The Webcam is live again

192.168.1.20 If I ever have another computer crash and I can’t remember the internal address of the camera, please remind me. 192.168.1.0 is the router, and I went up by 1’s.   Thank heavens I didn’t set it in the 200’s or this day would never come.  And I think checking to make sure it was plugged in helped when I went through the series the second time around (punctuated by much swearing...

Welcome to Facebook

I’ve gone and done it now. Joined the mob. It’s a research project, I swear. How many other people can say they’re getting paid to log onto Facebook? And when I post here, I’ve installed a plug in that will auto post over there too. I need to know for my web customers how well the plug in works, and what it posts, when it posts etc.  It’s a research project, I swear! I can’t be...

You’re going the wrong way!

or…”excuse me, I think you’re in my lane” Thursday’s drive in to work. I was not crushed. Can you tell why?

Dog Tired

There was a brief period of good skiing conditions before all the good snow was turned to mush by our unseasonably warm weather. Unfortunately it was so brief, it ended before I went out on Saturday and Sunday. I had good intentions to complete the loop, but there’s more to do this year than last – what with The Scar and the new fence...

Dining experience

Didn’t you always think that Goldilocks was terribly rude when she scarpered off after being discovered by the Three Bears? My definitive source of the text says: “The window was open, because the Bears, like the good, tidy bears that they were, always opened their bedchamber window when they got up in the morning. Out Goldilocks jumped, and...

Pretty please, with snow on top

This weekend’s snowfall is the most I can remember since we’ve moved to the Compound. I thought I’d document it with a gallery of photos “Things with snow on them” The gable end of the gazebo all but disappeared. The outdoor lights that edge the top retaining wall are a foot below the surface – makes for an eerie glow. If there was ever a year to purchase a tractor with a FEL,...

Plastic cars

I wrote this weeks ago…why didn’t I post it? First, the dog lived, and it wasn’t my fault .I’ve already had to tell the story to the insurance lady and the RCMP lady, and each time it sounds ridiculous, but I maintain the dog hit me, not the other way around.I saw a flash of eyeballs reflection ahead of me on the highway last night and began slowing down thinking there was a deer crossing...

Childhood influence

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair. And as soon as she had let down the marvelous golden ladder the Prince climbed up. At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man came in, for she had never seen one before. But the Prince spoke to her kindly and told her at once that his heart had been so touched by her singing he felt he should know...

Turn your scars into stars – Robert H. Schuller

or… The scars of others should teach us caution. St. Jerome We’ve named the new feature of The Compound. The Scar is a 50 foot wide swath of destruction, compliments of the electric company. Funny how the year I decide to clear the back fence line myself, and do so – by hand – is the year they show up in October with a Fern Gully...

How’shegoin’ b’y?

We’re off to Halifax and environs this Saturday, and I’m reading the confirmation from the Holiday Inn.I’ve never read a description quite like this before:“COMFORTABLE TRIPLE SHEETED BEDS WITH SOFT THROW BLANKETS AND A MENU OF PILLOW OPTIONS” I know they always throw on 72 more than you need. But now they’re including a menu?“I’ll have two duck feather over easy, and...