Doug's Project 365

Lis and I took a mini-vacation to Newburyport, and on the first day we went to Maudslay State Park. The highlight of the day was definitely seeing this red-tailed hawk catch a meal, then fly up into a nearby tree to eat it.

I got a Full Tribble of fur off of the kitties this evening, which is surprising considering it’s been humid these past few days but not really all that hot.

I walked over to the Trillium brewery in Fort Point today at lunch, to pick up some beer to bring on the 4th. Little did I know they were debuting not ONE but TWO limited edition beers today, so the line was pretty long but moved quickly. I came away with the beer for Wednesday (Congress St.), plus All Hundred Thousand Trillion Everything and Apricot Soak. How could I resist?

 

King crab legs for dinner tonight, to help make up for us not being in Alaska.

They were good. They’re certainly less work than lobster, but I have to say the flavor is not quite as good. I imagine they’re better closer to the source.

 

We went to the Somerville Theater this evening and, of course, visited the Museum of Bad Art in the basement. This one’s for Moth in honor of the recently departed Runt.

The Year in Review, as recorded in corks. Green Newton accepts them for recycling at our local farmer’s market, and I took a year’s worth down there today.

That’s 88 corks: 67 wine, 16 whiskey/vermouth/liquor/wine vinegar, 4 beer/champagne/prosecco, and the remaining half of one I cut down for some other purpose.

Dinner tonight is extra authentic: lamb kebabs on skewers brought back by my Aunt Beth from Turkey in the 1970s. And Near East rice pilaf, of course.

For those who wonder what their “oil-rubbed bronze” finish knobs & fixtures are supposed to look like, these handles are the real deal.

Here’s my dad in about 1990, holding the physical manifestation of a device he co-patented.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US4892629