Author: pete

  • Odd Furniture

    Odd Furniture

    This summer we did a few things to .. upgrade? Willy’s room. Moved things around, swapped the rug and got a proper nightstand, to name a few. Here’s a key instruction in the nightstand instructions. As much as I appreciated the humor, the thing was a bit of a beast to put together. High end…

  • Classic Idyl

    Classic Idyl

    Idylwilde sells great food – but they have a real skill in HOW they sell it. Who cares that these berries cost $12-13(!) – how do you resist this display. And really.. they have strawberries that are absolutely worth the price. Masterful marketing for terrific products.

  • Hydrangeas again

    Hydrangeas again

    This time a mix of colors which is pretty neat. And, doctored by Google Photos again. Definitely a better end result vs the original:

  • Another dragonfly

    Another dragonfly

    This one curiously friendly. At the pool, it would repeatedly land on an oustretched finger, and linger long enough for some … pets. I was not petting the draongfly myself, but they often don’t mind it.

  • Smokey Sun

    Smokey Sun

    I forget where this smoke was from. California or Canada? Made for a cool sunset either way! Hard to grab with a phone of course. Google spiced up the main image with some extra color – came out interesting..

  • Dr. Sven!

    Dr. Sven!

    Dr. Sven Supplies is Noah’s orthodontist. With video games installed in the waiting room, you could say this guy knows his audience! Of course sometimes they are not working, which is apparent by some body language here.

  • My Kind of Sign

    My Kind of Sign

    Without a doubt if I had a proper street sign planted in the front yard, I’d add something like this. Extra humor points to this artist with a detour driving all this traffic down their road! Somehow I don’t think the Trumper in front of me appreciated the sign as much.

  • Crane Beach Dune

    Crane Beach Dune

    To access Crane Beach, there’s a lengthy wooden walkway over the dunes. Much like the dunes at most beaches, they are off limits – protecting the beach from erosion as well as the many animals that reside in these areas. As we left the beach and I took the photo above, there was of course…

  • Cloudzilla

    Cloudzilla

    Cool clouds and such forming around sunset.. no storms but great visuals nonetheless.

  • Still truckin

    Still truckin

    Two weeks after the first post with this hydrangea, it was in full swing by mid July. Very late compared to everyone else’s. You may spot some imitation alliums in the mix – the blue helped in previous years, when the hydrangea did nothing. For once, the decorations are lost in the blue.

  • Brood uh

    Brood uh

    Massachusetts was spared from the not-so-great-cicada-sposion of 2024.. and we really had barely any of the bugs this Summer. Kinda strange. This one crawled up the garage siding, of all places.

  • Behind the Scenes in a Smart Home

    Behind the Scenes in a Smart Home

    Or, maybe I have too many gizmos. Whatever the case, you will have a great network connection around here.