Doug's Project 365

Sunday, the first robin. Today, the first chicken(*)

(*) spit roasted

I want to be able to read my house’s gas meter and import the reading into home automation so I can track usage more finely. I ran across a project to use standard computer vision algorithms to do just this sort of thing. Today I did some proof-of-concept experiments, and here’s as far as I got: finding the outlines of the dials. I think this may just work.

Italian-braised oxtail for dinner tonight. We had been saving these for a big snowstorm (that never came), but the 1-week anniversary of Not Going In to the Office seemed like a good occasion.

This is the leftovers after a satisfying dinner:

My brother uncovered another box of family photos a while back and I am getting around to processing them. It contains many treasures, but sadly is quite mixed, containing photos from 1900 to about 2009. I’ve got my work cut out for me.

Here’s what multitasking does to you. I somehow managed to use two separate spoons to eat my soup/sandwich lunch today.

One of the things I am thankful for in all of this is that I know how to cook. These flatbreads were delicious with tonight’s split pea soup.

I think Lis got me this little back-scratcher when I had shingles and was going mad with itchiness. But it’s useful again in our time of need.

Make cookies!!

Lunch break at the base lodge of Sugarbush. Thanks Kat!!