Nell turns 12

Hard to believe. Nell turned 12 years old on June 20, 2007. We tried to have a hot dog party with a few other dog's but had to cancel. She has been a medical challenge but her hand made diet (beef heart, carrots, potatoes, brocolli, oatbran) plus a few pills seem to have done wonders for her. Thanks to Dr. Rita of Tender Touch or this day would not have come.

Piano recordings

I've been testing some recording techniques with my piano. Das Wohltemperierte Clavier I, Praeludium I by J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 846. My goal is to learn all of these. Many year project at my pace. Recording as I go along. There is a site that links to pdfs of all the music if you want to read along. Bach music


Click here for audio player popup with my recordings of Bach Das Wohltemperierte Clavier I Note: have to allow popup windows for this to work.

Montgomery Design recent projects

We have recently launched or updated several websites. We helped guide Kennebec Mental Health Center through a comprehensive branding process. The name is now Kennebec Behavioral Health. We developed a new logo, taglines and byline. And a complete revise of the website. We tapped Google tools for the blog and tracking functions. Paypal is used to manage online donations. Visit the site.

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We created a logo, brochure and website for our wood flooring client's new location near Dubai, UAE. The HanseStar site features an intro video tour and we developed a database to feed the various types of floors and colors to the right sections of the site. Visit the site.

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This is an update of the Great Northern Hardwood Flooring site. Includes images we have art directed over the last year. We manage all the location production details, set design or locating sites, propping and models. We developed brochures and displays for retailers across North America. Printing is managed both locally and in China. The web site uses the same database structure to track brands withproducts and make it easy to add or modify colors. Visit the site.

Iowa Century

Well almost. 95+ miles. We had to round up. Dinner reservations. Sore knee, etc. all viable excuses. Flew home to Iowa for the weekend to help celebrate my dad's 88th birthday. Rode with brother Roger (now on his home turf), brother-in-law Bill (Vinton, IA) and their friend Lanny. Bill and Lanny really did the 100. We started in Conrad. To Beaman, Union, Whitten, Gifford and on to Eldora. A cement path around Pine Lake and back to the county roads across the corn and bean fields. On to Owasa and then to Hubbard for a BBQ in the parking lot of the local grocery store.

Very little traffic. Hit some wind. Striking how few people actually live on the farm land. Could ride miles between inhabited houses. Here is the route

Attic progress

Finally getting some time to work on the trim in the attic. Got the two halfit joined from two 10" poplar planks. Used "whacky board" for the inside curves. Got a new router to replace my dead Sears one. Used that with a flush trimming bit to give the inside curve after gluing up the whacky board. Made a big compass and marked out the outside curve and cut with a skillsaw.

Also have the little closet door done. Made up of poplar. 6' piano hinge. Nothing was even close to square so most of the work involved compensating for that.

Maine Century

Brother Roger and I rode our bikes 100 miles around Maine. Started at brother Stewart's new place near Gray. On to Yarmouth, Falmouth, Portland. Cross the bridge to South Portland. Took the trail out to Wainright Field then back on the road to Prout's Neck, Kettle Cove, Higgins Beach. Stopped for lunch at Two Lights. On to Fort Williams and back into Portland. Stopped home for a minute and then back up to Falmouth and Yarmouth. Stopped at Rosemont Market and talked with our friend and owner John Nayler. Ateeverything in the place. Back on the bikes to return to Stewart's. Had to add a few miles to turn the full 100 so wondered a bit to achieve that.

All in all the first 80 miles are easy. Those last few really start to stretch out your sense of time.


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Maine Century Bike Ride

Five Boro Bike Ride

May 6, 2007, New York City.

Why spend 12 hours driving 640 miles to ride a bike 40 miles? Well, guess it takes a certain type. Joe, Kyle and I being that types loaded the bikes on the Subaru (115,000 miles and counting) and left Portland at 6:45 am Sat. May 5. Arrived at Larry's place on Washington Park around noon. Weather was warm and perfect.

Here's the route

Got up early Sunday for the ride. Was in line at 7:30. This should not be a suprise. 32,000 bikers on the streets of NYC tends to jam things up. Not just for the cars (steets are closed for this), but for the bikers. We went nowhere for over an hour after the first bikes left. That was the first of many long waits.


You end up coming back to the start on the Staten Island Ferry. That too was a couple hours of wait time. Not counting. Really.



But, what the hell. Great day. Fun crossing town and over a number of excellent bridges with views of the city. Do we look happy?