February 26, 2021 - Friday morning
16 degrees/partly cloudy/calm winds
Pentoga Road

Happy Birthday to my youngest son, Andy. Working at the home office in Louisiana, he's dispatching equipment and oil rigs around the world on his special day.

The last I talked with him, he's readying for a rig move in the Gulf of Mexico, acting as an advisor from the wheel house of a large ship.  As soon as Norway lifts its Covid travel ban, Andy will be off to northern Europe for a few months, if not Australia, or Africa, or... who knows where. I can't keep up with the boy.

He's certainly a world traveler. At any rate, Happy birthday son. We love you.

What? No blog pictures today?

Nope, didn't even take the camera out of my pocket yesterday. For whatever reason, it didn't occur to me.

Yesterday's walk was a good one, but then, aren't they all? Same with our ride. After a quick stop at the grocery store, we were home in plenty of time to greet Sargie's buddy/beautician, Mel.

We had a quick lunch and gab session before I sprinted to the shop so the ladies could have their girl time.

What a difference a few degrees makes. At zero or below, even with the wood furnace bellowing hot air, the shop is, at best, chilly. At twenty degrees or above, I have to work with the window cracked just a bit to keep the temperature cool enough. 

Yesterday was perfect.

I cut and carved a name, worked on something else, (can't talk about either as they are presents for people who read the blog) and continued shaping the bluegill, also a present, but I don't think he reads my online blathering. It was a good guy-day.

With Sargie beautious and Mel gone, we had an evening filled with preparation for this weekend's Milligan Sister gathering in Green Bay. I made enough popcorn to fill a large garbage bag while Sargie did her thing to get ready. We packed the suitcase last night and I see she filled a carry bag with last minute goodies after I went to bed. Long and short of it, I think we're ready.

Yooper Brother Mark will be out this morning at 7 to take our walk after which Sargie and I will be heading to meet Ross, Holly, Jeanne and Boyd, in Iron Mountain. We'll follow them to Crivitz to meet Nancy and Ron for lunch before continuing onto Green Bay. 

It looks to be an action packed weekend.

Looking ahead, it appears as though our mundane lifestyle is about to become much more active. There's an appointment on Tuesday to have work done on the Hyundai, a ceremony to attend on Saturday to see Hambone receive his next belt in karate, we'll leave for UW Med in Madison on Sunday, my appointment is Monday morning, then it appears we may be heading on south to finally see the Ark in northern Kentucky, throw a visit to Mississippi Brother Garry and Jody, and at some point, get back home to begin maple syrup season. After that, it'll be time to think about the garden.

If only you had my life, you'd understand.

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

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...