… we got to Block Island… trip was very easy… no traffic and, for the most part, no treacherous conditions… BI was on the higher side of the snow amounts… i don’t think i have ever been out here when there was snow… the dogs are beside themselves with the smells… it appears there is animal activity everywhere… or maybe something about the cold and snow concentrates the smells… whatever it is it makes them hard and almost pointless to walk… they are so distracted they don’t do their business quickly and it is cold and windy and the snow makes it hard to walk easily… argh… i miss having a backyard to let them out into already…

… the Boeuf Bourguignon was easy to reheat, as promised by the recipe, delicious and went over well… M & P like it a lot… they also like the Haikon chocolates… hard to believe we have a world class chocolatier in Beacon, but we do… an interesting fellow… he seems to have a very good memory… i am an infrequent visitor to the store but he has remembered me ever since our first meeting and knows i take pictures…

… it’s a small struggle to transition to being here… to re-establish routines in similar or altered patterns… i am hoping i can get the dogs to wait to come down until the sun starts coming up… the animals were a little restless this AM… Fiona pacing the room, Rubie meowing at the door at 3:00 AM… i was done for… that plus we sleep in a queen size bed out here… not enough room for us and the dogs… thankfully, there is a comfy lounge chair that one of the dogs can occupy…

… i must say, i am not looking forward to the morning walk… it is cold and there is a stiff wind… i can here it now, almost howling through the trees and around the house… oh god, the dogs want to get up… up, walked and treated… it went better than expected… both dogs peeing right away…

… as for the morning walk, i will do it because that is what i do… might have to be a shorter walk… that is the hard part of deep winter… can’t get my long walks in all the time…

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