Two of my brothers spent the morning at my house helping me split & stack firewood for the winter. There were a lot of interesting critters living at the bottom of the wood pile. Here's a closeup of some baby mice we found within a nest of grass & sawdust. 

This blog is about to change

In the past, this blog has contained mostly pictures, with the exception of a eulogy (see the March 2005 archive) that I posted earlier this year. Posts won't come daily, but I have decided to begin using this blog as an outlet for my thoughts on current issues and other things.

You've been forewarned! :)

Here's what it looked like before I started building the wall. 

Here's a progress update on my stone wall. When I had posted my last picture, the wall was only about at the height of the string you can barely see in this pic. 

This is the wall that I have started on the other side of our steps. This one is about 50' long, as compared with about 12' long in the post above this one.

Ethan contemplates the last bite of his s'more. I took this Tuesday night. 

Maggie 

"OK. I think I've decided that having my own teeth isn't really worth the trouble" 

Maggie 

Maggie 

Maggie (my sister's kid) likes to make funny faces. I'll post a few of the more entertaining ones that I captured this evening. 

Another shot of Ethan & Uncle Josh with Ethan's first fish. 

Ethan caught his first fish a few weeks ago, and here's the proof. We were at the Beaver Lodge swimming area and Uncle Josh was letting Ethan use his fishing pole. Ethan was quivering with excitement. Thanks to Nate Ellis for being there with his digital to capture it! 

Updated pic of Asa 

Emily has been teaching Ethan to make cards for his friends. Here he is making one for our neighbor. 

Retaining wall progress update. This is going a little more slowly than I had hoped. My original goal was to finish this by the end of fall 2005, but I think it may stretch into next summer too.

Cousins Hannah & Maggie learning to play together (sort of) 

Ethan & Asa 

This Independence Day was also Ethan's first experience with sparklers. 

My brother Joel & his girlfriend Sarah 

This is Emma, daughter of my brother Kris and his wife Sarah 

We took Ethan to the 4th of July parade www.thomaston4thofjuly.com in Thomaston, Maine. This the first parade he has ever been to. 

This pic speaks for itself.  

"The construction project that is our yard" - I'm slowly picking away at building a retaining wall in our front yard. I finally got the drainage done and now I'm starting to place stones. 

Here's another shot of our little studley dudley. :) 

I've been kinda slack lately about getting updated pics on our site. Here's one of Asa that Em just took today (Friday).