Paradise ponders...   -4°F ... that's the temperature outside right now, according to my truck's thermometer.  We're getting int...

Wall of field spaniels...   Over the years we've collected quite a bit of art related to field spaniels.  Today we hung some of the la...

Just signed up ... for milk delivery service.  Debbie and I both drink quite a bit of whole milk.  A local dairy ( Rose Hill ) has the serv...

Progress report...  Our builder (Jim J.) was here all day yesterday, and was joined for part of the day by his son Talon and wife Cathy.  He...

Mo'i update...   One week ago, Mo'i had some minor oral surgery – an infected tooth extracted and a couple of small tumors sawed off...

Progress report...   We got a lot done inside the house yesterday!  Our temporary shared office is coming together – bits and pieces of th...

Progress report...   We went to Lowe's yesterday morning to buy a 7/16" drill bit so I could finish installing Debbie's closet ...

Snow in Paradise...   The storm on Christmas day left us with 6 to 8 inches of snow, with a layer of ice underlying it because of the initia...

Paradise ponders...   Looked out my window today and saw a little girl trudging across our field.  I knew her – it was Allie L., the 8 or 9 ...

Dogs in the snow...   Taking Miki and Race out for their morning walkie today was a blast.  Miki's belly skimmed the snow, and he had hi...

Christmas progress report...   Yes, my lovely bride makes me work on Christmas day :)  I installed some shelving in a closet for her, and ...

We don't have a TV yet ... in our new home.  Our old TV was part of the deal with the folks who bought our house.  We'll get a new ...

Merry Christmas!   It's a white Christmas for us – we got about 2" of fresh snow last night, and cold days (below freezing) are f...

Sol, in X-rays...   Photo by NASA's NuSTAR ...

Progress report...   For once, things happened just they way they were supposed to happen! I was able to get my tractor started, with the ...

RIP, Lea...   This morning Lea looked miserable, and had some worrisome symptoms, so we ran her to the veterinarian early this morning.  For...

Rime ice...   More information here .  To make this ice, the wind blows from right-to-left!

Garner's death and the murder of two New York police...   My thoughts and feelings on these subjects are complicated, and difficult to w...

How interesting...   What do these people have in common? Rush Limbaugh, Condi Rice, Mark Steyn, Antonin Scalia, Michelle Malkin, Charles ...

Snow!   Yesterday afternoon it started to snow – at first a wet, slushy snow, but then the temperature dropped and we got something a bit fl...