Category Archives: Miscellaneous

We have a Night Blooming Cereus in our plant room. In fact, we have two, but one of them is blooming tonight. This curious desert plant blooms only once each year as night falls… and then the flower closes forever … Continue reading →

Spring has sprung. The grass is riz’ I wonder how the mower is. Our old Snapper mower still runs, but it is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I was pondering whether I could keep it going for … Continue reading →

I have made a new painting with thoughts of showing it this Spring. It is a painting of an old bottle with some rocks in it. This bottle has nothing to do with Manhattans, even though it is on the … Continue reading →

We have triffids. They are everywhere. This morning I went out and procured some new glassware to enhance our collection. I set the new glasses down by the sink for washing,  and went away for an hour or so. When … Continue reading →

This old computer was dying again, so we had to do some major surgery on it. We replaced the old Mother Board (MOBO), the part on which all the other parts are mounted, with a new one. Here is a … Continue reading →

I guess my previous, cocky post jinxed the weather. Oh well, the Augernaut finally had an opportunity for some action. It started on one pull, and went right out of the garage into the … um…. “snow”…. er.. dusting. Yowza! … Continue reading →

It is January 15… the middle of January in New England… and we have had no measurable snow so far. You can thank the Augernaut for that. It is sitting in the garage, brand new, pristine clean, pining away.

Happy New Year to all of my readers.

I guess we are not the only ones who had a great Christmas. The local squirrels seem to have done OK for themselves as well. Look at this porker! That guy needs an emergency New Years Resolution fer sure.