Sep 2 2008

Wonders of a Weekend Off

It was a good weekend – especially since it was 3 days long. Shari and I figured that we would spend at least one day out on the road, and to avoid shore traffic, Sunday seemed the best choice. That being determined, I spent Saturday mowing the lawn, cleaning up the yard, cleaning and fixing the gutters, filling the feeders and some other basic duties around the house. Shari did her part by cleaning up the kitchen, installing new shelves under the sinks and washing the windows. By the time we were done, it felt like a full, satisfying day. We still had other stuff we wanted to get done on Monday – including going to Home Depot to get the materials to redo our door frames and baseboards, but we figured we would do that later. Continue reading


May 29 2008

A Day at Forsythe NWR

common yellowthroat After far too long a time, Shari and I took some time to go birding together this past weekend. We’ve both birded recently, but we haven’t done a joint birding adventure in months, so we were well past-due. And we had a great time – 12 hours of birding at Forsythe NWR in Brigantine, NJ. Continue reading