We don’t usually see our own profiles, especially when they are artfully obscured by beards. This one (part of the preparation for today’s adventure in dental technologies) disclosed that MY profile is eerily reminiscent of that of my father and my brother David… and the chin is just like that of brother John too.

…at least for the woodstoves:

mostly oak, some maple and birch… 5 1/2 cord, mostly stacked yesterday

It seemed appropriate for the 65th birthday that we climb Baldpate, in westernmost Maine:

…a lovely cool day, and an opportunity to Wear The Fox Hat

080624_Hugh, originally uploaded by Kate Blackmer.

The fox hat is Kate’s, and she got a Cthulhu fish for me and one for herself too!

Dear Makeshift read my blog and made me my Very Own Ceiling Cat!

Finally getting around to posting this pair. No reason to think that John (on the right) had ever seen the caricature of me (on the left) from my high school yearbook. Just goes to show, dunnit?

080203_KateBetsyHughMakeshiftAlice1, originally uploaded by Kate Blackmer.

better than most pictures of oook, and Makeshift is a welcome addition to the menage

This is one of my most favoritist of the pictures from the Archives: