Month: February 2011

20% off a mixed case of wine at Gordon’s!

For some unknown reason, this doorway in our dining room was framed out in flat stock rather than the typical fancier stuff usually seen in a Victorian. Since I’m doing a minor project in the dining room, now is the time to fix it. The hardest part is avoiding doing too much damage to the old plaster.

I finally made it to the moulding shop in Braintree I’ve been talking about. I bought some supplies to do a minor remodel of our dining room. Here’s a vignette of the type of wainscoting I’ll be installing — minus the Chippendale side table.

Over the weekend somebody clipped the driver’s side mirror of my car while I was parked. No note or anything of course. I think it looks vaguely Borg-like this way.
 

I think a mixed bouquet like this — even on Valentine’s day — looks nicer and lasts longer than just roses.

There’s something about having breakfast for dinner that makes me feel like I’m back in the time when I was just starting to live on my own.

There’s one thing to be said for 2 feet of snow on the ground: the snowshoeing is excellent, even in an inner suburb of a major US city. Lis and I went to a park along the Charles in Newton Lower Falls. This bench is not currently among the world’s most ergonomic.

 
[Note: yes, I’m 10 days behind in posting this photo, and we have much less snow now.]

I bottled the Happy Monk today.  50 bottles, 8.6% alcohol by volume.

 
[for those following on Facebook, note this photo is dated Feb. 5]

Jay Peak has moved to an RFID lift ticket system this season. All it takes to show the guts is a little backlight

Lis gave me a present today: one of those magnifying glass / alligator clip thingys to help me with close-up projects.