Month: February 2014

This fellow flew into the tree above our garage this morning as I was leaving for work. By the time I came back with the big camera, he was gone, so all I have is this cell phone shot. He’s small, a bit bigger than a dove (thus my assumption he’s male), and my guess is he’s a sharp-shinned or Cooper’s hawk.

We went car shopping today and have narrowed the field to two vehicles: Volvo V60 and Ford C-Max. The Ford surprised us with what a nice little car it is. The VW Sportwagon was the biggest disappointment; it’s basically unavailable with stickshift in MA due to popularity (go figure), and the automatic is a pretty poor match to the TDI engine.

We spent our second morning at Jay Peak lapping the beaver.

This is the view that greeted us upon opening the curtains from the hotel room.

At Jay Peak, and it’s raining. To the bar!

After a trying few days, seeing Ferrous in the window watching me come home brought a smile to my face. Sorry for the Blurrycam photo.

We went to visit my Volvo “Erik the Red” at the body shop today. Later in the day I got the word he’s unrepairable.

This rental car will get me around for the time being. It barely fits into the garage, and would look ridiculous with the canoe on top.

He looks so peaceful in this photo.