Pictures around the yard and of the Swiss Chard I am growing.

Today I received my Merkur Model 178 Classic Safety Razor.
It is a thing of beauty. Has a really nice weight to it. I am going to use it with my shave soap and badger hair shave brush this afternoon.

Another thing to build up my Dopp kit.

Today I received my order of the Portland General Store brand shave soap. The container is nice and the soap smells very earthy and manly. Over all I am very pleased by it. I recommend as with any shave soap you buy a badger hair shave brush. You can get a boars hair brush for much cheaper but like the price it too is well... Cheaper.

It took a while to get it but they say on the main page it would take 7-10 business days to ship and it did. But seeing as this is hand made and becoming popular I don't blame them. Plus once shipped it took two days to get here from ME.

More of the winter in spring.

Snow in spring for my B-day. I stayed at the Pinecrest Chalet in Pincecrest, CA.

I am fortunate enough to have some special people in my life.