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The Pear Tree…it’s ALIVE!!!

May 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

We had three 60-foot Cottonwood trees in front of the RainyDayMagazine office for years. They were not our choice for landscaping, but after twenty years, we grew to tolerate [...]

Boxster Project: Auto-To-Manual Conversion

May 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

The convertible top of the 25-year-old Boxster started behaving erratically last Fall. We decided that the problem is most likely electrical, which could be hard to track [...]

The Galobart Books: Codex Madrid II

May 4, 2025 // 0 Comments

It is always exciting when something comes from Galobart Books. We hoped-hoped-hoped that what came would be the companion to the Madrid Codex I; afterall, who [...]

Urban Safari: Great Horned Owlets in Boston

April 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Great Horned Owl (GHO) is one of the most common owl species in North America, but actually seeing them is not as easy as we thought it would be, even if they live in [...]

Battlefields of the American Revolution

April 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

The following from the USPS popped up on RainyDayMagazine’s radar last week… USPS to Issue Stamps of Historic Battlefields of the American Revolution [...]

Barsmith Mixers : Elevate your drinks

April 6, 2025 // 0 Comments

We ran out of Hatch Chili Margarita mixer so we ordered some from Barsmith. Along with the mixers, our friends there also sent along some of their new offerings for us to try [...]

Cattasaurus CatCave

March 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

When a few readers heard that Reese had joined the RainyDayMagazine team as the new RainyDayIntern, they graciously sent him a fabulous welcome gift. “I’m pretty [...]

Introducing…Reese the Kitten

March 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

Two years ago, we lost both of our beloved RainyDayInterns within the span of a month. Eliot and Milo lived good long lives and brought us a ridiculous amount of joy, [...]

DIY: $200 Katana…Anchoring the Blade

March 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

Until recently, sourcing component parts for a katana directly from craftsmen in China was not practical for an individual, especially from overseas…but no longer!!! [...]
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