Ron cut down two trees at Edgewater – one in the front and one in the back – plus pruned back on Dixon and cut down the cherry tree at Lori’s
Woods Hole Folk Music Society
Discovered that Ron’s Revolutionary War ancestor was a Minuteman
Collected signatures at the West Falmouth Post Office to shut down Pilgrim
Ron got new “toys”: saws, at least two, mitre and chain.
New garden next to the back stairs here, Emme designed the layout; new daffodil/narcissus garden in our small “bosquet”
Robert’s graduation
Fireworks at Willowbend
Ron switched from disability to normal retirement
Fourth of July at Ed’s
Wes and Susan came to visit
Watched the Fire Ball ceremony and heard Emma play at the PowWow
Hummingbirds in the back yard
Attended lectures at the Jonsson Center
Was Emme’s taxi to and from her job at the Falmouth Chamber
Summer trip to Newport with Emme and James: Green Animals Topiary Garden, Kite Festival
We lost our Mr. Fluffles
Cape Cod Conservatory big band at the Craigville Tabernacle
ron was quoted in the Mashpee Enterprise story about the Wompanoag Language Reclamation Program
I had an article on workplace bullying pubished in the Cape Cod Times
Craigville Beach bonfire and rock band; Ron danced – in public!
Visited the Rooneys in Martha’s Vineyard
Waved to the tourists from Oak Street overpass on Labor Day weekend
Fixed the kiosk at Santuit Pond Estates
Anti-war demonstration in Orleans in September
Wepecket Island Records concerts at the Wamsutta Club, New Bedford
Ron finished sanding and cleaning the deck at Edgewater!
Blood donations
Visited Blithewold
Santuit Pond cleanup with the Mashpee Conservation Commission
Got our street removed from the no-plow list
Dissolved my company, CapeCoder.com, Ltd.
Miserable tooth extraction
Rally at K-Mart plaza in Hyannis to shut down Pilgrim
Had heat lamp installed in the bathroom
Visited Betsy, David and family in Jaffrey for Thanksgiving

We are very lucky:  never lost power and never lost heat.  Easy shoveling, but a LOT of snow: it was up to the level of the back deck.

…this is not a bad place to be.

The big storm started this morning.  Street is already white.

Ron woke up sick as a dog.  Poor fellow!

Focused on minor storm prep yesterday, like taking down the outside lights and garland.  Got everything put away this morning.  Much easier without a tree!

Yesterday, cooked up all of the organic farm bacon and made scrambled eggs for breakfast.  We barely ate the rest of the day, it was so filling.

Stopped by to see Cathy last evening.  I had a Christmas gift that had been misdirected.  Chatted briefly with Mary on the phone.

Got my d3 apps to work with a bit of tweaking.

Flurry of email correspondence with the Falmouth Chamber about the Forum on RaiseUp issues.  I was of the misimpression that Chambers set their own agendas, but nay: they do their masters’ bidding.

The weather outside is frightful; but the electric fireplace is so delightful.

I paid two bills due today.  We went to the Senior Center for day-olds.

Spent most of the day troubleshooting websites but everything is working now.

Dropped off the old New Year’s Eve celebratory items we used to use at Newport Overlook to Peter’s.  Hope the kids enjoyed them.

After First Night, I brought Ron home, then went to Stop & Shop.  The bon mot du jour goes to a gentleman shopper who came out of the store the same time as I did:  “It’s cold out here!  I want to go back.  They even have food!”

We went to Sandwich for First Night again this year.

Unfortunately, Ron is coming down with the same bad cold that I just got rid of. It was bitter cold, not a good idea for an ailing person, so we called it an early night.

The Village Band

One of the trees at Town Hall

First Church

Fish or Snoopy?

Members of the Who Dat Jazz Band

Daniel Webster House

Many ladies of all ages, and at least one man, wore these headpieces.

Fairy Garden, Daniel Webster House

From aflcionc.org:

Our new street sign has finally been put in place, so I sent follow-on letters to six neighbors who haven’t yet ponied up.

We stopped in to the Daily Brew to hear some fine guitar music performed by Gene Bourque and enjoy a hearty linguica soup for lunch.

Drove to Orleans to see an exhibit of model trains, then a very brief walk on Nauset Beach.  It was windy but mid-forties.  Ron was delighted with our score of 20% off three quarts of Four Seas.

I am still fighting that cold.

I put the hoses in today.  Ron shut off the water and is on his way to do the same at Edgewater.

We went to the Senior Center for bread, the transfer station, Cape Cod 5 for First Night Sandwich buttons, and a couple of other odds and ends.

I’ve  been cleaning up the new Foreclosures site.

Looks like daffs are coming up (?!)  Covered them with leaves.

I’ve had a scratchy throat and ate a couple of handfuls of pumpkin seeds today on the assumption that foods rich in zinc might help relieve the symptoms.

On the other hand, Ron and I ventured to Edgewater today to cut down the decorative grasses.  When we started out it was drizzling.  As we were about to pack up, the rain picked up.  James was nice enough to tell me how much Bonnie appreciated the gluten-free baked goods.

Later on, I decided to clean up a cluster of leaves in the front yard here that’s been bothering me for a while.

Finished a draft of the new Foreclosures website.  Hot shower, very light supper and enjoyed “Lincoln”.