Comments on: The Arugula Parabola http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/ faults | sins | abuses Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:12:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Amanda http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88673 Amanda Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:12:20 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88673 Oh, very nice! I'm impressed that you got the vine detached from the old shed and reattached to the new pergola without seeming to perturb it in the least. Oh, very nice! I’m impressed that you got the vine detached from the old shed and reattached to the new pergola without seeming to perturb it in the least.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88600 mike Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:27:48 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88600 You know I like the fancy talk, Mose, and I meant that "purchase" to invoke and point to the fine line from <em>Raising Arizona</em>, among <a href="http://www.slimcoincidence.com/blog/2005/03/they_have_a_word_for_it.php" rel="nofollow">other </a> things. And again, thanks to all for the kind words. Doc -- love the photo, but I'm afraid you might have to settle for some good unoaked Chardonnay, but I do like the Nobilio and that nice New Zealand zing. You know I like the fancy talk, Mose, and I meant that “purchase” to invoke and point to the fine line from Raising Arizona, among other things. And again, thanks to all for the kind words. Doc — love the photo, but I’m afraid you might have to settle for some good unoaked Chardonnay, but I do like the Nobilio and that nice New Zealand zing.

]]> By: Moses http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88582 Moses Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:22:35 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88582 Mike, This looks like it was a blast. A lot of new vocab for me. Google was busy this lunch time. "Around which to twine and gain purchase"? Sometimes I'm in awe of your intellegence. Count 'em: one, two, three Edwards boys getting dirty and taking care of bid-ness. Granny would have been very proud indeed. Vitia is unusual but nice. I think I have enjoyed it. Mose Mike,
This looks like it was a blast. A lot of new vocab for me. Google was busy this lunch time. “Around which to twine and gain purchase”? Sometimes I’m in awe of your intellegence.
Count ‘em: one, two, three Edwards boys getting dirty and taking care of bid-ness. Granny would have been very proud indeed. Vitia is unusual but nice. I think I have enjoyed it.
Mose

]]> By: DocMara http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88347 DocMara Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:19:46 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88347 Holy viticulrual retreat, Batman! I would like a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Nobilio or Kim Crawford, preferably. Oh, and just a small pour. Oh yes, my small slice of heaven: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6063/545/1600/DSCF0017.jpg Enjoy the halcyon days! Holy viticulrual retreat, Batman!

I would like a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Nobilio or Kim Crawford, preferably. Oh, and just a small pour.

Oh yes, my small slice of heaven:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6063/545/1600/DSCF0017.jpg

Enjoy the halcyon days!

]]> By: Dave http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88283 Dave Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:49:33 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88283 Looks pretty good big bro, happy to work with you again. Feels like we really accomplished something. Working with my hands like that gives me pause as to what my calling will be. I mean I'm not great at the carpentry work but it was satisfying. Maybe it means that Moses and me rehabbing a house next year will be more fun (with headaches of course) than I previously suspected. Dad fit the engineering carpenter role rather well, good supervision made for an easier project. Looks pretty good big bro, happy to work with you again. Feels like we really accomplished something. Working with my hands like that gives me pause as to what my calling will be. I mean I’m not great at the carpentry work but it was satisfying. Maybe it means that Moses and me rehabbing a house next year will be more fun (with headaches of course) than I previously suspected. Dad fit the engineering carpenter role rather well, good supervision made for an easier project.

]]> By: Nan Booth http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88246 Nan Booth Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:16:16 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88246 Mike, it is spectacular. Your dad and David described the project to us but the outcome is so much better than the words. Also I loved seeing your house, though only the back of it, which your dad had told us about. The pergola is a charming addition to what appears to be a charming home. Nelly and Homer would love to adopt the two kittens but haven't yet agreed on who will clean the litter pan -- a prerequisite to my approving the adoption. We are in the hills on a gorgeous cool morning. Wish you were here but suspect you are sipping coffee or tea in your lovely pergola. Nan Mike, it is spectacular. Your dad and David described the project to us but the outcome is so much better than the words. Also I loved seeing your house, though only the back of it, which your dad had told us about. The pergola is a charming addition to what appears to be a charming home.

Nelly and Homer would love to adopt the two kittens but haven’t yet agreed on who will clean the litter pan — a prerequisite to my approving the adoption.

We are in the hills on a gorgeous cool morning. Wish you were here but suspect you are sipping coffee or tea in your lovely pergola.

Nan

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88192 mike Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:00:22 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88192 Thanks, y'all. Joanna, on pergolas, purlins are sometimes also called stringers -- they are the thin pieces (here, 2 x 2s) that sit atop the rafters; the longitudinal thin pieces atop the latitudinal rafters resting atop the central longitudinal beams. They serve two nice functions here: first, on my grape vine pergola, they give the vines small pieces of wood around which to twine and gain purchase. Second, because they are screwed down into the tops of the rafters, which are screwed on both sides into the face plate and into alternating sides on the two support beams, they help keep the whole structure rigid, and prevent the rafters from warping. And they're pretty, too. The tower is the Episcopal Church of the Holy Innocents; one of the three churches here on Church Street. The six o'clock bells tell the cats it's time for dinner, and David and Dad and I heard hymns this morning as we worked. On the one side, it was pretty to hear. On the other side, there had been Dad's mom, Ruth, our Granny, who didn't like any work to be done on Sunday. We did some work. We heard some hymns. If I was a builder, I'll tell you what I'd do. Thanks, y’all.

Joanna, on pergolas, purlins are sometimes also called stringers — they are the thin pieces (here, 2 x 2s) that sit atop the rafters; the longitudinal thin pieces atop the latitudinal rafters resting atop the central longitudinal beams. They serve two nice functions here: first, on my grape vine pergola, they give the vines small pieces of wood around which to twine and gain purchase. Second, because they are screwed down into the tops of the rafters, which are screwed on both sides into the face plate and into alternating sides on the two support beams, they help keep the whole structure rigid, and prevent the rafters from warping. And they’re pretty, too.

The tower is the Episcopal Church of the Holy Innocents; one of the three churches here on Church Street. The six o’clock bells tell the cats it’s time for dinner, and David and Dad and I heard hymns this morning as we worked. On the one side, it was pretty to hear. On the other side, there had been Dad’s mom, Ruth, our Granny, who didn’t like any work to be done on Sunday.

We did some work. We heard some hymns.

If I was a builder, I’ll tell you what I’d do.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88177 joanna Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:36:09 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88177 I hope you gave your father and brother a kitten each as a reward for all of their hard work! ; ) Seriously, your revised structure is gorgeous in detail and in scope--opening the space up and letting the vine dominate the design gives it a simplicity and elegance that works with the proportions of your house. Two questions: what's a "purlin," and what is that tower in the background? Right nice, Mike. I hope you gave your father and brother a kitten each as a reward for all of their hard work! ; )

Seriously, your revised structure is gorgeous in detail and in scope–opening the space up and letting the vine dominate the design gives it a simplicity and elegance that works with the proportions of your house.

Two questions: what’s a “purlin,” and what is that tower in the background?

Right nice, Mike.

]]> By: John http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88162 John Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:39:58 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88162 Great job, indeed! Great job, indeed!

]]> By: Bardiac http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88160 Bardiac Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:48:25 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/01/the-arugula-parabola/#comment-88160 Wow, that looks inviting! Great job! Wow, that looks inviting! Great job!

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