Tales from FAR Manor

We took the boogie board to the beach today. Mason actually did pretty good. A guy about my age had a surfboard, and offered to let Mason tr...

Mason and I went to the beach this morning. We brought The Boy’s old skimmer board, and Mason actually did better on it than his dad did.  ...

More rain is headed our way tomorrow afternoon, but the weekend gave us a pair of not-quite-spring days: a fair measure of sun, and highs of...

Kludge. Jury-rig (or the variant, jerry-rig). Lash-up. Sunshine Engineering (named for Mr. Sunshine, who bodged lots of things together that...

With the framework complete, I tossed four planks onto the joists. Given the length of the boards, I decided to start in the center and work...

Fire away! Charlie and I have been chucking our golf discs around the house when weather permits (and it permitted much of the last couple w...

I called him Buncha (as in Buncha Bull). Mason called him Bully. The young woman that helps the wife out with farm stuff called him Carl ( C...

Today began the way it often does through the week: wife putting AJ next to me on the bed while she gets Mason on the bus. Today, AJ seemed ...

With a new car in the garage—a 2019 Kia Soul EX—I now have that critical extra seat to take both Mason and Charlie places. I still have the ...

I had Charlie out in the gazebo Sunday evening, because he likes to be outside and I wanted him to see the low beach chair I found in the ga...

BIG doggie! Charlie continues to get therapy for his developmental issues. Besides the occupational therapist who makes house calls on T...

Sunday morning, I went to get something from the kitchen, when I realized I was walking my like old, pre-knee-issues self—long, brisk stride...

Among his other issues, Charlie has some dietary restrictions. Specifically, he doesn’t tolerate most kinds of formula—Similac Sensitive is ...

Yesterday afternoon, after a lawn-mowing session, followed by some fixes and improvements to Mason’s slide and climbing wall, Rosie the Bost...

It’s off to the doctor’s office with me. If you’re wondering what’s happening, I’ll give you a hint: UPDATE : In at 10:30, out at 12:30....

One of Mason’s teeth has been loose for some time now, and getting ever looser. Tonight, it was hanging by a thread… first figuratively, the...

Still bloggin’ after all these years… A lot of stuff has happened in ten years, since I began with a post about replacing rotted siding ...

The last few days have been the good part of November—sunny, cool, perfect for getting outside and doing stuff. Sunday afternoon, I hunted...

Last night brought frost to FAR Manor, the first October frost in three years. It’s all downhill from here: I committed myself to wri...

Sometimes, instead of writing wibbles, you just need to put on your ear protection, pick up the sticks, and have at it: A lot of stuff ...