The altitude graph (we begin with a steep hill):
Here's the all-important flyover:
And some pictures we took.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Bridge walk
Today, Columbus Day and Shemini Atzeret — a Monday we both have off! — we did the bridge walk. It's a walk we do every weekend during the school year, and now we know it's 1.9 miles. Thusly.
And some pictures we took.
And some pictures we took.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Half a cord is better than none
On the way back from Gardner Hill Forest, Beff 'n' I stopped to order firewood for the winter. We've never had it delivered in bulk in our twelve years here (we ordered it once, but the delivery was a no show)— we get the cute little supermarket packets of it. So we stopped at Marble Hill Farm — where they also seem to grow llamas ...
... which is only two-thirds of a mile from us. It's also where I bought the chicken pot pie we're having for dinner tonight. When I said I wanted half a cord ($175 — last time we bought firewood in bulk was in Spencer, Massachusetts, at $108 a cord), delivered, the immediate response was I hope you don't mind if we deliver it today. So we recaptured our woodstacking chops after the delivery.
Indeed, this is the first time in a year that begins with a 2 that we've bought more than four pieces of firewood at once.
Half a cord is more than you think it will be. I calculated it to be 40 or 50 of the supermarket packettes, thus saving us some dough, and all the gas it takes to go to the supermarket 40 times. The delivery:
... and how it looks, neatly arranged in our garage. We didn't feel it would be right to move that cooler that we're getting rid of.
Meanwhile, we also got a baby chicken pot pie for Beff to bring to Bangor for herself. As well as some local smoked cheddar. We've never had smoked cheddar. Yes, this is a day of new experiences. Soon, and before dinner, perhaps I'll play the clarinet.
... which is only two-thirds of a mile from us. It's also where I bought the chicken pot pie we're having for dinner tonight. When I said I wanted half a cord ($175 — last time we bought firewood in bulk was in Spencer, Massachusetts, at $108 a cord), delivered, the immediate response was I hope you don't mind if we deliver it today. So we recaptured our woodstacking chops after the delivery.
Indeed, this is the first time in a year that begins with a 2 that we've bought more than four pieces of firewood at once.
Half a cord is more than you think it will be. I calculated it to be 40 or 50 of the supermarket packettes, thus saving us some dough, and all the gas it takes to go to the supermarket 40 times. The delivery:
... and how it looks, neatly arranged in our garage. We didn't feel it would be right to move that cooler that we're getting rid of.
Meanwhile, we also got a baby chicken pot pie for Beff to bring to Bangor for herself. As well as some local smoked cheddar. We've never had smoked cheddar. Yes, this is a day of new experiences. Soon, and before dinner, perhaps I'll play the clarinet.
Gardner Hill Town Forest
So we've been here more than 12 years, and this beautiful little forest crisscrossed with lots of paths, both wide and narrow — and abutting the Assabet River — is less than a mile and a half away. And we've never even known about it. So today for the first time — I found out about it from the overheads of the rides in this very blog — we walked the paths, in a zigzaggy way. Hence the overhead.
And this time there are pictures!
If a tree falls in the forest, does it fall all the way down?
We walked 3.12 miles in 56 minutes, without much variation in altitude, and of course I'm sure you're looking forward to the flyover.
And this time there are pictures!
If a tree falls in the forest, does it fall all the way down?
Snapheal
Fascinated by this inexpensive software that lets you go from this
to this
with hardly any effort whatsoever. Poor Sunny (he's just resting).
to this
with hardly any effort whatsoever. Poor Sunny (he's just resting).
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Fireworks in Maynard
For Oktoberfest, and viewed from rather a considerable distance, with trees in the way, etc.
Between the Stow golf courses
Today remained warm and pleasant longer than expected, thus I tried out a new ride that I mapped out on google maps, including a long portion where neither Beff nor I had ever been before (from the turn off of 117 to the turn onto 62); I thought it'd be 7 miles, but it is just over 9 miles. It turns out I took a route straddling the two big golf courses in Stow, and encountered a very steep hill that I hadn't anticipated, thus this altitude thingie.
The route itself is undistinguished, save that you can see where the golf courses are. Note to self: check out the Gardner Hill Town Forest one of these days.
The route itself is undistinguished, save that you can see where the golf courses are. Note to self: check out the Gardner Hill Town Forest one of these days.
Naturally, the flyover comes next, and last.
Maynard Fest!
On my way to CVS for some stuff, I was surprised that downtown was closed off and that there was no parking. Maynardfest! Maynard Octoberfest was probably too long for the signs. Typically, there is a bunch of vendors selling cheap stuff that go to all the local Fests, and a caterpillar ride. That's about it. Later, after the Farmer's Market clears out (the last of the season!), the Clock Tower Place parking lot will be closed off, an entry fee will be charged, and the Bier part of Maynard Fest will begin in earnest. Then and only then will it be called Oktoberfest. I plan not to be there for it. Bud Light in a plastic cup is the highest quality bier typically sold at it, and at a 400% markup.
Meanwhile, the Maynard Door & Window people typically hang out in front of their place right across the street. They serve better beer, but only to their customers, for free. They also use plastic cups. I'm not going to that either.
That pedestrian bridge across the Assabet replaced the railway bridge, which was 10 feet higher. The railway last ran in 1939, and given that there are no longer any tracks, except in a few remote places, it's a good thing they haven't started it back up.
Nason and Main. Compare with yesterday's picture.
A caterpillar ride at rest tends to remain at rest until acted on by parents paying too much money.
The caterpillar ride loves America.
The local high school team has the same species mascot as my grad school.
The tower of Clock Tower Place.
I did! I did! I did come join the fun!
Meanwhile, the Maynard Door & Window people typically hang out in front of their place right across the street. They serve better beer, but only to their customers, for free. They also use plastic cups. I'm not going to that either.
That pedestrian bridge across the Assabet replaced the railway bridge, which was 10 feet higher. The railway last ran in 1939, and given that there are no longer any tracks, except in a few remote places, it's a good thing they haven't started it back up.
Nason and Main. Compare with yesterday's picture.
A caterpillar ride at rest tends to remain at rest until acted on by parents paying too much money.
The caterpillar ride loves America.
The local high school team has the same species mascot as my grad school.
The tower of Clock Tower Place.
I did! I did! I did come join the fun!
Fall macro lens
Canon PowerShot SX200IS Super Macro setting. Here's an anthill.
Not a maraschino.
Baby puffball.
Dew.
Deep dew dew.
The hairy leaf plant.
One stem yearns to be free from the driveway.
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