Happy Birthday Peter!

Happy Birthday Peter!  So many memories!  Beaches, boating, circus, museums and of course Maine.  One of my favorite stories - when we snowmobiled up Bald Mountain and I "broke" your arm.  Riding up between the rocks and snow and trying to stay on the trail we wound up tipping onto the side of the sled.  Since we were last in line, no one noticed.  We quickly righted the sled and continued on our way.  No one would have realized (I was always lagging behind taking pictures) but for Peter who decided to tell everyone that his arm "broke" when we "crashed".  Glad it healed before we arrived home!


Today Paul and Scott continued to make huge progress on the garage building.  After completing the spray painting, the far wall went up.

                                                                Tag team painting

                                                        Higher than it looks!

                                                        The highest panels - 16 feet high.

                                            Cutting the tops to the roof line - later.

                                            Third wall completed before lunch.

Lunch coincided with the rain.  Thankfully the rain was brief and everything stayed relatively dry.  The last wall was paused just before the man door.  The door needs to be installed fully before the final panels are hung.  

The timing was good though - the rain started in earnest just as the clean up began.  Thank you Scott for the awesome progress!

 Today is Brother's Day.  How boring life would be without them!
                                            My brother Marc with Karen and myself
                                                Juno Beach 2022
 
                                        Megan with her brothers - Scott and Kevin 
                                                        Cape Cod 2007

                                                            Kevin and Scott
                                                        Sand Hill Cove 2005

                                                        Paul and Michael

                                                Paul, Donald and Michael


National Wyoming Day.  Our trip in 2020 - best snowmobiling ever!  Three feet of fresh snow that we enjoyed over three days in three states - Wyoming, Utah and Montana.





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