At Last the New Arriving
“Don’t worry ’bout nothing. Don’t mean
no thing. It will leave you stunned
as a fighter with his eyes swelled shut
who’s told he won the whole damn purse.
Blog
Inside Rainbow
This was the first time I’ve seen this. And I wonder if it’s been happening for a while now, and I only just noticed. Or if the weather gods conspired to create a unique series of conditions, that allowed this to occur.
I Guess It’s Still Technically a Hanging Plant
Technically.
Akkeshi Adelphi
While at Binny’s, Liz and I were browsing the whisky aisle when we were surprised to find an Adelphi bottle in the Japanese section!
Adelphi is one of our favorite bottlers, something we discovered thanks to Charlotte at the Malt Room in Inverness. I believe she said that she never had a bottle by Adelphi that she didn’t like, and I’m pretty close to sharing that opinion.
Plants and Bunnies
Liz, who stood perfectly still as our bunny guest walked right by hear to get to the backyard. Bold bunny, indeed!
Fireplace Research
A bit of an errand day – stopping to pick up topsoil for the backyard, and stopping to get more information about gas-burning inserts.
Today was an incredibly hot day, the first of a series. Upper 90’s, I think. I heard the phrase “heat dome,” which I presume is just a more modern, fancier way of saying “heat wave.” Whatever you call it, today was super hot.
Darlingside @ Old Town School of Folk Music
Similar to what they did the last time they were here… the band unplugged, stepped down from the stage, and performed right in the midst of the audience.
Setting the New Fence Posts
Big day today – finally, finally, we’re getting our back fence back up. Well, the post part of it, anyways.
Ever since our fence got damaged last year, we were talking about replacing it. A few things happened – we relocated to Georgia for a few months. Then we got back, and then before we knew it Winter showed up, and so we decided to wait until the Spring.
Removing the Front Door
Given its size, the work will be done off-site. In the meanwhile, we’re getting a temporary front door, complete with a new set of keys/deadbolt.
Sonotube Cuts
Liz cut the first tube we used by hand, but I was way too impatient for that. I ended up using the sawzall, and made a kind of impromptu jig on a piece of plywood (that worked out… ok, but could have been better).
Morning Discoveries
A new rock! This one says “Take it easy,” with an illustration of a rocking chair in the backyard.
In my head, I see a young third grader painting all these rocks… and a slow army of stressed-out adults encountering them, holding the rocks in their hands, and breathing a sigh of relief/relaxation before continuing down the block.
First Fence Post
For the height of our fence, we decided to make it flush with our back porch (just slightly about 6′, which I think is code). Our plan is to have a 2×6 top board that will sit on the top of the fence… so I made this rough jig to help identify how high we needed the post to be. Worked out pretty well!
Spine Humor
I never noticed before today, but this is the welcome mat outside my chiropractor’s office. Funny people, these docs.
Photos from a Morning Walk
On our way back to the house, we spotted these two: a goose who was absolutely prepared for a rainy day, and her gnome friend who decided to just brave the elements.
Bonding, Bite
It sounds like Hazel was a bit of an aggressor at the start. But then Hugo made an aggressive move towards Hazel – and Liz blocked it with her hand.
When this happened though, Hazel had turned around and was in attack mode – and thinking she was going after Hugo, really bit in to Liz’s hand.