August 25, 2009

A little late this week since I just wasn't inspired on Sunday to write my blog. So let's catch up with the weekend which wasn't really all that exciting, unless you are really into pressurized jets of water. I spent Friday and Saturday on an all out blitz to finally finish up powerwashing the house. This meant about 10 solid hours with a powerwasher in hand cleaning the forest dust from the house. The good news is that it is all done and the house looks all nice and shiny again - for about 12 months, when I'll have to decide if I want to start all over. Jo tackled filling mortaring in some of the bluestones on the patio while I was awashing and got about half done before she ran out of Wheaties.


Work was fairly typical last week with both of us in town for once. Jo is heading off to New York and New Jersey this week on Wednesday and Thursday, but her travel has calmed down quite a lot recently although it will pick up again in the fall.


We did take a little time to enjoy ourselves this weekend with our usual morning runs and exercising at the gym along with a enjoyable dinner with Sheri and Bruno in Stonington at Skipper's Dock. We were treated to a rare double rainbow - and a few sprinkles - courtesy of Hurricane Bill while we were eating. Then we took in a show at the Granite Theater, "Don't Dress for Dinner" which was written by an English playwright and apparently belongs to a English genre of Country House farces (that information was provided by the English person sitting in the seat next to me). Was an very enjoyable performance and certainly a lot of plot twists. It was then home to collapse, pretty much until Monday. Sunday we lazed around reading and napping and I then had a business dinner with a visiting colleague that evening.


The garden is pretty much finished for this year with the only crops left to harvest being the potatoes and garlic - and possibly some sweet potatoes although with the really cool weather we had for most of the summer we aren't too hopeful. The picture for the week is our attempt to take a photo of the osprey that has been roosting in the dead tree right next to the house for the last four weeks. He comes late at night and leaves by 6 in the morning. That coupled with him/her (not sure how you tell if your osprey is a boy osprey or a girl one) is very skittish so we haven't been able to capture a really good photo. It is neat seeing him there almost every night.


The other piece of good news is that we managed to find a renter so we have that covered for another year. Hopefully with someone that actually likes paying the agreed upon rent.