Year: 2013

I’m prepared for a bit of cold weather this weekend. We had just a few boats in the marina that needed some winterizing yesterday so we took care of those. We will have plenty more…

Some years it would be Thanksgiving today and I would be off. I somehow feel cheated but now I still have something to look forward to.  The action seems to be over in Oxford again…

I found a bit of wildlife in the office yesterday — the cute little baby mouse to the left. He is too young to fear humans yet. I just wanted to pick him up and…

Yesterday was a spectacular day– at least weather-wise. The sun carried over into today but the temperatures didn’t, plus it is quite windy out there. Despite the conditions we trudge on. More boats come in…

It started out a bit damp and drizzly early but is shaping up to be a beautiful day. And for something totally different, almost everyone is here today.  It seems a bit unusual now to…

Well, I made an unheralded trip to Oxford yesterday to carry a small part. I did make an impression when I took a tumble on the floating dock that sits in the old railway slip…

It’s lonely at the bottom — it appears every has gone/is going to Oxford. We got caught up on most of the haul outs – just a few sailboats left here but there is no…

Still cold here — and yes there were actual snow flakes out there yesterday and hopefully that will be the end of that! It is supposed to be in the lower 50’s for the weekend.…

I just noticed there were snow flakes out there! Not much to see over here — John has a couple of guys over here winterizing and hauling boats, one guy off-site winterizing and the rest…

My wife seems to get a lot of holidays at work–today for Veterans’ Day.  Are you kiddin’ me? A full day off. We’re lucky to get major holidays off here.   But did you know:…