The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey

8 October 2022

Howdy, folks. Going to go with pictures for the time being, since I'm too busy for most things. We got out to California for a week last month, and got to see all the family that we haven't since well before the covid struck. A really nice visit with everyone, bracketed by terrible long travel days with layovers longer than flight times. Before traveling, we got the boat out of the water and put it in for the assorted minor warranty issues that surface during our first season with the watercraft. On our last weekend of fishing, Marcia and I…

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Brian Bilbrey

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,…

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Brian Bilbrey

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...

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Brian Bilbrey

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…

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