Andrew's View of the Week

Wednesday Woodworking – Kitty Ladder

Posted on 01/13/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

For those of you who think I can’t indulge a cat more than I do. Here it is:

KITTY LADDER

Miss Spot climbing down.

Yes, I put carpet on the ladder so it wouldn’t hurt my darling’s little feet.

Two of the cats have made the trip. Spotty kitty was the first one we got a picture of.

Here’s Spot looking down at us lowly humans.

Looking down from the heights.

and finally, Spot was very tired after her adventure so she paused with a big yawn.

Big yawn

That was all the woodworking I did this week. Well, I did order more scroll saw blades, but a list of blades I bought seemed dull compared to action packed cat pictures.

If you need me – I’ll be in the shop
Andrew

Posted in woodworking | Tagged cat ladder, cat shelf, woodworking | 37 Comments

At the Boundary of a Year

Posted on 01/10/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

At the Boundary of a Year

Days are a bit longer.
Today has 46 seconds more daylight.
Remembrances of last year
and hopes for next year flow on the tide.

The weather report holds the promise of a storm.
Rain to dent our drought of thought.
Wind to drive the life giving waters ashore.
The warm blanket of clouds settling down to warm our souls.

I sit at the computer typing away.
A cup of tea as I come out of the long dark winter tunnel.
Creativity has ebbed
as I fight for each keystroke.

The tide turns to yearning.
A book to edit.
A book to write.
A poem that floats half complete in my sleep.

Ebb and flow.

Siting on a rock, cup of tea in hand.
Looking down the long valley of last year.
A deep breath,
and a glance a up the hill of the next year.

Stand and plant feet firmly.
Brush the dirt off my butt.
Hoist the pack to my shoulder.
and it’s time to move on.

Till next week
Andrew

Posted in Poems | Tagged poem, Poetry | 32 Comments

Friday Wisdom: Looking back

Posted on 01/08/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Caution:

Someday we’ll look back on all this and plow into a parked car.

More wisdom next week,
Andrew

Posted in General | Tagged humor, wise sayings | 16 Comments

Wednesday Woodworking: Cat Shelf

Posted on 01/06/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Finally installed the cat shelves. Yup, you read that right: cat shelf. A place to keep your extra cats.

Well, not exactly. Last summer we enclosed part of patio and that’s where are kitties live. We thought it would be nice to give them a place to sit up high and look out the windows (cats love to look out windows) so I made these shelves out of plywood. Sorry about the quality of the pictures, but the light was bad and I didn’t want to wait for better light.

View from the floor. The selves are just above the sliding glass doors.

What they look like on top.

The view the kitties will have.

Next thing to build is a little kitty ladder so our little dears can climb up there in comfort. We tried to get one of the cats to jump up there from the top of her kitty tower, but she didn’t like the odds of missing so just gave up.

and I am thinking carpet. If you where a cat, you’d like carpet up there.

That’s right folks, if you want to live in comfort, turn yourself into a cat and come live in my house.

If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,
Andrew