Local critters
Still well before sunset on Thursday July 25th, 2013, this local critter was roaming around the backyard… apparently eyeing up the vegetable beds. I walked up within 10m of it…
early morning conjunction
This is one of many things you can see if you get up before Sunrise! Or at least what Kim sees before sunrise because I was still asleep 🙂 This…
garlic time
It’s that time of year again… garlic harvest time! We’ve already pulled some of the earlier varieties and hung them up to dry in the leaky-roof greenhouse leanto. That’s got…
piers and the earth moved
This is the wooden pier (four 2×6’s in a square with sand on the hollow inside) inside the observatory, built 10 years ago. There is a gap in the floor…
meade lx200 hand controller woes
This is the hand controller for the Meade LX200 GPS telescope. It is approx 10 years old now and the buttons have become a real pain to use. One must…
flower gardens
We had rosebushes that were planted in the corner gardens in 2012 but they did not survive the winter. We finally gave up and pulled out the dead plant material…
Snake!
We found this snake in the grass… literally in the front yard grass, the other day. Scary because it was rattling its little tail. http://www.scisnake.com/download/snakesreferenceguide.pdf Eastern Milk Snake: A slender…
Instabench part 2
Last month we built Instabench1, made from 2″x8″ x two 10′ boards. It turned out so well we decided to built two more, to place around various gardens. They have…
linux fedora 18 to 19 upgrade
Linux Fedora 19 was released yesterday, Tuesday July 2nd, 2013. I downloaded the 32bit, 64 bit and live versions in the morning, made DVD’s of them, and will use them…
get ready to rumble!
Yes! The 2013 CFL season is about to start! The 2013 Grey Cup Winners, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, will be playing their first game of the season Saturday June 29th, 2013…
Welcome to summer 2013
Summer is finally here… arriving at 00:04 EST or 01:04 EDT. I recently came across a folder of scanned slide images from the past, so I thought it might be…
newer smaller cheaper computers needed
We have more than a few computers spread around. And seeing that they run at the very least $200-300 for the smallest netbooks, it soon gets very expensive to dedicate…
Notes from Monday June 17th 2013
It’s been busy again.. and promises to continue to be busy for another week or two. Note: rain. lots and lots of rain. We were camping in Bon Echo Provincial…