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Busy.
Not quite too busy but enough to keep me off the blog for a bit.
With the recent arrival of summer weather in Portland the schedule is top-heavy with the Bungaloft project. A freestanding Structural Insulated Panel addition followed by removal of all but the bathroom walls in our original 1928 bungalow and the connection of the two with an angular breezeway will be the realization of the Bungaloft concept (at least as we envision it). It’s a small but interesting architectural project that should make it to the pages of the blog at some point.

In the meantime work on the 5 inch pan camera bluetooth controller project continues.

The 28th Avenue Woodworking Studios (as I have now unofficially christened this building I work in) has some very interesting inhabitants including Jason Andrew Designs. Jason has been working on a beautiful series of furniture pieces since he arrived. Following numerous conversations about our respective work, we embarked upon a bit of collaboration on Jason’s most recent design - a twisting, black-stained, Ash coffee table. Jason asked me to make a set of aluminum feet for the tapered legs of the table. We’re looking at a few other designs for aluminum feet and pulls.

I’m be looking forward to the usual barrage of summer activity including one of my favorites - the Adult Soapbox Derby.

Starting line at the Adult Soapbox Derby in Portland, Oregon

The competitive spirit thrives and the water flies.

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I made this photo with a P.90 pinhole camera. In contrast to the digital camera experience, this kind of subject (with a lot of motion) is a situation in which the result is always a pleasant surprise once the film is processed.

Oaks Park along the waterfront is a small amusement park adjacent to a city park and a wildlife refuge. It is over 100 years old. On a cool, misty, Portland day in early May there were a lot of families out keeping the children entertained and hoping for the return of summer weather.

I was originally attracted to this place when I heard about the floating floor of the roller rink. At Oaks Park there is an indoor rink with a beautiful 100 ft by 200 ft wooden floor. Because the area next to the river is historically prone to flooding, the floor structure is made so that it can be detached from the building when flooding is eminent. Because the floor rests on floats it is then able to float above the possible flood waters until they recede. The last time this happened was 1996.

In addition, the Oaks Park rink has the largest remaining skating-rink pipe organ in the world. Impressive even for a non-skater like me.

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