Lanesboro Backyard

.... after the first snow. The dawning sun highlights a shadow snake, the result of the work of my moles. I don't mind; I do not maintain a green carpet lawn anyway, though I do try to keep the dirt covered with vegetation. The sharp-eyed will notice a small white flag in the lower right and a yellow flag in top center. The yellow is one of a series marking the natural gas line. the white my sewer line. As a general rule, nothing good can come from flags marking underground lines and it cannot bode well for the pocketbook.

A couple of weeks ago while hauling some brush away I noticed damp earth, even a small trickle of water down in the alley where the manhole is. As it hadn't rained recently, I assumed I had a broken sewer pipe as a couple of my neighbors recently had. I called the plumber and he confirmed my suspicions, with an outside chance it was the watermain. They were scheduled to dig up and replace my sewer line yesterday - my very loooong sewer line. I was hoping to get by for $1000? $2000? Then early in the morning I got a call from Barb Wilford, the plumber's wife. "It turned out it was a broken watermain. It won't cost you anything."  Except my share of next year's village taxes. :-)

Window Dressing

I am a little hesitant to post these pictures of my upgrades to the Growlery window coverings. I was even chastised for replacing the original windows, which had the panes literally falling out of the rotten frames. Time moves on. I beg your forgiveness. ;-)

Daniel In the Lion's Den

Religion. Sarah Palin says the Pope is too liberal. Wait until she meets Jesus. Enough religion for today.

Cheap Wine

Sunday Morning ;-)

More food. This morning we went down to the Pastry Shoppe mid-morning. The heathens tend to eat early during the church services. Lorna and I split an omelet. We continue our suffering lifestyle, but were lucky to get out before the Christians came down from Church Hill.

Lorna is making a winter jacket for Addy and Abby's short-haired dog Parker. Our pug Bud is only half his size, but is he doing his best to model the project during construction.

More bicycle content from the Lanesboro basement:  Lorna's Lanesboro cuiser - a vintage Georgena Terry outfitted with a high-rise stem, triple ring crankset and a Tubus Fly rack. 

Oakwood Morning

Phone shots through windows at Oakwood. Gotta remember that the phone will register window screens. Gonna be cold tonight. I guess the party is over for this year.

Shots At the Cottage

Beer

Random Growlery Shots

I have been continuing to piddle around upgrading the Growlery. I have also acquired one of those new- fangled camera/phones. Here's how the Growlery looks today. Still a lot of work to do. There seems to be lot going on, though keep in mind, the building interior is only 8 x 11 feet and I have to jam a lot in it.

Eventually I plan beadboard doors on the bottom two shelves and tool hanging pegs on either side of the alcove. In the right corner you can see one of the in-wall speakers. There's also a subwoofer under the desk. Music.

From left to right:  I need to build a wooden case for the loose drawers which were originally made by the late Joe Kovenig. They really aren't anything special, just a connection for me. Eventually the under-drawers will be replaced by one single full-length drawer. The gray box in the center is a refrigerator. Beer. The tool box on the right rests on a castered cabinet.

What can I say?  A bunch of books and some sentimental junk.

And pictures. And a dozen pickup trucks parading around the room.

"Good people drink good beer."