Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Pure Harley, I’d call it. Loved the copper-colored plate frame in contrast to all the chrome and silver-grey metals of the bike.
Our fine neighbors heat all winter with wood. This stack is like a wall next to the garden. By the next planting time, it won’t cast a shadow at all. The passage of time….
Saturday, 10 September 2016
Blues’ residence.
That’s a line from Walter Moseley, one super-special word-artist. The phrase is from “Charcoal Joe” (2016), which I read immediately after “Rose Gold” (2014). Evocative is only an approximation of the experience.
I’m extra-literary today(?!), reading Mosely and watching the incomparable Newman, Woodward, Hoffman, and many more in “Empire Falls” (only the first half; don’t give it away!). Loving Amazon Prime.
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
We watched the Apple presentation today—a test of our consumerism levels.
I tried to get fired up about the new version of the watch (which I thought I might want prior to learning the details), but couldn’t quite see how I’d benefit/enjoy commensurate with the investment. Plus, I can’t figure out if I could wear it on the inside of my wrist…which I think I’d prefer.
For about fifteen minutes I got fired up about the new camera…umhem…phone. But by far the more interesting camera is on the oversized (and more expensive) model, and that seems just a bit finger-spanning for my hands.
The upshot is we had a passing spell of consumer lust, and are now quite happy with our still-fancy (not merely serviceable) older models (even without the faster chips they now rock).
Oh, and we’re going to start seeing the cordless bluetooth ear-pods (technically AirPods; I heard ear-pods; amazing what you can discover by searching the internet/written word) in the drifts of human detritus. At $159 PLUS TAX the pair. Just not going to be easy to keep track of them…and the presentation seemed to suggest that they may not tolerate exercising (bouncing about)…. A bunch of reasons to just use the lightning adapter for the 20th-C-style earbuds, etc.
Still, I had fun watching the show, credit card safely packed away even now, hours later.
Saturday, 27 August 2016
We made a bread run this morning, and encountered a weekend project underway. This wasn’t pruning or mowing. It involved a “tree.” A techno-fix to a communications tree. That’s one tall crane!
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Word is GoogleeFiber will be turned on soon—sometime in the next two years, maybe? In the meantime, crews are busy threading fiber beneath intersections, and periodically stopping traffic in the meantime.
The orange ginger blossoms have been joined by white…and the scent is lovely, right up there with gardenias.
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
My temporary carefully engineered friends—a knurled knob with a light-up dial…
And here’s an unlit horizontal dial.
Not sure exactly what the second machine is for…it wasn’t used on me, just kept me company in a darkened room.
We also voted! Wooo-hooo, a run-off election!—our opportunity to break four near-ties on a hot July day….
Did you guess I got my eyes dilated in a medical situation? I’m still a bit “big-eyed.”
Monday, 25 July 2016
FanMan struck here, too! Perfect when temps get up to the mid-90s day after day. Yes, we are first-world people and have AC, but humid 96 is…whew. Moving forward with a bit of redecorating…stay tuned for tomorrow….
Thursday, 14 July 2016
#TheGuru transformed himself into #HomeHandiman and installed this ceiling fan on the front porch (that is, the part of the house with windows and facing the lake). I added the low hanging pull-chain. See, I was helpful!
Of course, this was a day that was cool—meaning the heat wasn’t pocketing fiercely under the porch-eaves, making installation easier—and the need for air-movement reduced. Quirk of fate.
It was not only cooler, but we had two modest sessions of rain. This one included enough wind that moisture came in the open panels (too late closing them) and pooled beneath the west windows. Another homeowner problem to be solved? Or just towel and go….
Monday, 20 June 2016
These rarities are situational. Temps in the 60s, even the high 60s are unusual these days. Sooooo glad to have it to walk this morning. Temps will rise into the 90s the rest of the week (summer?), so overnight likely won’t get this cool again for a while.
When parsley blooms, this is what it looks like. Pretty, no? Usually it’s picked before this stage, or most of us don’t even bother to grow it, as it bolts so quickly.
Monday, 16 May 2016
I came around a corner on my neighborhood wander and was eyeball to…whatever with a giant orange roll of tubing. The Guru says this will carry Giggle (not its real name) fiber. Wonder when they’ll turn it on.