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Browsing the blog archives for July, 2010.

New Scorup floors rock!

Thanks to Lindsay.  She has been working her ass off, sanding and sanding and sanding, while Mitch runs around and does his ‘Mitch Jobs.’  Please note the dust and lack of proper sanding equipment.  Anybody else want to come down and work for free?  Honestly, a huge improvement — thanks for the initiative and smile.

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  1. erin  •  July 18, 2010   @9:36 pm

    looking good lindsay

  2. Patti  •  July 28, 2010   @4:00 pm

    Can you please tell me why this is called the Scorup House?

  3. Krysta  •  July 30, 2010   @4:14 pm

    Wow lindsay! Great job! I had no idea you were down there! Al Scorup was the man who had built the house. It was one of the few stone houses in Bluff, meaning it was much more costly. He earned his money by rounding up runaway cattle on horseback and turning them in for money.

  4. mitch  •  August 1, 2010   @4:42 pm

    The Scorup House is our dorm / HQ. It was built in 1905ish by John Albert Scorup, known in local stories as the perfect model of the Mormon Cowboy. Scorup and his family are tied to the history and cattle wrangling tradition of Bluff, the Dugout Ranch, all of SE Utah. The house has been occupied for a long time and is locally also known as the Nielsen House, or where the crazy architects live.

 

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to those suckers who only went to the river on Friday

yeah, we went swimming too.  Pretty much the same spot where you were.

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Our new family

We are honored to have so many generations willing to help us this year.

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What happens after several hours in the hot desert sun

Who knows what is actually going on, but it appears that everyone is more than willing to follow the one guy who remembered to bring the drawings.

With a bit more sense, Maxine watches the parade from the shade.

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New home presented days ago, but Mitch is an untimely blogger


Okay, so things are getting exciting again in Bluff and nobodies knows — as usual, blame it on Mitch.

The Colorado Crew presented themselves nicely over the past weekend, showing Maxine and Maurice 3 spectacular schematic designs.  After dinner and conversation concerning the presented models, our clients threw the students outside to make their choice.  Without the students, Maxine admitted true shock and bewilderment — it must be impossible to choose, each model a raft of basswood and cardboard glued together with amazing amounts of soul and love.

third presentation

So we showed some models and stuffed our faces and had fun.  Maxine had the hard decision, but she made it.

Although in the minority, Mitch still doesn’t like the roofs.  But that’s cool.Stay tuned.  With apologies, the next real postings will be delivered by the students themselves, as it should be — it is their passion and hard work that makes such wonderful ideas happen.Thanks to Rick and Rob for the direction that made this weekend happen with such style.  Thanks again to Rick for supplying the images.

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