Miscellaneous ramblings of an Irish American
Long time no blog. Here’s a few from over the weekend.
Front left corner of our new place. Jess and I got in to do some more measuring and we also walked the lot looking for the boundaries.
Long since forgetting. Perhaps nature wants to play.
Found these in the woods. No idea what formed them.
Koda sporting a new look! He was not impressed.
In no particular order and yes we left the store with one!
Too bad, they didn’t have this on in his size….
While walking Koda today we ran into another Golden Doodle (Sandy) in the dog park. Before long they found the only puddle.
The aftermath of playing in the water!
Now its bath time.
Happy Hanukkah to all. Since this is Kodas first Hanukkah we let him light the candles and do the blessing…..well, we helped with the candles as he’s missed thumbs….okay, we said the blessing….but he looks sharp in his yarmulkes!
Steaks at the Capital Grill for Thanksgiving! As usual all I say is yum….and I’m thankful for family, friends and good health.
Jess gave me a cool book; Living the Airstreams Life by Karen Fleet.
She also gave me a Cabela’s gift card…ya.
Cousin Richie sent up his water bottle, sock and Twizzler collection…very cool.
Jess and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary on 10/31….yes, Halloween…and no we did not dress up…at our wedding or at Halloween! This weekend I organized an overnighter to Portsmouth NH. Jess and I really like this part of NH and Portsmouth is such a fun city.
One good thing that comes with maturity…yes, I’m admitting publicly that I’m getting older…is the ability to stay and more importantly pay for nice hotels. This time it was the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel.
View from our room. We could see the water but not the giant sandbag! The staff were friendly and the hotel was very nice. Recommend if you have a few extra shekels to spare. Bonus is you can walk to downtown which is full of great stores and restaurants.
Saturday night was a bit of a blur as we were both tired and just wanted to chill. Dinner was at the Portsmouth Gas Light. Food was great and the porter I had did the trick quite nicely.
Sunday am was fun as we got an extra hour of sleep. Bonus was no upstairs neighbors walking about like elephants or dog or kids! As usual no visit to Portsmouth is complete without breakfast at the original Friendly Toast and the whole reason for the following image puzzle I gave to Jess.
Think about it for a few. Answer below.
Liquid gold in a mug….fine, black coffee will have to do.
The Friendly Toast is full of really fun items and people.
We waited for over an hour to get a table. Actually, high top this visit. Jess was very excited when the food showed up. As usual it was all wonderful.
If all bathrooms had one of these signs we’d all be happy. Even alien who apparently lay around.
Decisions decisions…in all fairness we were starving and 8 hours later I still have not eaten anything.
Now thats a good looking flag!
Stone carvings on the main drag. We sure don’t design like they used to design.
Its that good looking flag again in Market Square.
All in all it was a great mini get-a-way. Love you Jess…looking forward to the next 19 and beyond.
Image puzzle answer: We will be having pancakes at the original Friendly Toast on Sunday morning. So pack your bags and we’ll get out of here. Food in fridge, kids will be okay.
Looking up
Looking down
Just chilling
JMan and I went to a toy train show. Brought back memories of my own set from years ago.
The details are simply incredible. If this what the road show sets look like I bet the permanent home sets are truly wonderful.
Overpass 1.
Overpass 2.
Just for fun. Koda got himself a winter suit.
Took a drive to Fruitlands Museum in Harvard MA. Not a stretch for us as its just up the road a bit. The views are wonderful and worth the drive.
Jess and Koda take it all in.
JMan contemplating wifi!
Hollowed out log canoe.
Koda got in a little off leash time!
Koda taking a rest from out Saturday am walk.
Yet another rest!
After Koda was turned away from kids fest at Wachusett Mountain…….which mind you had a dog show……we took the high road….. to the top of the mountain that is.
Today we celebrated GMan’s bday. He wanted pizza at Regina’s in the North End so we happily supported his choice.
Its just good……go eat, be happy.
Thacher and North Margin Streets. I wonder how many tourists have stood on this corner wondering how to walk off dinner.
No visit to the North End is complete without a visit to Caffe Vittoria.
We got prime real estate in the window. It was quite busy….I just timed this shot with no one in it.
JMan an his sausage dog on a skateboard balloon creation.
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