01/01/23: Happy New Year!
We had a really great time with Marissa, Gary, and Mia bringing in the New Year with another wonderful visit to the 'Winter Wonders' in Eliot, ME, and then back to their house for dinner and a movie.

Sue and me with Mia enjoying the light festival at 'Winter Wonders' at the Sandy Hill Farm in Eliot, ME.

01/08/23: Really Interesting Dinner
Sue handed me a recipe for 'Cuban Chicken With Citrus Avocado Salsa'. It sounded really interesting, and so I added all of the ingredients to my list. It was a fairly quick fix, and the flavors... well, it was spectacular, and nicely complemented by a nice bottle of William Hill Sauvignon Blanc. We'll be doing that again.

01/11/23: Rezleigh Is 3 Months Old!

02/19/23: Mia Goes To Disney World
Marissa and Gary took Mia to Disney World for a nice winter break.

Mia enjoying Disney World

01/20/23: Winter Storm
Friday 01/20/23 we got absolutely clobbered with a massive snow storm; well over a foot for sure. No one was going anywhere....

Taken at around 10:00am as we snowshoed our way through the deep snow with Beau tagging along behind.

01/28/23: Dinner At Steve And Cathy's
Our friends Steve and Cathy, who live on a mountain on the other side of town, invited us to have a wood stove cooked dinner Saturday night 01/28/23.

02/02/23: Swayzie And Rezleigh Lunch Visit
Swayzie loaded little Rezleigh into the car and drove up for lunch with us on Thursday 02/02/23. We had a wonderful visit, though Rezleigh had sort of a tough time because she is early teething.

Though she was pretty good when I held her, she was pretty fussy about it after awhile, and Swayzie had to calm her down. She's trying to get Rezleigh out more to expose her to more of the family. She'll get there!

She was pretty happy being held by Gramma Sue, though!

I think Rezleigh's giving me the evil eye here as I try to take her picture.

02/05/23: Taking Mia Out For Lunch
Sue and I drove down to Hampton, NH to pick Mia up from a craft and art themed birthday party for a friend of hers. Before getting her, we went all the way down past Hampton Beach, and then swung around and came back north along the shore road. It had been quite awhile since we'd been down that way, and Sue was missing the ocean.

Sue sifting through the ocean rocks along Bass Beach in Rye, NH looking for sea glass, or anything else that caught her fancy.

We stopped off at Bass Beach in Rye, NH for a short walk along the sand.

The 'girls' at lunch.

After Sue got a partial beach-fix, we picked Mia up at 12:30, and took her for a nice lunch at The 99 Restaurant just up the street.

We didn't get back home until almost 4:00pm because we stopped for awhile at Mia's house to chat with Marissa and Gary. By the time we got home The Beau Dog was thoroughly disgusted with the whole deal....

02/09/23: Rezleigh For Lunch
We had Swayzie and Rezleigh up again for lunch Thursday 02/09/23. And we could notice just the slightest changes in how more aware she was of us and The Beau Dog.

02/10/23: Overnight Visit To Alan In Brownfield, ME
Sue and I took The Beau Dog and drove up to Brownfield, ME for an overnight visit with her brother, Alan. We brought all the groceries up, and I cooked dinner for us. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see Kathleen as she had gone down to the Cape to visit family.

02/12/23: Sue Skiing On Backyard Hill
So Sue got her gear out and did a little skiing out on the hill in our backyard.

02/14/23: Valentine's Dinner
For Valentine's Dinner, I fixed skillet seared scallops over thyme couscous with a side of sauteed mixed vegetables and onions.

02/15/23: Dinner At Lago
I took Sue for a drive up the west side of Lake Winnipesaukee into Meredith, NH to go to a couple of shops, and then for a nice dinner at Lago.

02/18/23: Mia Weekend Stay
We had Mia up for a weekend stay, and kept her pretty busy.

02/22/23: Swayzie Birthday Visit
Wednesday 02/22/23 Sue and I drove down to wish Swayzie a happy birthday, and drop off a gift that we knew she wanted: a baby hiking carry rack.

02/27/23: Drive To Ossipee, and Dinner in Wolfeboro
Sue had to get some documents in Ossipee, and so we decided to go later in the afternoon and then stop for dinner at Morrisseys Front Porch & Pub in Wolfeboro. Cute, comfortable Irish Pub style in the bar, and the food was really good. I'm sure the place is a zoo in the summer, so will try to come back sooner than later as we both had a great time just sitting there having a couple of drinks and chatting.

03/01/23: Early March Blizzard
We got absolutely hammered with an early March Blizzard that actually got its start in late February, and then hit with a vengeance Wednesday 03/01/23, took a couple day rest, and then just slammed into the area the 3rd and 4th of March. Thus, just a lot of snowy pictures that speak for themselves!

03/05/23: Taking Nora To Lunch
We took our friend Nora, who actually introduced Sue and me in 2010, to dinner to celebrate her 77th birthday at Anatolia's in Somersworth, NH.

03/06/23: Special Party For Two!
Because we had to cancel a short vacation trip up to the Sheepscot Bay area of Maine, I decided to have a special dinner party for two to celebrate anyway!

03/07/23: Colin And Rezleigh
Colin had sent this great picture of him sitting with Rezleigh. He's out of work for a few weeks recovering from surgery for a broken shoulder, and it's obvious that he's enjoying the time home with Rezleigh.

03/08/23: Spectacular Sunset!
Wednesday night 03/08/23, Sue had us all on a scramble to get into the car and up the the top of the ridge to get some pictures of the sunset. Man! Was it spectacular or what!

03/09/23: It's A 2001 Space Odyssey Movie Night!
Because Sue had to go down to RI for a couple of days, I decided to have a 2001 Space Odyssey Movie Night as it just puts her to sleep. It's a movie I try to watch at least once a year as it's such a wonderful classic.

03/12/23: Celebrating 6 Years On The Mountain
I fixed a special, but on the fly, tomato and basil sauce over pasta dinner to celebrate 6 years here on the mountain. Though our actual move-in date is the 13th, Sue had thought she was leaving for a trip down to RI then so we had it a day early.

03/14/23: Huge Winter Storm
On Tuesday 03/14/23, a huge Winter storm dropped 24 inches of snow on New Durham! Up here on the mountain we might very well have gotten more than that.

03/16/23: Swayzie And Rezleigh Come To Lunch
Thursday 03/16/23 Swayzie loaded Rezleigh into the car and drove up here to have lunch with us, and continue to expose Rezleigh to being around other people more.

03/17/23: Sue Takes Mia On A St. Patrick's Day Explore
Friday 03/17/23 Sue snatched up Mia for a St. Patrick's Day explore around Dover. The primary focus was on the new candy shop, which Mia loved.

03/18/23: St. Patrick's Day Weekend
Swayzie got a great picture of Colin and Rezleigh on a day hike up Blue Job mountain on the 18th, while Sue and I celebrated the 18th as well by cooking up a classic corned beef and cabbage dinner with onions, potatoes, celery, and carrots.

Colin and Rezleigh hike.

Sue and me cooking up our St. Patrick's Day dinner.

03/19/23: Birthday Celebration For Austin
Sue and I were invited to celebrate Tim and Cindy House's son's 26th birthday at the Bowl-A-Rama in Portsmouth. What a nice time we had not only seeing Austin, but in catching up with many of their family we hadn't seen in a couple of years, as well as watching all of the bowling action.

03/25/23: Play and Dinner In Meredith, NH With Mia
Saturday 03/25/23 Sue and I took Mia up to Meredith, NH to see Charlotte's Web and have dinner.

03/31/23: Celebrating Video Channel Milestones
Sue and I took our friends Steve and Cathy out for dinner at Anatolia Mediterranean Restaurant in Somersworth, NH to celebrate Longwood Currency Trading's 500th subscriber and the publishing of my 300th video on its YouTube channel. We had a great time, but did have to battle a bit of a wet snowstorm on the drive back up the mountain to home.

Man! That's a huge serving of Lavash Bread they offer!

Snow still coming down around their truck as they were leaving the house after having wonderful desert Sue had made, and a glass of Limoncello.

04/08/23: Visit To R.I. For Jill's 40th Birthday
Sue and I drove down to Westerly, R.I. 04/08/23 for an overnight to celebrate Jill's 40th Birthday by taking her out Saturday night to our favorite Italian restaurant in North Stonington, CT Buon Appetito Ristorante.

Saturday Dinner at Buon Appetito Ristorante

Sunday morning we met up with her for a wonderful breakfast at Mia's Cafe in Westerly, R.I. While I worked on some currency trading calculations at Jill's apartment, she took Sue for a walk with her dog. They were only gone about an hour and a half, but we had to hit the road for home, arrive back just around 4:30pm.

04/12/23: Last of The Snow At The House
Even though Easter was the 9th, we still have over a foot of snow still piled around the side of the screen porch!

Finally, the last of the snow!

Well, it was probably about 5 feet deep back only a few weeks ago after that huge storm on 03/14/23 had dumped 2 feet of snow on us.

24 inches of snow 03/14/23

04/15/23: Leary Field Hike And Colin's Birthday Dinner
Saturday 04/15/23 I took Sue on hike up to Leary Field which I had discovered a couple of days before when I had Beau out for a walk. What a spectacular place!

Later that afternoon, we grabbed pizza from the New Durham General Store, and drove down to Somersworth to celebrate Colin's birthday with him, Swayzie, and Rezleigh.

04/16/23: Spring Hath Really Sprung Now!
Yup, Spring hath really sprung now! Sue's daffodils are popping up and swaying in the breeze, and that's a sure sign to the grass that it should get growing as well!

04/18/23: Celebrating 13 Years Since First Date!
I fixed up a special Italian sauteed shrimp in a garlic and lightly spiced sauce with spinach over a bed of herb broth Arborio rice to celebrate the 13th anniversary of our First Date.

04/21/23: Spring Cardinal!
Sue got this great shot of a Cardinal feeding outside of the kitchen window. Beautiful!

04/22/23: Mia Lacrosse Game And Overnight
Sue and I drove down to Little River Park in Lee, NH Saturday morning to watch Mia's Lacrosse game, and then to bring her back to our house for an overnight.