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If I told you I did not brought back any tool, would you believed me? Probably not... :-) But like I said earlier, while I shop for woodworking related tools and products in the States, I tend to stick to stuff I don't see here back home in Canada or a good sale. I find that on average there are no big price differences, after accounting for the exchange rate. Power tools are a different story, but I'm a Galoot... So truly, the only WW things I brought back from Buffalo was a wood steam bending kit from Rockler and a Fine Woodworking DVD, from Michael Fortune on making a garden chair. My only WW related purchases in the States I quickly look for flea markets in the Buffalo area but it was on Week End only and we arrived and left on a Sunday. I had plans to drive thru the Eastern sea board and hit the Tool barn and others mecca, but changes of plans to accommodate visits took precedence's. But fear not, I made up for it, upon our return came across a few find in my regular ...

We are experiencing some strange weather, not our usual fall weather for sure. We still have the occasional mid 20s C temps then frost warnings at nite... Will you please make up your mind Mother nature already.... You can just make up the dead brown tomatoes plants  outside the protective dome on the left handside behind Rudy. In case you ever wondered, it sure works,  look at the greenery still inside the dome. There are three big green tomatoes inside turning yellow The furnace is back on, the remaining vegetables still producing are covered at nite and sometimes until noon or so. The remainders have all been harvested and cleaned up. Only celery left in the brown two tier raised garden. Was harvested soon after. We are done with the cucumbers, but still are harvesting tomatoes, bell green peppers, celery and some spices. Will see how long we can extend our growing season using covers. With everyting gone, cover has been relocated It now protect a remaining producing  ...

Well .... Temporarily at best, but heh :-) Back in 2011 when we got posted here, in Greenwood NS, the house we bought had a rusty flag pole in the front yard. Barely visible, but the pole is there, middle RH corner. The two large trees too close to the house, would be cut down later on Yes, way too close... So of course, one of my task was to clean up, paint the pole and hang a flag. Which I carried out diligently, but it kinda look lost into a large flat, feature less front yard.... So.... In the year leading to my retirement (2013), we started to landscaped the front yard, wanting to make the flag area more of an anchoring feature. Our first plant garden in front of the flag pole, circa May 2013  Throughout the following years, more plants and flowers were added, some relocated some did not survived some of our harsh winters.,. We lost the flag pole to a severe windstorm and rust ... Since then, all the major renovations have been carried out inside, bringing this 1976 house (the...