Category Archives: Projects

Last Lockdown Project

Now that the Covid-19 Lockdown is coming to an end, I have finished my last Lockdown Project. A few years ago I found a spectacular curly maple board in the Big Box Home Improvement Store (BBHIS), and I bought it … Continue reading

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Another Boulder?

Ya. We have another boulder. You may remember this photo from when they pulled Jennifred out of the hole. Well, Jennifred has a sister, Geraldine, that was still in the hole (circled in the image below). Here’s a closer look, … Continue reading

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Boulder

You may remember that back in June, the Kids went out when it was 91 degrees and dug this rock out of the ground. In case you need a memory refresher, here is a link to that post. The Rock … Continue reading

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Rock

Maybe that should be more like… ROCK!!! So…. here is the backstory on the rock. Take a look at the thermometer. Got that? Now hold that thought. So, the kids (wife and son) went out in that weather to plant … Continue reading

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Shelf

I have not blogged for a few days because I was building a shelf. I know that is a pretty lame excuse, but it really is true. Originally we were looking for a piece of antique oak furniture to go … Continue reading

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Smoke Alarms

Well……. the Smoke Alarms went off again… with another false alarm… in the middle of the night. There was no smoke, no fire, no dust, no dirt, no painted-over louvers……  no deaf spiders crawling into the housing. Just lots of … Continue reading

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Tax Free Weekend

As you probably remember, a week or so ago we had a Tax Free Weekend here. The State did not collect any sales tax for the entire weekend. So, picture this. Tax free weekend….. two guys…. at a hardware store….. … Continue reading

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Ewwwww!

Dirt! Ewwwww!!! Due to some allergy problems we have been having…..  and to deal with that New England Catarrh…. which appears to be one of the costs of living here in New England…..  I put an air filter in the … Continue reading

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Word of the Day

The word of the day is…. “LITHOPS” A lithops is  a little desert plant, also called a “Living Stone”, that looks like this; … or like this…. They don’t do much. They just sort of sit there looking like rocks … Continue reading

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No Tooths

We just plucked this from the garden. Gorgeous tomato. No tooth marks. I think we finally exported the miscreant who was eating our garden. And that’s the tooth.

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