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Our True Colors are Shades of Green
Posted by Lindsay Barczuk
I just wanted to take a moment during our transition into a new Operating System to note some internal changes I've seen. This new system is going to reduce our need for paper copies more than I could have expected. Our old systems got the job done, but required hard copies for checks and balances. With our new system and digital reporting, we will be more accurate and depend less on paper!
Posted on April 2, 2008 at 05:32 PM in Green Building • (0) Comments
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Spring is finally here. Well, almost.
Posted by Rick Menard
Driving to work this morning, I had an almost un-controlable urge to turn around and head back home to play hookie. Almost! Why today? To answer that question, let us go back to the last time we saw bare ground and 60 degree weather here in New Hampshire. It was late October, and I was deep in the woods scouring for deer sign, taking a vacation day with my wife while the kids were in school. We hiked areas that she had never been to, bringing a picnic lunch and a couple of cameras in case we saw anything worth shooting. The deep ravine, with the roaring brook running through it, was more spectacular to her then I described. Other then being spooked by a beautiful Great Horned Owl leaving a tree directly in front of us, it was a quiet hike.
Seeing ten deer grazing in a bare spot of an otherwise snow covered field this morning is what triggered these thoughts of delinquincy. This winter has been one of the longest in New Hampshire's history, topping over 100 inches of snow. It started in late October, and today being April 1st, it is a little discouraging to still have two feet of snow in most parts of the woods. Normally this wouldnt slow our family down, but the kids are at that age where they can't quite keep up with us snowshoeing, and late March sickness has taking over our household.
The good news is the ponds are opening up from being covered in ice, so we will be dropping the 1933 Old Town Canoe into the water very soon. And I can't wait to try out my new kayak. My wife is itching to get her hands deep into the soil, and the kids have already dusted their bikes off. Goodbye snow, hello green grass.
Posted on April 1, 2008 at 07:48 AM in (3) Comments
Staining at the Sample Shop
Stoddard, New Hampshire