We still have a little sow .. so diane and I got out for a short ski along the rivershore before work
GOt a call late in the day from my old freind Seth.. He was in town from Colorado for a sad reason. His brother Ian died last week. Ian was 27.. and had been severely disabled all his life. Its a very sad time for Seth’s family..They have been so much .. Seths’ brother Steven passed away in 2015
Despite the sad circumstances, I was happy that he could come over for dinner with his friend John who lives nearby. It wa good to see them both
we had a good tiem catching up and geekign out …
Diane made a delicions home made pasta dinner. She made Pasta al la Chittarra.. it’s a device with tightly strong wires that cuts the psata quicly.. really fun and delicious.
GOt a quick hike in this morning up Gleason brook to enjoy the little snow we have
Then I headed to U32 in East Montpelior for a FIRST FTC robotics scrimmage. It had been organized by my freind Shawn.. Nce turnout.. 10 teams practicing for the finals next month. Greta energy and great robots !
Nice early dinner with Jen, Tim and Deb.. started watchin ‘hot tub time machine’
Got a nice surprise today. Friend James found a shoutout to our Fluffy Art car in one of the Mutant Vehicle discussion groups on Facebook. Its midpage in this picture.. . The guy it came from was the Fire lead for one of the most famous burning man art cars: the Mayan Warrior… so It was super nice coming from him.
Diane and I did a quick hike at Libbys this morning.. very pretty in the snow (Diane I mean 🙂
Dropped by work.. though generally Fridays I dont work.. Found this wonderful contraption my freind Shannon had bult..Really nicely built.. See if you can work out what it does..
End of the day dropped off a meal for our freind Kristen.. she’s on the mead !