Busy spring day.. came down stairs to see this picutture of our old kitchen circa 1986.. its where our mudroom is now.. braught back some nice memories.. 

then dian and I toolk a hike up the sap lines next to the adaptive mountain biking trails.. beutuful trails connected to teh cross state catamount trail.. not much visited I think

next job was to photograph our old trampline.. we’re moving it on after many years of jumping kids, and sleeping dads (I used to take work calls on this thing and often fell asleep). .. free to a good home !

then the ulimate rites of spring (requires stravinsky soundtrac).. diane and I took down most of the down stairs srorm windows, 3′ x 7[‘ aa12 panes of old glass and ancient frames.. its always an adventure.. its nice to have thhme down.. not only can we let in some air.. but the sounds come in now 

Then I took apart my old travel tesla coil.. it went to a hackathon with a friend and somehow broke.. I opened it to discover both IGBT’s in its high voltage half bridge were blown .. as was the fuse that had literally exploded. I took about 50 pics to see what kind of IGBT replacements.. and after much work with light and camera p;acement got a decent pic and ordered replacements

then later in the afternoon we met deb o at the kennys for a really nice dinner.. One cool thing is that Jen.. whos a wonderful potter’.. had aquired this beautiful raku vase,., she had soem story about its hsitory and thoguth it had been amde by my freind Steve in Boston. Jen knew of Steve because he made a chawan (japanese tea bowl) every day for a year after his son Jared had died from brain cancer.  

Jen was making pottery daily in memory of her wonderful daughter.. and our friend ..Marie when she died in 2021.

It was such a strange coincidence that Jen came to have this vase. I’ll check with steve to confirm its his and get the story of how it got to be in Vermont

we had a really nice time hanging out on the kenney’s porch watching the wildlife.. woodchuck, deer and some pretty amazing birds… what a special place . 

great day !

nite all, nite sam
-me

took a nice run this morning and saw our first trilliums !  spring is almost here !

ran into gabes freind Mitch .. he jsut joinen BETA.. so many new folks !

I also ran into my friend Emma who is the girlfriend of my friend Derek. She just mentioned casually that her brother and sister-in-law’s cat named “techno” had been seen coming down to our house frequently… Which is strange cause we’re almost a mile away. She brought out her phone and showed us AirTag map that showed techno right on her front step. I couldn’t believe it because our game cameras that we used to watch for mice and rat. Infiltrations kept catching pictures of this cat at all times of the night… 3 AM 1 AM whatever. We knew it was a pet cat because it had a collar and bell… It was so funny. I brought up pictures of the cat we were seeing and sure enough it was techno! 


How weird is that?

speaking of tracking.. I can still see Novas dog collar tracker.. its great to see her having fun in germany 

still on the topic of roving animals.. we caught this little guy in our attic late this evening.. I escotted him into the woods a couple of miles away. hope he likes his new home 

nite all, nite sam
-me

I had a meeting over at Hackclub today and was excited to see their new home. They’ve always worked out of this old house on the corner of Route seven in Shelburne but now they are in a gleaming cool retro icehouse right down on battery Street. They just moved in but it is an amazing space.

This afternoon Diane and I took our neighbor Oaklee for a walk on the river shore. . Oaklee is a very energetic Shepherd poodle mix. She is so fun to play with and so active.

Walkign Ooaklee is really helping with our doggie withdrawal

nite all. nite sam
-me

It was wonderful being back home. We took a quick run this morning on Rivershore… No more snow but no leaves yet either. It’s always an interesting time of year.

We always run by the little tribute place to our friend Frances. This is the last place he was alive. I always feel his presence on this trail. What a great guy.

It was great being back at work… I hadn’t really taken off. I’ve been working pretty hard on a project that was in England so I don’t really feel it was a vacation but still it was nice to see everybody. And fun just driving around with all the road signs are in my chosen language.

 

A funny and weird thing happened… When I got to work as always, the parking lot at Northanger was full so I parked over at the C lot which is kind of a pleasant 10 minute walk back to work. On the way I was standing in front of The Burlington airport parking garage and there was a beautiful old tree that had a hollow part in it. I just took a look inside and was surprised to see two eyes looking back at me. This little guy was in there kind of eyeing me but also kind of saying would you please leave me alone? I’m trying to sleep.

Funny thing was is that when it was time to go home I walked by and he was still in the tree. He really is a night guy.

We had WRUJ meeting after work and my friend Dan had brought in some real vintage mixer equipment that he’s been donated. It was like old TTL level logic.

nice nice nice to be home !
nite all, nite sam
-me