After six years in the sun, exposed to the elements, the table I built when we moved to the new house needed some TLC. A lot of sanding and some spar varnish later and we'll be good to go for Sunday brunch.

Tail is a bit janky and the fins are too high, pretty happy with my first pass at carving a little lunch break whale.

This might be the fastest we've gone from ridiculous political moment to fine art hanging in a place of honor, but the latest addition to our @artologica.net gallery is finished, framed, and hanging.

Good morning to this frog on a lillypad and only this frog on a lillypad.

Never change, Bluesky, never change.

Working on the frame for my new @artologica.net art.

Did I commission a watercolor painting of the algae-filled reflecting pool from the incomparable @artologica.net? Yes. Yes, I did. It is just as amazing as you'd expect. Now to build a frame for it.

Working on redecorating and organizing the office, because I have a book deadline. The ocean and robot corner is done. (the rest of my office is also robots and oceans)

Baltimore went all out for Sail 250 and I had a great time looking at tall ships with my dad and kiddo. And look at this Night Heron just chilling in the rigging.

We got a new couch, so I needed to drop the height of the sofa table I built a few years back. Still really proud of these crazy big dovetails cut in cherry and ash.

Busted out the good camera for some even better shots of little frogs hanging out on little lilypads.

My reflection pond is better.

Like this is just straight up a yeti crab field. The plume is maybe half a meter up and to the left. So close.

Critical Update: Frog on a Lillypad. My pond contains no hydrogen peroxide, reflects nicely, and has frogs.

My dude, you can buy parts of a chainsaw and then weld them to an old circular saw and create this absolute nightmare blend of Warhammer 40k and OSHA violations.

Whew! I am finalizing the materials list for the new Rev8 OpenCTD, which is a massive improvement in both data quality and build complexity over the Rev7 version. Final material cost if you want to build your own CTD: $463.57 oceanographyforeveryone.com

Agreed! And the new mini-split window units that are U-shaped and hang down are so much easier for everyone to handle.

Here's a tiny turtle for your Friday morning.

An early summer victory in my quest to photograph frogs sitting on lilypads.

Someone blocked the EV charger and I'm not even mad.

Breaking! There are baby turtles at the National Aquarium Floating Wetlands in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. I repeat: There are baby turtles at the National Aquarium Floating Wetlands in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Our first Papa/Daughter project from @nickofferman.bsky.social's Little Woodchucks. We started with the bench so she could have a pint sized bench for all the other projects we're making this summer.

That tracks.

It's summer and the lotuses survived this brutal winter. Which means I am back on my annual mission of trying to get photos of frogs sitting on lily pads.

A good day to mow the rest of the yard. Shout out to the FedEx driver who saw me standing in a field of tall grass sharpening my scythe, paused for a second, and then booked it out of the driveway as fast as he could.

It's my favorite event of the month, Library Dungeons & Dragons night. Set up and ready for an adventure.

I visited @mapcenter.com and all I got was this amazing map of Atlantic subsea cables from 1919 which tells the story of human connectivity and exploration.

Folks, this was not like a fancy thing with joinery. We just wanted the most boring cheap six-foot picnic table for the yard. Get some 12-foot stock and cut it down in-store instead of wasting 8-foot boards.

You say that Bluesky is a bubble or something, but I spent the afternoon standing under the dripping skeleton of a Blue Whale and I am pretty sure there's a lesson about online engagement in that putrid flask of whale oil.

What was true was that NASA had a contract with Nye Lubricants, which made exotic synthetic oils. A hundred and fifty years prior, William Nye was a prominent New Bedford merchant and whaler. Nye Lubricants was descended from that industry.