Drafting Tools

Some old drafting tools: An electric eraser (I wore out three of them in twenty years) and a couple of horsehair brushes, one with years of graphite and one unused.


Drawing the foundation plan for a loading dock in Watsonville the old fashioned way.

All my old drafting tools, and some I've collected,  have found their way to the tool museum.


The computer and software have made it easy to produce clean, crisp and clear drawings. Curves are easy! No more graphite or erasure crumbs and debilitating back problems.

Here's a framing plan for a unit at the Post Ranch in Big Sur.

Ocean Beach

Steller's Jay

A frequent visitor.

Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Seat of the Universal House of Justice, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel

"The Great Peace towards which people of good will throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision, and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise, is now at long last within the reach of the nations. For the first time in history it is possible for everyone to view the entire planet, with all its myriad diversified peoples, in one perspective. World peace is not only possible but inevitable. It is the next stage in the evolution of this planet...."

The Universal House of Justice
The Promise of World Peace

Santa Cruz--Bruce Owens

A photograph by Bruce Owens looking south across Monterey Bay towards the Salinas Valley from Santa Cruz.

Captian Juergen Raps Retirement Flight From SFO

 Good weather blessed Captain Juergen Raps' retirement flight from SFO to Frankfurt, Germany, with clear views of San Francisco and the Bay Area.  The video includes the crew pushback, taxi and take off, as well as a ride on a Harley Davidson across an active tarmac and a comment on the responsive characteristics of the Airbus A380.

Ella Rae in Sitka

ELLA RAE IN SITKA

Spreckels Mill 1970

Spreckels Mill 1970