Just checking in in case some of you were worried about me. Yes I’m wearing a shirt. It’s Monday night and that means family dinner night. It’s always nice to wear a shirt at the dinner table. My beer is very cold until I take it out of the refrigerator. I have my 36 inch Home Depot fan blowing warm moist air towards me.
Here in Canada, we have just had Thanksgiving Day on Sunday. Stat is held on the Monday, today. Stats don't mean as much when you are retired though....
It was a balmy 79 tonight here. Nice to work on the car. Still pretty hot though while under the hood with it running.
My comp ter doesn't type the letter . Yo 'll fig re it o t. Anyway... What is the traditional meal Ch ck? T rkey, ham, Canadian geese? I'm act ally seri os. Happy Thanksgiving Sir!
This year, turkey, carrots from the garden, potatoes (mashed) from garden, gravy, stuffing, believe it or not, Yorkshire puddings (for my son). Dessert is pumpkin pie and apple pie. A side of tryptophane to help you sleep later.
Wow that sounds interesting.. Just could be. The radiators were hot water. Could those have been original too? Could you see a date on the coal receipt? Thats such a cool find Its great to just how much your saving on oil with insulating. It always amazes me that all the supplies in these old houses were brought by horses!
Peter when our house was built the railroad put in a 400 yard spur track to supply the stone and building materials. Our foundation is 22" thick granite 10 ft high X 176 ft. circumference. Lots of rocks. .. No idea how much lumber is in it. The main structure is Hemlock post and beam. Right now it is 27 out and 58 inside.
Nice to have 70 deg but I never know how to dress when the weather starts cold and then warm.. I always end up getting sick from sweating later..
John was your house built with neighboring houses, or was the long 400 yard supply track built specific for your house to get the supplys there? Ok just googled "Hemlock post and beam" so guessing your home wasn't close to other houses do to it's country style. No wonder it was so expensive to heat at first.. Now are house was built in a area of many houses with dates from 1875 to 1915?? and to boot in a suburban area. Supply's had to be so much easier to get.
Our house was built on the "rich" street in the Village of our town. The street was home to many of the business owners of the area. The owner of our house ran the woolen mill in town. Took 4 years to build the house. 2 houses used the temporary spur. The train still passes just south of Main street several times a day. When the house was built Hemlock was a common mill lumber in this area. It just cost more, better quality.
Yup, the pic's I got from google for Hemlock posts were really really pretty and crafted The high ceilings also!
For those missing your fall foliage, here you go Taken over the last few days at the Barn for the camps.
When I was drag racing up to 4 times a week, I used to hate the Fall time of the year, because it meant the racing season was all but over. When living in southern Nevada, Fall was the best time of the year, comfortable daytime temps and cool nights. Here in Montana, it seems we might or might not have Fall weather, it can go straight from Summer to Winter! Bob H.
John, the trees on your property look beautiful! I looked around my property to see if I can find anything similar. Everything was green. Even the lawn needs mowing. I do have one picture from this weekend. The cypress trees on the Loxahatchee River have pretty much lost their leaves already and we did see a little bit of red in the Florida Maples. I’ll find it
