by CJ | Oct 13, 2009 | Journal
We will report how it went, and we hope Joe will when he can.
by CJ | Oct 11, 2009 | Journal
We’re headed back to the rink soon: we could have skated through the summer, but there was so much work we needed to do, and of course personal events intervened—so we hope to get back onto the ice without cracking our skulls or anything else essential....
by CJ | Oct 10, 2009 | Journal
We had a real arctic blast come down: leaves are still green, and it hit 19 last night, and will go lower tonight. As Jane says in her post, (with pix), we shut down the pump for the pond, for one thing to let the sunwarmed shallow water get to the depths, where the...
by CJ | Oct 9, 2009 | Journal
The scenario: a riot between foxes and coyotes was met with pepper spray and precipitated a urological crisis… Which is the way a bloodhound would read the neighborhood of our pond, between fits of sneezing. I used 2 products: Havaheart pepper compound, which...
by CJ | Oct 8, 2009 | Journal
Gutter cleaning. We got a couple of wheelbarrow loads of compost out of it: gutter-guard keeps the big stuff out, and the chaff composts really nicely. Darn the luck. I meanwhile hauled out the garbage, the recyclables, and the yard clippings, and clipped the roses...
by CJ | Oct 8, 2009 | Journal
Gutter cleaning. We got a couple of wheelbarrow loads of compost out of it: gutter-guard keeps the big stuff out, and the chaff composts really nicely. Darn the luck. I meanwhile hauled out the garbage, the recyclables, and the yard clippings, and clipped the roses...
by CJ | Oct 7, 2009 | Journal
I told you the ac adapter burned out last week. I was using the alternate one, the oldest, pending the arrival of the new one from Dell. It arrived. I waited until evening, when I like to use my computer in the living room, and plugged in there. Immediately— The...
by CJ | Oct 6, 2009 | Journal
Mr. Lector, back in the institution, has now gotten a phone and called the news station. He assures everyone he meant no harm, he is no longer schizophrenic, and the sickle he was carrying was to protect him from mountain lions. A kid at school had a cough. Fears of...
by CJ | Oct 4, 2009 | Journal
I went out to wash the windows. Plain water wouldn’t cut it. I came in after the swabbing brush and the Dawn dish detergent. And I headed out again to hose down the windows and scrub. “I’ll help,” says Jane. The wind is blowing a gale. She...
by CJ | Oct 4, 2009 | Journal
We’re getting down to the nitty gritty and are talking about site structure and emphasis.
by CJ | Oct 4, 2009 | Journal
We’re getting down to the nitty gritty and are talking about site structure and emphasis.
by CJ | Oct 3, 2009 | Journal
The koi are huddled under the water hyacinth, and they aren’t eating. The Valley had major hail, uncommon for us: usually hail falls as styrofoam pellets, but this dented cars. And then a major wind gust blew over the gulls that sit on our outdoor table, blew...
