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Christmas 2021 up on the Ridge

Here are the fall colors up on the Ridge on Old Mission Peninsula. Video was taken on 10-30-2021 and the music in the back round is Sunshine In The Rain by Ryan Farish off of his album Beautiful.

This is what you get when you ask for a masculine cup of coffee.

I think we can all agree that the holidays appear in our lives sooner every year. Well… while shopping on Amazon their unique algorithms that displays purchase suggestions based on prior purchases, some on target, some not and some “really… what were you thinking” but on this recent buying spree the suggestion was… um “spot on”. I clicked the “add to cart” button and patiently awaited their arrival. The delivery truck just left with the box that couldn’t be opened quickly enough. One word adorable! Little hunks to hang on the tree. One is “Spa Bear the other Lumber Bear” Are there others you ask? Just look at my shopping list to see three more. Maybe a small bear tree this year!

Giving credit the book in the background is Paul Freeman’s “Lads” and the ornaments by December Diamonds on Amazon.

The property next door to me was for sale, actually it has been for sale for the past 21 years. Sue the neighbor on the other side put a bug in my ear saying wouldn’t it be a shame if someone bought that property and you didn’t like them or they built something awful next to you. Well that’s all it took, I couldn’t stop thinking about it… so I bought it. Here is a video of the property.

Because I purchased a new Jeep Rubicon Kathy was saying that I should update my photo on the home header page… so I did. As not to totally eliminate the previous photo from the site here it is.

And here is the new one.

Added some LED outdoor strip lights to the edge of the decking. The way it comes you can change the colors and even make a pattern that will repeat over and over. Wait it gets even better, you can set it to play along to the music that is in the background. The neighbors are just going to love me even more!

A quick video of the completed roof.

After a week of listening to the constant drone of the gas powered air compressor and the ever present hammering of the guys on the roof the new roof is complete. Okay almost, they ran out of ridge caps and more are on the way to be installed sometime next week. They ran out with only two feet left to go, but I’m assured that it will not leak in the meantime. I’m impressed at the texture and the lifetime guarantee of the synthetic shingles not to mention the overall look!

This is Tuesday when the shingles started to go up, in a couple of the photos you can still see the old roof compared to the new roof. The new synthetic shingles have a more detailed structure to them and the color is much lighter than the black that I expected, more of a darker charcoal grey.