Unnerving to hear your car say you have an email and then it reads it back to you, and that you can reply to it by using just your voice to craft the reply and tell it to send.

I am now the owner of a 2016 Toyota Rav4 XLE!

How does IT keep doing it!?!?

We should be moving into the open-concept space by the end of the week and will start from there on Monday going forward.

Noticed a new visitor to the feeder yesterday, a Carolina Wren! Finally got around to planting some rosemary and some firespinners (Delosperma) out on the back patio. Also, wasn't today supposed to be a pretty nice sunny day? It's cold raw and overcast for sucks sakes. Good job meteorologists...again.

One nice thing today is we went to Bertucci's for lunch and LD had some leftover to take home, but the waitress dropped it so they gave us a new pie for free (roasted eggplant - yum!) so dinner is set for tonight!

Fallen tree by the shore in Plymouth, MA

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Had a good time last night over dinner, maybe imbibed a little much but not too bad - like I said, very good time with M&M and LD. Today we hot a couple of dealerships - I'm leaning more and more toward a RAV4 between 2014-2016 year. LD's also looking!
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I've been noticing a red bellied woodpecker occupying a hole in a tree here - I think there may be eggs inside - I'll need to keep watching it to see if I can eventually get to see any babies.

Heading to Plymouth tonight to meet up with M&M - maybe grab some scenic shots while I'm there.

Some English Daises at the back patio we planted last week. More planting to do as well.

In the late afternoon, got to see this little guy occupying himself. Interestingly enough, so far, as last year, they don't seem to be eating any of the crops in the raised beds.

Oh boy, by this time next week, I'll e at my new desk in the open concept office move. Yipee! Been busy packing up boxes of what's coming with me. I did end up ordering that strainer after all and it should arrive midweek. I'll let you know if it was worth it.

I was planning on spending the day in town today but the rain has put a damper on those plans, so I'll get to catching up on things around the local.

Castle Island Light, Newport RI

Going through some old pics lately.

Hmm, bike seems to be not gearing right. Most likely the cables are worn or some adjustments are sorely needed, not surprising since I've never really serviced the thing since I bought it back in the nineties. It's still rideable - just doesn't change gears properly if at all. Maybe I'll mess with it later - I have a feeling the issue is with the Shimano shifter mechanisms on the handlebars, probably should take it to a shop at some point.

Busy day all around. Grocery shopping, cleaning out the car, cooking and prepping meals, using the insta pot twice, making our signature corn salad, all good...

Currently reading: Book #7: The Legacy of a Sow's Ear: The Rise and Fall of Arthur D. Little - I wasn't there for the Rise, but I was there for the Fall, spending 12 years of my budding career there, up until the end - still miss the place, in many ways, such a unique place to work and I pretty much owe all I have today to them for giving me the chance. Lucky to have been a part of it.

Cooking turkey and pasta in the Insta-Pot - another new recipe. Also, an old associate of mine had a bunch of 45s lying around in his basement and was kind enough to send them along to us for the jukebox. Looks like there might be a few gems in there. Also musically related, seeing Air Supply live in the late summer this year.

Happy as a clam lamb!

Ended up seeing Beauty and the Beast - not normally a movie I would go see, I'm more of a Ghost in the Shell type, but I did enjoy it. And the Italian Dinner after was great too.

I've been feeling a little sentimental lately, not sure why though...just thoughts, probably will pass in a bit.

Proud of us - LD and I made our first recipe using the Instant Pot I bought over xmas.

Felt a little under the weather today - hopefully better by tomorrow.