Category: Personal

Today I went flying with a member from the club in the Archer. We decided to head to Minuteman (6B6) and have brunch. It’s a great little airport, although a bit of a challenge coming in, as you need to descend to the runway after some tall trees. The food was very good, and the onsite airport staff were very helpful. Will definitely go back. Later in the afternoon, I watched Ukraine v Wales. A heartbreaking loss for the Ukrainians. Still thinking about Ferg.

Well, I stayed up all night with Ferguson. We sat together on the couch and watched movies. His breathing got lighter as the hours passed, and his feet began to go cold. Still, he hung in there all the way to 1pm, when we were able to get a vet appointment. We carried him into the vet and they had a table with a comfy white bed and blankets for him. Everything went peacefully and painless for the little guy. Going to miss him greatly. A few photos I dug up during the afternoon are below. Later in the evening Ash and I went to celebrate his life at Banks Fish House, which we enjoyed. RIP Ferguson the Frenchie

After work today Ash and I went over the Downeast Cider Popup right on Boston Harbor. The view of the city is always beautiful there, and its a nice outside venue. I’m not a huge fan of cider, a little too sweet for me, I’m happy to enjoy a few and support the local business. This evening we noticed Ferg was looking worse than usual. He is not eating, and hasn’t had much to eat over the last few days. Also seems like he is struggling to hold himself up. We decided it was probably his time, and will contact our vet in the morning.

Ash and I took the Archer to KIJD this morning. It’s a small airport in Northern Connecticut. The flight out was uneventful, the air seemed pretty calm at that time of day. We landed without issue and found a parking place on the ramp. We took a short walk down the street to the Aero Diner. A small 50’s diner where we had breakfast. The food was typical diner food, and we enjoyed the meal. The staff was very busy, but courteous. Afterwards we headed back to the airport and took off for our flight back to Marshfield. We were unable to get flight following, seems like the Memorial Day air traffic had caught up with controllers and we were kicked off with ATC. No big deal, we just kept our eyes open and headed home. The air was a bit more bouncy on the way home, but no big deal. Some slight gusting on landing made the touchdown a little more bouncy than usual, but nothing uncomfortable. All in all it was a fun day for flying.

We did some more work on the basement today. Ash took off the doors to the cabinets in preparation for painting. I spent most of the morning watching F1 and then the play in game between Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest. Spent some time preparing for our flight tomorrow morning. Weather looks good.