Every night my family does a short family devotional before bed. Undoubtably, one of my kids decides that this is a great time to ask questions – right before bed. We often try to find time to answer them to some degree or another. These questions run a wide range of areas but usually, but…
Father’s Day 2025
I have a great family. But you already knew that. I had a good Father’s Day this last week. My wife and kids made cinnamon pancakes in the morning. They were amazing. I think they may have been the best pancakes I have ever had. I am not a big pancake person, but the one…
Printing a Camera – Part 4
It has been a couple weeks since I updated the progress on the 3D printing of the camera. I have printed many more parts and I have started assembling parts together. I’ll start with the prints. First we have the front standard base pieces. They look good, and now I just need to tap the…
22 years and Completing a Task
Last week was my 22nd wedding anniversary. WOW – 22 years! It hasn’t all gone as expected. It has been a lot of fun. It has also had times of trouble. That is life and that is marriage. I am blessed to be married to a great and wonderful woman. I love spending time with…
May Music 2025
I realized I should add years to these if I am going to keep this up. I can’t just keep saying “Month Music”. I can’t believe May is already over. It feels like I just wrote about April’s music. I decided to put up all three options that I have access to this time. You…
First Camping Trip – In Idaho
Over Memorial Day weekend we decided to go camping. I started looking for a place to camp a few weeks prior to the weekend, and found that there are a lot of places to camp in Idaho, but there were a few issues we had to figure out: I found that near to Boise there…
Printing a Camera – Part 3
More parts! Well, new versions of some you have seen before and new ones too. Fist you get the new focus rails: They now have slightly rounded corners, and slots rather than holes. They printed really well. The gears look great, the surface looks good as well. I had one corner come up just a…
I Voted – for Something New
Yesterday my wife texted me when she dropped off a kid at school asking about voting. She said that apparently there was a vote taking place. I had no idea. There had been no mailers that we got (I don’t think) and no signs out or anything. And what was it for: Meridian Library District…
Printing a Camera – Part 2
It has a been a few weeks since I posted about how I am trying to 3D print a Canham Camera. I have been busy making prints. I talked with my dad about it more, and I got a file to try that he already had drawn up in the right format. I that printed…
Garden Boxes
The house work continues trying to get some of the things we had in Chandler here in Meridian, and that has meant that my wife asked me about garden boxes. We had one small area in the backyard that was fairly flat that I thought I could get some garden boxes into. So, I did…