Dinsmores.org » general http://dinsmores.org Blog about Dinsmore family, photography, woodworking and other things. Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:16:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Run Gloucester! http://dinsmores.org/archives/287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=run-gloucester http://dinsmores.org/archives/287#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:21 +0000 Michael http://dinsmores.org/?p=287

Michael nearing the finish line

I recently ran the Run Gloucester road race. It was seven miles of hills! I had been running all summer, but in Cambridge/Boston around the Charles River where it’s nice and flat — and the closest thing to a hill there is a bridge! My longest run was typically [...]]]> http://dinsmores.org/archives/287/feed 0 Acadia National Park http://dinsmores.org/archives/285?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acadia-national-park http://dinsmores.org/archives/285#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:17:13 +0000 Michael http://dinsmores.org/?p=285 We just got back from a wonderful trip to Acadia National Park. Sarah found a great house to rent in Sullivan Harbor that was previously owned by Hannibal Hamlin!

The weather was great the whole time (just one small rainstorm one morning) and a welcome reprieve from the hundred plus degree weather we [...]]]> http://dinsmores.org/archives/285/feed 0 New York City http://dinsmores.org/archives/278?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-york-city-2 http://dinsmores.org/archives/278#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:06:53 +0000 Michael http://dinsmores.org/?p=278 Rebecca wanted to go to New York City for her eighth birthday. We thought it sounded like a good idea and more interesting than some other options. Of course, she wanted to make sure we could stop in the American Girl store while we were there. We did, but we [...]]]> http://dinsmores.org/archives/278/feed 0 Lots and lots and lots of snow http://dinsmores.org/archives/272?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lots-and-lots-and-lots-of-snow http://dinsmores.org/archives/272#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:19:54 +0000 Michael http://dinsmores.org/?p=272 We’ve had quite a bit of snow this winter. Most of it came with just a few storms, like the last one we just had. Not to let all that good snow go to waste, I spent a lot of time with the kids in the backyard making all sorts of paths, rooms and snow [...]]]> http://dinsmores.org/archives/272/feed 0 Kitchen remodel at Mittersill http://dinsmores.org/archives/266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kitchen-remodel-at-mittersill http://dinsmores.org/archives/266#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:17:55 +0000 Michael http://dinsmores.org/?p=266 Alex and I went up on Thursday night to tackle the kitchen so it’d be working and safe for the kids who would be joining just a short day and a half later. The most trouble arose from reusing an old sink that had a clip system that wasn’t exactly ideal with our butcher block [...]]]> http://dinsmores.org/archives/266/feed 1