Victory!   Yesterday afternoon I watched our sprinkler contractor load a giant steel culvert onto his trailer for transport to the metal r...

We've discovered a new bread...   This one – tomato herb bread – is from Great Harvest , in downtown Logan, where we did some bread sh...

The banana game...   We have a ritual every morning in our house, and I've probably mentioned it before.  We call it the “banana game”. ...

And now for something completely different: socks.   Yes, socks.  Those things that you (probably) are wearing on your feet. For about a b...

A happy discovery upon awakening this morning ... my cold (or flu?) is nearly gone!  In particular, the fever has completely subsided and I...

Paradise ponders: total solar eclipse, a new dog, a new (to us) eatery, and feeling punky edition...   Debbie and I drove up to a point ju...

Paradise ponders: dead deer, first measurements, wet earth, and sickness at home edition...   Yesterday afternoon, Debbie and I ran up to Ag...

Paradise ponders: funny signs, bountiful hay, migraines, and concrete-cutting edition...   When I first saw the sign at right, from some d...

Paradise ponders: anniversaries, culverts and muddy yard edition...   Today is our 36th wedding anniversary.  I'm a lucky guy to have my...

This ain't your mama's JavaScript...   Working on the irrigation supervisor software has me doing some JavaScript development again....

Dictionary dad...   My sister Holly emailed me this morning, and something she said triggered this memory.  My dad had a larger vocabulary t...

Paradise ponders: puppies, sunflowers, cedar, and ridiculous amounts of copper edition...   In this mornings soft light, the wild sunflowers...

Calibrating sensors...   My irrigation supervisory system has four pressure sensors that measure water pressure at various points in the sys...

Envious, you should be!   We just finished another fantastic meal.  First course was fresh corn on the cob, grown locally.  Next up was Debb...

Grocery store jackpot!   This morning we went shopping for food for the next few days at our usual store: Macey's .  When we got to the ...

First boosted sprinkles!   Our sprinkler contractors are here this morning, and they finished running all the pipe in our back yard.  That m...

Paradise ponders: puppy, math texts, and a war zone in the yard edition...   Yesterday afternoon Michelle and A.J. brought the new puppy ove...

Puppies!   We just got back from visiting the breeder, and now A. J. has a new puppy.  Photos below; short video of A. J. with the puppie...

Paradise ponders: cat bath, stirrup people, Scott flock, rodeo, and puppies edition...   I worked most of yesterday on my irrigation supervi...

By popular request...   Well, one request, anyway, from reader Chuck W. :)  Below a screenshot of the status page on the irrigation system ...