Looking out my back door

We have had a week of rain. It is turning things green again after a long dry summer. 

Yesterday I was watching the sun over the coast range behind the shop. I have always thought the layering of colors by distance was pretty amazing. 

The trees by the river at the end of our property are almost black. The trees on the ridge by Muddy Valley are dark grey. The hills behind Muddy Valley are a slightly lighter shade and the ridge line behind them is in a stark contrast to the clouds. Somewhere past that ridge is the Pacific Ocean.

 

But then I pulled back the camera and we see what I see every day. Lots of Junk!

Artifacts from High School

I have been attempting to clean my shop.

I found this battery terminal puller and this brass punch. 

I made these in shop classes in High School. 

Somewhere there are more brass punches. They tend to get abused. 

Probably because they are so useful.

When I was in High School I thought I would make something of myself. At least I have good punches and a battery terminal tool that I almost never use. But when I do need to use it I am very happy I did.