Saturday, December 21, 2013

Millstones and milestones...

We're ba-aa-ack!

The good news is (milestone) that we got enough of our stuff stashed that we could actually let people come inside and hang out with us.  When we got a little bit settled, we had some friends, family and neighbors drop in for a drink and a bite and a short tour of the place. Bruce got to show off his kegerator and pot filler and we answered a lot of questions like "what's that going to be when it's finished?"  :D

And in other milestone news, our favorite denizen, "Pearl" the Spider, has left this world. We watched over a few days as her web became more and more untidy, until one day she never came back.  She entertained us for many weeks dangling in front of the kitchen window and keeping that area bug-free.  We look forward to the return of one of her daughters in the summer!


Yummy stuff!
Another milestone, for me at least, was making pumpkin pies from scratch.  Awesome.  We'll never go back to the canned type!  Delicious!  One giant pumpkin makes about 15 pies.  We have enough frozen pumpkin goop to last until the next millennium, I'm sure.  Help us!




And the Buffleheads have returned!!! We have three different kinds of ducks hanging around now... more on that later. Very cool, and these guys are all totally to blame for my not being able to get anything done around here.

Look at us! We are SO noisy!
Well, not totally.  The Red Winged Blackbirds are always calling attention to themselves, hanging out in the reeds, and I'm toast because my office window faces the pond.  Alas.

Boxed in (again)
And finally, one more milestone that's also a millstone, we have cleaned out our temporary storage unit and filled up the garage again. Very timely, because it's going to be a lot like Christmas opening boxes we haven't seen for two years!

When unpacking becomes overwhelming, "watch" football.


Have a merry and a happy!  Until next time, cheers and hugs and warm holiday wishes,
from Bruce and Dee.

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