on the deck at Oz Erickson's place
and given away on neighborhood forum
What's No Longer New
Feb 16
Wow, it has been a long time since I touched this site. Here are some pictures from the last couple of years:
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| King of the Mississippi | months of model-building ordeal enjoyment |
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| Mags and Trevor hosting party in back yard | The Beeb, The Hobes |
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| Jim and Sarah McGinley on the deck at Oz Erickson's place |
A model of the Visible V-8, built for fun and given away on neighborhood forum |
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| Tommy with new dog Peter | |
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| Casey with Carlo and Smudge | Mags in the Kitchen |
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| DeAnne with tennis team | Trees in the front yard, spring 2016 |
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| At Pacific Grove with Wife and Dawg | |
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| Casey's cat Smudge lives here | Goats pay annual visit |
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| Tommy & Betsy |
Spring arrives. Hills are green. Mom's garden in full bloom.
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Completed the jigsaw puzzle project:
This is a 4000-piece puzzle Casey gave me for Christmas, a beautiful executive world map. It took over two months to finish.
Jun 13
Moved the site from fatcow.com to netfirms.com. If you see this sentence, you're looking at the new site.
May 13
Mothers' Day brunch for two, soon to be served on the verandah.
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Ship model is now finished. Last knot was tied while watching the Giants clobber the Braves for the third day in a row. |
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Apr 13
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A little trip to Pacific Grove. The famous purple flowers were out in abundance. |
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Stayed at a new place near Asilomar. Highly recommended. |
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| Shipbuilding in April |
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Sails go up on the Falcon. |
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Held up by a lot of little ropes. |
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Mar 13
Miss Helen, our beloved Queen. |
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Shipbuilding continues.
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| deadeyes | emerging ratlines | masts |
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Feb 13
Shipbuilding continues. Deck is now complete. Hull varnishing took place in the back yard.
The rudder.
What the heck, it's only been six months, time to post some pictures while watching the Niners falling behind in the Super Bowl.
Mom and the Hobes:
Pictures were taken at Moss Beach Distillery, a favorite spot.
Progress on the boat model:
I'm working on a model of the Falcon, a brigantine from the 1870's -- merchant ship, then gunship, then U.S. Coast Guard. I started this model a couple of years ago, got halfway through the hull, then broke my thumb on the tennis court and put the model away for over a year. I dusted it off, finished the hull, and am on the way toward mast-raising. More photos to come.
Popular new bird feeders:
These were a Christmas gift from me to wife. They are constantly attended. Need filling every couple of days. This spring we will have a fine crop of bird grass.
Jul 12
| A visit from the Bro, in Berkeley. |
 I recently found out that Ken has his own Wikipedia entry. |
Return of the goaties! Annual munchfest begins today. |
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Jun 12
Improvements in the homestead
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the new paint job --> < -- Mom's bird of paradise |
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<-- painted the back too I painted the shed --> |
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<-- Finnegan comes to visit Concrete wash, before and after --> |
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<-- Hobes and Mags Yard full of life --> |
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Aug 11
 A driving trip to the Olympic Peninsula Mags and Trevor in San Clemente > |
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Helen takes up residence in Casey's car >
Kids invade LA tennis courts!
Betsy, Tommy, Maggie Trevor
Casey invades Tahoe!
Hobie
Aug 10
Feb 09
Kids invade Thailand
Dec 08
Loafing in Mexico
Nov 08
Jan 08
Day in San
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Thanksgiving with Ken's
family minus Ken
Annual goat visit
Jul 08
Trip to Boston
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more
Jun 08
Bicycling
the Golden Gate ... more pics
Old Folks At Home
Le Beeb
Feb 08
Little trip to San Diego
Spring approaches
New
look at the Casey place
The Ocean Shore: beginning a
model railroad
Another puzzle on the wall
This one a Christmas gift from Tommy
Dec 07
| My dad died at his
home in Oklahoma City on Dec 6.
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Tommy at work |
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Sep 07
Family trip to Oklahoma
kids terrorize Bricktown
Jun 07
the stuff you find on cable!
Mags'
new kitty
and other new pics on the Maggie Page
Casey is a big hit as MC at best friend's wedding
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rare Tommy sighting |
watching A's beat uninspired Red Sox |
Mar 07
Tommy's band Ages in desert video:
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visitor spotted in back yard |
other wildlife nearby
Kid rooms become museums
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| Lake Chabot outing |
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the long-awaited
Casey Page
May 07
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Mothers Day visit to Felton |
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Mizz Helen
morning visitor
Mar 07
Pictures from my new camera (Sony Cybershot DSCW55 7MP)
Out the back gate:
Refurbishing of the Casey Room:
K. Dills come for a visit:
J. Dill office:
St. Patrick's Day: Casey dyes his hair black
Pictures from Christmas 06 (scanned from old-fashioned paper photos)
16 Jan 04
It's been a long time since I updated anything here!
Here are some pictures of the Peterbilt 377 I just built from a Revell kit.
Pictures were taken by Maggie with her new digital camera. My little plastic Intel web cam finally conked out on me.
Scout (Dill, R.) and Scoutmaster (Dill, K.) model new Troop 255 T-shirts. See Scout Logo page.
30 Jun. Dinner and campfire at local campground. See photos.
29 Jun. The prodigal son takes time out from his busy Hollywood schedule to drop in for a few days. Rare photos of all three Dill kids in one location.
How the shed looks these days. Interior now has pegboard. Flowers are starting to grow. Space starting to fill up with stuff.
25 Jun. Giants - Dodgers at PacBell Park. Giants were soundly trounced, 6-0.
16 Jun. Another fence repair project on the other side of the house. Sunk a new post, built a new gate.
9 Jun. Fence repair project. Replaced the posts, kept the old gate, mostly. Needs paint.
7 Jun. Designs for a patch for Ken's scout troop.
1 Jun. Some of us go camping for the weekend.
25 May. Day spent building a workbench.
21 May 03. The finished shed.
See shed page.
10 May 03
Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade, featuring the CVHS band and Color Guard:
Railroad stuff is moving to a new address: www.trainplayer.com.
Continuing progress on shed.
8 May 03
Maggie's 17th birthday. Her friends Cristina and Kelley showed up at 6:30 AM with balloons and muffins. She was in the shower at the time. Much shrieking and giggling.
19 Apr 2003
See the Shed Home Page for status of the shed project.
18 Apr 2003
Shed, Day 1. Lumber arrives. Plot gets cleared.
14 Apr 2003
Shed plans. Construction postponed due to rainy weather. I'll start next week.
9 Apr 2003
A weekend product: a pair of sawhorses. To be used for upcoming construction projects.
7 Apr 2003
17 Feb 2003
Wow, it's been a long time since I updated this site. I finally have something new to put here. Check it out: TrainPlayer, a new program I am in the process of finishing, in need of testing.
While I'm at it, here are finally some pictures from the family cruise.
Jun 9 2002
Dudley enjoys a swim, just before he sprained his ankle and had to be carried
to the car. Eighty pounds of wet dog.
Spring 2002
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Senior Ball 2002 Two Dills attended. |
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Old man did NOT attend. |
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See the new Maggie Page! Now under construction.
May 11 2002
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Scenes from the annual Castro Valley Rodeo Parade |
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Maggie rides in parade with her
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Apr 29 2002
My pal
Iestyn and his new dog Sophie on recent trip to Atlanta
Apr 12 2002
Anniversary Trip to San Francisco
Mar 30 2002
Maggie in her Mexico hairdo
Mar 07 2002
A little gift for Dad. Plastic version of Jeff Gordon's Monte Carlo.
Dressed up on recent trip to Vancouver.
Jan 27 2002
Nice day on Fairmont Ridge
Jan 25 2002
Dudley
Goats 'R Us returns for the annual munchfest.
Jan 20 2002
Maggie moves into a new yellow room. Somehow convinces Tommy to clean her ceiling fan.
Tommy gets a new room too. Blue and full of audio technology. Tommy painted both rooms.
Just released, the Cross-Stitch
Edition of BuzzXplore.
I helped develop this for my friends John & Lisa at Buzz
Tools Inc.
Jan 12 2002
Little Saturday project: flooring for an attic space. Hastily photographed before disappearing beneath piles of junk.
Jan
11 2002
New dog joins family. Here's what the rescue association blurb said about him:
8-year-old liver/white neutered male Gentle fellow. He enjoys walking and meeting people but his favorite activity is to sit next to you and relax. One of our Volunteer Dog Socializers describes him as, 'Noise tolerant, gentle mouth, never jumps.' In other words, a great dog.
He's gentle but full of energy, clambering around, making himself at home. We're still working on a name. At the moment he's lying here at my feet, as advertised.
In other news: St. Clement's Bulletin announces existence of web site. Parish finds out about it this Sunday. Operators standing by.
Jan 9 2002
Maggie and Alex on Winter Ball night
See? Shirt tucked in.
Dec 18 2001
My latest project, a spare-time effort for a real client: new web site for St. Clement's Church in Berkeley.
Dec 15 2001
Maggie on her way to Winter Ball. That's Casey the chauffeur (her date Alex had his shirt tucked in).
Dec 10
We had a nice web site, hosted by the @Home cable modem folks, but this month they went bankrupt. In the process, they deleted our site. I didn't have a backup. I'll be reassembling it as time goes by.
