Video: A Visit From SamPaul

Postcards From The Weekend: Vist From SamPaul
video produced by Weekndr on Vimeo.
We were visited by a horse last weekend. Meet SamPaul and take a look at a lazy Saturday of painting and science projects around the Weekndr house.

Birthday weekend

Yesterday was my birthday.  There was cake, flowers, family photos, a massage. While a bit hectic running around town from one place to the next, it was by far the best birthday in a long time, maybe ever. There’s something special about having two girls now, like the family is complete.
Baby Maddie’s first teeth popped [...]

Ghosts of Halloween past

Anyone with little kids is planning Halloween costumes by now (unless they enjoy last-minute runs to Target and picked-over shelves). The autumn leaves got me thinking about our past three years with the Neens. 
Her first two costumes were hand-me-downs (Asa and Lynn, you guys rock) and since Nina had no say in the matter, we [...]

Autumn Leaves and Home Improvement

 Welcome to fall in New England. We’re still learning how to best capture the autumn colors with a camera but this above shot from our living room window is a good start. 
We were mostly outside this weekend cleaning up leaves, splitting and stacking firewood, and painting our grubby old chimney. I filled up the wood [...]

On the Cover of Fine Woodworking

 
My first cover shoot for Fine Woodworking magazine.
I’ve been wrapping up a project at work to create a bundled DVD and magazine based on my Web series, Getting Started in Woodworking. The series is an attempt to reach out to young people to get them interested in learning the old-man skills of woodworking. It turns out [...]