We kept kidding with Artie that he needed to get the mole, but he kept hearing it as vole so that’s what he keeps coming back with. As I mentioned last month, we called in for help to get rid …
The average vole only lives 3-6 months, and with Artie around, that can be reduced significantly. He’s been a hunting terror lately so we decided we’d keep track for the month. So far, this was the second kill of the …
As I was typing yesterday’s entry, Lori mentioned that it was snowing outside. I had seen it hailing earlier so I was figuring that was what she was seeing. However when I went to the window I could see that …
The day after Christmas I cut up the cuttings from the Taboo rose and rooted 6 tips and then saved the rest of the canes to root at home. We then spent some time with Carol and John and on …
I finished recording all my albums and as I was importing them into iTunes, I was grabbing album artwork off the Internet. I noticed that the CD artwork for one album, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn, was slightly different from the album artwork. …
We’ve tried to tell Artie that instead of attacking the pretty birds in the neighborhood he should be ridding our yard of the moles. He mostly is successful with voles, I guess he’s not hearing us correctly. So after several …
Artie came in the house today with his normal successful hunt meow. When I turned around to see what he had caught this time I saw that it was a hummingbird and it was still alive. I got it out …
As a kid, your Grandma is someone special because it’s a Grandma’s ordained duty to spoil her grandchildren. If you’re lucky as I was, your Grandma remains someone special throughout your life, and lives until she’s 90 so you get …
I think LED must stand for Little Electronic Device. This LED die has now become the tiniest thing I’ve photographed for a client. For scale, that is a dime shown next to it. The die is so small it was …
Tom of Celtic Construction installed this casement window for us which replaced one more source of leaks in our house. Now we just have the front door, the back door, and a mysterious leak in the office. On those rare …
I went on a ride up to Kneeland on the KLR and since I hadn’t been out on the bikes for several weeks I just wanted to ride. On those occasions, I tend to leave the SLR at home and …
We pulled up the old carpet in the office room today and found a layer of particle board under that. As we pulled up the particle board, we found that the original flooring was in pretty good shape, which was …
If you’re one of the stupid people who still willingly uses Internet Explorer, or if your boss won’t let you install a more intelligent browser, you’ve noticed a change on this site lately. I made a change to the menu …
It’s very convenient having your wife’s birthday the same as your mother’s. Makes it easy to remember. Of course if you forget, you’re doubly screwed. Mom’s card finally got in the mail today after making a trip to San Simeon …
I’m finally getting around to ripping our old LP records. Shortly after we bought our first CD player in 1985 our record player started acting up. When it would get to the end of the record the arm would lift …
The morning that our yard flooded I told Lori that I was going to be optimistic about it and hope that the flood took care of our mole problem. When the water receeded yesterday, sure enough we found a dead …
My efforts to strengthen the green house for our violent winter storms came to naught also. It is passed the point of repairing, and sadly, we’re going to have to give up on it. We’ll look into better built alternatives …
Even with all the work we did this fall trying to prevent this from happening again, we were greeted this morning with a totally flooded yard. Power was off when we awoke, and when it finally got light enough to …
While we were resting at the reservoir at the Pinnacles, this bird joined us for awhile. We were planning to stay in the Bay Area to have our anniversary dinner at the Shadowbrook Restaurant, but we got homesick for Ferndale …
Today we just slept in and then lazed around Carol and John’s so we’re showing a photo from yesterday’s trip to the Pinnacles. On the drive out there we saw a road runner, and true to form, he was running …
After our tour yesterday, we drove up Highway 1. We stopped just north of San Simeon to watch the elephant seals for awhile. I was surprised what a great viewing area this was. You are able to get fairly close …
After a totally forgetable breakfast, we made our way back to Hearst Castle, to take tour number 3. One thing I noticed since our last trip down there in the 80s, was that digital photography has made it much easier …
After spending several days helping out Mom and visiting with Grandma, Lori and I traveled down to Hollister to stay with Carol and John. We all took an over-night trip to San Simeon to visit Hearst Castle. We took tour …
Christmas Eve we had dinner at Mom’s and opened presents because Derek and Jasna were leaving on vacation. Earlier in the day, I had spent the morning trying to get Lori’s Christmas present. I had wanted to get her a …
On the way down to San Jose for the holidays, we stopped at Scott and Betsy’s Victorian home in Alameda. They graciously allowed us to use their home for a photoshoot with Natalie. Natalie had the perfect figure for this …
“Lori and I spent the weekend putting in our latest flood control project. Since the last flood came in from the side we added some protection by using 1×12 boards at the bottom of what will eventually be a deer …
There was a fire on Main Street tonight, but the good news is that it was only one of tractor floats in the annual Ferndale Lighted Tractor Parade. This year I decided not to set up my big studio lights …
This one we’re guessing is a White-tailed Kite. Again not a great photograph of it, but the same lousy conditions as the one I photographed yesterday. Now I know why a large, fast lens is a requirement for photographing birds. …
Lately it seems like we’ve been seeing a larger number of predator birds in the trees behind us. (Speaking of backyard trees, we lost about half of one of the big cottonwoods. Ironically it wasn’t the one that’s been leaning …
For my birthday Lori got me a SPOT, which is as much for her as for me. So what is a SPOT? It stands for Satellite Personal Tracker. The device allows you to do the following, as long as you …
Last night I was changing one of the light bulbs in the antique fixture in the dining room and since it was dark I had the fixture on so I could see what I was doing. I’ve done this countless …
