And another actual post. Really ( Read more... )

For the three of you who might actually read this, none of this is news except maybe the pictures. Assuming they show up ( Read more... )

Yesterday rainkatt  casually mentioned that she was planning to indulge in the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival weekend after next. Yarns, wools, batts, roving, spinning, knitting and even real live sheep! I promptly invited myself up to visit so we could indulge jointly and she was gracious enough to welcome me (she'll even pick me up at the airport, more ( Read more... )

Since I haven't been, why would you be ( Read more... )

First hummingbird of the season spotted Monday, imbibing from the blue vinca blossoms in front of the house. Later, a quick bash against the office window to say hi, but no lasting damage done to bird or glass. In other bird news, the jays are apparently nesting as they swoop down on the Japanese maple before my desk to wrench the dead twiggy bits ( Read more... )

Finally tackled the issue of reconnecting the now obsolete TiVo machine to the television and home theater controller without impacting the new DVR or the existing DVD connections. Cleverly, we had a VCR attached that we haven't been using, so mostly it was just a matter of transferring the cables from that machine to the old machine. After some ( Read more... )

grump. The lilac bushes were all leafy and pretty and then Sunday morning I went out to find all the new growth chomped to the nub; deer see my poor darlings as a salad bar. It didn't help the new growth that we had a thunder storm on Monday, followed by enough hailstones to coat the deck. Yesterday's intermittent sun melted the dregs of the hail, ( Read more... )