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Happy MLK Day! A three day weekend leads to: Workshop design thoughts

Posted on January 18, 2016 by nfohl

Woke up this morning (Monday, Martin Luther King day – which is a stock exchange holiday, so one of my few official 3 day weekends) and we had a surprise overnight snow storm.  The forecasts didn’t seem to predict this … Continue reading →

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San Francisco travel dates – February 2016

Posted on January 18, 2016 by nfohl

EDIT 1/20/2016 – dates moved again Where You’re Going Boston MA (BOS) to San Francisco CA (SFO) Date:16Feb2016 Flight:VX353 Depart:04:30PM Arrive:08:00PM Stops:0 San Francisco CA (SFO) to Boston MA (BOS) Date:27Feb2016 Flight:VX350 Depart:07:00AM Arrive:03:25PM Stops:0

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And yet more bragging about a relative

Posted on January 17, 2016 by nfohl

Good morning all – It is a fine Sunday morning here in Carlisle and I have a nice cup of coffee in hand while I surf the internet and listen to music from Firephly – aka my sister-in-law Meghan.  I … Continue reading →

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Rainy January Sunday

Posted on January 10, 2016 by nfohl

It is rather warm today (low 40’s) and raining rather hard.  This is a good thing since it is erasing the ice that has been coating our driveway since Christmas.  Long term, I would like to see snow so that … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year. 2016 opens with snow and ice

Posted on January 3, 2016 by nfohl

Good morning all. I was down and out for several days with a cold, starting with Christmas.  We got a snow/ice storm with some freezing rain as a follow on and it got sufficiently heavy that when I felt better … Continue reading →

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Happy Week before Christmas!

Posted on December 20, 2015 by nfohl

I have been on the road for the last three weeks and didn’t really have the time or energy to make an update – so this one will be a bit on the rambling side. I was able to get … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for winter in Carlisle

Posted on November 29, 2015 by nfohl

This past week has been very mild in Carlisle, though it rained most of the day on Saturday.  Today my dad and I took care of some stuff that needed doing We cleaned out the wood shed in preparation for … Continue reading →

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Design Philosophy Series: Building a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch – A visualization

Posted on November 24, 2015 by nfohl

Deck Acorn has given me permission to post up a photo of the 3D rendering their Design department did for my house – this was still in the pre-visualization stage of things as we were working on finalizing.  I was … Continue reading →

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Guest Artisan at Carlisle Artisans: Nancy Fohl

Posted on November 22, 2015 by nfohl

A little bragging here – my Mom was invited to show and sell her quilting at the local art co-operative in the center of Carlisle – the Carlisle Artisans Their shop is very small but the stuff they have is … Continue reading →

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To mangle a quote – “The new NSTAR is here, the new NSTAR is here, the new NSTAR is here!”

Posted on November 22, 2015 by nfohl

For those of you who are not cross wired like me – Steve Martin classic bit here on Youtube NSTAR (aka – national grid or something) came on Friday and installed the electrical power hook.  Woo-Hoo! Paul’s team has been … Continue reading →

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