I also wrote and posted a guide for how to build this and posted it on my site here with my tutorials. In this blog post I’ll feature more photos, and also lay out some personal context and history.
Bamboo Arch Trellis
Spring Crocus!
Ozark Chinquapin Seeds
These seeds came in from the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation earlier in the year. One is instructed to keep them in a bag in the fridge in lightly moist loose soil media, taking it out and aerating / stirring every week as the roots emerge. Here the roots are barely peeking out. In spring after frost they can be planted with precautions including a tree tube and a mesh staked into the ground. They are very high in protein so wildlife tend to devour them.
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For D&D presently I’m borrowing from this older, more arctic design I never really got to play at length. A Moby Dick Queequeg type orc. Large, tattooed beefcake carrying a harpoon / spear.
The present campaign is very pirate-themed. This new character Iosefa is a fisherman from an island fishing village, aiming for the Queequeg inspiration again. It’s 5th Edition and we started characters at Level 3 so I needed to pick a Barbarian variant from the player’s manual to play and I wanted him to have good swimming abilities so he’s Totem of the Orca and can can ritual spellcast for unencumbered movement in water, breathing underwater, etc. More importantly the aim is to channel that yacht body-slamming energy. DM was feeling out an Aquaman vibe and a Roman gladiator retiarius aesthetic, so he also has a net and a magic conch.
Ozarks Greenways Frisco Highline Trailhead Bicycle Mosaic
I worked as a studio assistant to Christine Schilling of Mosaica Rose studio on Commercial Street, Springfield MO to help produce her mosaic commissioned by Anne Cox for the Ozarks Greenways Frisco Highline trailhead in Willard, MO. I drew up her design as vector graphics, formatted the print pdf for her large mosaic template, assisted with tile layout and pre-assembly, and worked on the concrete emplacement and finishing.
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm13BA9_Ozark_Greenways_Bicycle_Willard_MO
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Animation is Concentration
An excerpt from Richard Williams’ The Animator’s Survival Kit that stands out in my mind. It bears out mostly, depending on the complexity of a task, energy level for the day, etc. Laundry and dishes are still podcast time.
‘Miring Mirepoix
