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Early spring colors

March 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments

The title, of course, refers to the flowers on the homestead. The first color of the week, though, is black. Dave’s friend and co-worker (also named Dave) put the finishing touches on the Jeep fix this week by adding black Herculiner to the front pieces of both fenders. He did a great job on it; [...]

It’s official – spring is here

March 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments

It’s a little hard to tell from the weather here (in the mid to high 40s all day), but spring has arrived. Blessed Ostara to all of my pagan friends! I didn’t realize it had been so long since I’d written an entry. One of the things I’d been trying to do this year (sort [...]

Jeep – 2, Deer – 0

March 12th, 2009 | 3 Comments

Well, it happened again. Those few folks who have been reading my blog since its previous incarnation may remember an entry from May of 2006, when I talked about how Dave had hit a deer with his Jeep. That time, all it did was make a tiny little bend in the bottom of the bumper [...]

Taste of spring

March 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments

We’re back to more seasonable temps this week, but we had some unseasonably warm weather over the weekend…perfect for visits to the homestead! Dave had to work on Saturday, so I went up by myself; we both made the trip on Sunday. Both days involved more clean-up for me. I also spent some time down [...]

Thawing out

March 7th, 2009 | 3 Comments

While the weather around here is still going to be seasonable for March in the northeast, we’re finally starting to warm up this week! Temps hit the high 60s/low 70s this afternoon, and it’s looking like we’ll see more of the same over the weekend. I’m curious as to what signs of spring will be [...]