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Yesterday I did some work in the morning before running some errands; made a tire change appt, picked up some engine oil, and a new swingset for the gkids. Can't wait to surprise them when they next invade our shores in a couple weekends time. Then it was groceries. I and a friend installed...

I broke a self-imposed exile from the used book stores. After all, the gentleman who runs my favourite small town book store is retiring this year. It took no effort to convince my wife to stop in to this gem in "the prettiest small town in Ontario". So says the tourist brochures. They do have a...

One more amazing occurance in the natural world. I do think it is gaze-worthy. But keep in mind there are so many smaller "miracles" equally mesmerizing which we miss on a daily basis. Maybe it's the Vegas Show stuff which most impresses some of us (not me). That's okay too. Last weekend I was...

Being out n about the past few weeks going nowhere doing nothing, I've been accidentally nature watching. Can't help but notice the bald eagles swooping and soaring around here. One majestic specimen alighted in a tall spruce near my home village. I was driving by, slowed right down to drink in...

Time for an old thread renewal. BTW, here's an axe that's been repurposed, head, handle, and all. Not sure I approve. The repurposed adze however I won't lose sleep over. This establishment BTW is a fine pizza restaurant. It's just the back door and exterior that resembles a creepy movie.

My vocabulary just got bigger. I'm having a good day.

I so much want to google doofenschmertz but it took me days to correct the algorithym, I ain't going down that rabbit arse again.

Just the three paddles on our tandem trips.

March 4th. While spring equinox is still days away, spring weather arrived days earlier.

Low strife=Happy life. Hardly surprising, especially given that we are building our lives on healthy relationships. This doesn't preclude individualism and spending time solo, but the baseline for happiness socially is an individual having found and formed a comfort zone somewhere with someone...

I call Sacrilige clickbait. lol. Merely taking a shortcut doesn't suggest a sin as much as it does a convenience. Bisquick still contains the basics of bannock, so no big deal I'd say. An off-the-shelf biscuit mix isn't outside the realm of modern day simplifying. Kinda like coffee creamer. Or...

This is why I don't pollute my YT feed with nutjob algorithms. lol. After a brief peek at this flat-world saint my YT has become filled with Sportspal motorboating hell-drivers seeking Godly redemption. Ha. In case you didn't notice the world is full of shameless egotrippers. They either want...

Who needs a cooler?! If you don't like your beer at room temperature then it's a sign you're drinking the wrong beer. Likewise, never ever corrupt uisge beatha with ice. Maybe a dram of water on the side. But if you really need to cool down your drink you're only surrounded by a natural source...

I will never refuse a good friend my last pair of clean gotchies on a trip. That should never happen. I still feel bad about that. I should've gone commando for the sake of a friend in need thing.

3 enjoyable and informative minutes per episode. https://www.youtube.com/@3_Minutes_With_a_Maine_Guide/videos

Here is a traditional wannigan with a difference.

I stripped our cast iron pans either by a) baking them at high heat on a bbq, or b) soaking them in a solution of coarse salt and cleaning vinegar. Either way you'll end up with raw metal. Then I seasoned them with repeated wipes of grapeseed oil on the heated metal followed by cooling. Over...

Any clinging salty moisture would be bad IMO. Cold and dry should be okay, more or less. I wouldn't wipe it down (scratches?) Like your car. Maybe blow it clear with a (clean dust-free) leaf blower? Feather duster? lol. Or maybe just give it a quick rinse to flush off the salt brine. Air dry. On...

and the saga continues

re: Marshall loop 2 cents. Each and every camp the first few nights are worth layover days; Marshall, Grip, and Summit lakes, Kap R too. Each evening I thought to myself "I could stay another day or three here." Although my trip was an abbreviated one in which we took out at the (Ogoki?)...