Photos: 2025/10-12

1001-behind-garage Grading the soil immediately behind the garage is progressing.
1004-apple-day This is a time lapse of part of the kitchen activity on apple day.
1011-behind-garage This is the area behind and to the side of the garage. A second rototill pass was done in most of the area behind the garage and first pass on the side of the garage. The strip along the road had a quick pass and then the rototiller handle broke.
1011-rototiller-handle These are some photos of the broken rototiller handle. It is about 2 inch steel tube but somewhat thin walled so enough rough handling and it finally broke.
1016-hot-tub-access These photos were taken for the spa people. They show access to the hot tub which I might either get rid of or replace.
1023-boat-propane It took a little doing but I got the propane tank and locker out of the boat. That made it a lot easier to get behind the steering quadrant.
1023-garage-yard Further progress was made on rototilling behind the garage and on the side of the garage near the property line and along the road in front of Shirley's house. Since then it kept raining every few days so it's been too wet for this work for a while.
1103-new-miata Jo-Ann with her new Miata at the dealer in front of the blue sign that indicates handicap parking but maybe mental handicap counts.
1105-boat-battery-switches Playing with the new label maker. Made some simple labels for the battery switches.
1106-boat-sw-and-panel The labels have now been made for the boat switches and for the low amperage breaker panel.
1109-boat-spaces These photos are intended to help me figure out how to do the plumbing work for the head and shower. The first is in the main cabin looking a the access behind the shower. The second is a close up. The third and fourth are in the (filthy) shower enclosure looking at where the head will be mounted. The fifth and sixth are the access behind the shower enclosure from the forward cabin side. The seventh and eighth are the cabinet in the shower enclosure with the eighth showing a mystery wire under the sidedeck. The last shows the bronze black water siphon break.
1111-thimble These are photos Jo-Ann sent of Thimble before Shannon had picked a name.
1112-sunrise Nice sunrise and the first snow of the year even though it is not much more than a dusting and disappeared before noon.
1112-tool-mod This is a tool from Amazon made by Dovaman. The safety switch on the trigger was so badly placed and designed that it was useless for getting into very tight spots. Since I bought it to make straight cuts in tight spots on the boat I considered returning it. Some of the screws were inaccessible without taking the whole thing apart so that is what it took to remove the safety switch entirely. Works fine now. Cheap but maybe I should have bought the DeWalt.
1113-thimble Shannon finally decided on the name Thimble and introduced us all to her new cat sending this photo.
1115-compost-bin-sides These are the sides of the compost bin that I just started making. They are made of pressure treated decking and some left over 2x4 rip cut to about 1.5x1.5.
1118-compost-bin-joined These are the sides of the compost bin miter cut and joined to form the basic shape.
1119-first-light This is first light over Penobscot Bay on a fairly clear morning.
1120-compost-bin-lid These photos show the door to shovel out compost on the front of the compost bin and the lid on top of the compost bin. These were the final touches to complete the project.
1121-compost-bin-done The compost bin is now done and in place. The small plastic kitchen compost bin is on top of it and the first of many of these small bins has been dumped in. This is only for kitchen compost, not yard waste.
1123-fischer-skis This is a chart of Fischer skate skis and the recommended weight vs ski size. I got the Aerolite Classic 60 in 207 cm which has a range of 165-200+. Since I usually weigh 165-170 I'm near the bottom of that range. I now need NNN or compatible bindings and new boots. My current boots are NNN BC (back country) and NNN BC bindings would be too wide for these skiis.
1125-gnome-home This is just two more photos of Jo-Ann's gnome home in the large tulip tree in her back yard.
1127-log-splitting This is Margo and Shannon splitting some logs. Jo-Ann did most of the splitting up to this point and I was cutting up logs with the chain saw. Later we all stacked. We did this Tuesday to Friday as part of our Thanksgiving tradition of log splitting.
1130-log-split-team This is the log splitting team in front of the fireplace. Left to right are me, Jo-Ann, Margo, and Shannon.
1202-first-snow The first real snow was predicted to drop 6" at one point but ended up a snow that landed on warm ground and mostly melted. This resulted in snow over mush. It looked like no significant accumulation but it was heavy and so a chore to shovel.
1204-boat-parts Boat parts were accumulating on the living room rug so I could experiment with circuit panel layouts for planning purposes. Having mostly completed the planning the electrical parts got consolidated in a corner, hopefully to be installed over the winter.
1206-masam-curry-tofu This is masam curry with tofu. It has curry, coconut milk, potato, tofu and garnished with peanuts. This batch had lots of peanuts.
1211-daniel-xmas-box This is a false bottom box made to hold one of Daniel's presents in the false bottom. Jo-Ann also got a trick box for a larger present but I forgot to take a photo before wrapping it. These take quite some time to make due to the small pieces of wood and small screws.
1217-tara-xmas-kit This is a present for Tara. It comes as a kit, so far. When assembled it will be a ramp for the height mismatch between her stone driveway and her garage floor.
1224-christmas-eve These are a set of photos taken by Jo-Ann and Shannon on Christmas Eve.
1224-joann-gift This is Jo-Ann openning her specially packaged Christmas gift and then maybe self incriminating herself.
1227-post-xmas-snow Some snow fell on Dec 26 on my way home from Jo-Ann's back to Maine. It was mostly 4-6' of light fluffy snow, with drifts to 8" in the driveway due to wind direction. This photo is the driveway partially shovelled that afternoon. The snow had packed down a bit by then but was still mostly light except where driven over.