Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

The Great California Drought – Part I, the problem

Posted on 09/14/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

I am a native Californian. Born, raised and live within a few miles of where I’ve always been – Santa Clara County. My father was born in Yakima, Washington, but grandfather moved to the little town of Modesto while father … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged California, california drought, drought, Modesto, San Jose, water resources | Comments Off

Wednesday Remodeling

Posted on 09/10/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

It is official – had the final inspections today and the city has placed the final approval on our little remodeling project. So we’re done! Except for a couple of lights, moving a refrigerator, and cleaning up the side yard. … Continue reading →

Posted in General, woodworking | Tagged remodeling, remodeling project | 2 Comments

Day Trip – Castle Air Museum

Posted on 09/07/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

It’s been sitting on the floor near my desk for several weeks – my father’s flag. When he died in 2001, the VA gave me his flag and we displayed it at his memorial service. Then we bought one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Castle Air Force Base, Castle Air Museum, WWII, WWII airplanes, WWII history | 5 Comments

Wednesday Woodworking – recycling

Posted on 09/03/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

It’s been a busy week. The kittens are taking a lot of time, there’s still plenty to do to clean up from the remodeling and Heather and I took a nice day trip this last weekend (more about that on … Continue reading →