Boston, here we come!

Joe had a business trip to Boston the middle of November and I got to go with him. We stayed in Cambridge just down the road from MIT. Joe spent three days at the ITT booth of the Energy Harvesting trade show with long days. I got to wander around Cambridge and Boston which I love. New England is one of my favorite places especially in the fall. As you can see the trees still had a lot of color on them and the temperature was wonderful and warm.

I love the contrast of the old and new in Boston. These pictures were taken from Cambridge looking over the Charles River at Boston.

I was able to spend one day at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. As I was waiting for the shuttle at the hotel to take me to the "T" to get on the train to go to the museum a lady was waiting and said she wanted to go to the museum but was afraid to ride the T. I invited her to go with me, so we ending up spending the day together at the museum which turned out to be a very enjoyable day.
Joe at the trade show. He is the one in the blue shirt. They, ITT, won the Best of Show Award.

After the show we drove up to Maine to spend four days for a break and rest. We got to visit our friends which we met when we were at BYU 37 years ago. It is great to have good friends. We also got to spend time and attend church with Joe's brother Ken and his family. They have a wonderful small Branch they attend. Great people. We stayed in a hotel right on the beach in Old Orchard Beach. The above picture is from the beach in front of our hotel. It was so beautiful.

How Does My Garden Grow Chapter 9

November was a busy month and here it is December. We got the furnace in and I am really enjoying the heat. The beginning of November started off cold but as the month went by it was a beautiful month. I finally picked the last of my tomatoes the middle of the month. Many were green but have ripen and we are still eating tomatoes from our garden. Amazing. We had peppers still growing before we left on the 14th of November to go to Boston for a business trip.
Of course it froze and a big winter storm hit just before we got home. We had an amazing garden for our first year and just plopping the plants where ever I could find spots.

See Ya Later Radiator!

Here is a picture of the old radiators that have been removed and in a pile outside waiting to be taken to the salvage shop for some $$. The lovely pink radiator is still waiting to come out but the guy that has been helping us didn't have time to finish up. It is nice to have another thing checked off the To Do List.
I love my new furnace. The ducts and returns are huge compared to the furnace. But it sure has been nice to have heat. Love that feature. I love before and after pictures. The before picture is showing all the 100 bottles of beer along the wall and the other picture shows the nice new heat ducts and some food storage. The bottles are long gone.

It's begining to look like Christmas:)

What a weird year for snow this year. It snowed here back on May 24 and then October 27th. Hope this is not a sign of a long hard winter.

That will teach you!

We have a very narrow driveway which is hard to get out of on a good day, plus the heavy traffic on our street makes it almost impossible to get out of. We have people park there cars right on the edge of the driveway often and sometimes a foot into the driveway. Well this time was the limit. They were parked clear in the middle of the driveway and no way to get out. Joe had to be to work so he ended up driving on the lawn to the next driveway. After a while and no one showed to drive it away I took the matter into my own hands. I called the police. They were out in about 15 minutes. Gave the car a ticket, called the tow truck. The officer said the the car was a rental and it could have been abandoned. All in a days work in the neighborhood.

Look, no hole!

I enjoying seeing the before and after pictures. It helps me to see that we really are making progress. It is a little hard to see but the gray wire dangling from the corner of the house to the tree and then onto the corner of the garage and into the garage and a plug is how the garage got is electricity. The part that connected to the house was wrapped around a two by four and then plugged into a outlet.
One of the projects that Joe has been working on all summer as he has had time is running new and safe wiring to the garage. We had a big trench dug which he laid the conduit with the wire in and also two empty conduit pipes to use for the cable and ether net wire and what ever else might come up in the future. We got the new meter for the electricity in about a month ago and then we were able to fill in the trench. We were hoping to get grass planted but I don' t think we are going to make it this year. Maybe if we get lucky like last year I can still get it seeded. We want to be able to back out from the garage with the cars and turn around so we don't have to back our of our driveway onto the street which during rush hour is really hard to get onto the street.

How Does My Garden Grow Chapter 8

This year at the beginning of the spring we didn't have a garden spot so I just planted my veggies and fruit in the flower beds in the front and side of the house and in the back where we had taken out the large pine tree. I have been amazed how much produce we got. Lots and lots of tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, yellow peppers and Anaheim peppers. We got five watermelons, carrots, cabbage which the bugs got to first.

Last week I picked the apples from the tree. We have been eating them for the past month. They taste sooo good. It is amazing how different they taste right off the tree compared to the ones you get in the store.

I have been drying the extra tomatoes that we can't eat. It is so easy to dry and takes up a lot less room that bottled tomatoes.

I am very pleased with our garden this year but am glad it is almost time to put my garden to rest for the winter months then I can rest also. Well, I can dream can't I. I know there are tons of house projects I want to do, like paint the rooms on the main level. Will keep you posted.