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Garage Gnome part duex
I hope this make more sense to the people that saw it yesterday. It is amazing what can be done with some scrap metal and welding equipment. He looks better with the glowing eyes. In a year of sitting out side the patina should be a lot better. It is a Christmas present for my […]
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Garage Gnome
Making a Garage Gnome. Tried to get Rick to make it but he is too afraid of the welder and torch. So I started it and will try my hand at folk art. Just finished the bottom. It has legs and a tongue. Tomorrow I need to figure out how to make a little fist […]
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Management Initiative – Project Deep Fry
Our group has a Thanksgiving pot luck each year. I made a joke about bringing a deep fried turkey and ended up have to find financing for two deep fried turkeys. This turkey soaked overnight in a brine solution with apple juice and poultry spices. Lots of excitement dunking the turkey in hot oil. Pulling […]
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Toad In Hole
The food section in the news paper had an interesting recipe for an English dish called Toad In Hole. Us Holiday Hills Zureks like Yorkshire Pudding with roast beef. Toad In Hole is sausage patties mixed with Yorkshire Pudding. It was very tasty. The patties look like little toads in holes in the pudding. Here […]
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Window Well of Death
Every week or so I rescue amphibians from the “Window Well of Death”. Other days I think the local raccoons dine on the amphibians in the window well. Today while checking on the sump pumps during the big wind storm I found a salamander in the WWD along with a frog and a toad. He […]
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Remembering Dad
Cleaning off my desk yesterday I found some photos of Dad and Sally from Labor Day of 2002. Today is the day he passed so it was nice to find the photos. Dad was really proud of the work he did on Sally. Going for a ride smoking a cig. Dad started young with smoking […]
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Driving Lessons for Rick
Today Rick and I washed Sally. Afterword we went to a small hamburger joint and had cheese burgers and chocolate malts. Then I decided it was time for him to learn how to drive stick. Since I have been driving stick shift cars for most of my life it thought it would be easy for […]
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Pumpkin Ale Update
The pumpkin ale is kegged and resting until Thanksgiving day. Also had some extra ale so I put it in bottles to give away around the Holidays. Even though it was warm and non-carbonated the taste was quite pleasant. It should be a hit at Thanksgiving.
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Volo Bog Hike
My family hike around Volo Bog.
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Stade’s Farm
Enjoyed spending time with my family at Stade’s Farm. We found all the answers to questions in the corn maze and won a pumpkin. Shooting the corn cannon was fun. I think they would be easy to make. Stade’s Farm