02/02/24: Arthur and Leslie Join Us For Dinner
Arthur and Leslie joined us for dinner Friday evening 02/03/24. It was a pretty chilly evening outside, but the wood stove kept us all cozy for the evening.

For dinner, I had a bottle of 1000 Stories Bourbon Barrel-Aged Zinfandel on the brain, and just knew that a recipe I had for 'Moroccan Chicken With Apricot and Olive Relish' would be perfect.

Though the girls I'm sure envied our zin, Sue and Leslie opted for a bottle of Prosecco instead. And Arthur came with desert cannolis that were fabulous. A great evening!

02/03/24: Sue Takes Mia For A Building Project Class
Sue saw this great kids building project get together put on by the Home Depot in Somersworth, NH, and thought Mia would love going. And she did!

They not only had a great time building a bird house, but then went to grab a bite to eat and then off to explore whatever treasures they might uncover at the crystal shop in Dover, NH. Mia is wild for it as their brochure states: "... magical tools like crystals and stones, crystal jewelry, pendulums, herbs, candles, smudge supplies, incense and more!"

02/04/24: Cozy Dinner By The Wood Stove
After a busy weekend, Sue and I decided that for Sunday dinner we'd just relax and gather up whatever we had on hand for dinner. I made what turned out to be a mah-vou-loose spicy chicken and vegetable stir fry with spinach, bok choy, carrots, and onion in a really nice tamari, garlic, ginger, honey, and brown sugar sauce served over parsley infused brown rice.

02/11/24: Another Cozy Winter Sunday Dinner
And to carry the theme of the 02/04/24 posting forward, Sundays in the winter here on our little mountain is a wonderful time for us to have cozy dinners by the woodstove. I did chicken again, but this time legs in a spicy ginger sauce with a wonderful bottle of Meiomi our friends Arthur and Leslie had brought us 02/02/24.

02/14/24: Best Card I've Even Received

02/16/24: Vows On The Lake
Colin and Swayzie exchanged their vows in a private ceremony at sunset on a quite frozen and snow covered small remote lake on February 16th.

02/21/24: Deer Stealing From The Bird Feeder
Sue got this shot of a deer stealing food from the bird feeder outside of the kitchen window.

03/01/24: Mia Skiing King Pine
Sue and I took Mia skiing to King Pine in Madison, NH Friday 03/01/24. The pictures tell it all!

03/03/24: Cozy Sunday Dinner By The Woodstove

The Beau Dog relaxing by the woodstove while we play some backgammon before starting dinner prep.

Under all of that kale are 6 juicy pork chops cooking in a savory herb infused gravy sauce.

I popped a bottle of 19 Crimes Red Blend for dinner and it went great with the pork chops.

03/08/24: Colin and Family Visit
We had a wonderful visit Friday afternoon 03/08/24 with Colin, Swayzie, and little Rezleigh.

The sun had warmed everything up enough so Sue got out some chairs so we could all be outside, though it was still chilly enough that we needed coats. And, by the time they had to head out, it was cold....

So, Sue got to playing with Rezleigh and Beau out in the yard as most of the snow had melted. However, Rezleigh sprinted off down the hill and basically threw herself into the mud where last November we had dug up a long channel across the yard for a new drainage pipe. Sue had to catch up with her to keep her from stuffing the mud into her mouth.

03/10/24: March Snow Storm
We got hit with about 10 inches of snow in a storm that rolled slowly over the mountain.

03/16/24: Outing With Mia To Rail Trail Waterfalls
Sue and I grabbed up Mia Saturday 03/16/24 for an outing to the rail trail waterfalls.

03/16/24: Mia's Backgammon Message
Isn't she just the sweetest thing.... Must get that from gramps who's teaching her to be pretty fierce over the backgammon board. Trash talk at 8 years old....

Just kept this gem of a picture separate from the one in the previous collection as it's such a classic....

03/18/24: Day After St. Patrick's Day Dinner
We were tied up for St. Patrick's Day so had our celebration dinner on Monday the 18th.

But before dinner, Sue had gone down to scoop the Rezleigh girl up with Swayzie to walk Beau in the woods. On the way back, they stopped off to let Rezleigh see the lambs being raised at one of the local farms.

Best recipe I've ever had with stuff in there you'd never have thought of....

03/20/24: Not Ready For Spring Yet
Sue was already in the dirt even though the snow hadn't fully melted even though it's 20th of March. But the sun was out briefly, and that's all she needed..... And then overnight we got almost blizzard conditions and ended up with almost an inch of snow on the ground.

03/24/24: Late March Snow Storm
Sunday 03/24/24 we got hit with several inches of heavy wet snow. But, we bore up under the pressure. I even cooked up a wonderful shrimp Creole dinner and topped that off with a bottle of 1000 Stories Zin! And then after binge watching 3 episodes of Billions, we called it a day.

03/25/24: Mt. Washington Still Snow Capped
End of March and Mt. Washington remains fully snow capped! Sue caught this picture of it as we were headed north on Rt. 16 to meet up for early dinner with Swayzie's folks at the Hobbs Tavern in West Ossipee, NH.

Spectacular!

03/31/24: Easter in Tuftonboro
Sue and I spent a relaxing Easter Sunday with her Niece Tracy and family up in Tuftonboro, NH.

04/02/24: Just A Let's Party Tuesday

04/04/24: Massive Winter Nor'easter Snow Storm
Late Wednesday night and all through Thursday 04/04/24 we got hit with a massive winter Nor'easter snow storm that knocked power out to many towns in New Hampshire, New Durham being one of them.