Out here, in the country, things grow. I’d become familiar with weeds during my time in the city. Now, I’m seeing planned growth, on a large scale. I’m impressed. The field below was seeded, a week or two back. Now: green. Oats in the early stage. Soon, I’ll be able to “watch the wind”.
posted in environment, Wx | Comments Off on Untrusty sensor | 289 words
The warning light on the dashboard let me know that there was imminent danger. Without replacement, our whole way of life might be affected. Yes, the odour filter on our icebox was due for change.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Duly warned | 257 words
The email caught me off guard. No weather updates from my site in over twelve hours. And then I remembered; a bit of thunder, in the distance, sometime after midnight. The glitch in the electricity wasn’t enough to reset my clock collection, but the little server I use to send my feed off to the weather site had gone offline.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Gets scared when the thunder bumps | 255 words
Meeting someone new can be fun. Especially, it seems, for our dog. I arrived back from a prior engagement, and found new faces in the kitchen.
posted in food, pets | Comments Off on A brace of silly mutts | 267 words
Even if my social media skills are mediocre, I appreciate the equality it brings. While mass media is controlled by others, we can still get our word out to the masses.
posted in environment | Comments Off on Once the roots lock in | 258 words
We’re back to regularly scheduled sleeping at our house. The makeshift hospital has returned to guest room in waiting. No big deal, really. However, when the morning started, I had no idea how my afternoon would end.
posted in computing, environment | Comments Off on Making a new bed | 261 words
Another day. Another city. Another greenhouse! This is the season of hopes and wishes, where a small flower will, hopefully, grow into something bigger than imagined.
posted in environment | Comments Off on Besides the marigolds | 274 words
In our drive towards “nutritional self-sufficiency”, I fear the idea is driving the effort. Sometime this morning, the availability of strawberries became an issue. I’m not sure what triggered it; we had jam in the fridge, along with yogurt. The local supermarket does a wonderful job of importing monster berries from somewhere. Perhaps it was the knowledge that the patch we used to have, before the great soil disturbance, was now a distant memory.
posted in environment | Comments Off on Berries in a bag marked potential | 268 words
I may be quibbling over details here, but I’ve noticed something different from where I used to live. Has to do with debt. Over the past year, I’ve had to call people and remind them that they haven’t billed me for their services.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Remind me, please | 260 words
Some folks love to drive. When the request came in, this morning, to consider how long the grass was starting to be, I did the necessary. I pulled the great green beast out of storage in the garage. I filled the reservoir with a fresh purchase of supreme. I left the key in a visible location (in my hand). And then I sat back and watched.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Drive in concentric patterns | 251 words
