The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey May 24, 2022

24 May 2022

A sad day for Texas. Another sad day for a world in which the right answer for anyone is to go shoot a bunch of kids. Breaks my heart. We got out on the boat on Saturday. Marcia caught the first fish, before she ran out of steam, on a warm day out on the water. I went back out and caught two more, the biggest being this 1lb 11oz monster small mouth bass. A purposeful catch, too - I saw a spawning bed, knew at this time of year a fish was likely right nearby. I cast a small…

Brian Bilbrey May 8, 2022

8 May 2022

This weekend, we celebrated my birthday a few weeks late. Marcia had been unwell (no Covid, but no fun, either) and she's now mostly much better, thanks for asking. The best part is that in the interval between birthday actual and birthday celebrated, we took delivery on our AlumaCraft 165S boat. We got it into the water on Friday, and took it out for some fishing both Saturday and Sunday. Note that I said fishing, and not catching - it's pretty early in the season here yet, and we have lots to learn about fishing techniques/baits that vary with the…

Brian Bilbrey April 10, 2022

10 April 2022

I managed a few hours in the sub-garage yesterday, doing some more cleanup and getting the tablesaw re-assembled and leveled. That's no mean feat, working solo. Next up is to either fabricate from materials on-hand (or purchase what I need) a decent 3' or 4' wide workbench that'll hang out at the back of the tablesaw. It'll be an outfeed table for the tablesaw, a miter saw stand, and a clamping and assembly resource. I'll probably mock it up with materials on hand just to get a sense of positioning and whatnot ... then decide how to actually build it.

Brian Bilbrey April 4, 2022

4 April 2022

In the last few days I managed a variety of outdoor chores around the new homestead. This includes stuff that should have been done during the Fall cleanup, but weren't since Lorraine was getting ready to move out, and we were not in, yet. By the time I got settled enough to do a small amount of yardwork, there was a tiny window of time before the snows started. So all I managed was to get the bulk of the leaves off the lawns, then. Now a couple of the front beds have been raked out, and the leaves blown…

Brian Bilbrey March 13, 2022

13 March 2022

Friday the thirteenth falls on a Sunday this month. Sorry for the lag in posts, but settling into a new house and getting a new rescue mutt makes for a busy time. Georgia is settling in pretty well. She's testing a lot of boundaries, and it'll be a few months of getting her expectations aligned with actual reality, we're sure. We are doing formal training with this dog, as Marcia can't walk her right now - Georgia would pull her over right away. But it'll all work out. Hardest thing at the moment: finding her toys that she can't destroy…