January and the first half of February got some snow, more up north. Sandy and I did some cross country skiing in late February but I didn't get photos. It snowed again in March and early April. In March we got some great snow, over a foot up north. Cross country skiing was great and I got good photos, even with me and Sandy in the photos.

A lot of January and February photos are food prep related and building the 10 foot high shelf in the garage to store paints, large fastenners and some tools. In March I installed the office cabinet hardware. Ed continued to do interior painting. I built the framing for a wall to mount a monitor and built a platform to make painting above the stairs safer.

At the very end of March I started pruning the peach trees. Some hydrangea, andromeda and a blueberry were transplanted and other work was done in the yard in April and May. April8 was a cross country ski day and viewing of the solar eclipse. I made a frame for under the bed and installed Starlink. I spent nearly two weeks dog sitting for Erin and Mike and visiting and stopped at Jo-Ann's on the way there and back.

In June and July the focus turned to boat work plus some yard work. Erin vacationed in Maine and Erin and I hiked Tumbledown Mountain together. Some garden work was done at Sandy's and at Will's.

In mid July Sandy house sat and dog sat. I helped out Will for a day. Then Sandy and I visited Jo-Ann, Margo, and Shannon and then Sandy's brother Ralph and wife Barbara. We took no photos during that time except a few at Will's.

Mid to late July was dominated by boat work. Early August the peach trees started producing fruit so canning and peach cobbler became a priority.

By the end of August the boat was in the water, but first time out the brand new forestay broke. Belmont Boatworks tried to blame this on a halyard wrap but I think pinching the stay when swaging was the cause. As a result doing any real sailing was delayed by two weeks. I decided to replace the furler while at it.

Toward the end of September was the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers (MOFGA) Common Ground Fair. I volunteering in Will's area which was within the aggricultural demo area. During the fair and after I got real sick and Sandy already had a sinus infection so we were out of commission for over a week after the fair.

On October 15 Sandy broke up with me but we are still friends.

In late October and early November Ed made progress on the deck, I did yard work and some boat work, but didn't do any sailing. By early November the Com-pac 23 was out of the water.

Jo-Ann hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas. While at Jo-Ann's for Christmas, Erin, Lily, and Curtis did a few days of hikes in Topstone Park and Mike joined for one of the hikes.