March 7, 2016 This day we travelled back to Maine, so this will be short a post. We had a 10:35 flight out of JFK and originally planned to use Uber. I decided I wanted to try public transportation and…
New York City – Day 4
March 6, 2016 We met up with Ken and Kathy at the Variety coffee shop. It was this day that bagels were subsequently purchased and taken back to Jon and Masha’s place as breakfast. Kathy and Cathie had to stand…
New York City – Day 3
March 5, 2016 (corrected 3/11/16 – breakfast error again!) Today’s centerpiece activity was seeing the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, also known as Ground Zero. Before we did that we had coffee at Variety Coffee with Ken and Kathy.…
New York City – Day 2
March 4, 2016 (corrected 3/10/16 for morning coffee stop) We awoke to our second day in New York with some snow. Not very much but enough to show the city in a slightly different light. We had arranged to have…
New York City – Day 1
March 3, 2016 Cathie and I had a wonderful trip to New York City. While brief, we were able to visit with family from both sides, see sites, eat good food, and generally get a feel for the most iconic…
Winter weather
February 5th and 6th, 2016 Yesterday we had our biggest snow storm yet. It began snowing before we awoke and continued until early evening. There was very little wind which made it all that much more beautiful. I took Cap…
Shore Ice
January 26, 2016 It has been cold long enough that the shore ice is starting to build up. My speculation is that as the tide goes out some of the water will freeze where it is thin. Obviously, the colder…
One Winter’s Day
January 14, 2016 – updated January 17, 2016 Today Cathie and I spent a lovely afternoon with Dave Ashenden. Dave is a neighbor that lives a couple houses farther down Oak Point Road. He lives by himself but seems to…
Christmas in Maine
update 12/29/2015 Merry Christmas from Downeast Maine. We wish everyone a wonderful day and a 2016 that brings peace, joy, and fulfillment to all. Ian, Cathie, and the three dogs: Reg, Meg and Cap. I have added a couple of…
Video Fun
December 20, 2015 It has been a while since I last put up a post. It’s not that we haven’t been doing anything, but more due to my getting interested in all sorts of video and image processing software. The…