Monday, November 27, 2017


A twenty foot tall Frosty the Snowman
November 27, 2017 - Monday
28 degrees/partly cloudy/calm winds
Pentoga Road

Happy Birthday to Little Lukie. Hopefully my second son isn't working at the S. Portland, Maine, Fire Department, where he serves as a Lieutenant. I know he'd rather be outside playing on his special day. 

I'm proud of Luke. He passed the Captain's exam and had his initial interview for the position. Luke's young and as he says, there are those who are older and have been with the department longer, but if nothing else, he said it's good experience.

Happy birthday, buddy. Sargie and I love you.

Sunday was a much slower day than any of the past several. I worked for part of the morning converting the lights of two battery operated Christmas trees to direct current using an adaptor so they could be plugged in and not battery operated. 


My shade tree electronics worked, but the teeny LED lights weren't very bright. In the end, two small strings of outdoor lights were purchased and the tree was adorned in the usual manner. They were later placed outside, one on each side of the front door.


We enjoyed a leisurely drive around the area in the afternoon and noticed some lucky hunters had found a couple of smaller bucks.



I couldn't resist taking the picture in the grocery store parking lot. Geographic's aside, the UP isn't really that much different than Alaska. I remember pulling into a village with three huge caribou loaded in my basket sled and no one giving them a second glance.

Christmas ornaments are beginning to appear on lawns around the area. Our favorites are the huge inflatable figures found on the west side of town.



Some are taller than the surrounding houses. This is the same yard where the massive Halloween village was displayed a month ago.

We hung several outside lights late Sunday afternoon. The wind had gone down and the temperature was fairly mild. It felt good to be getting some fresh air.

After a very wonderful and rare four days off, Sargie works from noon to eight today. I'm going to see how much jerky will fit in the dehydrator and begin that process. Initially, I was going to use the oven, but have opted to see how the dehydrator works first. 

I'd like to finish the grandbabies' puzzles this week and get their packages mailed. It would feel good to be able to cross those off my Christmas list. There's also a bunch of rutabagas still in the ground to pull and distribute to the Milligan Clan.

Geesh, I'm tired just thinking what all has to be done so I guess I better quit writing and get busy.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

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