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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.

Friday Wisdom – Gardening

Heather has been working hard in the garden while I’ve been tearing down the shed. Today we went to the garden center and bought plants, lots of plants so here is everything I know about gardening: Potatoes make great detectives … Continue reading

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Wednesday – Demolition Done

and so is my back. What a lot of work, but it’s done. Here’s the pictures: Once the siding was off, it was easy to knock the walls over. The harder part was going through removing nails and stacking the … Continue reading

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Sunday Demolition

Here is my progress on the shed demolition. The roof is off and the sheathing is starting to come off. I’ve got three more days to finish clearing this site. If my back holds out, I’ll have pictures of our … Continue reading

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Friday Wisdom – Building

I’ve been pulling down a garden shed all week and I’ve been learning a lot about how things are built so here’s everything I know about building: Some construction sites have birds – cranes mostly. We had to fire our … Continue reading

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