afternoon for a tour of property developments and news of local real estate activity. Had a spare hour between cooking after Tom left so reinstalled the bathroom vent cover (using stainless steel nuts and bolts), then raised the ladder for the camera platform. Kristen’s grandfather’s block and tackle once again made hoisting the ladder an easy one-minute task. The only hard part was getting the tackle hooked to the fixed block I had left high in the tree. I thought the ladder on a ladder on a ladder rig was pretty clever. It did the job and wasn’t nearly as dangerous as it looks. (Sure, Wilbur! Got any waterfront property in Florida you want to sell?)
26 May 2009
Spent most of the day cooking… preparing for Marty and Merry Lapidus coming to dinner. Good company and a fabulous repast (if I do say so myself) with Cabot extra sharp cheddar cheese on Ritz crackers (paired with a 2008 Chrysalis Sarah’s Patio White) for an appetizer, followed by lasagna, garden salad, and garlic Italian bread (paired with a 2006 Bayo Oscuro Syrah – provided by the Lapiduses, who know the Chilean vineyard owners), and finished with strawberry shortcake (paired with a 2005 Bonny Doon Muscat Vin de Glacière). As mentioned earlier, this ain’t no pop-up camper. First time I’ve used the RV oven… which, judging by cooking times, seemed to produce the temperatures advertised on the dial. Spent an hour scrubbing the stove top to within an inch of its life. Tom Whittaker stopped by early 
afternoon for a tour of property developments and news of local real estate activity. Had a spare hour between cooking after Tom left so reinstalled the bathroom vent cover (using stainless steel nuts and bolts), then raised the ladder for the camera platform. Kristen’s grandfather’s block and tackle once again made hoisting the ladder an easy one-minute task. The only hard part was getting the tackle hooked to the fixed block I had left high in the tree. I thought the ladder on a ladder on a ladder rig was pretty clever. It did the job and wasn’t nearly as dangerous as it looks. (Sure, Wilbur! Got any waterfront property in Florida you want to sell?)
afternoon for a tour of property developments and news of local real estate activity. Had a spare hour between cooking after Tom left so reinstalled the bathroom vent cover (using stainless steel nuts and bolts), then raised the ladder for the camera platform. Kristen’s grandfather’s block and tackle once again made hoisting the ladder an easy one-minute task. The only hard part was getting the tackle hooked to the fixed block I had left high in the tree. I thought the ladder on a ladder on a ladder rig was pretty clever. It did the job and wasn’t nearly as dangerous as it looks. (Sure, Wilbur! Got any waterfront property in Florida you want to sell?)
