11/01/23: Snow On Mt. Washington!
I snapped this picture Wednesday 11/01/23 from the top of the ridge of a snow capped Mt. Washington far in the background

I am just soooo fortunate to live in such beauty.

But with that beauty comes some pretty nasty weather. Here's the first load of wood I thought I'd better bring in as the temperature is supposed to drop from current high 40s at night into the low 30s. We'll be firing up the wood stove tonight!

In the background of that last picture you can see the scraggly evergreen that Sue rescued from the woods. A large tree had fallen and broken this guy off. She proclaimed it a gift that would act as our deck Christmas tree this winter.

If you look at some of the pictures from last winter, you'll see a much smaller almost shrub than tree to the right of the screen door. That's where this is going to go at first snow shower. It'll be a grand 'feature'....

11/03/23: Walking The Meeting House Story Trail
Friday 11/03/23 Sue and I thought we'd take Beau for a walk through the newest story trail display at the town Meeting House sponsored by the library. It was a beautiful afternoon, and we enjoyed just strolling through the woods reading the many postings telling the current story.

11/04/23: Wood Pile Collapse
I was out pulling wood off of the stack to bring inside, but had to jump back quickly when one of the logs I moved triggered a collapse of the whole section around me.

11/06/23: A Dinner To Celebrate Nothing But Fun
Monday 11/06/23 Sue and I decided to take ourselves out for a nice dinner at the local 110 Grill to celebrate Sue's excellent 2-week post surgery check up!

11/09/23: First Snow of the Season!
It wasn't much — maybe 3 or so inches — but it was the first snow of the season, so worth taking a few pictures of!

11/10/23: Sue and Mia Projects
We picked Mia up Friday 11/10/23 just to spend the day with us. Sue thought she would enjoy hanging out and doing a couple of craft projects, and gave her the next book in the series that she enjoys, which is what she's looking at in the picture.

11/17/23: Girls Weekend Away
Sue organized a weekend getaway for her, Jen, and Gail up to the the Sheepscot River area in Edgecomb, Maine.

Jen, Gail, and Sue

They stayed at The Sheepscot Harbour Village Resort just outside of Wiscasset, ME, and a short drive to Boothbay Harbor — while I stayed home with The Beau Dog.

Me walking The Beau Dog on River Road

11/19/23: Quiet Sunday Dinner At Home
Needless to say, Sue was pretty tired after driving around Coastal Maine for a couple of days. And so, when she got home, all she was up for was a quite dinner, a little wine, and relaxing movie. And that's just what we did!

11/21/23: Short Visit To See Maisie
Tuesday 11/21/23 Sue and I took a drive down for a short visit with Marissa and to see little Maisie, who had grown and was actually expressing smiles and flapping her arms around all over the place!

11/23/23: Thanksgiving
Sue and I were so thrilled that Colin, Swayzie, and Little Rezleigh were able to join us for Thanksgiving this year!

About getting that turkey ready....

11/26/23: The Beau Dog Vs Skunk....
The other day, The Beau Dog picked a fight with a skunk who he chased into the trees just off the backyard. He lost, and came flying back to the house.

As soon as he came onto the porch we could smell him....

Sue did a quick look up online to see what else might work than tomato juice — which we didn't have. She did have a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, so onto the porch out in the cold we both went.

While Sue held onto him, I rubbed him down with the solution, rinsed him off, and repeated that until our hands were too cold to want to do much more. Terrific.

Fortunately, we were able to get a shampoo appointment for him with the woman who gives him his Spring and Fall hair trims to get all the tangles out. But this wasn't his normal "foo-foo" shampoo; this was to get the stink off him with an oatmeal based solution.

Sue trying to get Beau to pose for a picture of him after getting his shampoo.

Back home and not so smelly now....

11/26/23: Relaxing Sunday Dinner
We so enjoy out relaxing Sundays — listening to some music while playing some backgammon with a glass of wine before heading out into the kitchen to make dinner.

11/27/23: November Beaver Full Moon
What a great shot though the tree line out back of the November Full Moon.

11/29/23: End of Stick Season
Yup, all the leaves are down now. Next up is full on Winter!

12/01/23: Rezleigh In Motion
Swayzie sent us this too cute picture of Rezleigh driving a box....

12/03/23: Snow Depth Chair Replaced!
The sad tale of the demise of The Famous Snow Depth Chair which was our go to snow depth weather reporting tool has a twist to it.

I had wanted to get the chair repaired but couldn't find anybody interested in helping me out. But Sue surprised me the other day with an early Christmas gift: a replacement in the form of a beautiful black wrought iron snow gauge with indicators for up to 24 inches!

The Beau Dog came out with me on the Saturday 12/02/23 to supervise it's implementation process.

Sue shot this picture of the completed installation from inside the house to make sure it would be readable the location we had selected — which was pretty much right where the Snow Depth Chair had been.

Didn't have to wait too long to use it either! This picture was taken Sunday 12/03/23 during our first real winter storm. Though it shows around 4 inches, the snowfall was a wet mix that reduced the actual amount of snow that we got which was probably closer to 5.5 inches.

A pan-out shot taken Tuesday 12/05/23 to show the snow laden tree branches from the heavy, wet snow.

I took this picture as I walked Beau out along River Road Tuesday morning.

Picture of the snow covered trees along the road by the house as I drove Beau home from our walk after the first winter storm hit us.

12/05/23: Winter Views From Woods Behind House
We got our first real winter snow storm the other day such that driving Beau somewhere for his walk wouldn't be a great idea. These pictures were taken from the woods behind the house as Beau and I tromped through the 4 inches of new snow.