Mar 17, 2024
It's been three years since we got a big spring storm here, and last week's was truly big. 3 feet of heavy wet snow, too much for my small front end loader to deal with. Snow sliding off the roof onto...
Feb 29, 2024
Finally, after a long 4 year wait, it is once again Martin's birthday.Carrot Cakexoxo Laura...
Feb 15, 2024
From Martin's good friend Allen: MARTIN IS DOING BETTER BUT HIS MIND IS STILL NOT THERE. HE IS IN A REHAB CTR. AND WILL BE THERE FOR NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS....
Feb 11, 2024
Our local version of Ground Hog Day involves the old men from the Wheel Bar coming out onto the main drag, squinting down the street, and if they see a tourist, it means spring is here.It feels strang...
Feb 9, 2024
Fredo's Mike contacted Martin's friend Allen via email - "martin will not be having a birth day party he is still in the hospital and not doing well several things are going wrong for him. his mind is...
Feb 3, 2024
It seems early to be talking about spring, but here we are.We haven't had enough snow this season, but today we're getting some snow. It's more of a spring storm than winter - wet snow, temperature ho...
Jan 22, 2024
I should have posted this sooner - heard from Martin, he was in the hospital for a week. ...
Jan 11, 2024
Our local schools had one of those false alarm bomb threats the other day. Parents picking up their children had to stand in line out in the cold wind for hours because each had to be searched and cle...
Jan 8, 2024
We are not getting the snow we need, just a cold snap. I was jealous that back east there was a Nor'easter. As you get older, do you notice that the weeks and months just speed along, and we barely ha...
Dec 29, 2023
I always intend to post here more often, and things come up, so I forget.We are having a dry winter so far - only a few snow storms, no more than 3 inches each. The foxes visit us almost every day, so...
Nov 29, 2023
Every year I ask myself if I am in the mood to do Christmas-type things, and I think this will be a good year. We'll cut down a tree from our property, not too large. It's wildfire mitigation, and the...
Nov 27, 2023
We all have to prepare for the day we can't conduct our own business matters and someone has to take over. My heirs are going to inherit a bunch of things to do, and with online banking and bill payme...
Nov 16, 2023
The baby fox was here the other morning, and right after that we saw the mountain lion in our back yard, a rare sight, especially at 8 am. We know they are around, but they're usually skulking around ...
Nov 5, 2023
We had 4 inches of snow, overnight low was zero degrees. Then it warmed up and today is 70 degrees, all the snow gone. Sunday, when it was about 20 degrees F outside, the power went out for four hours...