Relax and recharge

Coffee by a camp fire, very nice to start the morning

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, sorry to my followers I have not been able to post for a couple of weeks due to activities, I shall return next week with all new updates and share my shenanigans
 Thanksgiving always starts with an interesting outfit and a coffee

Vacation 2014

 Well I have done it, I went ahead and took a vacation for the first time in 8 years, friends and family were shocked at this, but my fear was that I was getting burned out at work and that if I did not take one I would quit.

So what did I do on my Fall Vacation? I went to the woods of Maine to my camp and enjoyed the last few days before I close up for the winter.

I wouldn’t say I wasted my vacation I got to drink coffee by my wood stove every morning which started my day off right. The quite of the fall in the back woods the cool crisp air had just enough of a bite to make the morning fire feel as though you never wanted to leave the chair, not even to refill your cup of coffee.

 We went to dinner at the Ole Mill Tavern a local eatery that has some of the best food in the area and they do prime rib just right.  We were going to go to the casino, but never did make it

 I helped a friend put in a wood floor and two bead board ceilings, which was actually fun to do and working with my friend Matt I am sure was a big part of that. I made homemade beef stew one night and I made spicy wings on another just to name a few things.

We had our Cigars-Beers and Bratts day on the first Saturday of vacation and it was pretty cool, despite the fact I am not a big drinker of beer. We had all kinds of Bratwurst and sausages and kielbasa, I was stuffed, and I should have paced myself better. 

While on vacation I also had a meet and greet with a moose, He was swimming across our lake and I got a call and went racing to the lower beach area and there he was swimming right by me, I snapped a few photos to share with everyone. The photo went virile where I was the town and the state grabbed it up, as did the Lake Commission. From what I understand it was the first time a Moose has been seen in Keoka Lake. I tell you it was a sight to see when he swam by me. At first glance it looked like a log floating by. I followed him on shore with my trusty camera and then I saw a dock that had not been pulled out, so I raced to it and then out into the lake to get a closer photo, when he emerged from the lake I made a noise of excitement over seeing one that close and have it on film, he must have heard me because he stopped and turn his head to face me, He was beautiful.

 To round out the week I was taken to a Japanese Hibachi Grill the chef was fantastic and the show was entertaining, I will give you more on that later.

I was sorry to see the camp season come to and end not to mention my vacation, but the real world beckoned to me and much like the swallows returning to Capistrano, I too must return to my home roost.

 Until next time fun seekers, I bid you a fond adieu.

October the Pumpkin Horror movie month

That is right fun seekers it is October my favorite month for movies and my favorite month because of that vaunted fall gored, the orange king  . . .  Pumpkin.

 I try to keep the pumpkin flavoring to a minimum and I only go whole hog on it in October and a small bit in November, I do love the flavor but if I tasted it all the time I would get repulsed by it after a while. It’s not like it is pizza or Chinese food I can get tired of it.

 So yesterday was October first and what did I do to celebrate? I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” a classic scary thriller.

Today I broke down and savored my very first Pumpkin coffee and tonight’s movie spotlight shall be shining on yet another classic “The Shining”

 Tomorrow I have on my list a Pumpkin donut

more pumpkin spiced coffee and the movie list for the rest of the week is as follows;

The Original Dracula , Evil Dead 1 & 2 (the originals) Then Evil dead the remake, The Wolf man with Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein and to finish off the weekend Fright Night 1 & 2 and Hostel 1.

 I am going to add Pumpkin spice to the steamer on top of the wood stove at camp and enjoy a quiet weekend.

Happy October People!

Brain reboot

As I type this it is just after sun up, it’s cool and crisp for the first week of august, I am sitting by the camp fire made out of some scrap wood that was left over from work projects, The coffee is hot the fire warms my outside as the coffee does my insides. It is quiet except a few gold finches on my feeders and a few squirrels that I refer to as tree rats are scurrying about. I am the only one up and the sound of the crackling fire and the birds singing is enough to say to me that I am a very lucky person at this point and time.

 Not sure there if this is worthy of an entry or not for some of you, but for some reason I felt the need to share this singular point in my time line with you all.

 The conditions are perfect to shut the brain down and not think about work or bills or going to the grocery store for food or what you will have to be doing in an hour from now. The sights and sounds of nature and the fire lets you just zone out and reboot.

 If you have the chance give it a try it is refreshing, and if you happen to nap by the fire, while it is sending waves of flickering warmth all over your face and body in the cool air, well that is just a bonus. Take a step back from the your busy world and take it in a nice quiet fire and the sounds of nature even if it is you just in your back yard, and if you can’t have a fire just stop and listen and relax to what’s around you . . . the world will be there when you come back from your brain reboot.

The only thing that would have been a bonus is a little Van Morrison softly playing in the background, maybe a little bit of into the Mystic…

See you next time

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