Gardening projects underway
Irrigation zone issue. Turned on the zone and saw water bubbling out of the ground before it got to the emitters on the raised veggie bed. Huh. Better start digging to uncover the problem. Yah, a puncture or 2 in the pipes, so got the…
It’s time to weed the garden
Seriously- the winter months have done a number out there!
backyard shed project complete!
I hired the Shed Guys from the Cowichan Valley to build and install their standard 4’x8′ Lean To shed. Since the last post on this project, I’ve moved the raised bed garden from the space, and cleared out other junk to make way for the…
planning for backyard shed
I pulled together a few photos to show the space in the backyard, and some of the constraints. We have an existing building in the backyard, that houses an art studio, shown above. Between the studio and the fence, is a spot that I’ve currently…
cruising out to Miner’s Bay
This blog entry brought to you by the letter Y, and the number 170. Letter Y for the YOLO boat club, operated by the Mill Bay Marine Group. My buddy picked up a membership last year, so we been out and about in the Salish…
one of those winter salmon sunsets
This is basically a test of the WordPress mobile app, to see if I can actually use to to post content. Including text and and image. Looks like it works! For setting the feature image, I did that on WP web UI.
vinyl vs digital recording & playback
Really enjoyed this quick summary! And yah, my ears can’t tell the difference either.
Gravitational-wave searches | Einstein@Home
I’m running a Linux distro on a tower computer I had kicking around at home. Running Mint 22 these days, just for kicks. And to do some citizen-science. I’ve got the BOINC software running, and hooked up to a few projects out there, including the…
cold plunge entry to 2025
Somebody in the posse had an idea to get down to the waterfront for a cold plunge around 10 AM to start the day (and the year!) off right! Gadzooks! So, we weren’t the only posse with that idea. Turns out a bunch of regular…
2024 Holiday Tea at Butchart
Among the presents under the tree this season was a Holiday Tea “date-afternoon” out to the Butchart Gardens. They have a regular afternoon tea service, that has been on the list for a while. We booked a 2:45 PM sitting, which does require an admission…