The place to be

This is a quote I remember seeing on a guy's shirt back in Knoxville:

"Tennessee is the place to be, unless you're somewhere else."

Horno

This a horno (mud oven) I made completely from found materials:

Fire bricks from my neighbor

Old glass bottles for insulation

Wood chips and sawdust for insulation

Cedar strands from swamp cooler mat for fiber reinforcement

Sand from my neighbor

Soil excavated from basin of a dam

Strong back and sweat from yours truly

Found Notebook 2

These are from the same found notebook as the drawings.  The child appears to be studying english and spanish. The stories are quite bizarre, amusing and slightly morbid.

Found notebook 1

These drawings by a child were in a notebook found while walking along the irrigation canals. 

Landing Quote

"You may not know what you're doing in a small town but everyone else does."

-Saltillo Landing Store

R.I.P. Green Swing #1

The cottonwood has shed it's green dangly's early this year.  Green swing #1 is no more.  Just as it appeared spontaneously, it has disappeared.  However, out of this loss, more green swings will sprout all about.  The natural order of things continues.

Fare You Well

This CD unexpectedly showed up at the door a couple weeks ago, soon after the launch of All Get Out (an appropriate coincidence). It's a very nice project of recordings from many sources. The project goes along well with the All Get Out theme. Click the title to explore further.

Dandelion Wine

Here's a nice sounding, found in the wild, recipe from a free Arthur magazine found in Chicago. Click the title to get the whole story.

"I pour one gallon boiling water over one gallon dandelion flowers in a large bowl. When the blossoms rise (wait about twenty-four to forty-eight hours), I strain the yellow liquid out, squeezing the remaining liquid out of the flowers, into a larger ceramic or glass bowl. I compost the spent flowers (thanks dandelion!).
Then I add juice and zest from four lemons and four oranges, and four pounds of sugar (4-4-4 = E.Z.). Okay, now what I think is the best part - I float a piece of stale bread in the mixture sprinkled with bread yeast. This technique is used in Appalachian and some European recipes.
Then I toss a dishtowel over it so the mixture can both breathe and the crud floating around my house stays out. I continue stirring the wine several times a day until it stops fermenting. This takes about two weeks or so.
When I am certain it has stopped “working”, I strain, bottle and cork it up and bid it farewell until months later. In fact I wait until the winter solstice, when I can revisit that sunny spring day by drinking it in."

Chicago Bucket Drum Troupe

A Chicago Bucket Drum Troupe performing on Michigan Avenue

Click on title to listen!

Green Swing #1

The swing seat was found next to a cottonwood tree down by the river. It was then hung up on chains in the same cottonwood. Cut up, old bicycle inner tubes from the bike shop were used to protect the tree limb. The seat was painted green to match the green spring leaves. The swing looks out over the field, river and mountains. More green swings are planned. Watch for them.

Quote from Pete

"The world is huge, but we have small circles."

Thrift Store Polaroid

Taken with Polaroid 600 Land Camera, bought at thrift store for $3.  A nice decapitated surprise.

Fresh as All Get Out

The launch of All Get Out.  All Get Out is a home for found goodness of life.  A dedication to subtle nuances, beauties, dilapidations, horrors, mistakes, ramblings,bores, excitements and anything that is... as all get out. These are findings discovered by living, walking, biking, sitting, chillin, talkin in the environment that is presented to one at a certain time.  Most of these have been found in a slower pace with an open eye and appreciation for the place and beings (be them strange or very familiar) that are at your feet at that time. The findings are an appreciation and acknowledgement of everything that life has presented (in all it's forms). The findings of here and now makes the world and life a more interesting and manageable place to be. These findings will be in many forms such as; found art, photos from old cameras, field recordings, interviews, quotes from acquaintances, photos of random objects, trash or places, projects made from found materials, recipes or edible wilderness. Yes, you are living and life is happening around you as amazing as all get out.  All get out now and find it.