1004-deck
Ed and Dewey started putting the posts in for the deck railings.

1005-server-install
The AMD rack mount server was installed in the basement in order to configure it to put it in a colocation facility later.

1013-deck
The deck posts continue to get added to the deck and some finishing touches were put on the stairs.

1018-deck
All of the deck posts are now installed on the top part of the deck and most in the rest of the deck.

1018-yard
The sod has been removed from under the smaller peach tree as a first step before putting mulch in.

1019-cp23-new-solar
For three warm days I got back on the boat. A new flexible solar panel was installed on the foredeck. It made a huge difference in solar output and allowed the Torqeedo batteries to be charged from the inverter without leaving the house bank low for long.

1025-casserole
This is a casserole from an OSG recipe. It is better with a little marinara sauce over the top.

1027-casserole
This is the same OSG recipe casserole, this time served with with lots of marinara over the top.

1027-deck
Ed and Dewey, mostly Ed, have now installed all of the deck railing posts.

1027-fir-tree
Raymond told me he would be in the area with his stump grinder so I took down the dieing fir tree. There was one other stump that needed to be removed.

1031-gochujang-stew
These are the ingredients for gochujang stew.

1101-gochujang-stew
This is a serving of gochujang stew with vegan sour cream and fresh parsley in one photo.

1101-teriyaki-tofu
This is the teriyaki tofu recipe that Shannon found a while back.

1103-gochujang-stew
This is another serving of gochujang stew showing the multicolored potatoes used in this batch.

1104-peach-cobbler
I made another peach cobbler with peaches from my trees that I had frozen a while back.

1104-sunrise
This was a nice sunrise shortly after the EDT/EST change where the clocks were set back making sunrise earlier.

1105-burger
Yet another batch of the OSG mushroom and rice burgers.

1109-deck
More progress on the deck. Got a photo of Ed (right) and Duane aka Dewey (left).

1109-landscape
More progress leveling and clearing the new beds near the smaller peach tree.

1113-deck
More progress on the deck railings as viewed from near the hot tub.

1115-deck
Still more progress on the deck railings. Mostly just the railings near the steps need to be completed.

1116-turkeys
A rare turkey sighting in this part of Belfast. It's hunting season.

1119-landscape
The beds near the blueberries are leveled. The plant/tree near the deck has been moved (no small task) to be further from the deck.

1123-gochujang
Another cooking masterpiece. This time another batch of gochujang stew.

1124-deck
It is hard to tell but more progress has been made on the stair railings.

1128-shan-crochet
Shannon is at Jo-Ann's house carefully studying her crocheting.

1129-wood-split
We did a little wood spliting after Thanksgiving.

1214-full-moon
This is a morning full moon over Penobscot Bay as seen from my yard. It was hazy so the moon looked better in real life. I don't often take a photo in this direction getting this house in the photo.

1222-topstone
Erin, Lily and Curtis hiking in Topstone Park near Jo-Ann's house. Only Erin got in the photos.

1222-xmas-dinner
Since Shannon was leaving for the UK on the 23rd we had Christmas dinner early along with openning presents.

1223-topstone
This was the second day of hiking in Topstone Park, near Jo-Ann. Mike joined Erin, Lily and Curtis this day. The photos all have Erin and Mike. Lily got in all but the last photo.

1225-shan+luke
Shannon went to the UK to have Christmas with Luke. This is the two of them together.

1225-topstone
The is the fourth and last day of hiking at Topstone Park, near Erin. Erin got carried away and got 11 photos of Curtis. Erin is in the last four. Lily is in all of them and so is the lake at Topstone Park in the background.

1227-lily
Lily got a large stoffed animal for Christmas and seems to have made a new friend.

1228-puzzle
This year's Christmas puzzle was 2,000 pieces of Noah's Ark. Mike did most of it, also Daniel, Margo, Jo-Ann, and everyone else.