Saturday, October 25, 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Eagle Lake new water wells

This picture is of two wells we installed in Eagle Lake this summer. The wells were drilled under a separate contract, we installed the buried pipe to the wells, installed the pumps and top 12' section of the well.

Cascade Brook Pump Station Saco


This is a picture of a pump station we are building in Saco across the street from Aquaboggan. To look at the sand you would think this job was at the beach. The 330 excavator in the picture is our largest excavator.

Ogunquit 10/21/08

I went to a prebid in Ogunquit this morning. The sewer pump station I looked at is between two hotels on the beach. The is the view from the back lawn of the pump station.

Monday, October 13, 2008

The digging begins



Finally I am replacing the sills on the garage. If you are out of shape and need some exercise, try sill replacement.

Nora enjoying the fall sun.

Nora


I love this picture Lynn took of Nora.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Pickles


Lynn has been busy canning and freezing local grown foods. She has made lots of pickles, strawberry and raspberry jam, pickled beets, frozen corn, frozen beets, and even canned beet greens.

Bat


We had a visitor in the house Tuesday and Wednesday night. Lynn wasn't impressed. Tuesday I woke from Lynn screaming after she saw a bat flying in the bathroom. I was able to get the bat down into the living room and close the doors but then I proceeded to loose her. I spent an hour tearing the living room apart but I could not find the little girl. KT found her in the door jamb of the front door the next morning. She shut the inside door, opened the outside door and the bat eventually left. The next night while we were watching tv she was back. This time I was able to open the doors and get her outside, but I was never certain she left the porch. I smartened up and search the house for a opening the bat was using to get in and found a one of Ben's storm window screens out of it's track.

Max just Max

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Dog Play


It was a little dark to take pictures but the effect is cool. Max and Molly were wrestling after a day at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Casco Bay Cruse


Terry rented a Casco Bay Cruise Line boat this afternoon to celebrate his wifes birthday. Lynn and I along with 70 +/- other friends and relatives spent the afternoon cruising Casco Bay. The weather was perfect and we all had a great time. These two sail boats crossed our path just off Portland Headlight.

Friday, July 4, 2008

vegetables in our flowers


We have vegetables in our flowers. Summer squash and cucumbers to the right and tomatoes in the middle.

pole beans


Where we have sun we are trying to grow vegetables. I put up the chicken wire last weekend and the next day one of the bean plants had gone up the wire about 6".

three metal dogs


Lynn picked up these wonderful little dogs last week.

Table


Roger made us this wonderful little table for our 23thrd anniversary.

gardens


The first garden we planted is to the right and seems to be growing like it should. We had our first lettuce for lunch today. The cucumbers are flowering and the tomatos are about 4' high. We used my home made compost and the top soil from where the garden is planted. The garden to the left is our square foot garden with our high tech soil. The soil is 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 peat moss, 1/6 compost, 1/6 cow manurer. We planted the garden about two weeks ago and the peas are about 6" high and everything else has come up. The cat thought the garden made a great cat box so KT and I built a chicken wire cage to keep them out.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Max and Molly Swimming

Max and Molly love to swim but Molly really loves to swim. She never seems to tire, after twenty minuets or so we have to stop because we are afraid she will get to tired.

Max's first swim

Max finally got the courage to swim.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Wood pile


This picture show the finish painted fence, the window boxes KT and Ben gave Lynn for Mothers Day, and two cord of wood for next winter.

low budget garden

This is our low budget garden. We had some left over retaining wall blocks, a few bricks, compost, and a couple of hours work and we had a vegetable garden. As long as we don't back down the driveway to far we might have something to eat.

Nora at the river

Nora's idea of swimming is standing on the wet ground next to the river.

Max getting daring


This is the deepest I have seem Max get. When he turned he had to do a couple of dog paddles.

Molly swimming


We walked down to the river after supper and I let the dogs go for a swim to cool off. Molly loves to swim and dives right in. Max is getting better and will get up to his tummy to fetch a stick. Molly will jump in and go over her head with out hesitation.

Nora playing keep away with Molly