The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey November 13, 2024

13 November 2024

Yeah, so Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month. That happens. Every time I receive an email, or see an advertisement for a car touting the safety features, it makes me want to go out, buy an old Lamborghini, and drive like a hoon with four outstanding ASBOs. We got a survey about Subarus recently. We really like our Outback, but the Driver Monitoring System (which can be temporarily disabled, but not permanently) drives me bonkers. I said as much, noting that it would probably keep me from buying another Subi.... but then I bet ALL the freaking…

Brian Bilbrey November 3, 2024

3 November 2024

Just FYI, I took another 9 truck loads of leaves to the city composting heap on Friday. This was the big batch. In another week I'll clear leaves one more time, and call it a Fall for those purposes. But before the leaves and the firewood, it was September when the boat saw it's last few outings for the year, and the final fish was caught. As Fall approached, the acorns were falling like mad. Felt like it was going to fill the boat... I exaggerate, of course: Three weekends in a row, I cleaned out acorns from the boat…

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…