Old Orchard Beach, ME ( July 13th, 2016 )
Summer Vacation 2016
Author / JM
Bike Week – 2016
Laconia, NH (June 2016 )
Re-purposing Instruments:Wall Art
Just can’t help but share these pictures with everyone. Music has inspired and saved so many people from going off the “deep” end, including myself. See the article called Drumming Saved My Life on this site. 
As i stated in the caption, I made a living room end table that is lit inside with a bulb to give a great effect. I wrapped it with a 1937 old New York newspaper I found at a local antique store and placed some semi-gloss poly over it to give it some “yellow” patina. I enjoyed the project and it was cheap and unique.
Bottom-line, I just love the repurpose of the instrument to reflect a common connection we know. Hope you like the pictures as much as I do!
“Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.” -Stevie Wonder
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WICKID 6 Band
Random pics of places Jim has played in 2015. I’m missing some pictures of events too, but you get the idea, we’re all having a blast together. Check us out on the web at http://www.wicked6band.com or Facebook WICKID 6 Band
2015 was nothing short of interesting; let me share the short version for ya. We lost of lead singers in the beginning of the year and at the end of the year our rhythm guitarist was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. He is currently being treated and hopefully will have a full recovery in May/June time frame.
The Corvette Life
WOW!!! Its been a life-long dream to own a Corvette and the day has finally come.
I always wanted to drive one of these American Sports Cars since I was a teenager. My neighbor, as a kid down the street had a gorgeous yellow one with side pipes. Man you could hear that car coming houses away. Anyways, before this urge to drive, I used to build plastic models, you know, the ones that are made by Monogram, the ones that are 1:24th or 25th the real size? Well a few of these models where Corvettes. I recall vivdidly a two-tone silver Indy C3 Pace Car of the late 70’s. Boy, I loved building that car and I took great pride making it look as perfect as the picture on the box. (if you built models, you know that’s not an easy). To me, the C3’s had that “coke bottle” body style that looked like the curves of your girlfriend. Just yummy!
Well I grew out of making plastic models and substituted them for real models. Should have stuck to the plastic ones. I would have had one 25-years ago. haha
Today, I have 1995 C4 Corvette Sport Coupe in 80’s Polo Green Metallic (45). Just under 4,000 green vettes made this year and is the 4th popular color of corvettes ordered. My car has a 300hp Chevy LT1 motor that I’m keeping stock. I just may keep everything stock beside the exhaust. I think the car sounds better without mufflers, just saying. This car has an automatic tranny with the interior being a blend of Black and Tan. Ok, now I’m thirsty. Finally, 1995 was the second-to-the-last year of the C4 F-body series of cars.
This summer, Jim looks forward to driving with the targa top off, meeting new people, and making new friends in our Corvette. WOW!!! Always noticed vettes on the road…. let me go take a peak at mine again and make sure this truly isn’t a dream.
Alexis featured in a Boston-based Fitness Blog
Boston, MA (October 2015) – Congrats to my daughter Alexis for working hard in multiple areas
of her life including her physical fitness. She’s been a health coach and mentor for dozens of people for the past 3-years. 
Her passion is helping other people of all ages, shapes, and sizes through goal-driven results and Herbalife formulas. She’s a wealth of personal knowledge in diabetes management and has help countless kids/young adults throughout her life. She’s volunteered for ADA events, made baskets for kids just diagnosed, worked children with diabetes summers camps in 2 states, and Even Skype other diabetics throughout the world through her GLIDE (Global Leadership In Diabetes Education) program. You can see her website at http://www.glidemovement.com.
The full article can be read at http://www.democracyofsweat.com/blog/2015/9/30/keep-smiling-alexis
Congrats Alexis and keep up the excellent work; you are making a difference one person at a time!!!
Flume Fun
Franconia Notch, NH (October 2015) –
Fall in NH is just beautiful to see. This week marked the long weekend that my brother and his wife from California came to visit us. One of top things he wanted to do was to visit “The Flume” in Franconia Notch State Park. So my parents and I headed up in the car with them.
Our first stop was Clark Trading Bear parking lot. From the lot, we saw a bear eating his lunch and really didn’t pay to much attention to the exploding crowd starting to surround the cage. Personally I haven’t been in this attraction since I was single digits old.
How can you resist the brilliant red color of a covered bridge?
From there, we headed up the road to Indian Head Resort. My brother and I climbed the fire tower to the top to check out the views. WOW, great views! The mountain-sides looked like a pastel painting with all the different fall colors dominating the landscape. If you don’t like heights and a little sway in a metal structure; probably not for you.
We proceeded to our lunch destination and our fathers all-time favorite restaurant in the north country, Polly’s Pancakes located in Sugar Hill. This is north of the the notch or on the back-side of Cannon Mountain. Here we all ate amazing homemade food and a raspberry pie with ice cream that was to die for. Highly recommend this place. (www.https://pollyspancakeparlor.com)
The yellow just “popped” with the afternoon sun hitting it.
Finally fulling our stomachs, it was time to work some calories off with a brisk walk through The Flume Gorge. The gorge being nearly 200 million years old from the Jurassic times extends 800 ft on the base of Mt Liberty.
It features walls of granite that rise to a height of 70 to 90 feet and are 12 to 20 feet apart. As you walk through the gorge you see vegetation on the walls that love moist places, like moss and trees growing in non-traditional ways to gain access to water.
October in New Hampshire is very delightful from the crisp air, upper 60’s in temp (during the day), and the landscape colors that are mother-natures breath taking creations. We all dread what season comes next for us. HAHA!
Hope you enjoy the pics I took while at The Flume.
WICKID 6 Band – Texas Roadhouse
WICKID 6 Band – Lee Custom Cycle Labor Day Party
Marcus’s First Concert – Jimmy Buffet
Mansfield, MA ( August 15th, 2015 )
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