Author: doug

On my bike ride this morning, I remembered to take my camera… and was rewarded by seeing this swan, who was totally unfazed by my presence, on the river.

Well would you look at that?

It looks like when the house was insulated, they accidentally blew some into this window pocket.  There’s certainly none around any of the other windows I’ve opened up.

Today Greg and I helped Michael install an over-the-range microwave. 

My participation was not entirely altruistic — I plan a similar project and it’s always better to practice on someone else’s house.

I certainly hope this is a vanity plate, and this person did not get assigned this plate at random.

It doesn’t look 10x dirtier than other cars to me.  At least it’s not brown.

This week’s Boston Organics box has a lot of fruit in it.

I call it… still life with delivery.

Our kitchen lacks any sort of outside venting.  I am planning to install an over-the-range microwave / fan, inspired by our friend Michael who is planning a similar project.  Such a fan is too tall, however, for the existing cabinet in that space.  I removed it with a thought to rebuild it shorter, but now I think I might just install an open shelf in that space instead.

We had an open house for neighbors over the weekend.  One of them brought us these lovely flowers, just the thing to brighten up the kitchen.

It’s the little changes you make to a house that makes it feel like home.  Things like replacing ugly cabinet hardware, or installing one of these:

Sure, turning two separate knobs on & off to do laundry is not a chore (no matter how squeaky & hard to turn they are), but a lever like this one is just so much easier.

Hey look!

It’s my desk!  For the first time since we moved, it’s not all covered in papers and stuff.

I woke up this morning to find both kitties on the couch downstairs. 

I guess Winnie was cold.