Author: doug

March 1

The beginning of Month 3!  So far, so good… though there have been tough days.  If you see a picture of my dinner you know I am either really proud of it, or was short on ideas and/or time that day.

Today’s picture is Parker and Winnie, curled up together on Lis’s chair this morning.
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February 28

This is the cherry barb from our fish tank that, until recently, we were calling Sinking Fish.  He had something wrong with his swim bladder, and so could not stay buoyant except by expending effort.  If you look closely you can see that his right pectoral fin is damaged, presumably due to being bashed against the gravel a few too many times.  But now he is swimming around just fine; he seems fully recovered.
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For the photo buffs: this is taken with my 50mm f/1.8 at f/2.8, with a +4 diopter on the front, at ISO 3200 to get a decent shutter speed (1/320th) to stop motion.

February 26

Our drip coffee maker is in storage, and even if it weren’t it’s hard to make a single serving of coffee in one of those things.  I think I’m the only person I know who uses a French press because it is more convenient.  The quality of the coffee produced is pretty good too.
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February 25

Salad bar at home
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We like to keep salad makings around as part of a balanced diet.  It’s only fairly recently that Lis had the good idea of keeping the components separate, so that we can each make our own salad, and the cucumbers going bad does not ruin everything else.