...a well-digger's ankle? Well, actually, that's what my father used to say, but he was usually pretty decorous. My maternal grandmother would have said "It's colder than a witch's teat out there." And so it is ( Read more... )

...you can't keep your eyes open any more ( Read more... )

Today was the Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count in our county. I joined two others in canvassing an assigned territory to count as many species and individuals as possible between dawn and dusk. We drove about sixty miles, walked another three in fairly heavy snow though not as cold as last year. A rough summation indicates that we spotted 25 ( Read more... )

Not that the weekend looks any easier. Audubon bird count is tomorrow, so that's pretty much the day starting earlier than work would be.

Did get to go to Donley's tonight though and claim that free steak dinner. It was excellent.

I think we're going to watch the silent version of Phantom of the Opera and then bed.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, I really do appreciate being remembered so thoughtfully. (Especially since I tend to be very forgetful about such things myself ( Read more... )

We watched the Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom of the Opera this evening. Gary pulled it out of the discount bin somewhere. I had seen the old 1925 silent film and read the book, but he had neither read nor seen a full telling of the story. I have to say, for a translation to stage musical and then to film, this wasn't bad. Of course Lloyd Webber is a ( Read more... )

Well, the sky was blue anyway. The internet POP in Rockford came back online around 9 pm last night, so things were back to normal operation when I got into work this morning. We were short a staff member due to a vacation, and had yesterday's work to do in addition to today's. Needless to say, it was a heavy day ( Read more... )

I never make polls, but answering a meme about films over on Facebook inspired me to ask these questions of LJ readers.

Poll Silent film features

We missed this when it was in theatres. Finally got hold of the library copy today so we watched it tonight. It's adorable. Alterations from the book seem minor and forgiveable for a nice change. Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick played rat against mouse wonderfully. The lighting and scenery were enchanting and powerful. I don't regret casting ( Read more... )

So the promise of a dry week to follow Friday's deluge and wind has already been broken. It's been raining on and off this afternoon, and the next few days are once again filled with "chance of thunderstorms." Water in the pastures is again deeper than the top of my rubber boots, and I think deeper than it was at its peak earlier this spring. I can ( Read more... )