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updated sometime in February, 2010
This is a collection of stuff that I and/or my immediate family do, enjoy and/or participate in. It includes vacations, projects, poems...whatever stuff we do! I'm Daniel and I've got a lot to add. We will be creating new stuff to add all the time. Check back every month or so. Have FUN. |
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work
hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech in New York, September 7, 1903 |
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The Worlds First All Sweetgum Floor and Baseboard. Dad, mom and I got to cut, produce and install a floor made entirely of Sweetgum from our farm in Walkertown. Some of the trees were actually taken from my front yard. Click to see pictures & videos. Installed in Kernersville, NC in the home of Sandy & Marvin Allen. |
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"You lose sight of things... and when you travel, everything
balances out.” - Daranna Gidel “I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing
where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.” |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina In 2004, Miriam and I visited her home country of Argentina. During our stay, we used Buenos Aires as our home base and visited Airpuca, Puerto Iguazu, Santa Areco, Mar De Plata and other great places. We hope to go back soon and tour Patagonia and other areas down south. |
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Added March 28, 2006 |
Click here to find out what happens to the Frowning Clown from the Center of Town. |
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| If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate. - Elbert Hubbard | ||||||
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The First Ever TreeHugger Floor I just had the pleasure of producing and then installing the most beautiful floor I've ever seen. See for yourself |
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| If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell | ||||||
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Hanging Rock State
Park It's just March 9th, but I'm already starting to think of our spring and summer getaways. A close one is this mountain park near the Dan River. The park has trails, waterfalls, camping, and a big lake with diving boards & canoes. Most all of the pictures are from last summer. |
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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. - Cullen Hightower |
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Toolbox/Organizer for my Truck I used scraps from our flooring operation to make a simple box. Pictures of steps here. |
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and
those who matter don't mind.” - Dr. Seuss |
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A tornado stopped off for a "daycation" at our tree farm where we live.
Pictured to the right is just one of several root mounds of uprooted large
trees. That's me doing the sobriety test. More pics and videos. |
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931) |
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Wheela 2007 Our favorite blues festival for the last 3 years running. 2007 was amazing fun. Check out the pictures. Thanks Bruce and all those that help make this Blues Festivus for the rest such a great event!!! As you can tell from the photo - I'm one happy camper! |
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"There's an old saying about those who forget
history. I don't remember it, but it's good." -
Stephen Colbert
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Dad with a lot of help from other like-minded neighbors starts The Walkertown
Area Historical Society. WAHS is devoted to the 3 R's. Recording, Reporting & Respecting the circumstances, people, industry and efforts that created, maintain and propel Walkertown into the future. Started in July 2008 and already has 120+ members! Go dad & friends! He even got my sister and I involved. I did the Logo and Elizabeth created & maintains the web-site. Added February 4, 2009 |
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"Don't part with your illusions. When they are
gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to
live." - Mark Twain
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All Aboard! Thanksgiving in Kentucky 2008 My mom throws a big Thanksgiving celebration every other year. Scroll down for link to last year's shin-dig. So this year - since it was an off year for her - Mom, Miriam, Irma & myself went to see my mom's family in Kentucky. Lots of beautiful crafts and time with mom's family. If you like pretty crafts or family get-togethers, check it out. Added December 7, 2008 |
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"The main things which seem to me important on their own
account, and not merely as means to other things,
are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection." - Bertrand Russell |
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Thanksgiving
2007 78 relatives and friends over for a feast. Kids of all ages running everywhere. Nature walks, hayrides and of course the guys watching football on the big screen. |
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"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to
quit going to those places." - Henny Youngman
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Backyard
Horseshoe Pit Instructions. Rules, Regulations, and simple how-to instructions for a longlasting, natual looking horseshoe pit. |
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Free Blues concert with great talent on the beach in Jacksonville, Florida. You don't have to tell me twice. We went and loved it. We had fun if you couldn't tell. |
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"I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers,
someone is taking the time to plant some." - Herbert Rappaport
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PUERTO
IGUAZU....LARGEST WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD!!! During out last visit to Argentina, we went to Puerto Iguazu in northern (the hottest part) Argentina. I can't describe it...just check out the pix & videos. |
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A pretty
Birdbath base.
Unique, fitting and pretty. Very easy. Click the picture or the title above for some simple instructions for making your own. |
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Miriam & I went to amazing places in Argentina and this is of them. A wood preservation park that "rescues" discarded trees cut by the overzealous lumber industry and turns the wood into useful and beautiful products and artistic expressions. A relaxing and beautiful escape. |
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very very old barn to be a shop.
The picture on the right is after we poured the floor (months into the project). This is my cement crew. Good looking bunch, huh? Good workers too.
Click to view photos from thee entire process: from removing the old foundation to wiring for the woodworking machinery that's coming. In progress. Added January 3, 2007 |
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Fall on the Farm Some pictures and a few videos from fall 2006 on the farm. Added November 10, 2006 Updated January 23, 2006 |
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Gators that eat marshmallows, snakes slithering side us, deadly lightning spiking, metal boats burning out, exotic pheasants preening.... Check it out for yourself. Our simple day excursion during the New Orleans Jazzfest three day break gets dangerous. Wild deer tries to make friends video. Added October 5, 2006 |
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A New Day
Added March 22, 2006 |
Excerpt:
Today is a new day, A new beginning... Not an end.
A chance to strengthen ties, renew lost contacts, send the Love we sometimes forget to send... |
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No See-ment, No leveling... just dig hole, insert rock, repeat. Shampoo style directions.
But for more details on this project click picture.
Added October 20, 2006 |
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Button cap and stool of toad Lace the dewy wooded road. Stem of life or chair of death Feed the soul or steal the breath
Puffball box of devil's snuff Hiding in the meadow rough, Still awaits a tramping foot To let fly its pregnant soot. |
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| "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." - H. L. Mencken | ||||||
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Notes on Dot Music -
Daniel's story of what happens when music is banned in a little kingdom called Dotville. |
Excerpt They burned all the tapes, cd's - Soon, when this started,
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Building Double Z doors. Simple, beautiful, inexpensive & very effective door design. We have ones on our farm that must be 150 years old or older. Who can argue with that kind of success?
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"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill "My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am" -author unknown "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras |
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Stuff Freedom Does
in progress Added March 20, 2006 Updated July 17, 2006. Be sure to check out the pond jumping video titled Freedom Flies In! |
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Making Beautiful Handmade Jewelry Elizabeth (my sister), Peggy (her mother-in law), Frances (my mom) & Heather (my niece) make quality handmade jewelry. Visit their site to see their incredible selection. |
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Daniel's Top 10 Tips for Inventors
push play (on right) to watch demo video of my newest product. Some tips I've put together from my last 9 year hobby of inventing and new product development/sales. |
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Hauling,
Cutting, Storing, Drying Lumber
Some videos and pictures of ways we haul, cut, store & dry lumber. First added July 18, 2006. In Progress. I will be adding to this as we start making wood flooring and getting even further into that kind of stuff. |
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Flower Box Makeover Our old flowerboxes looked like a train wreck. Miriam had been asking for new ones for a while. So...one weekend recently I got some cedar boards we had laying around and made new ones. The process turned out to be so simple, I thought I should share it with others. Added June 20, 2006 |
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To Frances Below is taken from email dad sent when he emailed the poem to my sister and me. "On thinking of our forty-eighth wedding anniversary I wrote a poem in May for Frances. Thought you might enjoy it, Dad" A beautiful poem written by my dad to my mom. Posted September 10, 2006 |
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Salem Lake, Winston-Salem, NC
We love to go cycling there. Over 7 miles of bike paths. A recreational feast. Fishing, boating, biking, walking, enjoying! Also, check out the pictures of the lake in the fall... Added June 20, 2006 |
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Family trip to Spring
Green, Wisconsin We went for 5 days and lived in a modern log cabin with Jim Berkemier (a rebel with a cause). He teaches landowners how to produce and install mixed species flooring as well as forest conservation and a host of other things. An amazing time. We learned so much. Such a beautiful trip. Added June 21, 2006 |
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Make
a mixed species cutting board.
While we were in Wisconsin, this was a little night project that I would work on after the day of learning about flooring production was over. |
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Build a Beautiful Tree
Swing Have a super swing in no time. Needed: A board, rope, tree, ladder or good climber. What are you waiting for?
Click here for how-to photos and more. Learn how to tie a Cow Hitch Variant Knot.
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The Salesman
Added March 28, 2006 |
...He speaks with great skill like the most practiced bard.
His words ease their worry and "yes oh yes" he says... "we take Visa & Mastercard." click to read more |
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Our Garage/Shed Makeover In Progress Updated June 15, 2006 Added March 15, 2006 |
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Leaning Bookcase
beautiful & practical wood gift. Added March 25, 2006 |
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Stuff Chickens Do Added April 6, 2006 |
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Daniels 10 Top Tips for
Direct Mail I've studied advertising and worked in marketing for the last 2 decades. Whew..feeling old bout now. |
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MORE STUFF WE DO
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| Wheeling Blues Festival 2006 | Birdhouses by Marcos | |
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Added September 11, 2006 |
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| Wheeling Heritage Blues Festival August, 2005 |
Beautiful Blue Ridge. Added Aug 22, 2006 |
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| Jeff & Rebecca's Wedding |
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