2025 March

March was a month of movement. Between field trips to government buildings, tourist centers disguised as educational facilitie

Senator Hagerty Visits Beehive

2025 February

February was quieter in theory, but the calendar didn’t get the memo. Between city runs, backyard livestock, ancient cro

2025 January

January came in fast. Between birthdays, snow days, major upgrades to the vehicle fleet, and a long-awaited supersonic event y

XB-1 Goes Supersonic

Boom Supersonic Achieves Supersonic Flight The first civil supersonic jet made in America breaks the sound barrier in historic

2024 December

Christmas Tree We got a real tree this year from a local church (again). They smell good, but are messy. We also got some indo

2024 November

Around the House Choior Concert Presidential Election Basketball Spaghetti Sandwiches saxaphone Thanksgiving

24 August Random Photos

2024 July

Video This month was busy. The video captures only some of the fun. I took more pictures this month than what I have in the pa

Beehive first engine to test

Denver, CO (March 25, 2024) Beehive Industries, the additively-enabled jet propulsion company, today announced the successful

XB-1 First Flight

I am proud of the team that has stuck it out in Mojave for the past year preparing for the flight test – they did it! Aw

Designing A System of Systems

DESIGning a system of systems At any given moment, approximately 8,000 commercial planes soar through the skies. Daily, more t

EP-133 – teenage engineering

Sample tool https://teenage.engineering/apps/ep-sample-tool user guide https://teenage.engineering/guides/ep-133 Video EP-133

2023 October

October was a busy month as a family – we started the month in Ohio and then Traveled To PA, back to TN, visited a frien

Dream Chaser Going to Ohio

Awesome to see the assembly of Dream Chaser “DC-101” has progressed to this point and shipping to The Neil Armstro

Hoyt Parlor Guitar

Background I am blessed with yet another remarkable instrument crafted by Zach, an exceptionally talented craftsman. The first

Hoyt C Scale Banjo 272

My first instrument from Zach that started the collection. This small banjo is a ton of fun to play. The Casket wood it was ma

Icon Factor Tour

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Abrams Campground to Falls Hike

Hike from Campground to the Falls (the back way) My son Christian and I recently decided to embark on a camping trip to Abrams

Gardner Minstrel Banjo

I stumbled across a video of Rhiannon Giddens and Yo-Yo Ma playing “Build A House” – the song is simple but

Calkins Banjo 214

I picked up this banjo lightly used from the original owner as I was looking for a very simple 5 string, open back fretless to

Gibson Banjo Ukulele

About: The Gibson UB-1 (ukelele banjo) was offered from 1924 to 1938 in a light natural mahogany with a 6″ rim. It is a

Prewar Gibson Banjo Conversion

About: When I first picked up this instrument, the weight and quality of construction were the first things I noticed. Well ma

Sierra Space – Dream Chaser

About: Getting to work on building a space vehicle has always been a dream. I learned a ton about the similarities between bui

National Guitar Duolian

What I Have Learned: About This Guitar: The guitar I picked up was built in the early 1930’s but dating it is hard due t

Music Easel Build

About The music easel was once a rare instrument that I coveted – an instrument that was mysterious, beautiful, elusive

Guitar Builds

I have built 5 guitars this year, all unique but with similarities – the goal was to build guitars that are not commerci

N990XB – Guitar Build

About: This guitar build was inspired by the XB-1 aircraft build – unique, one of a kind, high quality, precise build. T

XB-1 Roll Out

About: We spent about 3 years designing and building our supersonic demonstrator and finally got to reveal it to the world. Th

Rhodes

The Fender Rhodes is an amazing instrument and truly is one of those “they don’t make them like they used to”