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Brian Bilbrey November 21, 2023

21 November 2023

Not Winter, just yet, but it is swinging the bat in the on-deck circle. We're getting regular overnight lows in the teens (°F), and the smaller ponds and lakes are starting to ice over as the colder temps take hold. The bulk of the leaves are cleared or mulched in - I have one more round of that work to do, probably over the holiday weekend. We didn't miss out on the fall color, though it has come and gone... We had a smattering of snow three weeks back, and perhaps a quarter inch fallen on the ninth, some of…

Brian Bilbrey December 21, 2021

21 December 2021

Happy December, y'all...

Brian Bilbrey July 28, 2019

28 July 2019

As far as I can tell, June and July weren't as wet as last year, but we've had at least a bit of rain each week. Additionally, for most of the last week, we had mornings that were a lot more like mid-September than late July - temps in the morning in the low 60's instead of the mid 70's, and highs in the 80's instead of high 90's. I will note that, botanically, we got nearly four weeks out of our tiger lily bloom this year, instead of the usual two-ish weeks. The picture below is from about the…

Brian Bilbrey November 18, 2018

18 November 2018

Last week, Veteran's Day. This week: Thanksgiving. So, food coma pending. Just sayin' ... not that I can really do that, I'm on call this upcoming week. Still, we bought an actual full turkey for this week. In recent years past, we've only roasted a turkey breast. All in, it was a good week just past. I spent most of it puttering around in a BMW X2 M Sport. My car was in for servicing the headlights. They ended up replacing at least one of the assemblies, possibly both. Downside of computers and motors (in the headlights!!!). Had the car…

Brian Bilbrey June 24, 2018

24 June 2018

We're back! We had a two week vacation! Destinations: three days in Ithaca (NY), a drive-by for Ticonderoga (NY), three days in Stowe (VT), and a week in Winthrop (ME) at Cobbosseecontee Lake. We managed some hikes in Ithaca, along with visits to the gardens and arboretum at Cornell. On the drive to Stowe, we stopped in Ticonderoga, and beamed up to the Enterprise for a quick visit: The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour is great fun. Licensed by CBS, the team at TOS Set Tour have put together most of the sets you saw through three seasons of…