The Woodpile

Dan here ~

Me again, glad you’re back to read my rambling. My walking has been off this week I ended up with just under 46 miles for the week. This brings my year to just under 750 miles walked since December 31, 2020.

I have been raking and cleaning brush up by the septic system and relocating my woodpile. Why would anybody relocate their woodpile you ask?

This and That

Carol here ~

Well, I haven’t accomplished much of anything this week. My back is acting up. Again. It always seems when I can’t bend that everything I touch I either drop or spill.

This is the mess Dan got up to yesterday morning ~ yep, my oatmeal all over the floor.

I have managed to get my minimum number of steps by walking around the house or around the driveway, not much fun though.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

The weather has been lovely, lets hope it continues. Over the weekend Carol and I went to our oldest daughter Vanessa’s family and had a nice outdoor visit. We watched grandson Jakob shoot his arrows and use his BB gun at the target in the driveway.

Vanessa made home made pizzas that her husband, Lucas, cooked up in his propane pizza oven. 

All was quite tasty.

This and That

Carol here ~

Daughter Erin had an appointment earlier this week in Freeport. I met up with her after her appointment for a walk and talk around town. My hair is a mess ~ can you tell it was windy?

I finished up the quilting on Rona 7. 

Rona 15

Dan here ~

Good Morning, all is well here on the pond. The ice is all gone and the ever present wind daily brings a new supply of stuff to clean up from the beach. 

Saw the eagle flying over yesterday morning, always fun to see.

I guess they are still Rona quilts although I have begun to view them as my “Can I use up my stash?” series. The Rona quilts then become part of that whole group of original, scrap quilts.

I guess this one is Rona 15. I think I’ll also call this one “Dash for the Stars”. Hopefully you’ll know why a little later.

As I mentioned before, I decided that I would throw something together based on the brighter fabrics that Carol had used on several of her recent projects and had ended up in my get rid of pile. 

Plan B

Carol here ~

We were suppose to go to our daughter Vanessa’s yesterday for homemade pizza’s in their outside pizza oven and cake to celebrate Vanessa’s birthday (the 7th) and Dan’s birthday (the 17th). Unfortunately, both Kailey and Jakob’s schools have gone to remote for this week because of COVID cases so…..we went with Plan B. We decided to postpone until this coming Sunday. I was so looking forward to seeing them all…..

Kailey & Jakob

We almost had to go to Plan C. Dan put a pork loin in the crockpot. He decided to wait until 1:00-ish to turn it on. We went for a walk and while we were walking he said he forgot to turn the crockpot on. It was 1:30 at this point. That’s OK said I, I’m doing the short walk today so I will turn it on when I get back. Well, between the driveway and the kitchen I totally spaced it. My back was hurting so I went upstairs to sit in the recliner for a bit then started puttering with Lena Longarm.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Good Morning.

The ice is almost out. I don’t really know when technically it is considered gone. Carol and I are new to being here during this time of the year. I know in Rangeley, Rangeley Lake is considered out when you can navigate by boat from Greenvale Cove to the Oquossoc dam. By that same justification I would think that to be considered out I would need to launch a boat from one beach and land it on the beach on the other end. We are almost there. Only large chunks ice exist right out in front of our place. 

Green Pond

Another day should do it. Then Carol will want her kayak out from under the porch. 

Mud or Mirror pond, the other pond across the driveway here at the house still has 150 yards of ice on the far end, so I would think another day or so as well. 

Mud/Mirror Pond

Then if memory serves me correctly the breeze off the ponds will not be so cold.

Walking continues, having just lived through another Thursday (this year started on Thursday) it means that another week is in the books for 2021.