ben in the hood

Ice on Trees

2012-01-20T14:05:00.001-08:00

Compare the diameter of the ice with the diameter of the twigs. Its heavily loaded.

Ice on the Subaru Mirror

2012-01-20T14:04:00.002-08:00

Everything is Covered in Ice

2012-01-20T14:04:00.001-08:00

Snow2

2011-11-25T13:36:00.002-08:00

Ski Morning

2011-11-25T13:36:00.001-08:00

More Snow

2011-11-25T13:25:00.001-08:00

Snow Dog

2011-11-25T13:24:00.001-08:00

Everyone Knows Hay is For Horses

2011-11-21T11:30:00.001-08:00

Mt. Hood

2011-11-20T13:12:00.001-08:00

Check My Turns

2011-11-20T13:11:00.003-08:00

Powder Hunt

2011-11-20T13:11:00.001-08:00

Skiing Above the Inversion

2011-11-20T13:10:00.001-08:00

In Oregon, They Don't Know From Challah

2011-11-18T16:38:00.000-08:00

New Office Lodge

2011-10-20T09:10:00.001-07:00

Sailing

2011-10-16T20:13:00.001-07:00

On the Columbia

Crazy Oregon Rainbow

2011-10-11T16:35:00.001-07:00

Office

2011-10-11T09:10:00.003-07:00

Office Space

2011-10-11T09:10:00.001-07:00

New Office

2011-10-11T09:09:00.001-07:00

Good Stuff

2011-09-07T11:37:00.001-07:00

Coffee is Love

2011-09-07T11:36:00.000-07:00

What Could Go Wrong?

2011-09-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

Tying Down Straw With Windsurf Strap

2011-08-31T16:54:00.001-07:00

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

American Airlines

2011-08-31T16:14:00.001-07:00

Kicking it old school.

Hood

2011-08-31T16:13:00.000-07:00

Rock it

2011-08-26T15:07:00.000-07:00

Dig

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Dig

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Trench

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Trench

2011-08-25T16:57:00.001-07:00

They left the keys...

2011-08-25T16:50:00.001-07:00

Close Work

2011-08-25T09:33:00.001-07:00

Big Cat

2011-08-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

Frog at Work

2011-08-23T17:10:00.001-07:00

Seltzer

2011-08-23T08:39:00.000-07:00

So Hot

2011-08-21T22:01:00.001-07:00

Slept on the deck.

Household Hints from Lindee Lewit

2011-08-20T09:26:00.001-07:00

"The floor is dirty and disgusting because you are dirty and disgusting."

Steak

2011-08-12T18:41:00.001-07:00

Sailing Again

2011-08-07T13:28:00.000-07:00

I had an "all you can eat buffet."

Windsurfing

2011-08-06T14:40:00.001-07:00

Windsurfing Day

2011-08-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

Dog Approved

2011-07-24T18:27:00.000-07:00

(Semi)-final product

2011-07-24T18:05:00.001-07:00

We could not buy sand of the right fineness so we dug some up from the riverbank.

Bricks Laid

2011-07-24T18:03:00.001-07:00

Or is it lain? Layed?

Moving Bricks on Shabbat

2011-07-24T18:02:00.001-07:00

There us a reason we are not supposed to do that. No fun.

Kibble & Cap'n Crunch

2011-07-09T06:07:00.001-07:00

Boys unsupervised.

Starvation Creek Falls

2011-06-18T09:08:00.000-07:00

Two Red Subarus with Green Trailers at the Dump

2011-06-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Patch

2011-06-13T17:37:00.000-07:00

Ausie Coast

2011-05-15T02:29:00.001-07:00

He just smiled...

2011-05-15T02:26:00.001-07:00

and look what he gave me.

Ausie Oversize

2011-05-15T02:21:00.000-07:00

Go big.

Fuel Prices

2011-05-15T02:20:00.000-07:00

Great fuel prices. Too bad its Australian dollars per liter.

These two utes...

2011-05-15T02:10:00.000-07:00

What is a ute?

LAX

2011-04-30T20:16:00.001-07:00

PDX

2011-04-30T20:16:00.000-07:00

More rainbow

2011-04-30T20:15:00.001-07:00

Rainbow at Work

2011-04-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

If you leave a can of WD-40 out in the rain,

2011-04-24T08:45:00.001-07:00

will it rust?

If I go skiing with my colleagues, does that count as work?

2011-04-08T17:37:00.001-07:00

Planted Onion Starts

2011-04-08T17:36:00.001-07:00

Walla-walla sweets.

I asked the butcher for dog bones.

2011-03-30T17:54:00.001-07:00

For not of.

Empty Parking Lot

2011-03-29T19:05:00.001-07:00

Ski on a Tuesday.

Yeah, I hit that.

2011-03-29T19:04:00.001-07:00

Last Powder Day of the Year

2011-03-29T19:03:00.001-07:00

Blazers Game

2011-03-29T19:02:00.003-07:00

It's a blimp.

Old Logging Equipment

2011-03-29T19:02:00.001-07:00

Coffee at the Plant

2011-03-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

Cd. del Carmen

2011-03-14T11:52:00.000-07:00

Cd. del Carmen, Mexico

2011-03-14T11:51:00.000-07:00

Flying in.

Working Dog

2011-03-05T18:40:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I'll bring the beast to work with me. Mostly he chills out in the car but I'll go out and throw a stick for him when I can. Grapes are planted behind him.

Snowy Morning

2011-03-05T18:29:00.001-08:00

Here is a picture of a snowy morning from our table. I'll spare you the photos of far more common days of gray slush.

Conan Bowl

2011-03-05T18:28:00.002-08:00

This is the view back up Conan Bowl. Fresh power is a limited resource.

Deep Tracks

2011-03-05T18:28:00.001-08:00

Looking down from high in Clark Canyon. The powder was deep and light by Oregon standards.

Skiing Mt.Hood

2011-03-05T18:24:00.000-08:00

I hiked to Clark Canyon. This is the view of the summit from there.

Leaving the office

2011-03-05T18:21:00.003-08:00

Thats the Subaru under the snow. All wheel drive, four snow tires, two turntables and a microphone.

Construction

2011-03-05T18:21:00.001-08:00

The front end loader is bringing boulders to the track hoe which is building a breakwater.

Steam Powered Internet

2011-03-05T18:05:00.001-08:00

It takes a lot of energy to throw picture of kittens all over the world.

Actually, this is the Google campus in The Dalles, Oregon. The condensation is from cooling the servers. Google located here for cheap hydroelectric electricity. They don't employ many people at the server farm, but if you want to see the internet, here it is.

Comfy?

2011-03-05T18:04:00.001-08:00

Beats the pound.

Rim

2011-03-05T18:03:00.001-08:00

Lindee hit some lumber dropped onto I-84 and split a rim on the Saab. If you cannot miss an obstacle entirely, best to hit it with a tire. Tire held pressure and she came home. Les Schwab replaced the rim $200. Love them.

King's Speech

2011-03-05T18:02:00.001-08:00

Lindee and I saw "The King's Speech" at The Skylight Theater and Pub. They sell paper tickets off of a roll and don't take them at the door. Honor system.

Office Window

2011-02-25T16:13:00.001-08:00

My Ride

2010-12-25T09:38:00.001-08:00

Center.

First Hotel

2010-12-25T09:36:00.001-08:00

Moving an Engine

2010-12-25T09:33:00.000-08:00

Two guys moving an engine.

Pneumatic

2010-12-25T09:30:00.000-08:00

This guy has pneumatic tires everywhere but on his own rear axle.

Tea

2010-12-25T09:22:00.001-08:00

Hot and often.

Old Model Auto-Rickshaw

2010-12-25T08:27:00.001-08:00

This is the "Old Model Auto-Rickshaw." Call it a "trike" and it will kick your ass.

Indian Transformer

2010-12-24T09:19:00.001-08:00

More than meets the eye.

Non Sequitur

2010-12-24T09:08:00.000-08:00

I never got used to seeing cows where I did not expect one.

Tilesetting and Fixtures

2010-12-24T09:05:00.001-08:00

Great tile work and plumbing fixtures that are almost unobtainable in the US.

YogaTV

2010-12-24T09:02:00.001-08:00

In India, Yoga is taught by Yogis. In Hood River, its mostly Yoginis.

Indians are Super-into Swastikas

2010-12-24T08:55:00.000-08:00

But they are so friendly; I think they don't really mean it.

I Love this Stuff

2010-12-24T08:54:00.001-08:00

I give it two thums up!

Outside Hotel

2010-12-24T08:49:00.000-08:00

Cows in India have it better than in California.

Accomodations

2010-12-24T08:44:00.001-08:00

I love the squat toilet, love the stonework, hate the mothballs in the sink, prefer hot and cold running water.

Highway North

2010-12-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

Stopped for tea as we drove north.

Ironwork

2010-12-16T03:02:00.001-08:00

Next to the machine shop.

Field Mod

2010-12-16T02:58:00.001-08:00

Keeping it real.

Inflammable

2010-12-16T02:52:00.000-08:00

Got it right.