[Ipad| Procreate| digital sketch] It’s 2025. No big declarations here. 2024 was a fine year and I had plenty to be thankful for. I think for 2025 I’m just going to try to be more present with people and more conscious of my time. Maybe…
Lucky enough to have a great friend in Ann Arbor that can get tickets to see Michigan Football games. We try to get in for a game every year and this year we got to see a doozy against Southern Cal. Compete with a 4th…
Spent some time in the backyard with my plants today. I’ve got a few I’m kind of excited about – Joe Pye Weed and this Tall Coreopsis. Joe Pye Weed is named after a Native American herbalist known in New England for helping the settlers…
Lots of stuff going on last week with my nephew graduating High School and one of my best friends getting married. So the past week has been very busy and very social full of evening hangs with family and old friends, backyard parties, reminiscing, catching…
This morning I woke up to a 56 degree house. Put on a few layers and trudged out in the snow to check the oil tank. Empty. I guess the oil lasted just long enough to get us through the super-cold snap we had last…
Goings on: Weather is cold and the shed got a decent snow for the first time this year. Danette got a day off. No photos but I had to shovel the walk. My companies’ Return to Office policy started officially this week. It’s not that…
New year etc. Still recovering from this cold/gunk/crud. But I thought I should get a post in. Looking back on 2023 I think I did ok on my goals. We ended up having a blast in the UK and I did end up getting to…
Holidays are finally over and I’m dealing with the back end of a mean little virus (COVID/FLU/Cold? does it matter really? I dunno). Annoyingly, this is the third time I’ve been virused since August. I’ve been lucky enough to have not been sick during the…
Short blog post today. Spent the weekend doing chores and spending a little time outside. I did a round of raking leaves, cleaned my bike chain and gears, replaced the back tire (after literally wearing a hole on the old one last week), watched the…