Out with the old. In with the new.

Here is a photo of our new car with a similar shot of the dear departed Subaru. The new car is smoother, quieter and I'm enjoying it. The Legacy was a bit more fun to drive and handled more like a sports sedan, so I'm missing it a bit. but not the nagging "what's next?" in car repairs. There were 395,636 Accords sold in '07 alone.





Check out the tires. Brand/Model: Fierce/Instinct. Complete with flame graphics on the sidewalls. Fast and Furious III, here I come.

Menacing Mantis

Saw this guy hanging out on the grape arbor. He looks like something out of a si fi movie. Pesky bugs beware. (note clothes pin for scale)

Let it snow let it snow let it snow

In my 50th year I decided that it was time to buy a snow blower. Actually during my 49th year when we set some kind of record for frequency of snow fall, I made up my mind. I bought it used, but runs great. I really gave it a workout today going through lots of wet, heavy snow. Here is Darren. He is happy because he will be using it to clear a couple of neighbor's driveways.

Home theater

We finally got a plasma TV this year, but had it sitting on the old TV/media stand, so couldn't take advantage of the reduced space of a thin monitor. I just finished a built-in, by building into our walk in closet and hanging the monitor. What a difference in space, and look. I matched the wide molding to the rest of our basement. I have in-ceiling speakers and all the wires/cables are hidden in the walls. Trouble is, now Julie can't rearrange the room around so much...