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Friday, March 14, 2014

Photos from the Odd Shots file

This is the file for images I don't know where else to put. As it turns out, there is a theme to bring some of them together. The main group here is "Seasons" but there are a few others, too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ All this was the result of going through some old flashdrives and transferring images to the laptop so they can be shared. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Two days warm, one day cold and snowing...

It's been fish-bowl cleaning day for the rescue goldfish. They are bigger than the first batch, and need more room and more water surface. Every now and then, there are little lapping sounds: the goldfish at the surface, grabbing at the air. They do this when the oxygen in the water is depleted, and it means they need fresh, oxygenated water, and to have fewer fish in a single bowl. I have a number of bowls now with one or two occupants, and their water is freshened every two or three days. It... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Second spring day in a row

Temps are almost all the way to hot, and I am itching to put the potted plants out and begin this summer's deck garden! Doors are open to let in spring airs, but I do have to watch for errant birds and squirrels. Spotted our Madame in the yard doing flips and dances when she thought no one was looking. She had settled down by the time I got back with the camera. I sent a query to a publisher that puts out serializations of fiction. It was a bit of frustrating to get that far, finding the right... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Spring cleaning

Rain yesterday, then snow, but big wet flakes that stacked two inches high on the back porch rail, and didn't accumulate much on the ground at all... What pioneers used to call a Sugar Snow, because it signaled the spring rising of the sap in the maples, and so, time to tap them to make syrup and maple sugar. I learned about this from Laura Ingalls Wilder, who was there. (LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS.) I don't think the big maple out front is a sugar maple, though. I was looking around my... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Greetings and Farewells

The little orange and grey fox squirrel has come up to the porch rail and the little table, he even peers in at the door, though if I open it, he will take off in a flash and flourish. Just now, I saw him reclining on the rail, basking a bit in today's warmth (60s F) and making himself comfortable. Hello, new fella! A friend is at the hospital today with his brother and sister, making farewells to their mother who has been on life-support for about a week now, her bodily systems declining. My... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Ladders and brushes

Some more of the old garage ugliness disappeared behind paint today. It was edges and details around outlets and the narrow space above the door frame. I don't like ladder-climbing, even the two-step kitchen kind, and I require a hand-hold if I am going to stand on the top step and wave a paint-loaded brush around. So, all the places that needed attention, and were in reach of such handhold items, got painted today. The previous tenant had a medical marijuana license, and grew his own garden of... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Henry Vlll

Margaret George wrote THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRY Vlll, and I am currently reading it. It is a huge paperback, actually dangerous to read, lying in bed: fall asleep, and you could give yourself a concussion. It's a sitting up read. After 15 years of research and travel, Ms George wrote the story of his life as she imagines he saw it, and adds a few notes from Will Somers, the Royal Fool who, as she has it, offers a less royal and more practical view. Henry Tudor was a peculiar mix of the traits... Sign in to see full entry.

yoyo!

Snow and low teens yesterday... 60sF today Madame is making as many as 3 visits a day, and I suspect she has rebuilt the nest that I suspect the terrible high winds tore apart some weeks back, as she is no longer gnawing the fuzzy lining off the plastic table cloth that sits on the porch table to protect it from weather. She comes by for free, free-flowing water when temps are especially cold, and I try to provide it, though it does freeze up pretty fast. The birds and squirrels, I don't doubt... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Rescue fish

Years ago, I was in a little privately owned petstore, looking into a tank of many, many goldfish, and noticed they all had a very... well, flat look. And some weren't swimming at all, they were... sleeping. I asked the passing clerk, "How often do you feed these guys?" He said, "We don't feed them, they're just feeder fish." Feeder fish, that are bought for.10 each, to feed other fish. I was looking at the Aushwitz of goldfish. I rescued (bought) a dozen, took them home, and treated them... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Betta--not "bayta"-- The New One

He is an apricot orange veil-tail with blue highlights in his fins. Time and poor temperature control in this very chilly winter, finally did for the last of the ones I had before; today I gave in to impulse and brought this fellow home, along with an undergravel heater that maintains a temperature about 5F above ambient room temperature. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ If you would like to see the whole gallery of bettas and marvel at the amazing variety:... Sign in to see full entry.

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