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Archive for January, 2007

the ice storm

Posted: Monday, January 15th, 2007 in outside in the garden | 3 Comments »

Overnight we had a light dusting of sleet on top of the ice that was still there. The temperature got down to at least 26. That’s the low that was registered in my greenhouse. I still only have one remote temperature sensor and I decided to put it in the greenhouse instead of […]

a daytrip

Posted: Friday, January 12th, 2007 in something about me | 5 Comments »

After getting the attic door installed, I figured I was due a day out. Besides yesterday was my birthday. So bright and early (okay, before noon) we packed up and headed out to a place that has been high on my list of destinations for a long time - Archer City.
Booklovers know […]

studio update

Posted: Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 in home improvement | 3 Comments »

Several readers have asked me for an update on the studio remodel.
Well, throughout the holidays I found time for a little work here and there. And today saw the installation of a new attic stairs.
Previously we just had a little 16-inch square hatch in the ceiling. You can make out where it […]

CFL blues

Posted: Saturday, January 6th, 2007 in home improvement | 14 Comments »

Did you see that WalMart is going green? They are pushing compact fluorescent lights now.
Me, I’m still behind the times. I have tried a few in the last couple years, but mostly they either did not fit in the fixtures or they looked funny.
After seeing An Inconvenient Truth I went out and […]

spraddle and sprawl

Posted: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 in nature and environment | 5 Comments »

There is a pessimism about land which, after it has been with you a long time, becomes merely factual. Men increase; country suffers…Islands of wildlife and native flora may be saved, as they should be, but the big, sloppy, rich, teeming spraddle will go. It always has.
John Graves, Goodbye to a River […]

 

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