January

First, I discovered that some how the "comments" section of the blog was blocked-sorry about that and now I have it fixed, so if you want to say anything, now there is a place to do it!  More snow expected for New Hampshire tonight, the piles of snow are so high it is hard to see when one tries to pull out into traffic.  But the schools are open and life just goes on-no inappropriate weather, only inappropriate clothing!

The daughter and I have started talking about what to plant in our gardens this spring and what seeds to start early.  We like to order seeds from  the Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds company in Missouri-may cost a little more but better, stronger, bigger plants.  Me, I am thinking about sweet corn, green beans, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas and potatoes-nothing like creamed peas and potatoes fresh out of the garden!  The thing about planting out here is that growing season technically does not start until after Memorial Day because of the danger of frost.  Lettuce, radishes, garlic can go in early but the rest of the stuff later; for that reason I want to start tomatoes early, let them get a couple of feet tall, maybe even with blooms, to plant in June.  We did that last summer and got really good tomatoes by the 4th of July.

Painting a pintail and a mallard miniature ducks flying-slow going but will be decent when done.  Finished sanding and feathering a couple of shore birds today, started a 1/2 size loon so guess has been a good day.  Will post some pictures tomorrow.  Also have a couple of pictures of some benches that were built by a great uncle early in the 1900's-amazing what we find when we move.  Will get the history from mom.  I have down sized the patterns to use for Camp Woodworking classes-built some last summer and they were really pretty cool, especially after the kids painted and decorated.

A very good friend sent this address to me-pretty cool stuff, so check it out.
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Snow is coming, need some sleep, so not going to worry about 'measuring twice and cutting once".