A Day of Dread

Foggy Morning

Thanksgiving morning started with a bit of fog.We were headed off to Thanksgiving Dinner later in the day at the home of the Local Daughter and that Culinary Son-in-Law. But in the meantime, there were a few things to take care of at home. The Fuzz's Sweetie was fixing up some dressing to go with the turkey, and some veggies for a salad.
When we arrived, we were greeted with these munchie nuggets.
There were lots of yummy sausage balls and what seems to be some sort of American Sushi.There didn't seem to be any of that seaweed or raw fish but they were tasty.
There was also a curious device with a red knob on top. When one mashed that little red knob, one was rewarded with a shot of mezcal (but no worm) in one of the little tiny glasses. This became a popular feature.
We could post a pix of the turkey here, but most folks already know what that looks like anyway, so just use your imagination.
We were joined by the in-law folks, and had a great dinner. It must be confessed that we ended up spending the night there, as it didn't seem wise to try and drive home at the time.
Well, that's it for our Thanksgiving Day with The Fuzz and all the rest. Tomorrow, it's the
Dentist!

So let's hope for the best.

Welcoming Committee

These guys are always glad to see us when we come home from a trip. It would be nice to think they missed us, but it's probably their dinner they missed.
Their Dining Room is on top of this stack of bricks to be safe from their Canine Competitors. That Long Little Doggy is excessively fond of Kittie Krunchies, and pretty good at getting to them.
We have a lot to be thankful for this year including our new home in the woods. Today, we plan to visit the Local Daughter and that Culinary Son-in-Law for a Thanksgiving feast. It should be great.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Rigged Up

Another Pre-Thanksgiving Pix.
From our visit to that Schoolteacher Daughter.

Super Boots

Encountered on our recent Pre-Thanksgiving trip.

Givin' Up

It has been said that "When you are beat, meet defeat". Well, that seems to be the situation here with The Fuzz and his little truck. This has gone on far too long. Indicators point to at least 2 possible causes for this frustrating case of equipment failure, And neither can be verified for certain. Both are expensive to replace. And both have been replaced in the past. Considering the age of the truck, and the improbability of success, The Fuzz refuses to continue this pointless pursuit. He confesses that he is not happy about this, but we have been managing to get by with out the sorry little thing anyway.
We have this little automobile, it is capable of pulling our little trailer, and as The Fuzz would say, "It don't use much gas". When it's not raining, The Fuzz rides the motorcycle in to work. If it is, we can all ride together in the car. And so, life goes on.
The Fuzz had toyed with the idea of pulling the engine, and replacing it with some simple, non-computerized sort of engine, like we used to have back in the days. But it seems that the legalities involved in this would send him to jail. He does not like jail. But we should look at all this as another oportunity to simplify, I suppose. And that can be a good thing.

And Another One

From the Renaissance Festival

Even More Renaissance Stuff

We promised a look at some of those Renaissance Characters running loose out there. You don't meet a fellow like this very often on the outside, but here you will.

This whole Renaissance Affair is a lot more fun if one dresses appropriately. If one were to dress like this on the street, one might get locked up, especially if armed. But here you can carry your broadsword all you want. This is the home of broadswords & beer. They do insist on tying a piece of ribbon around it, but so what.
This guy does seem to be a hit with the ladies though.

We did watch a couple of the acts. But for the most part, we didn't do much, but walk around and look. Even if you can't buy, you can get ideas on how to make your own cool stuff.

So here's one more of those Renaissance Characters for you.

More Renaissance Stuff

When we go to the Renaissance Festival, we always make a point of watching the birdies. And by the time we got to the birdies, The Fuzz had retrieved his camera from the trunk of the car.

The food in there is a bit pricey for a varlet like The Fuzz, so we usually slip off with our cooler into the woods for our own medieval meal. This time we remembered the camera. It's hard to get real close to these birds for a pix, and they don't always hold still. But here's a couple of pictures with that zoomed in effect. 1st, of course is this owl. Here's the lady upstairs with her falcon. He looks a little like a bug with his eyes covered like that. But she took that stuff off, and let him fly. If you look quick you might see him here.They had the falcon trying to snatch a lure being whirled around on a cord. I guess he finally got it, but The Fuzz couldn't get the pix. Next time we'll get a look at a couple of the strange characters running loose out there.

Morning Pix

A shot of the sunrise though the trees

Most of the leaves have fallen now, and the days are cooler. Today it's rainy again. On these cold, damp nights the fire feels good. Tomorrow is a day off work for The Fuzz in honor of Veteran's Day.

Flag pix courtesy of "Karen's Whismy"

Renaissance Festival

It seems that our last post here was on November 3rd. This was like 6 days ago! For those average readers of Kinda Fuzzy, this is almost a week! You don't need to do the math yourselves (either of you) as you can see The Fuzz has done it for you.
The Fuzz confesses that this is all his fault. His lame excuse is he has been A) busy, or B) lazy.
We have been moving some furniture around, and there is always Firewood to get up.But we did make it over to the Renaissance Festival for our annual medieval outing. We do enjoy this even if we're too broke to buy any of that high priced stuff. But it's nice to just hang around with normal looking people once in a while. We regret to say that The Fuzz accidentally left his camera in the trunk of the car, so there aren't a lot of the usual cool pix to post. But he did manage to bring it in later in the afternoon so we did get a few for you.We always enjoy the bird guy, and The Fuzz did get a couple pix of the birdies. Maybe we'll get them up soon. But for now, enjoy these.

A Pix of a Bug

Trouble, Revisited

With the roof on, and us pretty well moved in out here, it seemed like it was time to have another look at that unfortunate truck.
A brief update here-
After spending a bunch of money (needed elsewhere) on that pitiful truck, the sorry thing laid down on us next to the Taco Bell. Even The Fuzz himself, was unable to get it to crank. He, and His Sweetie were forced to walk home. And on top of that, he had to pay to have the thing brought back to the house! At this point, The Fuzz was so disgusted that he just left the thing sitting in the yard. This was the point where the truck was (sorta) replaced by a trailer for the more dependable car.
And The Fuzz must admit, that although he misses his little truck, this trailer rig has performed quite well. But with winter upon us, it seems like the time has come to give that sorry thing an other look.
And so The fuzz is once again getting involved in this mechaniking stuff. First he wanted to determine if the fuel injectors were in fact receiving a "signal" from the high tech processor that makes it all work. (or not work as the case may be) So he dug around and got out a little LED and plugged it into the fuel injector thing. (seen above) And to his great satisfaction, there was a signal. He is hoping that this means the processor is not actually fried. But he has also discovered that there is no fire to the spark plugs. So now the next step is to try and find out why. Maybe he'll get lucky this time.
So "what's with the chopper" you may ask? "What does it have to do with this truck?" Well, actually nothing. The Fuzz happened to have his camera on hand for making pictures of truck parts (for future reference) and he saw this thing flying around up there. It seems someone found some people bones out there in the nearby woods and somehow the chopper had something to do with all that sad affair.