01: hillbilly refrigerator - I find a way to store cold beer at the dock.
02: improvements to an island for a loon - Filling a gap between boulders after having the wind push me to a rocky island on an innertube.
03: big dead pine - It falls without breaking anything of note just east of the house.
04: neighbor and a niece - Two visitors, including one armed with a bow and three arrows.
05: big block of red oak - I begin work on a stool made from a tree that fell across the Chamomile Gorge Trail.
06: island loonification - Filling in the last gap between the lakeshore and the interior of a small island that might be suitable for a nesting pair of loons.
07: the Sisyphean Stone - I have a name for a landmark in the Great Hemlock Grove.
08: relationship with a white VW - Sometimes when a car travels a long distance with you, you feel a connection to it.
09: transporting a spiral staircase - I drive about 500 miles to retrieve it form north of Boston.
10: early morning drive to the Catskills - I needed to be home early to make sure some dog-related things went smoothly.
11: what does Neville want? - He whines when he wants something, but the whines all sound the same.
12: Neville adapts to his situation - He's less needy than he was.
13: shale from the side of US-209 - For the first time since moving to the Hudson Valley, I take advantage of a free source of fill material.
14: Neville escapes containment - Left alone in his corral when I'm walking Charlotte and Gretchen's parents and Gretchen are off in Stone Ridge, Neville finds a way to bust out.
15: rot in the heart of a four by four - Deck posts are the most likely items of treated lumber to be rotten after 30 years.
16: second chanterelle season - Feeding them to my inlaws in BLTs while being so sure I won't kill them that a week or so ago I'd trolled NextDoor about feeding poisonous mushrooms to my inlaws.
17: maybe the chanterelle season moved - I find abundant chanterelles in my favorite patch along the Chamomile Headwater Trail, though they hadn't been there during what is normally the height of the season.
18: another thing to watch out for when buying deck screws - Now you have to make sure you're not buying a mix of different sizes.
19: uses for well-weathered treated lumber - What hasn't actually rotted away is in usable condition.
20: moving a very large flat rock with a crowbar - It helped that it needed to go down a slope.
21: Ramona Rock Swamp - I have a name for the wetland at the bottom of the cliffs north of the cabin.
22: working around yellow jackets - It turns out it's possible to do do construction close to their nests if you give them a chance to acclimate.
23: freaking downpour followed by a clear blue sky - I get caught in a rain storm a half mile from shelter.
24: wind generator from China - Also: watching Neville through a video feed.
25: ugly welds and successful solder blobs - Doing manly shop tasks with moderate competency.
26: how Gretchen handles bigots - She figured out how to get a bigot's boss to yell at a bigoted employee.
27: Rochester day trip - A scenic route through Utica to do some landlording.
28: insomnia at the lake - After Gretchen and the dogs join me at the cabin, I have trouble falling asleep.
29: diamond from an Adirondack hitchhiker - While sipping on a soon-to-spill road beer, I pick up a rough-looking 45 year old woman who needs a ride to Johnstown.
30: semi-euphoric flow state - Kratom tea has me working hard and not wanting time to advance.
31: the driver of the mystery pickup - I happen to be in the driveway when an estranged friend drives past.