In my last post, I made mention of hoisting my GoPro camera aloft once I get the hang of being a drone pilot. Well, that really didn't take long, and Sunday I had installed and tuned up the camera rig and sent it up for a peek in the skies around the house. Because I have no view on the ground as to what the camera is seeing (no "first-person view ( Read more... )

Today would've been Mom's 88th birthday. While time has indeed soften the edge of loss, it doesn't take a lot to bring me into that sad, cold feeling of loss. The first half of this month, in fact, once a personal period of happiness in our tiny family, with my birthday, then hers, topping off with Valentine's Day by simple fact that Valentine was ( Read more... )

Kodi's birthday is today. He's all of 8 years old. In dog years, that's 56. He's older than me and Jeff! My, how time flies.

Happy birthday to our yappy bundle of joy and hair!


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Today I made an old man cry. And it made me happy ( Read more... )

Jeff and I returned today from a much needed break from the daily grind. Our shakedown cruise camping trip to delightfully mountainous Western Maryland and the always wonderful Deep Creek Lake was a success with only a few minor issues. Some forgotten supplies, inadequate propane supplies on board (and practically a circus of trying and failing on ( Read more... )

Today is my honey's birfday! Happy birthday, Jeff ( Read more... )

Well, another natal anniversary to mark my time on this rock has come and gone ( Read more... )

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ( Read more... )

Happy birthday vacub!!!

Today was Jeff's birthday. Both of us too busy with work and putting extra hours to really celebrate, but I picked him up after work for a nice little din-din at the local Chinese place. From there, we collected Kodi and took him for his last day of 'puppy middle school'. He did so well, doing his little tricks and commands without much fuss, he ( Read more... )