Author: doug

One of the street trees in front of our house died in the drought this summer, and the city cut it down a couple weeks ago. This morning they ground out the stump, using a piece of equipment about as different from a paint brush as you can get.

I think I’ve only had one advent calendar in my life — I was probably about 10 — so I decided to treat myself this year. I think I will enjoy these beers more than I did the trinkets and stale chocolate.

How many city trucks does it take to change a light bulb?

I am pretty sure I’ve never seen a pileated woodpecker in the wild before today. And I’m thrilled to have gotten a half-decent photo, too!

We looked at Jupiter last night, trying to see any detail through binoculars or other optics, without success. The moon, though, was much more cooperative.

The city is repaving our street this season, and yesterday they made what Lis and I call “groovy pavement” in front of our house.

This box of M&Ms is one that was made to stock Air Force One. The group at my company that supplies WiFi for VIP US government planes gave a presentation in my office today to explain what they do, and gave these out to the attendees.

As manufacturing defects go, this one’s pretty harmless.

While Lis is recovering from COVID we’re spending the evenings outside on the patio. This evening I’m not complaining,