2021 Recap

 2021 was another year of Pod living.  Here are the highlights.

Good

• Got vaccinated
• Nice weather walks 
• Met friends in the Park for food and drink
  
• Cousins gathering in July, mostly outside
  
• The Eldest in for a visit in July
  
• Paella with friends (K&M)
• Seal viewing with friends (G&D)
  
• Grew Celeriac, though they were quite small
• Acquired a 4 piece drum kit
• Re-watched Poirot series 
• Had a good Tomato crop, plum and heirloom
• Le Tour
• Sumo tournaments
• Worked from home
• Read some good books
• Takeout (Brothers Pizza, Forest Thai, Keyport Fishery)
  

Bad

• Attempted Coup
• COVID
• Voter Suppression
• Stop the Steal Lunatics
  
• Mushroom log present did not produce mushrooms
• needed 2 caps
• Garlic crop was disappointing

Fixed/Improved/Made

• Rewired silver desk lamp
• Installed an entryway hand rail to support aging in place
• Replaced Volvo drivers seat side panel
• Boot jack improvements
• Replaced nook crawlspace entry hatch
• Attic clean out 
• made a carpenter bee trap, caught 2
• new Big Green Egg gasket
• Garage side window, frame fixed, window pane re-seated and painted
• power washed driveways
• Repainted toy box
• Dryer control panel adjustment
  
• Added a few hidden hangers to north side gutters while cleaning
• planted English Bluebells, Dwarf Iris, Snowdrops and Grecian Windflowers
• fixed yard gate
• added new towel bar to master bath
• Re-soldered Temperature gun battery clip
• Made a work light on a height adjustable stand from stuff lying around
• Modified another book to have a storage compartment
• Primed office ceiling patches
• Bacon
  

Interesting

• 5 Things that made me Podcast, these are mine
  

1.     1972 – 1992: The Farm
2.     Craftsman Toolbox circa 1976
3.     Univox Les Paul/Fender Twin Reverb amplifier 1977/78?
4.     Marriage June 2, 1984
5.     December 1995 – November 2018: Lump 1963 Land Rover IIA 5 door

• Secret life of "things" videos, by Tim Hunkin. How things work cars, radios, electric components.
• What we do in the Shadows, TV show about 4 Vampires living in Staten Island