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Tag Archives: Daily Life Stuff
An observation, for no particular reason
It shouldn’t be as easy as it is to really damage the bejeezus out of one’s side-view mirror. Moving on….
Scenes from the Snowy 716
It took a while: we recorded one of our latest initial snowfalls, if not the latest initial snowfall, ever. It didn’t actually snow until November 30, and then last weekend we had our first trademark lake-effect storm of the year. This one … Continue reading
Posted in Life, On Buffalo and The 716
Tagged Buffalo, Daily Life Stuff, WNY Love Letter
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Thanksgiving 2024
I used to write and post a long list of things I was thankful for each year, but I haven’t done that for a few years as it got to be an exercise in copying-and-pasting. I’m still thankful for an … Continue reading
Morning skies
Sorry about the radio silence of late, folks, but I’ll be honest: Current Events are consuming more of my brain cycles than I want to admit, and while I could fill this space with my thoughts as to how the Election … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Daily Life Stuff, Photo Posts
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Wifi? Iffy!
Our spiffy high-speed wifi router that we got a few months ago died. Now we’re back on our older, less fast high-speed router. Sigh! This is like going back to a horse-drawn carriage for the several-hour trek to Mankato!!! That … Continue reading
Contrails
This morning it fell to me to get up and take Hobbes out for his morning relief walk, which this time of year happens before sunrise. On the way back, I saw a jet contrail in the sky, and this … Continue reading
Dispatches from the Faire
Last weekend, The Wife and I attended the Sterling Renaissance Festival. We went by ourselves and The Daughter stayed home, because we didn’t want to board the dogs overnight; but never fear, The Daughter was able to use the third … Continue reading
“Hey, why no posting for three days?!”
Well, let Inigo tell the tale here: Yeeeeeeah. That was…a weekend. Friday was busy wrapping up stuff at work so I could enjoy a three-day weekend. Saturday we went to the Sterling Renaissance Festival, where much fun was had and … Continue reading
Doggos: an update
Hobbes (the greyhound) and Carla (the pittie) are both doing fine! Carla has been struggling with some arthritis in her joints, but last week she went to the vet for an injection of fluid into one of her troublesome joints, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, On Dogs and Dog Life, Photographic Documentation
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Twenty-seven
Today we’ve been married twenty-seven years. How did we make it this far? Mainly, it turns out that if you don’t ever want to give up, you won’t.