Late start today – the local power company had to do some maintenance and out power was out for nearly 4 hours… I haven’t even had my shower yet! We had read the bulletin but the wording led us...
Spring is officially here (though it has, for the most part, felt like Spring for the past month), and it’s time to get my seeds started and start growing. I started a bit over the weekend, none of the...
Well shit, Chuck Norris is dead – I guess death finally got up the courage to tell him. While I don’t really follow celebrities anymore, he was one I admired and think of fondly. I met him on several...
It is almost time to start seed for the season. A few years back I picked up a set of seed start containers that work pretty well, but I always end up having a bit of difficulty separating multiple...
So today I’m actually going to talk about something I never have on this site, even though the “events” took place well before even the first incarnation of this site: I have a daughter. She is actually the reason...
Yesterday was hectic and busy, but we got a lot accomplished on our city run. We hit a new “retro gaming” store (though really more of a second-hand media shop as they had much more than just games) that...
Running to the city today, but found I have a few minutes to spare before my wife returns from town volunteering at the local food bank. The weekend was pretty relaxed, as my soil amendment plans were moved up...
The storm sure arrived – it was pretty light yesterday, but we’re now in the stereotypical, picturesque “Winter Wonderland” scene. It still isn’t that cold (yet, that should arrive tomorrow night), and the snow is melting on the pavers...
We’re supposed to get more snow tonight and through the weekend, but right now it is all wind, and a lot of it. I’m going to have to patrol the property to look for some things before the actual...
Lucretia has found a new hobby – playing and digging in the planters. Doesn’t matter if there are plants there that she ends up tossing about, nor if there are the sticky gnat traps, she wants to dig. She...