This morning we launched the woodchopper whirligig into the skies above 27th Street. Now let’s swing with Woody Herman with Bill Chase, performing The Woodchopper’s Ball. This tune was one of my father’s favourites. His friend Norm used to come over the house and they’d… Read More
Friday afternoon, the crew working on our drain nightmare finished up. Out front you wouldn’t know there was an eight foot deep hole there just the other morning. It just looks like garden again. At the start of the job, we pulled some plants out… Read More
Not long after we moved in to the new headquarters we (by necessity) upgraded most of the drains servicing the house from clay to plastic – except one section of about 12 feet. That’s where tree roots have now broken through the old clay pipes,… Read More
After most of the leaves in our area have fallen, our Shishigashira Japanese Maple, with its deep green leaves finally and quickly explodes into the most fantastic yellow-orange. I love this tree.
We have quite few trees here at Anchovy World Headquarters, including a mature locust, several mature spruce, a mature silver maple (on the property line between us and the family next door), two other maples, a tamarack, a cedar, two large apples and a horse… Read More
This morning at about 6:00 we were enjoying coffee when Tuffy P suddenly exclaimed, Look, Look, there’s a possum in our back yard. I grabbed the camera and headed out onto the deck, a sight for sore eyes I’m sure in my pjs and slippers.… Read More
Yesterday was such a nice day to work around outside. We spent most of the day in the garden. The dogs napped in the shade while we weeded, cut, trimmed, raked, swept and so on. It’s looking pretty good. The next garden job on my… Read More
I mean the one going upstairs to our bedroom and the music room and the bathroom. I started removing it today, revealing old hardwood floor underneath. We’ve decided to exchange carpet for painted floor in this area of the house. Today I took off the… Read More
I’m devoting much of this afternoon to pulling dandelions from the front lawn. I have many dandelions. So many in fact that if you would like some, I will share. I have a weapon of mass destruction called “grampa’s weeder” that allows me to squeeze… Read More
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