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So the National Hurricane Center just issued their predictions for this season. As expected, they forecast it will be an above average season in terms of the number of storms and the intensity of those. They make the same prediction every year. I guess the logic is that [...]
I’m on some kind of construction track that’s starting to scare me. I’ve always been a guy who thinks twice before ever picking up hammer and now I find myself in the lumber section of Lowes buying decking, saw blades, and misc tools. The target du jour is the entry [...]
Have a bit of a dilemma. Last night I went out to do the last garden check of the day and noticed there was a coral snake adjacent to the compost pile. As I started over in that direction, it slithered into the pile. So now I don’t [...]
Had a great week. It was Princess Grace’s first birthday so we drove up to South Carolina to help celebrate the event. It was really fun spending a few days with Nancy and Ali and even got a chance to talk to Kassem from Afghanistan via satellite telephone. I’m [...]
Testing…
Finished the dock expansion project and it came out better than I’d expected. Not counting the gangway, it added 140 SF but incorporated about 60SF from the original deck into a more useable area so the total impact was closer to 200SF. Mark is a craftsman and the end result looks professional [...]
Started the dock job. I got the new landing area cleared on Sunday in preparation for sinking the pilings. Joey and Mark came up on Monday and we got the two new piling installed. They were 15’ x 8” tapered pilings and weighed a ton (or ten). [...]
We had a great week at the beach. Fishing was less than spectacular. Waaaay less than spectacular but still I ended up managing to beach a few each day with a nice variety. Small sharks, sail cats, whiting, croakers, a weakfish, and a ladyfish. Except for the ladyfish [...]
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