While on vacation this summer, Queenie and I built a rock patio down by the lake.  We've been collecting flat rocks and turned a spo...

I tend to keep buying mid century dinettes.  I found this Chromcraft table at a thrift store for $14.99.  It came with a leaf.  Good deal...

Here's something you'll really like!.. A while a go I bought this lamp shade off of Craigslist.  I drove all the way across town ...

Here's how the new Amana Radarange microwave looks in the Gochenour kitchen.  It's one of the newest things we have in there. Tha...

So I needed a road bike so I could keep up with Queenie while riding with her in Canada.  She is quite speedy on her new bike and it was ...

Been hitting the back roads of Alberta with Queenie for cool old things to add to the Gochenour collection. Picked up a mid century pol...

Here's a picture of Windermere Lake.  What a lovely morning we had along the shore, and what a difference a day makes.  It is pouring...

So I was in the grocery store the other day and walking down the shampoo isle and there's this bald dude picking out shampoo.  I wanted ...

I love you sweetie!

When I was a kid we used to come to Spokane to shop at the Bon Marche.  It was like this really classy place to shop and the whole thing bac...

I tuned Dad's old Fender Concert Tone banjo EBGD so Julie could play it like a tenor guitar.   Dad would have loved that.  He'd l...

The strangest thing.  People growing up and morphing into an older version of their high school self.  Men who try and maintain that same ha...

Funny this should come up now.  In the last week the fall weather has been really nice.  Often the only times I get to be outside are to and...

OPEN LETTER TO CHRYSLER JEEP AND NHTSA Dear Chrysler Jeep, Stop sending me these worthless recall notices about my Jeep.  And shame on...

I had the pleasure of teaching Queenie's son how to ride a bike the other day. Now there's one more convert on the planet and we c...

One of the things that has really been bothering me lately is light pollution.  I remember as a kid growing up at Flathead Lake how amazing ...

To say that this was the worst ski season I've had ever is an understatement.. Far worse than 2007 I think it was.  I've never see...

I've been in a bit of a blogging lull.  More and more I find myself wanting to be in places where there are less people around.  I'm...

I picked up this starburst clock for $28 in an antique store up in Canada.  It's really quite something.. And it keeps good time and l...

Went up to Canada to bring in the new year with Queenie.  Haven't blogged for a while.  Not sure why, I guess part of it was that I br...