One week ago we opened my first mural with a perfect neighbourhood party. I’m really happy with what is basically a gigantic watercolour. It's not that easy to photograph because there's a tree in front of the whole thing and the plants adjacent to the wall have been destroyed because I had to be there with the scissor lift, so that looks really bad as well for the time being. I have to get a drone or something.

Thank you so much for all your support during the whole process. Several people have already gotten his touch with me to talk about more than murals I could do, but we'll see if anything pans out.

I've got a bit longer video on my Instagram for those who are interested: https://www.instagram.com/p...

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Poster from a Dublin pub

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On the first of the month we said goodbye to our beloved Macy and laid her to rest in this spot in our yard. We immediately covered it in flower seeds and then circled it with some river stones. I hope to find a good way to carve a little name stone - maybe some soapstone or cast some concrete.
Long may her memory live (and make us better people)!

Give it to us raw — and wriggling!

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Every year, on my wife’s birthday, a dear friend of ours gifts my wife another lilac bush. This is the fourth year running that she’s done so, and they have so far continued to do well, pleasantly framing the front steps to our screen porch.

Blank Uno with odd writing. Pushes out Junpei Yoshino & Moon Dregs.

Two cards in two days. Slowly making up for a long dry spell.

Pineapple Pokopo Attempt…

You may not be able to go to the opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center, but you can see all of the banners I designed and animated for his '08 & '12 campaigns right now. Check it out: http://barackobamadesign.com

For true internet geeks: The ads on the site were animated using Flash. @matthewmcvickar helped me modernize the site so you can play with all the rollovers on modern browsers again.

Long story short, I wasn’t sure that the two pepper plants I potted this year were going to make it, but they’ve started to produce peppers! Looking forward to their weird red lumpy hat-shaped spiciness.

There were rumors all week that the road would open up to the top, but no date. I staked my bet on Thursday, and planned an early out from work. Lucky me, that was right on the money. I got on the bike right after 5:30pm and hit Logan Pass right at 9:00pm, just in time for a cold thunderstorm to roll in. It was fine though--I brought all the layers. While the getting there part took 3.5 hours, I was back to my car in less than an hour. Average speed of 7.9 mph, max 34.9 mph. Anyhow it's open all weekend to bikes, then the tourist season kicks off, with the road opening to cars Monday.

Prototype from a vision I had during a float yesterday. I'm considering making a bigger version out of wood.

en route to a gig at CBGB, 6/20/75

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not to be a braggart about something so small, but feels good man. as someone who grew up extra tubby and was never in shape enough to even run one mile, it’s nice to hit even a moderate goalpost.

screenshot from amazfit’s zepp health app (currently using the GTR2e)

In 2012 I made this large stencil of Warhol and did slightly-offset CMYK, for a sort of op-art feel. Physically hard to look at lol.

If I can fit it in my car in a couple weeks I’ll take custody of it once again (along with a few other pieces), because my mother is putting her home on the market and they’ve been sitting in her basement for years.

If I can’t fit them in my car? Oh well. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. Will either be free to folks or get tossed.
Thought I had some better photos of this piece, but turns out I only have a terrible making-of video I made and put on Vimeo right after making it, so this slightly-blurry screenshot is the best I have for now hahaha

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Alexander Graham Bell (right) and his assistants observing the progress of one of his tetrahedral kites, 1908.


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"Just acquired: two tiny pamphlet printings of the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamation, published in Boston in December 1862 and January 1863. Made to be distributed freely and to be carried south by Union soldiers and given, in particular, to formerly enslaved men who might enlist."

Happy Juneteenth. Work like you live in the early days of a better nation.

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Just for fun I planted a couple little lemon balm plants at the end of the basil bed this year and they were doing ok until one particular rainy weekend and then they went bonkers and are happy as can be. Love the lemony freshness.

The basil’s “only” about knee-high at this point. Based on past years I expect them to roughly double in size.

RIP Special Phil and Catfish Donny Meatloaf You Will Be Missed

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First Alpine Coaster! At Aerie's Resort in Grafton, Illinois (right on the Mississippi River just North of Alton): https://www.aeriesresort.com/coaster

Pretty dang fun, and the way they have it built into the woods kind of makes you feel like a Stormtrooper on a Speeder Bike buzzing around Endor.