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Jun 16

2008

Going away to build The Man

Posted by Nifer Fahrion in Untagged

Yup, that’s right. I’ve been invited back again to join the small, core group of artists and craftsmen who build “The Man” for Burning Man every year.

I will be joining my fellow teammates/friends for about 10 days in the Nevada desert. I won’t be able to fill orders at that time, however, I will have periodic email access and can answer any questions every other day or so.

In the mean time, check out the Burning Man Blog posts by Aaron Muszalski to read updates of what myself and my other crew members are

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Jun 15

2008

I lichen you

Posted by Nifer Fahrion in Untagged

I just got back from a small get away with my partner, Colin. We were celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary, and decided to do a theme of lighthouses.

It started with driving up to Point Reyes to tour the light station and just generally chill out up there. We had never actually gotten to see the lighthouse, so it was a nice “local” treat to do. While climbing down the 302 steps to get to the lighthouse, I was struck by the beautiful lichen growing on the wall. So fuzzy and bright it reminded me of woolly growths on the rocks.

Lichen Detail:

We were also surprised to witness what appeared to be a migration of lady bugs at the lighthouse. They were EVERYWHERE. There was no way to walk around without having a couple either land on you, or sadly, step on a few.

Our evening closed by staying at a cute cottage that overlooked a cow pasture, and were woke by the sound of mooing in the morning. How delightful! I wish I had taken a picture of their cute little muzzles looking in the window, but I was so busy squealing with joy that I forgot. I suppose that will have to wait until next year.

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Jun 09

2008

Cuteness

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My kitty has been diagnosed with congenital heart failure. Here’s a sweet picture I took of him, while he is still happy and healthy (ish). I love him so!

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Jun 01

2008

Bike Lobster (ooo, yeah.)

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Recently I went with some friends to go panning for gold up in the critter-laden woods of Auburn. I rode up there on my newly acquired BMW F650. And not really surprising, a not-so-little cute guy ended up finding a comfortable place to rest. Hee-hee!

This fun campout has been recurring for a few years now, and proved to be the biggest and most interesting yet.

There were about 20-odd friends and acquaintances brimming to the gills with creativity. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate event for which to bring my musical saw to play. Clever impromptu plays were written, neat-o shadow puppets were made as actors, songs were sung, a trilobite tikki bar was serving fancy drinks out of hand-made bamboo glasses , wemade our own Viking ships out of sticks and cardboard and raced them down the river , and of course there was the “normal” campout stuff too… roasting marshmallows, riding down the rapids on inflatable animals , fancy meals were made, and the panning and discovery of GOLD!