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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20090730 Thursday July 30, 2009

Workshop Done

My husband, John Plocher, has almost finished rebuilding the formerly-termite-infested walls and roof of our garage-turned-model-train-room-and-workshop. You can see his progress in my blog posts:

Since 3 June, the newly restored space has been sheet rocked and painted. John has redistributed the tools, cabinets, and stuff which had been jammed into the train room. Now, most of the model train stuff is in one room and most of the tools are in the other; both rooms are clean and usable. This project has required an unreasonable amount of work but John now has his space mostly as he wants it. We even have room for family storage!

The cupola was worth the extra effort. As we hoped, it defines, lights, and cools the space. Here is the progress of our unusual architectural feature:

Early May: cupola hole
Early May - cupola hole photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Mid-May: framed cupola, windows
Mid-May - framed cupola, windows photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Early June: roofed cupola
Early June: roofed cupola photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
Early July: sheet rocked
Early July: sheet rocked photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Mid-July: siding finished
Mid-July: siding finished photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Late July: paint
Late July: paint photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Late July: fan in
Late July: fan in photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
Late July: fan in photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Posted at 10:24PM Jul 30, 2009 by katysblog in Home & Family  |  Comments[1]

Field Trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Our second Studio 17 Santa Maria Urban Ministry field trip was last Saturday, to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Despite the long drive, we all had a good time. The new "Secret Lives of Seahorses" exhibit is beautiful but the jellyfish and octopus are still my favorites. We started off by watching the penguins getting fed...

Studio 17 at the Aquarium
Studio 17 SMUM at the Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Zuri the Penguin
Studio 17 SMUM at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Zuri the Penguin photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Checking out the bay
Studio 17 SMUM Checking out Monterey Bay photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
Leaping Blennies - skipping fish
SMUM Studio 17 Leaping Blennies - skipping fish, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Moon Jellies
Moon Jellies SMUM Studio 17, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Sea Nettles
Sea Nettles Studio 17 SMUM, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
The big kelp tank
The big kelp tank, SMUM Studio 17, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Patting a bat ray
Patting a bat ray, SMUM Studio 17, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		Sea otter
Sea otter, Studio 17 SMUM, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
Seahorse model
Seahorse model, Studio 17 SMUM, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 John Plocher 		Seahorse
Seahorse, SMUM Studio 17, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 John Plocher 		Weedy Seadragon
Weedy Seadragon, Studio 17 SMUM, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 John Plocher 		Seahorse
Seahorse SMUM Studio 17, Monterey Bay Aquarium photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
Studio 17 with WP641 Caboose
SMUM Studio 17 with WP641 Caboose, Monterey photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

Posted at 06:29PM Jul 30, 2009 by katysblog in Church  |