Shaemus

Shaemus is adjusting to the new house just fine. He likes to be upstairs in my room on his bed when were home, unless he senses me leaving in which point he will come part way down the stairs, and take a look to see if it is worth coming all the way down or not. It is borderline crazy because he thinks I'm leaving all to often. Oh I'm going to miss that crazy dog this summer.......

Some house pictures

Mom came up to visit and man was that a blessing. I can't emphasize enough what she helped me accomplish. Before she showed up I was chilling on Shaemus's dog bed eating cereal and reading at night. She came to my Rescue and together we transformed an empty space into a great chill house. I couldn't be happier, thanks Mom! Here are a few pics from the house. We also went to see a jazz concert that was great, new orleans style jazz, "The New Black Eagle Jazz Band" We had a great time and still didn't get to the Farnsworth museum...... Sorry :) (Ill go next time I really want to)

Tim comes to visit

Tim, and his nice girlfriend Ellen were able to come up from NH and see the new house, and experience Rockland. We had a good time venturing out on some of the amazing coastline that the area has to offer. We lucked out and had a warm weekend. Tim did some birding and Ellen and I did some relaxing, and Shaemus completely lost his mind which is always entertaining. 

Now that's what I call service!

Dad's truck died right next to the shack in a puddle of water. With temperatures plummeting and the day waning, anyone would be getting nervous maybe even a little panicky. Not Dad, cool as a cucumber, he called his trusty mechanics wife, and placed an order to have him come down. Within the hour Robert was out on the ice in the middle of the lake, hard at work on the truck in the driving wind. In no time he had it going and the problem was no longer. He is an animal, really talented, and impervious to the cold, working bare handed the entire time. I think Dad paid him with the nice fish he caught.. Crazy, only in Danforth......

Watch out for that hole!

With the bite on, one barely has the time to drink a beer, or cook a hot dog, never mind remember the 4 inch deep water gushing out of a miss-drilled hole just outside the shack. This was truly a mess but what can you do? I have drilled many holes next to a shack with no problem so there was no reason this one would be different. Well, this one was an exception,  it created a semi frozen pond the width of a road and it would not freeze due to the constant flow of water coming out of the hole.  It was almost forgotten all together until one man returned from his trap's to the shack. In a blink of an eye, a leg was completely submerged and a boot full of water and Matt was trying not to turn into a pencil and disappear under the ice forever, or at least until spring thaw.  It was a small dark spot on what was to be great fishing, a new boot and some razzing we were all having a good time. Here is a look at those treacherous holes, and the aftermath. Looking back Sheehan, that wasn't so bad right?

Ice Fishing

Before I closed on the house, I was lucky enough to have Matt, his buddy travis come up for a weekend of fishing out on East Grand. The all mighty JL made his presence felt, coming up for the weekend pulling up some nice fish, and entertaining us all. Dad even got a chance to get away and put a few traps in the water. Good thing he did, look at that laker! It was quite a weekend, We had some cold weather and endured a gigantic pool of water that nearly surrounded the shack, making for a treacherous passage to and from the shack. Despite everyone being heads up throughout the day,the hole managed to take a prisoner........