And this is a problem... Why?

Is craft beer killing Bud Light?

(from "The Week")

"more flavorful alternatives" are  mentioned.

"Craft beer is getting the most attention as the Bud-killer..."

At the risk of sounding like a beer snob, The Fuzz finds it hard to lament Bud Lite.

Full article here.

Slowly Progressing

Where do the days go?  It seems like forever since That Fuzz has been here.  But life goes on, out here in the woods like everywhere else.  He is still working on getting that workshop together.
Yesterday he took the trailer into town to the Old Place.  There were a couple things he wanted for the Shed/Workshop.  The first was this fine shelf.

He did get it moved in alright.  This should help get some of the clutter off of the floor, although there is still plenty of clutter.

And then there was this other shelf.

It will be fine for the smaller items, cans of oil, etc.  But first it will need a bit of cleaning.  One of the items previously stored on it was the grease gun.  In the summer heat it had a tendency to leak a bit.  Once Our Fuzz gets that taken care of, he'll move it inside and fill it up with more greasy clutter!

April 15

Sickie

The Fuzz has been feeling a bit puny lately.
But this has given His Sweetie an opportunity to take on the roll of Nurse Stimpy.
It began at the start of the week with a scratchy throat. Tough guy that he is, he decided to just, "tough it out".
Even though he was starting to feel like crap, that loyal Fuzz still went in to work on Thursday.
But by Thursday evening, he felt more like this little guy.
We did feel it best to cancel our planned family gathering for tonight.
It was out of the desire to not pass this around any more.
We are glad to report, that as a result of this TLC, he is feeling a little better now.
He even felt up to this brief post.

Hard Hard Workers

Even though that Fuzz was riding around in the mountains, we haven't been neglecting our work on the trailer. One of the projects is replacing these nasty old heater registers.

Not only were they all beat-up but also full of nasty trash. Here you can see one of our Hard Hard Workers getting ready to open one up.
We are, of course, planing on using wood heat, but it would be good to have this for back-up. Regardless, this yucky stuff had to be cleaned up. Here's a cleaned out one with one of the Brand New Covers that we purchased from the Home Improvement Store.
While one Hard Hard Worker was working on this, another was using this stuff to ventilate the skirting. The Fuzz picked up an old window screen one the side of the road, and it was cut into pieces to fit the vent holes.
He had thought to use screen door molding to frame this, but it was almost $4 a pop. Then he remembered the Table Saw, and just got a cheap (sort of) 1x6 to rip down. Here's a look at one of the finished vents.
So things are moving along. We also purchased a quantity of lumber for building the remaining "porch" necessary for county approval.

Keep watching for pix of the New Tower on the Tip of Mt. Mitchel.

Hung Jury?

Well, for the Guilty Kitty, so far we are tied, 2 for A, and 2 for C. I suppose we could just hang them both. I mean, what's a couple kitties more or less?

And just so you have something to look at, The Fuzz wanted me to add this little pix of some kind of Rose he found in the woods and brought home.

Guilty?

Well, so far the vote is going against this little feller. His refusal to make eye contact is working against him. Maybe he needs a better lawyer. The jury is still out, but it looks bad.
If you haven't had a chance yet to voice your opinion, there's still time.
In the mean time, let's just say that the whole litter was banished from the porch, which seemed to have a good effect. But don't think of this as a cruel punishment thing, it was more of a chance for them to begin to experience the wider world out there.

Multiple Choice

Now that we've dealt with those troublesome "Monkey Pods", we can move on to more pressing matters.
To our right, you will see "Exhibit A". This is only one of these items being found daily on our back porch. For any who might be a little inexperienced, this is what is known as a Cat Turd.
Now this is not intended to be one of those "Cute Kitten" pix, although I suppose it could fall into that category. It is rather, a roundup of "The usual suspects". But the question remains, which is the perpetrator?

Is it suspect "A"?

Suspect "B"?

Or, suspect "C"?

This is the question we need answered. Not knowing how to determine this, The Fuzz suggested that we leave it up to some sort of a vote, maybe like that American Idol thing on the TV. And so, we leave it up to you, our many loyal readers. Which of these sneaky little Shitty Kitties is responsible. Which looks like the type that would commit such an act of desecration.

Wednesday of Doom

It's about time for a Cute Kitten Picture again, so here we go.

But what we're really dealing with here, is The End of the World. (On Wednesday)
It seems that this Welsh Physicist is planning to test fire his new Particle Accelerator and some other Scientists think he may do us all in. It seems that he liked to blow stuff up when he was a kid.

"I had a number of chemistry sets. Like everybody, I used to make explosives. I even blew the fuses of the whole house a few times."

The Fuzz says he's not so sure about all this, but he does remember "Ice 9" I suppose it's gonna happen sooner or latter. But just so you know, here's what we may be in for.

"...the spinning-top-like quasar devoured the world from within, the two jets emanating from it would grow and catastrophes such as earthquakes and tsunamis would occur at the points they emerged from the Earth.

‘The weather will change completely, wiping out life, and very soon the whole planet will be eaten in a magnificent scenario..."

Apparently, this Global Warming stuff ain't squat, so The Fuzz says y'all better get ready for the Real Thing.

Motorcycle & Yuck

Just before the our annual Beach Trip, The Fuzz and His Sweetie drove up the road a piece to look at a Trailer in regards to the future "Big Move".
Along the way, we found this cool Motorcycle Mailbox.

Since He has an interest in things Motorcycle, and since he had his camera along, (for said trailer) he stopped for a quick shot. He thought ya'll might like to see it, so I put it up here for all to enjoy. He used to do a little metal sculpturing himself, but on a smaller scale, so you might see some of this kinda thing here from time to time. Whoever did this, did a nice job.


But what of the trailer?

When they got there this is what they found.

This was not the sort of thing they were looking for.

When they opened the door these things scattered all over the place. One could smell them from outside. Having had some experience with them in the past, they realized this was probably not a good choice for a new home, no matter how "good a deal" it was. And so, the search will continue for now.