Based on the video of Chișinău that I was using as my reference point, I had pretty low expectations. And coming off of a 21 hour train ride, I was starting a bit grumpy to boot. Admittedly I was starting low but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Not super pleasantly but regularly pleasantly surprised and that…
I am 30 minutes into a 20 hour train ride to a city that I can passably pronounce. At least phonetically. Chișinău. The capitol of Moldova. A place I know nothing about other than what I gleaned from this YouTube video last year. The video doesn’t put it in the best of light but it is number 3 on the…
It’s Sunday morning here and I have a few hours on a train that I think is going to a place I can’t pronounce somewhere in Poland. The conductor will let me know if I screwed up soon enough. Why am I in Poland in the middle of winter? Well obviously, it’s cheap and tourist free. Usually I just pick…
Pretty much done here for 2024, water is frozen, batteries are dead and two sleeping bags and a pile of comforters aren’t cutting it anymore. Before I pack up and lock down lets review….. There wasn’t much snow last winter so I was able to get back on the property in early April. The road work the neighbors did last…
Winter came in with a bang a couple of weeks ago. AKA the Pacific cyclone bomb. Always a sucker for overhyped inclement weather, I got a cheap motel room in town, loaded up with TV dinners, and waited for weather armageddon. Just me, some Salisbury steak and all the “Law and Order” reruns I could stand. As usual, the storm…
Its the end of October and I have plumbing! Or at least pipe. No water or fixtures on either end of the pipe but it is enough to pass my plumbing inspection. That gives me until next October to pass another inspection to keep my permit active. I hope to not wait that long but it is nice to have…
Another 30 day month has come and gone. And again just one more day would have put me over the line. Hah. I WISH all I needed was a day. I sit here surrounded by piles of almost done projects. Some of which are keeping me from scheduling the big framing inspection. I have to admit that I am dragging…
Poof!!! Summer is over. The last weekend of summer is here. It is going to go out in a warm sunny summery style but has been hinting at its demise for a few weeks now. The jackets and even winter coats are needed in the mornings now. The maple leaves have started to change. They are usually the first to…
In last month’s entry, I was lamenting that June only has 30 days. A perfectly good excuse for not making any real progress. Since July has an extra 24 hours, surely I would have a long list of accomplishments to report. Well, the list isn’t as long as I had hoped. The list may be short but I think it…
It’s a good thing June only has 30 days. It gives me an excuse for not getting much done since I last posted. If I had just ONE more day!!! It has been slow going. My main helper broke his shoulder in a mountain biking wreck so has been out of commission. He is getting better but I think it…