Friday, 29 March 2024
Had a few plumbers through the house today, even though we don’t have lead pipes (I hope!). Mostly plastic instead. We don’t call them plasticers (plastickers?), though. Anyway, the word is that the flushing mechanisms now are all tip-top.
Saturday, 24 February 2024
Cherry blossom cloud…with too much sky-brilliance….
Saturday, 17 February 2024
I was thinking about old technology today, older than this: obsidian tools. Several decades ago I was told that some surgeons used obsidian for surgery because the edges will thin to one atom (?). I imagine that today there are lasers and other instruments that are even finer.
Friday, 9 February 2024
1) several ladybugs found in master bath, and left to their own devices.
2) one stinkbug, removed from inside the house.
Also, phone updated; watch updated. I always assume that updates in part address bugs.
Saturday, 6 January 2024
This people’s car has over-sized, shiny, convex hubcaps. Chrome or stainless?
Saturday, 16 December 2023
I saw an iPhone ad recently that portrayed changing the focus on an image from a foreground object to background one, and back, and thought, hmm, I should try that. Turns out: 1) you have to do the changing on your phone and not on the image downloaded to a laptop (like this was, for posting); and, 2), the image has to be in focus to begin with. Still, I know more now!
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
I played with the iPhone camera again. This is the result of a spotlight-portrait combo…with a little tweaking. It’s not evident, but this shot was taken in broad daylight.
Saturday, 14 October 2023
Sunrise-orange across the Grand Marais breakwater and Lake Superior.
Fall color along US2, southern side of the peninsula, out from under the cloud bank.
Lake Michigan at Brevort, still in the Upper Peninsula. Never come down to the lake here before.
Lake Michigan at Cross Village, in the northern Lower Peninsula. More wind than the north shore at Brevet.
Tunnel of Trees, as the state highway going south of Cross Village is known. The right-of-way is narrower than standard, not two lanes wide, and thus no center line. We followed about ten fancy, late-model Corvettes who were traveling together. We left the park at Cross Village right behind them, and followed them into Harbor Springs. [If you’re looking at a map, this’ll make sense.] We got a chance to analyze tight GM cornering from the rear.
One more shot of the fall color in the northwestern Lower Peninsula, greener than in the UP.
That visually sums the prettiest pretties of the day.
Monday, 9 October 2023
I walked in the morning, in the old world.
Then, my new iPhone arrived, and I began the transfer. I hit snags, and The Guru stepped in and did the magic with Mint, etc., and it finished.
The new phone means a major camera upgrade. See! Look at that vegetation variation detail!
Thursday, 5 October 2023
I hadn’t seen this update before. I love the steps-then-dance addition to the hopscotch grid.
I also updated my phone and watch. Now, two of the most common things I do on my watch each take an additional step/tap. You can imagine how thrilled I am (NOT).