A short but costly trip in 2011

The summer of 2011 took us to the wedding of Annie’s niece, Wendy, she’s the gal that showed us around San Antonio, Texas and on  the way back from the wedding, a 150 mile trip, we lost our fuel pump and after a 40 mile tow a new fuel pump and a fuel level sensor rebuild we got  our RV back in good order, we are very anxious to get back on the road and see our great country and check in on our our friends. For tose who are new to our blog, this is our second tow in two years, the one before this was in Prince Edward Island.

Spring in Massena, NY

Just wanted to give you a taste of what the first day of spring looks like in Massena, NY, you saw the first day of the year now here’s it is, snow on the first spring day, we uncovered the RV yesterday, is the snow our fault????

Anne’s projects and winter scenes

Annie is getting some sewing done and wants her projects posted on the blog so here are some of her projects along with some winter scenes                                                                            

Placemats with some fancy stitching.

Chair cushions with. extra soft padding for meals that may last awhile
Winter Flowers!!!!


Ron cleaning out the driveway.

It’s all about time

We finally got the clock done and started on a second clock, we will be building three in all in the near future but we do expect to be building more.

The people we are building the next two for do not want them stained so Anne’s part will be kept to the final sanding, she is the one who makes my work look good. We are having a ball doing these clocks but we don’t forget to take our walks and we try to go out and do the restaurant thing at least once a week. I’m sure that Anne will have some of her work to post soon, keep an eye out for that.

Anne’s winter projects

Anne suggested that I post some of her projects, only fair I guess. Here are some photos of her pillow sporting the new covers. Anne’s “sewing room” is in the loft area of the house which puts her two floors up  from the noise of my work shop, not a bad deal for both of us.

These projects were started by her mom and, fortunately, were the right color to be used as throw pillows on the window seat that Anne also made.The weather has settle down a bit, the temps hover around the hi 30s during the day and the high 20s during the evenings, so far all the shoveling has been just that shoveling, I use the snow blower just to clear what the plow throws In the driveway.

Ron’s latest project

   Both Anne and I are spending our days  inside with enough time outside to keep the driveway shoveled and a walk a couple times around the block  each day. To the right is a picture of a grandfather clock I am working on while Annie is upstairs sewing, not a bad winter for us. Our total snowfall is maybe a foot, haven’t used the snow blower much, I am able to keep the driveway open with a shovel. Needless to say that this winter is different from last years, we won’t be traveling till this summer, we are already talking about when and what part of the country we will visit.

A cold day in Massena

We woke to very cold day but in our cozy and warm bed and equally warm house, needless to say, that is where we spent the day, Anne sewing and me in my wood shop, ah in my heated shop, it was –29 earlier in the morning.




Anne took some pictures and we want to share them with you








Kind a neat hu?

New Years Day

New The New Year started  out with a beautiful  sky and nice temperatures, Annie and I went out for walks several times during the day to keep cabin fever down, I enjoy the cooler weather but Annie has a harder time with the cold. Our RV is covered with a canvas tarp and is actually also under snow at this time, we are both busy working ahhhh playing inside, Annie is sewing and I spend a good portion of my time in my wood shop.

A winter day in Massena,NY

Last year was something quite different for us, we were on the road for eight months and saw some of the country’s most beautiful National Parks and met some of the nicest people and,even though we’re wintering in Massena this winter, we kept in touch with a lot of them. This winter our traveling will be done via our photos and a couple of blogs that our friends are posting.