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I bought a house!

Wild sunset the other day

September 19, 2025 by Bill Ward

No filter!

Sierra Hull at The Independent, San Francisco

September 11, 2025 by Bill Ward

Rosa and I went to see the incomparable Sierra Hull at The Independent with opening act Stephanie Lambring … What an amazing performance! Bluegrass is alive and well

Volcanoes are thrilling!

August 19, 2025 by Bill Ward

Especially since this one used to look like Fujiyama until 45 years ago.

New grillz and lights

August 15, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: Check me out! Looking fierce, huh? Roof rack made for a Toyota but fits me great!

Power input installed

August 11, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: Ok so we got the power input installed in a better spot

Ruined body panel!

August 11, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: This small miscalculation has completely ruined one of my body panels.

Broken wind/rain guard

August 6, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: My clumsy human Bill broke the wind/rain guard.

Repurposed bike rack as tire carrier

August 3, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: My human Bill cleverly repurposed a cheap bike rack from Craigslist to hold my spare tire so that the place where little tiny tire that I came with goes can be reused for more storage inside. Also new protective light covers for my taillights!

Back window finally fixed

July 26, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: My back window is finally fixed!!

Gizmo got a new hat!!

April 16, 2026July 26, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: My human Bill got me a new hat!!

Honda Element Meetup

April 16, 2026July 19, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: My humans Bill and Rosa took me to a meetup of other Honda Elements! So many of my relatives showed up for the first ever Bay Area Honda Element Meetup yesterday in Alameda!

Rules Applied!

July 19, 2025 by Bill Ward

Gizmo says: After the Element Meetup on Alameda, we went to this cool used furniture store Poor Honey’s in Oakland and when we arrived there was this beautiful blue cousin so of course we parked behind it!

Eat the rainbow!

July 6, 2025 by Bill Ward

Ube sourdough bread from Rize Up Bakery with sage cheese

Neighborhood succulents in bloom

April 28, 2025 by Bill Ward

Went for a neighborhood walk and saw so many happy blooming succulents

Spring has arrived

April 26, 2025 by Bill Ward

The flowers are so cheerful

Rosa and i dropped off our ballots today

November 5, 2024 by Bill Ward

Have you voted?

I lost interest in Inktober after only two days

October 10, 2024 by Bill Ward

is there such a thing as bagtober or sewtober? Bagsewber?

More zippers found -> new bag!

October 9, 2024 by Bill Ward

Rosa and I went through some boxes of scraps and I found a stash of zippers so here’s a new bag!

Another bag sewn!

October 5, 2024 by Bill Ward

Same pattern as the last one, but a bit larger.

I sewed a thing all by myself!

October 4, 2024 by Bill Ward

It’s 8″ by 6″ with a zipper and a lining and I think it turned out quite nice. Pattern: https://youtu.be/n_Tp5wpBoLQ (but I adjusted the dimensions) sewing

Inktober 2024 day 2, “microscope”

October 3, 2024 by Bill Ward

Quick sketch of a microscope for Day 2 (“Discover”) of inktober2024 inktober My first time using any of these: grey paper, fountain pen (“Preppy”), and white pen (Uni-Ball Signo).

Inktober 2024 day 1, “backpack”

October 2, 2024 by Bill Ward

Just a quick sketch based on a google image search.

Travel sketching workshop at Wild Wonder

September 22, 2024 by Bill Ward

Thanks Anastasiia Morozova (IG @natura.illustrata) for the inspiring class on travel sketching at the Wild Wonder conference! I used color pencils for my gecko instead of water colors though.

My first attempt at a sketch using charcoal and pencil

September 20, 2024 by Bill Ward

Attending the Wild Wonder online conference class on “Drawing with Charcoal and Graphite” taught by Maggie Hurley