After last night’s rain storm this tree decided to bend over and see if it could touch the ground
All the Frees
Our daughter’s high protein (and high priced) cereal.
Well, a nearly unblemished sky… ✈️
I had nominal success with my previous build of a short “bookshelf” for eqiupment in my study so I built another using red oak instead of poplar to better match the other furniture. I also made it a bit taller since I now have a tool to enable longer cuts. Wood cost about $85.
In spite of the ongoing war, this morning crude oil prices are down to pre-invasion levels and below $100. Now to see this ripple through to gas prices soon-ish.
Today I made what amounts to a small bookshelf. It is dimensioned to fit a special spot in my study and will hold equipment rather than books. I’ve never built something like this but I’m happy with how it turned out considering I only had a circular saw for the cuts.
Chilling in our room before dinner. Childless for the night 😉
Circles, angles and lines
A rare breakfast out with my honey
Much mulch.
Ice storm aftermath.
After my wife cut the sashimi and sushi from the New Zealand salmon there was a bit left over so she threw it on the stove griddle for a minute. To die for.
Coming soon….
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I liked the light, colors and textures in my new dermatologist’s waiting room. I give the doctor an A+ too.
Steamy cup in a bright sunny room ☕️
An ice day is a good day to bake. Today we made pretzel rolls for the first time. Yummy but our slits in the top, which seemed small, expanded a lot when we baked. Delicious nevertheless! 🥖
The branches of the crepe myrtle in our front yard are bent to the ground by the weight of the ice. Here’s hoping the wind stays calm until the thaw arrives.
In other news it started snowing about 10:30am. Always nice to see.❄️
Went to a local breakfast place and was surprised and delighted to see they had Apple Butter instead of the ubiquitous grape jelly etc. Apple Butter is my ‘go to’ and I’m pretty sure I first had it in a restaurant as a kid.
Another first : our teenage daughter making California rolls
My wife’s in-progress salmon poke. First time making it. Yum!
The National Weather Service confirmed this 1am barometric pressure spike is from the second pressure wave of the volcano. Our little weather station had no trouble picking this up. Interestingly the NWS says this wave came from the opposite direction having transited the globe.
Our first attempt at pretzel sticks. They turned out well!
Sunrise with a contrail crossing a tiny cloud boundary
Apparently my first post via Micro.blog was 4 years ago today 🎉
Our 13 yo son refuses to wear anything other than shorts and a t-shirt but today we cajoled him into wearing long pants (still in a t-shirt though). To me this is freakin’ cold!
I think I’ll skip my outdoor exercise today: Feels like is 11ºF / temp 18ºF. More ☕️ please.
In solidarity with our northern neighbors: our temperature has dropped by 33ºF in 3 hours. 19ºF more to lose before we hit tonight’s low.
