So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

  We went and watched a Play "Scrooge" and a great time was had by all. Afterwards I took my twin granddaughters to our inherited house in town and let them explore and take whatever they wanted. They took some stuffed animals and nicknacks and cameras and had a lot of fun looking though things. I took them out to their other grandparent's property about 15 miles away on the far east side of town where they are staying, dropped them off, and just got home. It was a nice family day today. I'm pretty tired now so... maybe I'll sleep better tonight, but I will be getting up at 3:45 AM, so I will try to get to sleep early?
 It's obvious the dogs are glad we're home now.


  All of the out of state family will be going to Disneyland Monday and Tuesday and are going to go spend the night near Disneyland starting tomorrow night. So tomorrow afternoon it will be just the wife and I again for a few days, I think we will see them again before they head back north, but that is questionable?



 

[bReTt]

Speaking of hogs I saw one on a trail cam last night and got the AR with the IR scope then walked out there in the dark and shot him. Dude's been tearing my place up bad the past month so I'm thrilled to finally put a stop to that. Had a lot of damage to fix in the creek trail this morning which was his last parting gift before I gave him mine later.
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If you host a hog hunt, my boys and I will show up and hunt with ya.  I’d love to harvest a hog and cook it up!🐗🥘🍗

[bReTt]

We just do the basic Christmas lights around the eaves of the house outside.  We did that yesterday afternoon.

[avator]

Love the design of that house Brett. I assume most of the is add on. The dormers, the entry and the addition. But it all ties in great. I can imagine it all in flagstone. That would be amazing.

[bReTt]

Love the design of that house Brett. I assume most of the is add on. The dormers, the entry and the addition. But it all ties in great. I can imagine it all in flagstone. That would be amazing.

Thanks Bill!  It was original in 1930.  It’s been added on to over those years.  I added the dormers when we moved in and I peaked the carport roof in the back.  It was flat.  It’s a project, that’s for sure.  Not sure if I would have bought the place had I known what I was getting into. 🤣🤣🤣 We have been here for 18 years so I think I’m pretty much here to stay.  It does have its own character.

Here it is from another angle.  The room with he windows and the carport were added in 1957.  There is the year stamp in the concrete. 

[avator]

You've done a great job bringing it to a more modern state without taking the "cottage" bones out of it.
Well done. Yeah, that peaked roof on the carport really removed the 50's from it.

[avator]

They do alot of tin roofs around here. I like them alot.
I remember when I was building houses in the Seattle area in the late 90s /early 2000's it was all cedar siding and shake roofs. Exposed rafter tails with bird blocks. If they had gutters they were hung on the rafter tails.

[maraudinglizard]

Just finished the road trip to the family gathering, it's been 13 years since all of us have been at the same table for thanksgiving. We couldn't do the parent's 60th anniversary due to covid and I couldn't get to some of the weddings due to work. So me and my brothers made it up at thanksgiving. 28 people and one dog attended and nobody got thrown in the pool either(except the dog, he went in on his own). We all had a good time and I have a happy mommy to boot. Now I will spend the rest of the winter trying to loose weight, never seen so much food in my life

[avator]

Good for you Kris, cherish the memories and continue making them. My family is all but gone but I have many memories good and bad but they are all my memories.

[2A Georgia]

Took memsahib to the outlet mall and to the theatre to see "The Marvels"
TIme for my VT football recording and GTA in the mancacve

[maraudinglizard]

Thanks Bill, I know what you mean about the family almost gone, we all grow up and grow old, watching the offspring go through life as we did. I miss my grandparents and thanksgivings of days past, but still have the memories to cherish.

[Sqrl Klr]

If you host a hog hunt, my boys and I will show up and hunt with ya.  I’d love to harvest a hog and cook it up!🐗🥘🍗

Mine all mine!

They have em in CA too which would be a lot closer and the people would be just as grateful for you lowering their population some. Your place looks great and good job on the lights.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Just sitting around being sick, OH and it is 55°F and pouring rain now.

[Blowpipe Sam]

My mom, my buddy Geoff, and I all took a canoe trip on the middle-upper Sopchoppy river today. Mom paddled solo and Geoff and I paddled tandem in an old fiberglass Mohawk 16.  We’ve got newer Royalex and ABS boats but I prefer the rigidity and efficient hull form of the glass Hawk.  This section of the river is a gorgeous Bald Cypress garden filled with fantastic formations of Cypress roots, boles, and knees.  It’s also one of the few ACC class two rivers in Florida because of obstacles, Swift currents, and technical maneuvering.  Geoff and I had to get our act together and we did a fair job.  It wasn’t the most graceful canoeing but we made it to the take-out without turning over.  Once in her boat mom was in her element.  She seemed to drift through stuff that Geoff and I struggled through with much splashing and back paddling.  It was an absolutely beautiful day.  We saw river otter, wild turkey and beaucoup gray squirrel.  It was a great mental health day too.  Geoff got a break from looking after his mom who has Dementia and my mom got a break from her husband who has Alzheimer’s.  I got a chance to paddle with my mom and my friend again.

I’ll post photos when Geoff emails me some.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

My mom, my buddy Geoff, and I all took a canoe trip on the middle-upper Sopchoppy river today. Mom paddled solo and Geoff and I paddled tandem in an old fiberglass Mohawk 16.  We’ve got newer Royalex and ABS boats but I prefer the rigidity and efficient hull form of the glass Hawk.  This section of the river is a gorgeous Bald Cypress garden filled with fantastic formations of Cypress roots, boles, and knees.  It’s also one of the few ACC class two rivers in Florida because of obstacles, Swift currents, and technical maneuvering.  Geoff and I had to get our act together and we did a fair job.  It wasn’t the most graceful canoeing but we made it to the take-out without turning over.  Once in her boat mom was in her element.  She seemed to drift through stuff that Geoff and I struggled through with much splashing and back paddling.  It was an absolutely beautiful day.  We saw river otter, wild turkey and beaucoup gray squirrel.  It was a great mental health day too.  Geoff got a break from looking after his mom who has Dementia and my mom got a break from her husband who has Alzheimer’s.  I got a chance to paddle with my mom and my friend again.

I’ll post photos when Geoff emails me some.

Nice canoe trip and outing Carter. If you have got a Royalex canoe, hang on to that one. Nobody makes Royalex anymore and the canoe manufactures have been in a tizzy about it.

My wife and I used to take month long canoe trips in the MN Boundary Waters and Canadian back country. I had an 16 1/2 Ft. Old Town Royalex  Penobscott and a 18 Ft. Grumman. The Royalex was really nice going over the submerged rocks in northern Canadian Shield waters. It would slide right over and not hang up. The 18 ft Grumman was the towed cargo canoe with it's 1100 lbs of load capacity. In rough water on big lakes we would lash the two canoes together catamaran style for added stability. I we did that then we would put up Polynesian style sail and ride the wind and rudder with the paddles. I also had a Grumman Sport Canoe that I fished out of, while using an outboard motor. I had a sail kit for that one too.



Best Wishes - Tom

[Blowpipe Sam]

My mom, my buddy Geoff, and I all took a canoe trip on the middle-upper Sopchoppy river today. Mom paddled solo and Geoff and I paddled tandem in an old fiberglass Mohawk 16.  We’ve got newer Royalex and ABS boats but I prefer the rigidity and efficient hull form of the glass Hawk.  This section of the river is a gorgeous Bald Cypress garden filled with fantastic formations of Cypress roots, boles, and knees.  It’s also one of the few ACC class two rivers in Florida because of obstacles, Swift currents, and technical maneuvering.  Geoff and I had to get our act together and we did a fair job.  It wasn’t the most graceful canoeing but we made it to the take-out without turning over.  Once in her boat mom was in her element.  She seemed to drift through stuff that Geoff and I struggled through with much splashing and back paddling.  It was an absolutely beautiful day.  We saw river otter, wild turkey and beaucoup gray squirrel.  It was a great mental health day too.  Geoff got a break from looking after his mom who has Dementia and my mom got a break from her husband who has Alzheimer’s.  I got a chance to paddle with my mom and my friend again.

I’ll post photos when Geoff emails me some.

Nice canoe trip and outing Carter. If you have got a Royalex canoe, hang on to that one. Nobody makes Royalex anymore and the canoe manufactures have been in a tizzy about bit.

My wife and I used to take month long canoe trips in the MN Boundary Waters and Canadian back country. I had an 16 1/2 Ft. Old Town Royalex  Penobscott and a 18 Ft. Grumman. The Royalex was really nice going over the submerged rocks in northern Canadian Shield waters. It would slide right over and not hang up. The 18 ft Grumman was the towed cargo canoe with it's 1100 lbs of load capacity. In rough water on big lakes we would lash the two canoes together catamaran style for added stability. I we did that then we would put up Polynesian style sail and ride the wind and rudder with the paddles. I also had a Grumman Sport Canoe that I fished out of, while using an outboard motor. I had a sail kit for that one too.



Best Wishes - Tom

Isn’t the BWCA awesome?  I paddled there and on the gunflint trail in the late seventies.  Lots of portaging as I recall.  My mother is an outdoors author and wrote articles and guide books about canoeing.  I grew up paddling somewhere just about every weekend. There’s probably a canoeist forum out there where we can reminisce about Grummans and Sawyers or Old Towns versus Mohawks.LOL.  “Plastic” boats are fine but little too flexible for this kind of paddling and since we’re going down river with only one  portage an 80 lb. glass boat isn’t a problem.  Mom’s little Mohawk solo 12 is pretty much a wee lassie done in ABS.  28 lbs.  I love that boat!

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

My mom, my buddy Geoff, and I all took a canoe trip on the middle-upper Sopchoppy river today. Mom paddled solo and Geoff and I paddled tandem in an old fiberglass Mohawk 16.  We’ve got newer Royalex and ABS boats but I prefer the rigidity and efficient hull form of the glass Hawk.  This section of the river is a gorgeous Bald Cypress garden filled with fantastic formations of Cypress roots, boles, and knees.  It’s also one of the few ACC class two rivers in Florida because of obstacles, Swift currents, and technical maneuvering.  Geoff and I had to get our act together and we did a fair job.  It wasn’t the most graceful canoeing but we made it to the take-out without turning over.  Once in her boat mom was in her element.  She seemed to drift through stuff that Geoff and I struggled through with much splashing and back paddling.  It was an absolutely beautiful day.  We saw river otter, wild turkey and beaucoup gray squirrel.  It was a great mental health day too.  Geoff got a break from looking after his mom who has Dementia and my mom got a break from her husband who has Alzheimer’s.  I got a chance to paddle with my mom and my friend again.

I’ll post photos when Geoff emails me some.

Nice canoe trip and outing Carter. If you have got a Royalex canoe, hang on to that one. Nobody makes Royalex anymore and the canoe manufactures have been in a tizzy about bit.

My wife and I used to take month long canoe trips in the MN Boundary Waters and Canadian back country. I had an 16 1/2 Ft. Old Town Royalex  Penobscott and a 18 Ft. Grumman. The Royalex was really nice going over the submerged rocks in northern Canadian Shield waters. It would slide right over and not hang up. The 18 ft Grumman was the towed cargo canoe with it's 1100 lbs of load capacity. In rough water on big lakes we would lash the two canoes together catamaran style for added stability. I we did that then we would put up Polynesian style sail and ride the wind and rudder with the paddles. I also had a Grumman Sport Canoe that I fished out of, while using an outboard motor. I had a sail kit for that one too.



Best Wishes - Tom

Isn’t the BWCA awesome?  I paddled there and on the gunflint trail in the late seventies.  Lots of portaging as I recall.  My mother is an outdoors author and wrote articles and guide books about canoeing.  I grew up paddling somewhere just about every weekend. There’s probably a canoeist forum out there where we can reminisce about Grummans and Sawyers or Old Towns versus Mohawks.LOL.  “Plastic” boats are fine but little too flexible for this kind of paddling and since we’re going down river with only one  portage an 80 lb. glass boat isn’t a problem.  Mom’s little Mohawk solo 12 is pretty much a wee lassie done in ABS.  28 lbs.  I love that boat!

Carter.

Your mother might know of these books, Path of the Paddle, Snow Walkers Companion, The Ultimate Canoe Challenge.
These books and many others are the books that I lived by.

I have been to the Canadian North Country and to Thompson Manitoba, all by canoe. (I was on my way to Churchill but had to stop and end things at Thompson)
I used to have copies of all the French Voyager routes and Topo Maps for all of Canada.

All of my 3 sons grew up with a pack on their backs and a paddle in their hands.

My oldest son, Jason, was professional guide in Alaska and a professional photographer for over 20 years. 
He wrote a good book on Alaskan Brown Bears called Kodiak Kings by Jason Wood.
He has since sold his Alaskian guiding business and moved to Ft Mill Sc.
He is an account manager for a large insurance company down there and he is a partner with his brother Matt in an insurance business up here.


Best Wishes - Tom

[Jshooter71]

My mom, my buddy Geoff, and I all took a canoe trip on the middle-upper Sopchoppy river today. Mom paddled solo and Geoff and I paddled tandem in an old fiberglass Mohawk 16.  We’ve got newer Royalex and ABS boats but I prefer the rigidity and efficient hull form of the glass Hawk.  This section of the river is a gorgeous Bald Cypress garden filled with fantastic formations of Cypress roots, boles, and knees.  It’s also one of the few ACC class two rivers in Florida because of obstacles, Swift currents, and technical maneuvering.  Geoff and I had to get our act together and we did a fair job.  It wasn’t the most graceful canoeing but we made it to the take-out without turning over.  Once in her boat mom was in her element.  She seemed to drift through stuff that Geoff and I struggled through with much splashing and back paddling.  It was an absolutely beautiful day.  We saw river otter, wild turkey and beaucoup gray squirrel.  It was a great mental health day too.  Geoff got a break from looking after his mom who has Dementia and my mom got a break from her husband who has Alzheimer’s.  I got a chance to paddle with my mom and my friend again.

I’ll post photos when Geoff emails me some.

Nice canoe trip and outing Carter. If you have got a Royalex canoe, hang on to that one. Nobody makes Royalex anymore and the canoe manufactures have been in a tizzy about bit.

My wife and I used to take month long canoe trips in the MN Boundary Waters and Canadian back country. I had an 16 1/2 Ft. Old Town Royalex  Penobscott and a 18 Ft. Grumman. The Royalex was really nice going over the submerged rocks in northern Canadian Shield waters. It would slide right over and not hang up. The 18 ft Grumman was the towed cargo canoe with it's 1100 lbs of load capacity. In rough water on big lakes we would lash the two canoes together catamaran style for added stability. I we did that then we would put up Polynesian style sail and ride the wind and rudder with the paddles. I also had a Grumman Sport Canoe that I fished out of, while using an outboard motor. I had a sail kit for that one too.



Best Wishes - Tom

Isn’t the BWCA awesome?  I paddled there and on the gunflint trail in the late seventies.  Lots of portaging as I recall.  My mother is an outdoors author and wrote articles and guide books about canoeing.  I grew up paddling somewhere just about every weekend. There’s probably a canoeist forum out there where we can reminisce about Grummans and Sawyers or Old Towns versus Mohawks.LOL.  “Plastic” boats are fine but little too flexible for this kind of paddling and since we’re going down river with only one  portage an 80 lb. glass boat isn’t a problem.  Mom’s little Mohawk solo 12 is pretty much a wee lassie done in ABS.  28 lbs.  I love that boat!

Carter.

Your mother might know of these books, Path of the Paddle, Snow Walkers Companion, The Ultimate Canoe Challenge.
These books and many others are the books that I lived by.

I have been to the Canadian North Country and to Thompson Manitoba, all by canoe. (I was on my way to Churchill but had to stop and end things at Thompson)
I used to have copies of all the French Voyager routes and Topo Maps for all of Canada.

All of my 3 sons grew up with a pack on their backs and a paddle in their hands.

My oldest son, Jason, was professional guide in Alaska and a professional photographer for over 20 years. 
He wrote a good book on Alaskan Brown Bears called Kodiak Kings by Jason Wood.
He has since sold his Alaskian guiding business and moved to Ft Mill Sc.
He is an account manager for a large insurance company down there and he is a partner with his brother Matt in an insurance business up here.


Best Wishes - Tom

You “guys” are amazing… and sometimes you all bring things to mind that I haven’t done in a very long time, but are good memories… I used canoe, fish, hunt and hike in some great places. I’m not so old I can’t anymore, just some twists and turns in life have changed things. I’ve been thinking about getting a new canoe this year, and I think I should… one for a small family of 3… I think I’m going to get back to researching and searching for one, very soon. I’d like Ayrabella to know and experience these things.

[Madd Hatter]

Up at 0600 and on the road to my clients house to pet sit. I haven't gotten up that early for months.

[avator]

I tied up a couple orange ribbons....
I hung a 32" TV above the roll up door in the Red Shed and it's just low enough to bang my head on it if I don't duck... ribbon #1.
I am 6' even and the roll up door on the lean to is 5'11"... ribbon #2.

Only took be 3 weeks of banging my head to do something about it.   
The last time I hit my head on the TV I thought I would knock it down. That was the last straw.