The Backyard - Joe's Almanac

Friday, August 22, 2025

Summer Cigars

Friday, August 22, 2025

Cigar in the back yard yesterday.

Cigar in the backyard today.

The cicadas are out in full force. As a kid I thought the buzzing sound they made was electricity surging through the power lines.

I'm also seeing and hearing the grasshoppers. It's just that time of school again.

Dale mowed the lawn today. Josh from next door lets us borrow his electric mower.

I watched lots of planes come in today. Dale said there's a closed runway so they're bringing all the planes in from the north. One flew by just about every 4 minutes or so. I didn't see a single plane taking off.

Been doing lots of trimming back lately. Lot's is getting a little overgrown.

Have a few books I'm working on. Read a little while out in the yard.

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Snow, Shoveling, Cigars, Cocktails, Dinner, Movie

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Finally some snow. We've had relatively little this season and it's so much easier to deal with psychologically when you haven't already had 3 months of it.

The sun was out for a decent amount of time.

Which made 20 degrees not feel as cold.

Dale and I got most of the snow shoveled earlier but we got a trace bit more so I decided to get that up since I was outside.

The sun along with blue sky and snow looked really pretty.

Dale and I drove to the store to get makings for oven baked pasta.

Cocktails and snacks while dinner was in the oven.

Broccoli along with the pasta.

We were in the mood for Alfred Hitchcock so we watched Rear Window. What an awesome movie. The ending is still suspenseful even if you've seen it before and know what's gonna happen.