Why Pellet Boiler....

 INCENTIVE NO. 2
Heating with a wood boiler requires a lot of work! period. Stacking the wood (which was just finished) takes place over the entire summer, bit by bit. All John's work when we could be boating, it seems that there is a pile of wood lying around everyday, just taunting him to stack it. Done, gone, over. The three cords were sold easily to the workers on the project.

not hard to get rid of the wood

the daily routing

INCENTIVE NO 3 

Cleaning the wood boiler, several times throughout the winter, is not fun. John has complained about that a lot and so.....done, gone, over.  The pellet boiler has this sissy little ash box that maybe has to be cleaned out every month or so, but dumping a fine white powder into a container. Good for the  compost, too.

Incentives to go to Pellet Boiler heating system

 Cutting Edge Energy Systems out of West Burke was the grand winner. We applied for the incentives offered by the Northern Forest Center and were approved. We chose Cutting Edge and got started right off, by removing our existing wood boiler.
INCENTIVE NO. 1
Money, $8000.00 to be exact, from 3 sources, with 3 layers of paper work, but hey, it is in fact, $8000.00

Tractors are handy

Out with the Old

plenty of space for the new boiler

Waiting Craigslist to work

Meet Red Molly

This 1971 Saab 95 station wagon arrive in early October. I was owned by a man on Nantucket and his friend Graham told me about it. Graham, a Saab rally car driver, essentially rebuilt this wagon with his friend and assures me that it is is good running condition, best he's seen in this age group.

First beer run

We have been driving it around in good weather, it is registered and inspected and just rattles a bit. There will be more pictures to come. First one is in front of Rock Art brewery in Morrisville on our first beer run.

Home in the barn

trailer view, inside

first plate

by the house

storage for all the spare parts

very first ride out

Fishing on Narragansett Bay

Alas the fish were too small. But John and Dave had fun in Rhode Island last week, and that is the point.

Back to boating and the Umbrella story

Moments after this picture was taken, my favorite umbrella from Cirque de Soleil was lifted out of the rod holder and flew over the water and dropped. Thinking it would float, we reached for it with the boat hook, but it went down into the water very quickly into 20 ft. of water. I was devastated. Then John got his fishing equipment together and started casting. After about 12 casts he pulls on something, slowly, very slowly, he pulled in the umbrella, hooked on the very tip of one section. We were both amazed at this entire scenario. I mean what are the chances?  My hero.

Tanglewood Visit - A Prairie Home Companion

 On June 25, we paid a visit to Tanglewood in Lenox, MA for a final performance of  A Prairie Home Companion. His last show will be tonight somewhere. We enjoyed the calm, peaceful setting, familiar performers and good food.