(Technically, the ice melted -- had 1" already formed before it warmed up again!)
Some nice woodstove shots:
Selfie...
I just liked this, despite any potential implications of narcissism posting it after a selfie :D
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Picture Dump!
The prettiest time of the year for the swim pond -- when we have the first snow, but no ice yet:
(Technically, the ice melted -- had 1" already formed before it warmed up again!)
Some nice woodstove shots:
Selfie...
I just liked this, despite any potential implications of narcissism posting it after a selfie :D
(Technically, the ice melted -- had 1" already formed before it warmed up again!)
Some nice woodstove shots:
Selfie...
I just liked this, despite any potential implications of narcissism posting it after a selfie :D
Sweet & Sour Kielbasa
Made this for work. Kielbasa from Main Street in Webster, my Onions, Abington Grown Carrots & Peppers.
Pretty pathetic when the first time I used my sleeping bag since buying my house is to keep food warm...
Pretty pathetic when the first time I used my sleeping bag since buying my house is to keep food warm...
Disturbing Images...
One should not have to see this while waiting in line to get coffee in the morning...
And not disturbing, but Mother Of God that's the geekiest bumper sticker I've ever seen -- and on a horse girl's SUV no less:
And not disturbing, but Mother Of God that's the geekiest bumper sticker I've ever seen -- and on a horse girl's SUV no less:
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Cooper's Overnight
His people were on their annual excursion to Stamford Thanksgiving Parade, so I had Cooper:
Looking dapper in his bowtie:
A visit with Mom & Ed. Ed gave him a Stella Dorro breakfast treat, so Ed has a friend for life!
Enjoying the woodstove. He outright refuses to use the dog beds, I guess he still smells Oscar on them nearly two years and a washing later.
I dropped his food container coming into the house. He volunteered to clean it up -- and got every last kibble.
It's 6:55am on Sunday. He wasn't impressed I get up that early on the weekends. At. All.
He did supervise me hanging up some garland -- one of the few things I got done Sunday nursing this stupid cold I have:
Looking dapper in his bowtie:
A visit with Mom & Ed. Ed gave him a Stella Dorro breakfast treat, so Ed has a friend for life!
Enjoying the woodstove. He outright refuses to use the dog beds, I guess he still smells Oscar on them nearly two years and a washing later.
I dropped his food container coming into the house. He volunteered to clean it up -- and got every last kibble.
It's 6:55am on Sunday. He wasn't impressed I get up that early on the weekends. At. All.
He did supervise me hanging up some garland -- one of the few things I got done Sunday nursing this stupid cold I have:
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Tires & Selfies
102,069 miles on the Fusion, and it was time for new sneakers -- the old ones had lasted 55,000+ miles, which were the same model as the OEM tires that lasted 45,000.
The new Michelin Premier A/S are rated all around slightly better (and a 60,000 mile warranty, 10,000 more than the Michelin Pilot MXM4's it used to run)...and the bill was $150 less than two years ago when I put the last set of MXM4's on.
Some selfies before the cancer dance...
Bit dark -- because the glare of the ceiling light off my balding scalp blinded the iPhone in selfie mode. FML.
The new Michelin Premier A/S are rated all around slightly better (and a 60,000 mile warranty, 10,000 more than the Michelin Pilot MXM4's it used to run)...and the bill was $150 less than two years ago when I put the last set of MXM4's on.
Some selfies before the cancer dance...
Bit dark -- because the glare of the ceiling light off my balding scalp blinded the iPhone in selfie mode. FML.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
New Ash Shovel...
$10 grain scoop from Tractor Supply, buck worth of nuts and washers from Brooklyn Hardware, and a threaded rod from my spare parts pile -- worked slick as snot.
I always had a hard time avoiding throwing up dust when emptying the shovel into the can when cleaning the stove. With this one, I scoop and bring it outside to dump in the bucket -- almost no dust kicked up in the house!
I always had a hard time avoiding throwing up dust when emptying the shovel into the can when cleaning the stove. With this one, I scoop and bring it outside to dump in the bucket -- almost no dust kicked up in the house!
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Leaves, Knives, and Dinner...
Leaves I picked up at the dump, waiting to be dug into the tater bed:
My Dad's Dexter chef's knife that I'm pretty certain is older than me -- mom gave it to me, and the steel sharpened up amazingly. I think it's even sharper than my Wusthoff carving knife (and it's definitely stronger!):
Yesterday's dinner -- my taters, Abington Grown beets, and wild Alaskan salmon:
My Dad's Dexter chef's knife that I'm pretty certain is older than me -- mom gave it to me, and the steel sharpened up amazingly. I think it's even sharper than my Wusthoff carving knife (and it's definitely stronger!):
Yesterday's dinner -- my taters, Abington Grown beets, and wild Alaskan salmon:
Walktober: Brooklyn Unitarian Meetinghouse
I attended a "Walktober" talk at the Meetinghouse in October.
Pomfret Second Church, formally “The Society taken out of Pomfret, Canterbury, and Mortlake" -- as it was named by the General Court in 1735 after having gone nameless it's first four years of existence, replaced their original meetinghouse with this one in 1771, in the less common style of having the pulpit in the middle of the side, rather than at the front of the building.
Though by this time it was known as "The Society of Brooklyn;" a change taking place in 1752 along with the General Court abolished Mortlake Manor folding it into the Town of Pomfret.
For much of the 19th century, the second floor was separated from the first -- the second floor being used by the church, the first by the town. Brooklyn was incorporated from Pomfret and Canterbury in 1786, and until the disestablishment of the Congregational Church in 1818 in Connecticut there was no separation of church and town -- tax dollars built and maintained the meetinghouse.
Construction was spearheaded by Israel Putnam (best remembered if not by name but by quote to most Americans, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" being his order); there was one death during the construction when a parishoner fell from the steeple.
Brooklyn was, at least in it's leadership, a particularly liberal parish. In 1819 it became the only society in Connecticut that when it divided between Congregationalist and Unitarian factions, that the Unitarians carried the majority and retained the meetinghouse.
In the 1830s Samuel J. May would be the minister (uncle to Louisa May Alcott, he would leave Brooklyn to focus on the abolition movement), and in 1871 they would ordain Celia Burleigh as the first female Unitarian minister and first female minister ordained in Connecticut:
The current town hall across the green, built by the Town as the Windham County Courthouse in 1831; it was a form of economic development the town figuring it would gain business as the county seat. When the courts later moved out the town offices moved there.
Pomfret Second Church, formally “The Society taken out of Pomfret, Canterbury, and Mortlake" -- as it was named by the General Court in 1735 after having gone nameless it's first four years of existence, replaced their original meetinghouse with this one in 1771, in the less common style of having the pulpit in the middle of the side, rather than at the front of the building.
Though by this time it was known as "The Society of Brooklyn;" a change taking place in 1752 along with the General Court abolished Mortlake Manor folding it into the Town of Pomfret.
For much of the 19th century, the second floor was separated from the first -- the second floor being used by the church, the first by the town. Brooklyn was incorporated from Pomfret and Canterbury in 1786, and until the disestablishment of the Congregational Church in 1818 in Connecticut there was no separation of church and town -- tax dollars built and maintained the meetinghouse.
Construction was spearheaded by Israel Putnam (best remembered if not by name but by quote to most Americans, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" being his order); there was one death during the construction when a parishoner fell from the steeple.
Brooklyn was, at least in it's leadership, a particularly liberal parish. In 1819 it became the only society in Connecticut that when it divided between Congregationalist and Unitarian factions, that the Unitarians carried the majority and retained the meetinghouse.
In the 1830s Samuel J. May would be the minister (uncle to Louisa May Alcott, he would leave Brooklyn to focus on the abolition movement), and in 1871 they would ordain Celia Burleigh as the first female Unitarian minister and first female minister ordained in Connecticut:
The current town hall across the green, built by the Town as the Windham County Courthouse in 1831; it was a form of economic development the town figuring it would gain business as the county seat. When the courts later moved out the town offices moved there.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Bedroom Decorating
Last Sunday I woke up and decided it was finally time for a bedroom valance -- I threw out the old valance and curtains when I painted this past summer.
After stopping at several stores and spending entirely too much time for a guy, I found one with "script" pseudo-writing pattern on it that wasn't making go "meh." (Plus a lampshade.)
That however made the rest of the room look awful plain to me. So I'm in (say it with the accent) Target and see this pic:
That reminded me of a photo of my grandfather along with his brother and parents at the store my great-grandfather owned when they first came to America:
Paris!
Ed and I moved the new-to-me boxspring and mattress in from Mom's house, look how plain that looks...this will not do! And I need some concrete blocks to boost the short nightstand on the far side now, too:
Even though I had gone to Michaels and composed this bouquet of sticks to make the corner (an activity that had me muttering, "I swear I'm not gay..."):
So back to Michaels to pick up enough to finish the room -- creating a theme of Paris, Text, and Flowers:
Some close ups:
It makes me...happy.
After stopping at several stores and spending entirely too much time for a guy, I found one with "script" pseudo-writing pattern on it that wasn't making go "meh." (Plus a lampshade.)
That however made the rest of the room look awful plain to me. So I'm in (say it with the accent) Target and see this pic:
That reminded me of a photo of my grandfather along with his brother and parents at the store my great-grandfather owned when they first came to America:
Paris!
Ed and I moved the new-to-me boxspring and mattress in from Mom's house, look how plain that looks...this will not do! And I need some concrete blocks to boost the short nightstand on the far side now, too:
Even though I had gone to Michaels and composed this bouquet of sticks to make the corner (an activity that had me muttering, "I swear I'm not gay..."):
So back to Michaels to pick up enough to finish the room -- creating a theme of Paris, Text, and Flowers:
Some close ups:
It makes me...happy.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
So Kierkergard and Franklin walk into a bar...
Two interesting articles on related phenomena:
http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/10/13/kierkegaard-diary-bullying-trolling-haters/
http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/02/20/the-benjamin-franklin-effect-mcraney/
Tractor Rental Price
For my own reference:
Kubota B21 rental:
2-day: $685
5-day: $1262
Includes delivery.
Diesel + Tax extra.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Frost on the pumpkins!
If I had any pumpkins -- was supposed to stay in upper 30s, but there was a light frost on my car and some of the more exposed things in the garden this morning!
On an unrelated note...
Love is a misunderstanding between two fools.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Tore up the town! Or, maybe not.
Saturday my original plan of going to the Fryeburg Fair was washed out (or at least just enough rain to have made the drive miserable). I could tell that by Wednesday in the forecast and scratched it.
Mom had asked me earlier if I wanted to go to see the Quiet Corner Fiddlers at Sampo, err, Finnish Hall so I figured why not.
Sunday, after putting the snow blower back together (and discovering a $50 bearing that needs to be replaced, too) I took a break from house work and went to the Walktober even at the Chamberlin Sawmill. It was a nice walk. I can remember 20+ years ago seeing the mill still in pretty decent shape, with an ancient car backed in to power it. The car was a '28 Packard used to power the mill after the '36 flood destroyed the hydropower. The mill continued to operate into the 1960s. The Sessions-Chamberlin-Tayler family lived in this neighborhood for over 200 years.
Sunday, after putting the snow blower back together (and discovering a $50 bearing that needs to be replaced, too) I took a break from house work and went to the Walktober even at the Chamberlin Sawmill. It was a nice walk. I can remember 20+ years ago seeing the mill still in pretty decent shape, with an ancient car backed in to power it. The car was a '28 Packard used to power the mill after the '36 flood destroyed the hydropower. The mill continued to operate into the 1960s. The Sessions-Chamberlin-Tayler family lived in this neighborhood for over 200 years.
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