Writing about May in May
Gee, that makes me feel incredibly efficient. Here's me, enjoying a mock mojito at the delicious restaurant Loukenin's on the first of May. We went there because the restaurant was shutting down on May 3rd. I was glad to have one last meal there. I was actually going to get a mock Moscow Mule because I loved them at Motorhead's, but they were out of key ingredients for making it cause of the imminent shuttering. The mock Mojito was quite refreshing. For sure Lovey managed to enjoy herself a lot. We went for a short boat ride on May 2nd. It was curtailed because of these clouds, which were...
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Turkey Escapades, Part One
Kevin has been re-shingling the roof on the old part of the house. He's been feverishly working in the blistering heat and ridiculous humidity for several days now. More on that later, this is about...
kevin working and working…
almost a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how kevin and i (mostly kevin) threw our second barge-full of riprap up on the shore. kevin just gave me photos from the first barge, the Flinstones-sized...
wrapping up may, finally
a bunch of random images at the end of may...first, Riley and Les Paul trying to relax on the screened porch on May 24th. May 25th, Memorial Day, Kevin relaxed down at the water for a brief time...
my birthday, mostly involving cake…
kevin has been making homemade cards for me for many years. this one is awesome, cleverly made from a file folder... ...plus all this stuff pasted to the inside! so, my first social-distancing...
may, mostly les paul…
we took a chilly boat ride on May 22nd and amy kept warm while driving. On may 23rd lester had a nice walk down to the water, where he spent a lot of time in this old plastic tub. ! I love this...
mostly Riley, way back in may…
here's a short video of a couple of the cute baby groundhogs next door. https://youtu.be/NmAPIafyA0s I took some photos of them but they were too hard to see. meanwhile...this is the biggest gaggle...
kevin continues to work like a maniac!
after we threw rocks onto the shore and dragged away branches on saturday the 13th, i was spent but kevin kept on keeping on. he moved the barge and cut more giant branches off the oak tree which is...
fresh air!
whew, i was starting to worry that maybe i wouldn't write on here anymore. i have so many hopes of getting things done every day and then somehow the days continue to slip away... i really wanted to...
slippage
earlier this evening i thought, ok, i can do this, i can write on my site, i can do it...it's been a while, but i'm making time, sitting down, getting something constructive done... the weekend has...