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Nope, sorry, not the boat (Merrimack, Swift, etc) but the bird. Here on CT's Long Island Sound, I saw my first Osprey of the season this morning while checking out a chubby sleek blonde.* (That's usually a harbinger of spring in my dog eared book of yearly firsts. I didn't see a mate, though...

Boreal, when my son was a bit younger, we were laying over at SRA Donnelly and we gifted the guest caretaker in that little cabin there, a bag of fresh groceries that we didn't need since two days later we'd be in Fairbanks. He returned the favor of fresh food and my wife's pasta dinner by...

I am quite intrigued by this. Thank you for posting it. It's been weeks now that the changeover from our winter feeder to migrants and spring and summer birds has been occuring. We had our usual influx of starlings, jays and red wing blackbirds two weeks ago (to signify the end of a very...

Boreael Birch, Pringles were about to engage in a small dust up over good donuts, so I figured before they hijacked that thread that I would start this one... so, either your favorite local donut and pastry shop or the best shop you have found on the road or at your destination. And your...

Partly as a way to finish off a small stack of cut 1/4" finished ply and partly to satisfy my own curiosity, I am making up several carryall boxes, roughly 22 x 13 x 13" high. Fastened up only with epoxy and fiberglass tape and some glue for the trim. Wood strip top over more plywood. What...

FLMAO...nearly snorted my morning tea out my nose... thanks for letting us share the fun!

Truly, truly frightening! Something similar happend in Stonington CT a few years back that resulted in the death of the fisherman on the boat that was run over. The boat at fault was being captained by a professional who was delivering the larger boat to a marina down the channel. Evidently...

If I leave my house by about 3pm on Sunday afternoon, I can be there up in the NW Hills just in time to have one of the first pieces...:D

After the notorious winter weather that parts of PA and western NY (close to 7' of new lake effect snow!) have been 'enjoying' the past week or so, it might be time for Grandpa Paddler to weigh in and maybe give his second choice of places he would rather frequent (maybe only in a true winter?)...

My first couple of camp boxes I used some lengths of simple pine cove molding in the corners, since I was using just hand electric tools (hard to get a decent rip) on everything. Same idea, simpler and makes those joints hell bent for strong. Titebond or similar (might have to look for that...

Not much point in this topic unless you are going to share the results to those who have contributed their recipes...:D I like a somewhat sweet jerky marinade. Have used both the oven and a dehydrator. I put hot sauce, brown sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and ginger. (I found ginger is what...

MH has those big cans, as do others but I remember last summer my boys bought 6 packs of some meals for their SW camping trip, was much cheaper all around than the single servings. They bought one large can of the biscuits and gravy (which we all agreed is a very good supplement to other b'fast...

A few weeks ago I received out of the blue, a book that I am really looking forward to reading. The modern day search for and discovery of the Sir John Franklin expedition (two ships and the entire ship's company were lost in entirety) wrecks which had set out in 1845 to discover the Northwest...

That would 'ruin' some men for the outdoor experience. Just imagine a decade or so later how much better your experience and equipment would have been with just the ECWS clothing system. Was that 'opportunity' to train there a good thing (for your career or getting into a particular unit or...

Taking a much needed break from the pre-Christmas activities at my house...walking in a local park...could feel the blood pressure diminishing slowly as I walked; from the too much of everything and too many people who came to enjoy the festivities...ended up talking at length with a guy who...

I only wish I had that opportunity with my dad about 25 years ago...one day he decided (after heart attack, stroke,) that he was DONE with ever, seemingly using any hand or power tools again...had some guys come in for $25-50 per carryload and they took away lots of things I had assumed would be...

While I was on the phone the other day with one of my two brothers who live in Alaska...I was b*tchin' a bit about not having enough daylight to make the final yard leaf cleanup (way late drop this year)... complaining how it was almost completely dark by 4:30 pm. Running out of daylight! Ha...

Robin, that is surely one time that 'being up the creek without a paddle' cannot be considered a bad thing at all! Lovely scene, a bit icy now, I would guess. Bring it on. Hot tent it!

Yeah, good luck with that...! I've been working on various kitchen projects 'for her' all fall... I am not holding my breath though, despite her pleasure at how things have been proceeding... I wonder though if it'd be too late to email Santa or his elves with a short request list for me!

Thanks for that link, very helpful. I try and NOT give any more money to the West Marine's of the world but at the same time odds and ends are very hard to source sometimes. Be very helpful for a storage project I am involved in right now..