Category Archives: holidays

Augenblick

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Chriz
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Quickie Jacks

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Chriz

Having bought a heap of pumpkins but carved only two, I took knives to these two in bed during a Skype convo on All Hallows’ Eve-Eve. Shot them in the morning with the living room wall as backdrop, and the … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 24, 2011 by Chriz

Photo: Helen Levitt, 1942

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Happy Major Taylor Day!

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Chriz

Once upon a time—OK, 132 years ago—a boy was born in rural Indiana. One day his dad’s employer gave him a bicycle. Another day he broke two world track records for 1-mile rides but was banned from the Indianapolis Capital … Continue reading →

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Stuffed feast

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Chriz

With my kitchen table still covered with paper from the sash-painting project (also the razor there), I embarked upon a stuffed pumpkin project. I had never made one before and found many variations on the recipe. What I finally did … Continue reading →

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Nothing to see here, folks

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Chriz

We’re mostly just catching up with all the ends that loosened themselves this year. Don’t expect much more will happen housewise until the next 3-day weekend of next year. Happy winter to all!

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All the trimmings

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Chriz

We did eventually install the finishing-touch trim, the stuff to hide the gap between the restored beadboard ceiling and the brick or wood vertical surfaces. We lucked out in finding a molding that has a little bit of detail to … Continue reading →

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Happy Hallow

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Chriz

We spent most of the day on scaffolding, taking advantage of a rare day without rain to try to finish the porch-eave project. We did really well, managing to move the rig, scrape, scrape, scrape, patch, sand, clean and get … Continue reading →

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Hallow house

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Chriz

While I continue to not update this blog (tuckered out by trying to finish the summer projects, now that winter is creeping forth), I’d like to share this supercool Halloween embellishment courtesy of Warren Letson at the Old House Web … Continue reading →

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Happy …

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Chriz

New Year greetings 1912-style Best wishes to all my old-house accomplices. I am going to spend the day putting the final coat of paint on the fixed plaster at the top of the living room walls (what will be above … Continue reading →

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