Fun is free. The more you forage, the more you find.
Just like my 3 year old nephew, I can get irritable when I have to stop playing to eat or sleep.
I finally finished this Lego Temple Media Center I started 3 years ago. It has 2 sets of enclosed Sony speakers, some drawers and compartments for cords and flash drives, and some basketball hoop pen and pencil holders. It will hold an iPod, cellphone, and external hard drive. Originally I was going to build a clock and webcam into it and leave docking wires enclosed but it actually looks like a toy minifig building when not loaded with devices and I didn't want to complicate it any further. I am almost done sorting loose Lego from yard sales, trying to get organized by spring. This recent bout of snow and ice storms has made it seem like there is as much work to do outside around the property as in the summer. I am really looking forward to harvesting some weeds and planting a small garden again. my pond is already loaded with algae, I guess it was growing underneath the ice all this time.
Check out that badass vulture spreading his wings in the tree. He stood like that for a few minutes until some buddies flew in to join him. Nature will usually make it impossible to regret going on a run. I have been dressing warm and getting out when the wind chill isn't ridiculous for 20-80 minutes and also riding the exercise bike when I look at Instagram. I will get a nice run in tomorrow morning (forecast say 45 degrees by late morning) and then we are quickly dipping back into 25-33 degree highs next week.
A still from a video of me running on ice at Eden Mill. I mounted my cellphone with TheNature2014 deluxe tripod- a stick jammed into the snow.
I've got a design ready for signage when I sell pumpkins again. I think my strategy this year will be to plant more and sell them cheaper. I'm going to be more relaxed about trimming around all the vines with the weedwacker. I'm sure I spent at least double the amount of time tending to the pumpkins than was necessary.
'93 til infinity. These pants from 12th grade are still serving me well as I continue to patch holes. Overlapping layers keeps my legs warm in winter and pockets, fabric, and patches scavenged from hats and clothing from thrift stores and yard sales add to the storage capacity if not functionality. They are too stiff to skate in for the last decade. There is some Vision Gator fabric from a worn out pair of shorts I had in sixth grade sewed to a few spots. It's a mobile scrapbook started in 1989.
Winter hibernation has also allowed me to finish Demalion Dash 15- Commodork! and Demalion Dash 16- Craters! with DD17 & 18 getting closer to release everyday. Burning through a lot of podcasts as I work on these and test them for playability and difficulty. Demalion Dash 1-16 and hundreds of other fan games from creators all over the world at available for free download at http://www.boulder-dash.nl/ in the Game Base section. I distinctly remember creating Boulder Dash caves on Commodore 64 in 1988 when we have snow days from school and I am still doing it in 2014 (but the software written by fans and emulators makes it a hundred times faster and easier).
Winter 2014 collage.
Connect speakers to your phone and iPod. The plugs fit into the temple god's eyes on top when not in use.Check out Totally Laime, Totally Married, or Totally Mommy podcasts because they are all great. Google it!
In October, everything wasn't coated in white.
I finally finished this Lego Temple Media Center I started 3 years ago. It has 2 sets of enclosed Sony speakers, some drawers and compartments for cords and flash drives, and some basketball hoop pen and pencil holders. It will hold an iPod, cellphone, and external hard drive. Originally I was going to build a clock and webcam into it and leave docking wires enclosed but it actually looks like a toy minifig building when not loaded with devices and I didn't want to complicate it any further. I am almost done sorting loose Lego from yard sales, trying to get organized by spring. This recent bout of snow and ice storms has made it seem like there is as much work to do outside around the property as in the summer. I am really looking forward to harvesting some weeds and planting a small garden again. my pond is already loaded with algae, I guess it was growing underneath the ice all this time.
Check out that badass vulture spreading his wings in the tree. He stood like that for a few minutes until some buddies flew in to join him. Nature will usually make it impossible to regret going on a run. I have been dressing warm and getting out when the wind chill isn't ridiculous for 20-80 minutes and also riding the exercise bike when I look at Instagram. I will get a nice run in tomorrow morning (forecast say 45 degrees by late morning) and then we are quickly dipping back into 25-33 degree highs next week.
A still from a video of me running on ice at Eden Mill. I mounted my cellphone with TheNature2014 deluxe tripod- a stick jammed into the snow.
I've got a design ready for signage when I sell pumpkins again. I think my strategy this year will be to plant more and sell them cheaper. I'm going to be more relaxed about trimming around all the vines with the weedwacker. I'm sure I spent at least double the amount of time tending to the pumpkins than was necessary.
'93 til infinity. These pants from 12th grade are still serving me well as I continue to patch holes. Overlapping layers keeps my legs warm in winter and pockets, fabric, and patches scavenged from hats and clothing from thrift stores and yard sales add to the storage capacity if not functionality. They are too stiff to skate in for the last decade. There is some Vision Gator fabric from a worn out pair of shorts I had in sixth grade sewed to a few spots. It's a mobile scrapbook started in 1989.
Winter hibernation has also allowed me to finish Demalion Dash 15- Commodork! and Demalion Dash 16- Craters! with DD17 & 18 getting closer to release everyday. Burning through a lot of podcasts as I work on these and test them for playability and difficulty. Demalion Dash 1-16 and hundreds of other fan games from creators all over the world at available for free download at http://www.boulder-dash.nl/ in the Game Base section. I distinctly remember creating Boulder Dash caves on Commodore 64 in 1988 when we have snow days from school and I am still doing it in 2014 (but the software written by fans and emulators makes it a hundred times faster and easier).
Winter 2014 collage.
Connect speakers to your phone and iPod. The plugs fit into the temple god's eyes on top when not in use.Check out Totally Laime, Totally Married, or Totally Mommy podcasts because they are all great. Google it!
In October, everything wasn't coated in white.