To those who celebrate. It’s a beautiful morning here, with moderate temps and a clear sky. The flag is out; I don’t have a flagpole so this gets tacked to the porch railing each appropriate holiday. The grill is at the ready and, rain or shine, it’s barbecued burgers and hotdogs for dinner!

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We had a sliding closet door here that for years has been difficult to operate. I assumed it was due to stuff against it, inside, or maybe it was just not made well. Today I went to look at it more closely, and, other than two screws being loose on one of the hangers and one loose on the floor guide, nothing else seemed wrong. Yet it still dragged ( Read more... )

This week’s vacation has been pretty low key. I’ve done a few chores, yard work, mostly, but no ‘projects’ per se. Binged the second season of Loki, watched more Summer Camp Island, and various live YouTube offerings ( Read more... )

I took it easy today, my first day of (this) vacation. My dentist appointment was not this morning, as I thought, but late December. Glad I called first ( Read more... )

I went back to work today, masked, and made it through my 6.5 hour shift. Tomorrow will be 8 hours, and then it’s a three day weekend (only)in Rhode Island ( Read more... )

Four day weekend ahead! I opted for a vacation day Monday to bundle the 4th into a respectable ‘time off.’

And time again for this book-


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The lead in:
My sister’s ex, a mechanic, once told me to save the parts you replace in a tune up in case the new ones fail. Being a hoarder, er, saver by nature that made good sense. So, yeah, I had some odd old things here that I actually just let go of (tossed) including a mystery motorcycle chain, possibly from the Harley, and some belts which ( Read more... )

Actually, just a couple of pics from Maggie Vandewalle’s FB feed that I think lepaggoth might enjoy :o)


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Xmas has come and gone (mostly). It was a pleasant day at home with most of the family here (only my California child was absent, as expected). My wife spent yesterday preparing lots of cookies and cakes for today’s festivities, and eventually the mixer broke down! We had to run out at 3:30 yesterday afternoon to replace that. But all went well ( Read more... )