The koi pond is frothing a bit…

…and cold. But the temperature has not dropped due to turning on the pump. Which is good. We have a mixed bag of weather today…a few degrees colder air, but sun, which we didn’t have yesterday; and when sun hits the black/dark liner, that tends to...

Ah, me, the life of a blog-mod…

I just deep-sixed about five members for having names like Ilostweightaskmehow and for using the entire alphabet in their usernames. The spamfilter I have only catches our honest members trying to provide links for legitimate purchases, but cheerfully allows...

Son of the Convention Crud…

Glug. No nicer than the RadCon Convention Crud. The best prescription tends to be Benedryl plus Sudafed and Advil. I’ve tried everything else, but this at least lets me breathe. I’m grumpy when I can’t breathe. I can tolerate a headache, but...

The route we followed…on the Grand Tour.

We left Spokane WA at about 6:30 am on Wednesday, having delayed a day to let a snowstorm roll over our route. My philosophy is ‘chase the weather, don’t run from it,’ because it will give you spectacular camera fodder. We drove to the Tricities...

We’re Baaaack…..

Beautiful drive. Jane will have pix… Snow on all the mountains. We collected rocks from Oregon, Nevada, Eastern California, Donner Pass (CA) and had an absolutely spectacular convention (ConDor in San Diego, CA), in which we were royally treated. I have returned...

We're Baaaack…..

Beautiful drive. Jane will have pix… Snow on all the mountains. We collected rocks from Oregon, Nevada, Eastern California, Donner Pass (CA) and had an absolutely spectacular convention (ConDor in San Diego, CA), in which we were royally treated. I have returned...

Posts will be sparse the next number of days…

We’re taking a little refresher break…everybody have a good time and nobody discuss anything controversial until we’re back in full force. 😉 We’ll check in to be sure no unbearable amount of fun is being had without us. Posting of lolcats and...

I’m gaining on the new computer…

It’s still a little stiff, but I’m the one who can loosen a keyboard right up. Bigtime. And reversing buttons on the mouse made things behave sanely. I hate trying to drag anything by curling my thumb under my hand to push and hold a stupid button. Whoever...