Retirement, or lack there of

I really thought that I had retired from motorcycling and was quite happy with my decision.  The bike was sold, the money saved and the summer went well.  Then Bob went with Owen to Max's to pick up Owen's new bike and Bob saw this.  The next day Bob and I went down, he test rode it, fell in love and we brought it home.  Today I tried it out-just to be polite of course, and decided that it was a fun bike to ride. Now let the arguments begin as to who gets to ride it and when.  It's that nice a bike.

There's Bob fixing it up with tank bags and other bags so it will be ready to go at a moments notice.  Too bad its the end of the season instead of the beginning.  But it will be there in the spring and ready to go.

Last month we went to the The Common Ground Fair which is one of the most unusual fairs you'll ever attend.  No rides (other than on wagons pulled by draft horses or goats), no cotton candy or coffee (not raised in Maine), only organic veggies and some of the most unusual foods you'll ever find at a fair.  There were the usual assortment of  farm animals , veggies some of which were wonderful and fun to see.

There were buildings to suit every need.  The perfect guest house which would look sooooo nice snuggled down in the woods behind the house, greenhouses, furnace houses, pizza ovens, all kinds of things.

 Goat transportation for little ones or things.

And a chicken coop with a white picket fence.

 www.thegoodtable.me started their Wed evening cooking classes with a crepe class taught by Michael Roy who is the owner of Phi Home Designs.  The goal of the class is to get people who have fun cooking to come in and demonstrate their favorite recipes and Mike did a great job.  It was a nice evening.

Mike with one of the attendees, swapping notes on crepes,  backyard ice rinks and the state of cooking.










And, we had a great visit with the family last weekend.  It was so good to see everyone and even though the pictures didn't turn out that well, we all had fun and Kristine was missed.

 The nice thing about having 2 sons that look alike is you only have to take one picture and it can pass for either one.  Brian or Colin?  You make the call:)

 And then there's Owen cringing in fear of the "long bomb" that might not go that long.