Christmas day was also relaxed as we had dinner by candlelight, the fire, and tree lights. As the events, gatherings, and drinks (not all documented) kept coming we often had to remind ourselves Ending this post here as Mar*Mar have headed back home, and Whiskey and I will catch up on our chores

After this we head to Chicopee MA. I have had a stash of hardware for years and started pulling them out to use on my boards. I love glass doorknobs, but I had to think of way to attach them to the wood without anything fussy (

After an early dinner at Twiggs, we head over to our overnight stay location.

beaten path to places that one might plan to go to; and hopefully that is interesting to some that read We had the MAINE BLUEBERRIES, RICOTTA, ROASTED SHALLOT, LEMON ZEST Pizza. (Watering not needed since it had been raining every day.) When parked I use it to run a fan to keep air moving in the rig, and to blow on my head all night. Thanks for reading!

In early March we were heading down to Washington DC for an insurance industry conference. After departing there, we headed up the coast to Sandy Hook. From there we had a lovely lunch at Bahrs Landing in Atlantic Highlands. Whiskey backed into a waterfront spot that had plenty of length. After our short day trip we headed up to my Dad's home and driveway camped there.

Humans are comfortable with certainty – food, shelter, heat, loving relationships, a stock market that If your eyes are bleeding reading this – you were wrong once too. Then Brown Forman, the owners of Jack Daniel’s threw a head fake by changing the shape of the bottle I’ve always had other bottles. that’s as far as I’ve gotten with Scotch – but I am the Earl of Whisky, so, much more tasting lies ahead

If you are having friends for dinner, you can prep these ahead place in the oven for the final heating

Upon arrival, we had to get out the pole chainsaw and start cutting broken branches (the aftermath of The following day we had to cut broken branches all around creating a large pile. The bright side is that I have an abundance of branches for my next dead hedge.

During the days, I turned up the heat in the kitchen—literally and figuratively! private residence makes dealing with the cold easier because we plug in and have electricity to run our heated I had chairs gifted to me by a downsizing friend, and I figured it was the perfect opportunity to give On our adventure we made a stop in Portland which we had not been to in several years.

Summer is full speed ahead. Whiskey had a work assignment in Whitefield NH, so we decided to make it an overnight trip by staying Read the history of the hotel here. I had a block of time, so I used it to put in a bit more info and photos. I'm not sure anyone actually reads these posts anyway.

This big hunk of metal throws off a lot of heat. Notice Willy in the back corner. Besides just for heat, I also cook and bake using this.

In this video you can hear how crunchy the snow it. I had a client meeting and then a bunch of errands so they could at least see activity out in our little I do a lot of hand clapping because the dogs are hard of hearing, but they can hear my claps (I try to