The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey October 17, 2024

17 October 2024

Today was the first proper frost of Fall 2024. We had some spotty frosted areas on Monday, but this mornings temperature out on the deck was 28°F, and all the grass and fields were frosted white. This also means that all of the leaves on our trees, and the trees across the road that have been waiting for the "drop" signal, should do so in the next few days. Two weeks ago I took two loads of leaves to the city compost site. On Sunday, I took a further six truck beds full - picture is the accumulated pile from…

Brian Bilbrey July 29, 2024

29 July 2024

But only around this site. In real life, earthquakes aside (USGS event link), it's been a pretty full dance card kind of summer. Work continues apace. Marcia and I get out fishing when we can. Georgia Aileen and I get out for a daily 2.5 - 3.0 mile walk: our current pace is around four miles an hour, which is a pretty brisk walk. The front yard continues to delight, with flowers of some sort or another in nearly continuous bloom. We got our money out of the mower that came with the house, and not one cent more. That…

Brian Bilbrey May 29, 2024

29 May 2024

Tomorrow is our 26th anniversary, Marcia and I. It's been joyous, occasionally challenging, and all wonderful. Yay, us! Georgia has been standing in the water a lot - this is her normal routine at the 3/4 mark on our daily walk. Spring has been springing - lots of stuff has been coming into bloom. The lilies are coming up, the roses are pending, the lilac smells wonderful... Time to go fishing - We put the boat in the water a couple of weeks ago, and have made it out fishing a couple of times already. On Sunday last, we both…

Brian Bilbrey April 20, 2024

20 April 2024

Congress is a bunch of loons whose only concern is where the money is coming from for the next election. Yeah, there are occasional principled and knowledgeable folks there, but follow the money.  Who goes to jail and who doesn't?  The record companies are said to rob their artists blind … and no one cares one whit. Their old business model has gone the way of the buggy whips, and their response? Artists sue for not getting paid, and the companies sue the fans of the artists. My only real thought on your comments below is that suing your customers is…

Brian Bilbrey April 19, 2024

19 April 2024

So ... we were in California last week. Sadly not for fun, but to lay my mother to rest. She passed in late February after a short battle with leukemia. It wasn't expected, because the meds were moving her blood work in the right direction, but in the end, we think her heart gave out. She was wonderful, caring, sharp as a tack, and interested in just about everything. I'm missing her terribly. While it was lovely to see all the family, everyone in town to console each other, I wish it had been for just about any other reason.