Looks like they've started to tear down the property next door at Earth-1 to put up a new condo. New neighbors are in the future. Should be better ultimately than what was there before which was basically just an empty loading dock. Should increase property values. House values in the immediate area are selling for just over a million dollars. Once the Green Line is finished, that should rise things up a bit as well.

Strung up some physical snowflake lights across the front of the house yesterday, and found the timer that turns them on and off depending on when the sun goes down. Hopefully it looks pretty good, might need to get more or adjust them somewhat. Can't stand the lights that folks have that project onto their houses. Makes me think the house has measles.

Happy Thanksgiftmas! One of the desserts from last night's party with friends. The Cointreau got to us eventually.

Also been working on this year's holiday card...

Kennebunkport, Puffins off the Maine Coast, Seals off the Cape (one of my favs), and a scene from Long Beach Island LBI, which I can't seem to locate in the archives at moment.

Possible future choices:
Sunset Drive
Scituate Skies
In the Fog
Cliff Sights
Paine's Creek Visits
Chasing Sunsets
Stargazing
October Sunset
Light the Night
Good Harbour
Off to Sea
Boston Swan Boats
Good Day Boston
Maine Boats
Fall in Braintree, and
Mama and Baby Seal

This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, as most of these are just from this year only. I would like to catalogue all my better photos and possibly get them into production. Any interest in any of these?

My Rockport print arrived yesterday, looks pretty sweet. Not sure where to hang it as of yet. I once again went to having it printed on glass, which really makes it pop and looks clean. Also yesterday I watched this Dateline episode entitled "Death Trap" which I thought to be one of their best. You may recall the story of a bank robber in PA who had a bomb around his neck which he couldn't get off. I never realized the super involved plot behind that. Also watched a couple of Cold Case episodes. That show was SOOO good.

Tonight we got our yearly luminaries lit, after dinner in Newton at a place called District 118, and lit them up and placed them under a tree in the town common. Poor LD did something to her ankle and is has been having some pain, so she needs to keep resting it.

A strange sight seen along someone's house in Newton. A collection of tall metalwork roosters planted in a lawn. Sometimes a roadside attraction can just be something in someone's front lawn. Other than checking this strange sight out, most of yesterday was pretty chill. Food prep for the week, catching some old episodes of Cold Case, admiring the tree, getting some new books from a little library. Pretty chill, overall.

Nantucket Lightship Boston Harbor Circa August 2018

Today's activities: Sanctuary visit where LD gets some major goat brushing time, breakfast at a diner, and putting up the tree and other holiday accoutrements. Oh, and making turkey soup!

It just seems weird to me that they'd actually show the actual address of the places on the show.

I finished that book I mentioned a few days ago. I highly recommend it - it had me sobbing by the end. For some reason I've felt very emotional this weekend, something that doesn't usually happen to me in that way. (sarcasm) I heard Mercury is in retrograde, that must be why.

Oh! LD found some wacko channel that actually plays old "Cold Case" reruns. Great show!

New additions to the jukebox in rotation (the records we got in NH are pristine -sweet!) are Journey's "I'll Be Alright Without You", Prince's "Kiss", and Guns n' Roses "Sweet Child Of Mine." Out of rotation this round are the Doors, and two Buddy Holly singles.

Next up on my reading list (It's been a while): The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, a tale translated from the Japanese. I read a review of the book in Time magazine waiting in a doctor's office and it sounded pretty good, so I'm going to give it a shot.

Baby Goat Yoga is the best! Click for a higher resolution version.

Afterwards we had breakfast at a place about 1/2 away, got some new records for the juke at an Antique store where we'd had good luck in the past, and hit Wegman's for some groceries.

Got to get up early tomorrow for a special trip!

Powderhouse Square, Somerville, in autumn. I grew up in this neighborhood right down the street. I can remember climbing over those rocks in the foreground on the way back from CCD.

Long Valley NJ picking pumpkins and gourds/ Chester NJ
Venom movie with Mike (after the aborted free screening downtown)
Trip through Johnny Appleseed country (after Alpaca Yoga)
Sanctuary visits (found a new diner Kelly's Place)
Apple Grader visit at the the Big Apple Farm / Purple Rooster visit
Red Sox World Series winners/celebration
Sean Connery the Pumpkin (under vicious attack by squirrels but standing strong!)
Little Library visits
Hooksett (impressive rest area!) / Laconia (Lake Winnipesaukee) / Center Harbor / Gilford (breakfast @ the local airstrip) NH overnight
Funspot arcade plays / dinner from Hart's Turkey Farm
Halloween candy give outs
Halloween House Party 2018 with homemade treats and dancing to the juke w/ friends!

Oh, you know, just a Llama resting by a riverbed. No big deal.

Autumn Scene along a river

Kept waking up a bunch of times this morning before I really had to. Body has to get used to the new time settings I guess. Spent a bit of yesterday at the sanctuary as it was such a nice day and the animals seemed to be really affectionate.

Spinach the Cat looks out.

2-Headed Skeleton Man, Mac and Cheese Pepper Pumpkins, and Rat Loafs

Good time last night at our Halloween House party. Above you can see some of the items that we spent all day making. Not shown are the Spider Peanut Butter cookies and the Mummy-wrapped meatballs. Below is one of the drinks that were being made of which I had quite a few and made getting up this morning a bit difficult.

One of the drinks provided, Zombie Screwdriver

Also jammed and danced all night with the Jukebox! Most play we think it ever got! Glad to say the party was a smashing success, and I think our guests were thoroughly impressed!

Motif No.1 Approaching Sunset, Rockport MA

Getting things around here today and it feels good, all before the early afternoon. Got a much-needed haircut, got some gas for my car, replaced the screens in the door with the glass panes for winterizing, pulled some dead plants (mostly the wild tomatoes and whatever was in the raised beds), did grocery shopping for tomorrow's festivities, went to the pet store to stock on some supplies, did some work/emails, finished a load of laundry, watched an episode of one of my favorite shows on the DVR, ate lunch at BK, checked up on some other items for LD, and it's not even 2:30 yet! Awesome sauce!

Not to many kids this time, but some of the cool costumes I saw were this kid dressed up as a dinosaur which was so big on him he could hardly walk, a female Deadpool, an Angel, the Moon with stars, and a parent dressed up as a nun. Very diverse group this year actually. We thought we might not have enough candy but it turns out that we did. I actually ended up eating some of it over the course of the night and then felt a little ill after, and that never happens. Then of course I woke up late this morning to get into work, but I eventually did make it in. Bunch of meeting today too -- blah. Not feeling it.

Red Sox parade tomorrow! I had planned on attending but my schedule doesn't really line up for it. Oh well, definitely going to the Celtics one if they win.

Chief Chocorua, Meredith NH

We got an invite the stay Friday night over in the Lake Winnipesaukee area up in New Hampshire so we took them up on it. Headed up Friday and came home late this afternoon. On the way up we stopped at this rest stop in Hooksett where I noticed this pretty cool huge topographic map of the state that was done in the 40s under FDR and then forgotten in storage for decades. Which they then restored and have on display - it's pretty impressive in person.

Last night we had a nice dinner at a place called Canoe, and then today, even though the weather was horrible, spent some time getting breakfast by the Gilford airport (great little place called Kitchen Cravings) and then wrapped it up with some arcade game playing at Funspot - the largest arcade in the world by their admission, they have every game ever made there just about. I played Ladybug, Zookeeper, Mr. Do, Venture, and some pinball - all my old favorites.

Racking up a high score on Mr.&Mrs. Pacman Pinball

At the end got some turkey dinner's from Hart's Turkey Farm, which has great meals involving, you guessed it, turkey. New Hampshire, in general though, is a little strange.

Driving around I noticed this pretty cool statue of an Indian out on the lake. Naturally, I had to learn more about it.

Visiting friends up in NH for the weekend. Updates when I get back!

Full fall effect here now. Watched the Sox last night win Game 1 - that was pretty sweet. Ordered a new wifi router - hopeful to set that up sometime next week. Also, I did not end up a billionaire.

Been spending the last couple of days trying to get over a cold. Thankfully feeling better now - basically just needed to lay low for a bit.

Had a pretty good time last night. The movie was OK and all. Sony couldn't really follow the actual storyline since Disney owns most of the Marvel properties now, so they had to change things around a bit. Seemed to me to end up being much like a Godzilla type movie in the end. Afterwards however, I was able to bring home a big pumpkin that our friends grew and nicknamed Sean Connery. Why the name? It's a long story from the last time they visited us. Kind of an inside joke that others wouldn't understand.

Woke up this morning to the next door neighbor's kid screaming about something, don't know what exactly as I was too sleepy to actually raise my head to look out the window and see. Thankfully it was over in a couple of seconds, whatever it was. The project that they are making that I couldn't figure out what the hell it was at first is beginning to take the shape of some sort of patio with possibly a trellis overhang type of design. Not sure how great that'll be since I never saw them use any cement or mortar for anything. Just sand?

Going to see Venom tonight with a pal. Boyz night out. I also need to play some Mega Millions tickets just because and run to CVS to pick up some stuff for the Ladydoc.

Red Sox are going to the World Series again!