Ben Smithson
Here’s a short documentary I made for my final (capstone) project. In this film, I follow 5 people around as they chase serious side projects.
This 6-month project caps off 4 years of time I spent at the University of Texas at Dallas. Huzzah!
Here’s some information about the subjects who are featured in this [...]
The guys wrapped up most of the finishing touches on the fence project during the weekend. Erin and I are really excited about how good it looks. The front slat screen went up yesterday afternoon. As we pulled back in to our driveway from the White Rock Home Tour, [...]
My mom used to make squash puffs. And they were excellent. I wanted to make something like that with the squash flavor, but with a hush puppy consistency. I saw a recipe on cooks.com, then adapted/hacked my own. And guess what?! These are great too – a little bit more bready like hush puppies. Go [...]
Lots of things going on at the house this weekend. The fence is officially 60% complete, and we are super excited to see it all come together. I took off early on Friday and installed 2 3′X3′ steel raised beds. The tomato plants look like they are struggling. I may need to tweak the soil [...]
A co-worker (Craig) introduced me My Bread by Jim Lahey. I baked two loaves of bread last night: one plain, one plain with rosemary tweaking.
I started the two loaves on Wednesday night at midnight. Then I did the second rise Thursday after I got home from work. Then baked later that night. [...]
Yes, I understand that it’s April Fool’s day. But I’m posting this anyways. Whatever! Now that the posts are in on the East side, pickets are going up. I think they’re going to finish the rest of the posts over the weekend and try to finish one or two sides with pickets.
The images [...]
Saturday’s show at The Double Wide was most excellent. I shot a few photos and a couple videos.
Videos
Photos Dan Phillips – True Widow
Nicole Estill – True Widow
Today marked more progress on our fence project. I pitched in on post and picket staining work. Now that the back posts are in, the backyard is finally starting to feel like it has a boundary, a defined space.
Above: same shot, just from the other side.
Willie and Martín arrived yesterday and did some fence post work. Since we’re building our fence up against the neighbor’s falling-down janky fence, we have to pre-stain some of the wood. That’s where I come in to play! I helped pre-stain last night’s fence posts and followed up on the already-cemented posts, staining the remaining [...]
