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Travis the dog, extremely close to the camera

After

Travis the dog, sitting in the distance at the foot of the bed, looking toward the camera

Before

A large wooden table and matching benches set under a pavilion illuminated by string lights. Travis the dog can also be seen wandering around.

I built this table and these benches by hand!

A mostly-empty bottle of Off Hours brand bourbon sitting on a shelf beside a Trader Sam's tiki mug

A chaotic poster stapled to a telephone pole. It reads WIFE IS MAKING QUARTERS OF HERSELF - I'm Not From this Area But Need an Outsider's Opinion - WHENEVER I SUGGEST WE DO

We found out later this is Alan Wagner. Haven't confirmed but he must have also made this one, right?

A crude drawing of a complicated landscape design featuring a deck, a fire pit, container gardens, plant beds, and more

Landscaping plans

22 2×4s as seen from the open trunk of a Prius. It doesn't look totally safe.

Confirmed: 22 2×4s fit in a Prius

Lowe's

A bagel with lox, capers, dill, onions, and cream cheese, artfully presented in a to-go container

The best bagel I've had in LA so far was from a place called Brooklyn Bagel

A large, no-longer-living tree, mounted in a warehouse and surrounded by a framework of metal scaffolding, artfully lit

A Forest For The Trees

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