very nice

as are the grounds

the price is right too

highly recommended

my favorite shot from the night in question...

it looked like that to everyone involved

that's why we filled that motel

zonkers

so now I've got a half dozen

good thing too

since I'm tired of tying them

you can't see two of the time consuming details

involved in tying these

that will show up in the water

I need to get my fly tying mojo back

sooner

we'll be putting these into action...

which reminds me

I should prolly tie up some zonkers

I have none

**I have some now - tied a half dozen this afternoon - pics tomorrow**

the usual band of idiots

on yet another local goat track

we may have finally wrestled control of this one from the snowbird canadiens

oh yeah babe twelve dollar tuesdays are back
and tomorrow?
it's twelve dollar thursday!

tuesdaze and thursdaze are pencilled in

billy dimitri and I coming up just short of the green on the 350yd fifth

none of us made birdie - tough green to putt

billy finds a bit of trouble

considers mating w/ a tree

ej w/ a long putt

turtleman displaying anything can go wrong at any time form...

what he was trying to do...
a controlled swing

twas a beautiful day

27 holes and nearly a twelve pack

a day late and a dollar short

but happy easter or as I prefer resurrection sunday

I'll leave the preaching to the professionals

nothing'll make a chiddler smile like a holidaze hot dog

sparky likes it

 well except maybe candy

she got that in the morning

lunch today - leftover burger and home-made fries

just look at those fries!

behind the scenes pt II

working w/ my graphics guy

(you wrock bill!)

on some preliminary artwork for business cards

which apparently I need...

a sample...

I'm guessing these can barely be seen

all designs are far far better in execution than my crude and simple idea

that's why it's wise to consult the graphics guru

I kinda favor the right side samples

especially the vertical one, but...

standard card format may prevail

what you think grasshopper?

behind the scenes

nothingmuch happens at all

and it works beautifully

go figure

because

we do build fishing poles hereabouts...

dumpchix

for breakfast...

mmm mmm good

or something like that...

photodump...

my woodpile is growing

vivid carrots

crispy refreshing bright celery

end result = one kickass pot of  homemade from scratch dumpchix

oh one from the shoppe

we're working

endless depth

hackneyed and arty - HA!

the backyard is a riot of color this spring

the herbery

lemongrass parsley thyme lemon thyme chives tarragon cilantro nasturiums

rose blossoms nearly big as mah head!

planet orange

unsettling

couple rotations later equilibrium is restored

or not

it's a tough life

someone's gotta live it

life is good

jewelry

tools of the trade pt II

nodemaster 5000 makes a breeze out of gruntwork

claro walnut reelseat

w/ blued rec n/s hardware

gorgeous eh?

slated to be fit to poore girls rod #2 this afternoon

*note the blood on the planing forms*

dipstick

poore girl rod #2 being dipped

soon to be done...

finalized?

wherein we offer a huge shout out and sincere thanks to bill pridgen

of electric bill communications, inc

for the great job refining my crude idea

a shout out and thank you to jim lees of palewatery as well

for the original artwork

you guys are great

tools of the trade

built these wrapping stands years ago 

back when I began assembling plastic rods

they're still in fairly constant use

even though I currently have nothing to wrap

we'll need to do something about that...

wherein we go behind the scenes

to solicit the voluntary services of a professional graphic artist

again

artwork included soon...

we want the old school letterings

I feel like a dog chasing his tail

hats

got the sample hat in and I like it

though I may opt for khaki in the end

only so the stitchwork will be more visible...

furthermore, I needed to alter the design a bit

as the one pictured below had too much detail when shrunk to size...

so we'll go w/ something like this

unless I come up w/ a better idea...

I like this better

still not entirely happy with these...

I think I'll go w/ this one...

I've also made a small handful of stickers like this...
presumably to pass out at the desert dirtbag bamboo bash II this weekend

trying to do graphics work from the seat of yer pants is a pain in the ass

the whole famn damily

one side of it anyways

twas a fun though hectic weekend

I will not name names 

to protect the innocent...