In case anybody needs one, I accidentally made this narwhal out of a paperclip.

On Sunday I pulled the hard drive from my old G5 iMac, boxed up the machine and shipped it back to Apple to recycle. What a great PC that was, my first Mac. Look how lovely that CPU cover and motherboard are.

Project: Cable Rail, appears to be reasonably successful! There’s some work still to go, including replacing the old trim beneath the decking and some finishing painting. We weren’t sure we could pull this off, so are really happy with how much we’ve been able to do.

Our monsoon season has been record-breaking dry, but yesterday we began to get a little bit of relief. This was our sunrise.

The Single Speed coffee trailer at the Sunday farmers market is a must-do part of breakfast.

We’re making progress on the new deck railing! Demolishing the old railing and then prepping the posts, building the new top and bottom rail, painting, and very careful drilling is a lot of work, all before we get to string the actual cables. We’re happy with the results!

More from the beach: Early morning lights at the waterfront, Coronado Island.

We went to the beach last week for a few days of vacation. It was pretty wonderful.

Work in progress: Taking down the old porch railing and making a first run at replacing it with a cable rail.

Monsoon season sunrise! This one has started a little later than usual, and the whole town is excited to welcome the rain and cool temperatures.