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Brian Bilbrey August 31, 2022

31 August 2022

And so it goes. The best intentions and all that, but in the split between life, work, chores, fun on the boat, etc ... I've not posted here. Sorry-ish. So what's been going on... August was a fairly wet month up here, compared to the first couple of months of Summer. I know you Californians will hate us for this, but just this morning, we had 1.25 inches of rain, bringing the month's total up close to a nearly normal 3". The weather is about to turn, though. The first night below 50F should be this week... Down in MD,…

Brian Bilbrey July 22, 2022

22 July 2022

More garden surprises, but first, our front walk botanical garden: Right now, all the fun is happening at the end of the walk, where lilies and black-eyed susans are in full bloom, the lilies especially right now: Over at the far corner of the front yard, by the road, there are masses of saponaria: Meantime, Marcia has been busily doing preservation work against a bushel of pickling cucumbers - this is the result of two days of work, more to come, I'm told...

Brian Bilbrey July 11, 2022

11 July 2022

We've been pretty busy, and when that's done, we're pretty relaxed. Here's some of what relaxed looks like:

Brian Bilbrey June 26, 2022

26 June 2020

So, Summer arrived this week, and we can tell. Just for context, Sunday night a week ago, it dropped into the low 40's (F) overnight, cold enough that the pellet stove fired itself up. Seriously. Yesterday and today, however, we touched 90F, which made it pretty warm. Between the sun/heat, and weekend boaters, we did not go out this weekend on the boat, but we did make it out on last Monday (Juneteenth observed Federal holiday) and I took most of the day off on Thursday and we got out again. So, all in, three fishing days out of the…

Brian Bilbrey June 12, 2022

13 June 2022

A few pictures to illustrate the good bits... Our yard through spring so far has been a cornucopia of flowers, here's some more of them... So, yeah, plenty of pleasant surprises from the yard that Lorraine gifted to us when she sold us the house. Have a great week...