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Brian Bilbrey June 11, 2023

11 June 2023

It's been gray and raining far more often than not these last few weeks. Nothing ever really dries out. Not me, not the dog. We got the boat out of storage on a Saturday in early May ... immediately followed by 3.6 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. Everything flooded. Bits of docks were floating away. It was two or three weeks before things stabilized and we could put our boat in the water. We've been out a few times, caught a few small bass and a monster of a great northern pike that I got to the…

Brian Bilbrey April 19, 2023

19 April 2023

Nearly three weeks ago, the (perhaps) last snow of the season came and went. (I've doomed us, now.) Friday last, it was in the high 70's (F) hereabouts, shorts and tshirt while walking the dog. This week, we've been back down in the mid-thirties overnight most night, and might approach freezing again a few times. That said, I've arrange for us to pick up the boat from winter storage at the end of the month (I've doomed us, again). The weather doesn't look auspicious for early May fishing yet, but if the boat isn't out, there's no hope at all.

Brian Bilbrey March 19, 2023

19 March 2023

Hunting season is long past, but Georgia Aileen and I stay in orange, me to make us easier for drivers to spot and avoid when we're walking along the road to our trails, and Georgia so that I can find her when she's more than twenty feet away in the snow and shadows... When it's TV time in the late afternoon and early evenings, Georgia continues to watch TV with us. So much more than any other dog we've had. Well, normal-ish - it's also production patch Sunday. So I was up with Georgia at 0630. Got the coffee started,…

Brian Bilbrey February 21, 2023

21 February 2023

On the upside, no commute at all: dog out, brew coffee, sit, work. And when we do get out, there's not much in the way of traffic this time of year. Summer is the time for tourists and road work, so very quiet just now. And cold. A few weeks back it was -21°out. This upcoming Saturday, it'll be minus something again, we're assured. But we're keeping up the heating routine. For President's Day weekend, I split and stacked firewood, did some off hours work, got the weekly shopping in, did some off hours work, cleaned house, did some off-hours…

Brian Bilbrey January 28, 2023

28 January 2023

We're in the midst of the season where mornings aren't very ... welcoming. Some days, I'd rather just stay in bed until Spring. For example, in the days to come, we're due for highs in the low single digits (F), and lows in the negative teens. That's proper cold. When it does warm just a bit, it actually just screws things up further - the other day, two days after 15" of snow... ... We had a further 3" of snow over night ... but then it warmed up enough to deliver a bit of rain, then a bit of…