catch up

 We got about 4 1/2 inches of snow from the storm that clobbered eastern Massachusets in late January. It was our first real snowfall of the season.

 Clearing the cars wasn't too bad. The snow stuck together nicely. And it was all gone by the end of the next day.

 Cathryn was here for most of this week. She got in just in time for our Superbowl party/ Mom's birthday get together. She was there to pick up Jerry, her steer from our herd. I hope she has enough room in her coolers to get him home. He went in at 1000 lbs.

 After 12 years of service in my truck, the battery quit Friday morning. No complaints about that. It was a very good battery.

I got another one after work and managed to get it put in before dark. If this one does half as good, I will be happy.

Happy New Year

 While Allen was here over Christmas, he played a joke on Lisa and Jim by wearing this suit for a visit. He said he wanted to be prepared after the last visit at Thanksgiving.

 The smirk on Lisa's face said a lot. Jim laughed when he came through, too.

I finally built another shelf for the shed to help with the organizing. The old shelf was starting to fall apart from too much weight. I was keeping all the auto stuff on it -oil, trans fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid, ect. This one is slightly smaller, but built much stronger.

Carly comes back

 Carly came back today, with the rest of Pork Chop. There were still a few parts that had to finish smoking, like the bacon and ham.

 I picked up a new little freezer last week. The 7 cubic foot turned out to be a much better choice than the 5 would have been.

It is packed solid right to the top. Only one problem: there is still one more deer coming back. I guess we will figure something out for it when it gets finished. Maybe I should have gotten the 9 cubic foot?

Season opener

Today was opening day of rifle season, and it was very good to me. I got this nice 8 pointer just before sunset. We will eat well this winter!

We have venison

Early muzzleloading season opened this morning. I didn't see anything this morning, but got a nice doe this afternoon. Now we have venison for the freezer.

Plant deck

 I added a small shelf type area on the porch. I wanted to get the herbs Lynne and Jess are growing up off the floor. They don't do well when they get knocked over and tripped on.

 The framework is complete and ready for the decking.

I brought some scraps home from work to use as the decking. It is all cabinet grade plywood and it made a very nice table for the plants.

New porch roof

 I got the old roof pulled off first thing this morning and moved out of the way. I will probably use some of the metal to add a cover to the back porch, and Heather wants some for the barn to cover the back door.

 First sheet is always the hardest. Since all the other pieces fit to this one, it must be exactly straight.

 Everything is moving right along. New roof is single piece to help eliminate any leakage. I just couldn't make the seam stop leaking.

 Lisa stopped by and helped. She anchored the front edge while I was getting the top part of the sheet.

Heather helped, too. I couldn't bend the edge over and fasten it like I wanted to, so she helped fold it over and hold it so I could get a few screws started. It looks very nice.