Ma and Pa's Blog

Only 21 (or so) days ’til Spring!

Here is a collection of brief clips from Caleb’s visit this weekend.

Here’s an alternate video presentation (shorter clip) — let me know how you like it.

We had a quick (but fun) visit with Dan in Columbus.

Mike, Jenn and Caleb were going to meet Bob, Jean and us there, but Caleb became ill enroute, and they had to turn back. All is well with Caleb now — maybe too much breakfast or motion sickness?

Dan led us on a whirlwind tour — OSU / Katzinger’s Deli for bread / Yau’s for a light lunch / the Franklin Park Conservatory / Buca di Beppo’s for dinner / Kroger’s for a few staples and we were on the way home.

As you can see by the pictures, the conservatory was the main attraction. It was incredible. There were hundreds of orchids, a tropical rain forest exhibit, a desert exhibit, a pacific isle exhibit and the Palm Room. Throughout there were impressive pieces of Dale Chihuly art glass. A really nice escape from the winter weather and the unplowed, snow-clogged, Columbus streets.

Last nights snowfall was very minimal, and the blizzard seems to be over. Today the sun and COLD (-4F) are back.

The snow has been pretty much constant for two days.  The accumulaton is nothing compared to parts of New York, but it’s getting old anyway.  The snow blower’s been getting a lot of use — 4x yesterday and 3x today (maybe one more time yet tonight).

Here are some ‘older’ pics from our old CoreComm site. I just found them on my computer, and I thought you’d enjoy browsing them –

The tables are finished. While not perfect, I am proud of the results. See them here –

The recent arctic weather has kept us close to home, but I’ve enjoyed getting back into the basement shop. Here’s a preliminary view of my project, an end table (1 of 2) minus the bottom shelf. So far, so good.