Beware of Leopard (256)

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

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...

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Brian Bilbrey

5 June 2022

Last night we had a good line of thunderstorms roll through. In several different directions, folks had rain plus the light/sound show. But we got hail, too... Here's the front walk as that phase of the storm was winding down: Not a huge deal, but we only had two small tomato plants in the ground … now we're down to two "3/4 scale" smaller tomato plants. We'll see if they survive. Most of Georgia's days follow a specific pattern: Here's one of the instances of resting in the house, chasing sunbeams Today was special, though. The morning walk up to…

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