Author Archives: kimerer_brian

Nasty Storm, Indeed

Posted on March 17, 2017 by kimerer_brian

That wind/snow/sleet/rain storm on Tuesday took a toll on our Chickadee house. The house is looking kind of sad and hanging at an odd angle. Here’s a closer look. It looks like the front tiedown has broken. And yet, the … Continue reading →

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Nasty Storm

Posted on March 15, 2017 by kimerer_brian

Hurricane wind, a foot of snow, followed by sleet, followed by rain, followed by a flash freeze. Storms don’t get much uglier than that. But, the Augernaut came through and threw it through and through. It started on the first pull too. … Continue reading →

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I Did It.

Posted on February 26, 2017 by kimerer_brian

I did it. I reset the Tablet back to its Factory Defaults. Just in case you decide you need to do this yourself, here is how I did it. First of all, I wrote down all the stuff I had … Continue reading →

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Nope

Posted on February 26, 2017 by kimerer_brian

Nope. The Tablet went away again. It totally locked up, drained the battery over night and would not do anything this morning. After pushing the ON button a zillion times I finally got the screen to light up only to … Continue reading →

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It Lives!

Posted on February 24, 2017 by kimerer_brian

The tablet has been brought back to life (knock wood). After researching the problems that tablets have, and accessing the knowledge of some younger experts, I have brought back the Tablet. It appears to be working again. We scrubbed it … Continue reading →

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D. A. A. D.

Posted on February 23, 2017 by kimerer_brian

Dead As A Doornail. R.I.P. Tablet. I have been creating some new Pen & Ink drawings using the tablet to look at my source material. I shut off the screen and took a break for a while. When I came … Continue reading →

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On Retirement

Posted on February 20, 2017 by kimerer_brian

One of the downsides of retirement is that after a while, you occasionally need reminders. Actually. Now that I think about it. Maybe that really is an upside.

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Sky on Fire

Posted on February 19, 2017 by kimerer_brian

The sky was on fire this morning when I got up. Check it out. Yeah. I know. Isn’t this the stuff of Facebook? You know. Here’s what I had for breakfast. Here is my dog sleeping. Here I am doing … Continue reading →

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What we meant to do was…

Posted on February 14, 2017 by kimerer_brian

What we meant to do was make a path through the snow for the oil delivery guy… so he can find the spout and not have to wade through knee-deep snow. So we ran the Augernaut up the side of … Continue reading →

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Woo Hoo!

Posted on February 12, 2017 by kimerer_brian

I FOUND MY MARBLES! That is a lot more difficult than you might think at my age. But there they are. The big Shooter in the middle….. That’s the Big Boss marble. I had these when I was a kid. … Continue reading →

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