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November (1)
October (4)
September (5)
August (5)
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June (31)
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “solitude”. Searching my photo library for the word “solitude” found this picture with a Solitude model RV, but I enjoyed the reminder of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta; of course, a big gathering like that is the opposite of solitude! 📷 #mbjune
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “winding”. The road sign in Custer, South Dakota warns of a “narrow winding road, no shoulders” (always fun in a 40-foot RV). 📷 #mbjune
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “ephemeral”. This sign in Desert Hot Spring, California says “Built by cowboys to water their cattle, Barker Dam today is a small, ephemeral lake…." 📷 #mbjune
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “collective”. This plaque says “Through the collective recognition of the community of nations…”, declaring Aztec Ruins National Monument a World Heritage Site. 📷 #mbjune
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “bridge”. A bridge full of tourists in the Morikami Japanese Gardens in Florida. 📷 #mbjune
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “decay”. A sign in Independence Hall in Pennsylvania explains that the earlier steeple that held the Liberty Bell had decayed and was replaced. 📷 #mbjune
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “bloom”. Nice blooms at Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pennsylvania. 📷 #mbjune
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “fracture”. An interestingly fractured rock in a river in Myers Flat, California. 📷 #mbjune
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “hometown”. Home is where we park it, but our official hometown is in Shelton, Washington. 📷 #mbjune
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “silhouette”. A silhouette of rocks in Monument Valley in Arizona. 📷 #mbjune
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “gather”. No wood gathering allowed at the amusingly-named Sus Picnic Area in Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. 📷 #mbjune
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “equal”. A display in the museum at Gettysburg, with the famous speech by President Lincoln: "Four score and seven years ago….” 📷 #mbjune
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “texture”. From an Amish farmers market, “Creamed honey is WHIPPED HONEY with a delightfully creamy and spreadable texture". 📷 #mbjune
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “warmth”. An info sign in Mesa Verde National Park talks about “You can smell the cooking fires. You can feel their presence, their warmth. their sense of community". 📷 #mbjune
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “blur”. Using the Long Exposure effect on a Live Photo nicely blurs motion to give a nice effect for some photos, like this one of Brandywine Falls in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 📷 #mbjune
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “tie”. The most recent picture of a tie in my photo library is the placard for Dave Niehaus, former beloved voice of the Seattle Mariners, from my visit yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown (blog post soon!). 📷 #mbjune
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “twilight”. In Forks, Washington, they have a Twilight vampire threat meter. 📷 #mbjune
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “pathway”. A nice pathway through trees next to the river at Thousand Trails Peace River campground in Florida. 📷 #mbjune
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “hidden”. Hidden Valley Picnic Area was aptly named. 📷 #mbjune
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “brick”. Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park is the largest brick structure in the Americas. 📷 #mbjune
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “rail”. We took a ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad… though it wasn’t all that scenic. 📷 #mbjune
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “wood”. Camping in the woods can be quite nice, except when the tree pollen tries to kill us. 📷 #mbjune
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “travel”. Today was supposed to be a travel day for us in our motorhome, but we couldn’t get out slide-outs in due a hydraulic fluid leak; we’re stuck until we can figure out a solution. 🚌📷 #mbjune
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “switch”. The wet bay of my motorhome has a switch to turn the water pump on and off, plus various valve levers to switch the water flow. 📷 #mbjune
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “contrast”. There’s quite a contrast between modern cars and the Ford Model T, as seen here in the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan (blog post coming soon!). 📷 #mbjune
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “reflection”. Interesting rocks reflected in Sylvan Lake within Custer State Park in South Dakota, one of our favorite places. 📷 #mbjune
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “nostalgia”. The 1984 exhibit in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio was great nostalgia, a nice trip down memory lane. 📷 #mbjune
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “shadow”. Related to yesterday’s pic, here’s a shadow of the Gateway Arch from the observation deck at the top of the arch. 📷 #mbjune
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “curve”. Looking up at the curve of the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri. 📷 #mbjune
- 2 — Some sample photos from the Sinclair Trails blog last week; again, follow @SinclairTrails to see links to the daily posts with lots more pictures.
- 1 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 1 is “tree”. One of our favorite places in the US is Joshua Tree National Park in California. 📷 #mbjune
May (9)
April (8)
- 27 — Some sample photos from the Sinclair Trails blog this week; again, follow @SinclairTrails to see links to the daily posts with lots more pictures.
- 26 — A cute pic of Paladin sniffing daffodils… and naughtily nibbling the leaves (which he later threw up, of course). 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 20 — Some sample photos from the Sinclair Trails blog this week; again, follow @SinclairTrails to see links to the daily posts with lots more pictures.
- 19 — Paladin is very insistent that he can only eat food that comes out of the hopper, not “old” food that is in the bowl. So I’ve been trying to teach him how to reach in to pull food down; he can sometimes remember how to do so. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 13 — Some sample photos from the Sinclair Trails blog this week; again, follow @SinclairTrails to see links to the daily posts with lots more pictures.
- 12 — Paladin enjoying a cardboard box, as only a cat does. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 6 — Some sample photos from the Sinclair Trails blog this week; again, follow @SinclairTrails to see links to the daily posts with lots more pictures.
- 2 — 30 years ago today, Jennifer and I got married. Actually, technically it was yesterday, since it was in New Zealand, but we ignore the time zone differences. It was April 2, 1995.
March (9)
February (17)
- 27 — In case you missed it, I mentioned the other day that I’m no longer cross-posting from my Sinclair Trails blog; please follow @SinclairTrails to see the posts. Here are sample pics from the posts this week.
- 23 — I've had a routine of cross-posting from my Sinclair Trails blog to this blog for each post, but that was a bit of a chore, so I’ve decided to stop doing that. So if you enjoy reading my posts about RV modifications, travel, campsites, and activities around the US, please follow @SinclairTrails.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): yesterday was two weeks; today, one day watching the sun rise and set while the tide comes in, recorded from a waterfront site in our favorite Gulf Coast campground, Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, on the panhandle of Florida. 🚌📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A peaceful timelapse watching the sun rise and set while the tide comes in over a couple of weeks, recorded from a waterfront site in our favorite Gulf Coast campground, Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, on the panhandle of Florida. 🚌📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying at Ho-Hum RV Park, we did a few drives along the Forgotten Coast, in the panhandle of Florida. Amongst other things, we saw all four of the lighthouses on the coast. 💡🏠
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A silent 360° timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 155 miles from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida. Drag to look around anywhere while playing the video. 🚌📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 155 miles from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida. 🚌📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 155 miles, about three hours of driving, from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida. Our last travel day of 2024. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we had a cabinetmaker in Red Bay do a few tweaks, including adding an extra shelf in the upper pull-out pantry next to our fridge. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: no new Sinclair Trails blog posts next week. The next post will be on the 17th (see the post for more info).
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a Tweak Thursday: we added body wash / shampoo / conditioner dispensers on the wall of our shower. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey in Ozark, Alabama. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 288 miles from Red Bay, Alabama to Ozark, Alabama. 🚌📹
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 288 miles, about five hours of driving, from Red Bay to Ozark, Alabama. (With lots of Paladin pics.) 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we got Girard to replace the big window awning on our motorhome. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Some food and shopping around Red Bay, Alabama.
January (42)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A silent 360° timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 184 miles from Lena, Mississippi to Red Bay, Alabama, including a portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Drag to look around anywhere while playing the video. 🚌📹
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 184 miles from Lena, Mississippi to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 184 miles, about three hours of driving, from Lena, Mississippi to Red Bay, Alabama, including driving along a portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Leake County Water Park in Lena, Mississippi. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 186 miles from Springfield, Louisiana to Lena, Mississippi. 🚌📹
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 186 miles, about three hours of driving, from Springfield, Louisiana to Lena, Mississippi. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a useful modification: broom hanging grippers. 🧹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We went for a nice stroll along the boardwalks of the River Bottomland Hardwood Trail in Tickfaw State Park in Louisiana. 🥾
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A short timelapse of our RV site flooding; watch the right side to see the water creeping in, and see how much it rises overnight! We changed sites when it kept rising.
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A nice state park, at least until our site flooded; we moved to a different site for the last night. 🚌
- 24 — On the Dejal blog: How can I mute the Mac sound before a break, then restore the volume afterwards?
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 346 miles from Galveston, Texas to Springfield, Louisiana. 🚌📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 346 miles, about six hours of driving, from Galveston, Texas to Springfield, Louisiana. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Galveston Island State Park beach.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Galveston Island State Park in Galveston, Texas. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 249 miles from San Antonio to Galveston, Texas. 🚌📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 249 miles, about four hours of driving, from San Antonio, Texas to Galveston, Texas. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Back to our regularly scheduled blog posts, with RV modifications on Mondays, travel on Tuesdays, campgrounds on Wednesdays, and attractions on Thursdays and Fridays. First up, humidifier and water distiller. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I hope you enjoyed the posts reviewing 2024. So what are our plans for 2025? Read on! 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): Yesterday I posted a 17 minute video with all of our motorhome travel from 2021 to 2024. But who has time for a 17 minute video? Here’s the same video sped up 20 times, taking less than one minute. 🚌📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): This video combines the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 timelapse videos, and makes them eight times faster, so you can see about 20k miles of motorhome travel in about 17 minutes! 🚌📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: state maps and other stickers and pins for 2024. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I thought it’d be fun to create an animated GIF of selfies and other pictures of Jenn and me from 2024. We’ve been to some interesting places!
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While most of the posts on this blog are about modifications, travel, campgrounds, and attractions, I sometimes post about other topics. This is a summary of those posts from 2024.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: In 2024 I started posting about RV-related podcasts that I enjoy. This is a summary of those posts. 🎙️
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A summary of roadside attractions from 2024, and other attractions that didn’t fit in other summary posts.
- 11 — An animated GIF of Paladin sleeping, with his whiskers twitching as he dreams. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: This summary is about cities and towns I’ve posted about.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A summary of food- and restaurant-related posts in 2024.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Not sure what it says about us that it’s worthwhile to have a summary post about theme parks, but here we are. 🐭
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: One of our stretch goals in exploring the US is to attend a game at every Major League baseball stadium. In 2024, we visited seven, plus some minor league parks and the Field of Dreams movie site. ⚾️
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: Sinclair Trails 2024 theme for Time Out.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: In the previous post I covered the National Parks we visited in 2024, but we also visited many National Monuments and other National Park Service units, plus state parks, museums, and such. So this post summarizes those.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of the National Parks we visited in 2024.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Another interesting summary of 2024 — the places we stayed during the year. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): See a summary of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome throughout 2024! This combines all of the motorhome travel timelapses for 2024 into one video, at 20x the speed of the original timelapse videos. 🚌📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: continuing my summary posts, today with links and pictures of all travel days in 2024, so you can see how the landscape changed as we travelled in our coach. 🚌
- 2 — I added another interesting animated GIF to today’s blog post, showing the elevations along our route; see the elevation slope and height at the bottom, and a moving dot along the map route showing where those elevations occurred:
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Let’s look back at our coach travel in 2024, with some fascinating maps. 🚌
- 1 — On the Dejal blog: read about plans for 2025.
- 1 — Happy New Year! As we begin 2025, let’s look back at 2024, as is my tradition on the Sinclair Trails blog, starting with improvements and repairs we made to our motorhome. 🚌
2024
December (38)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday in San Antonio, Texas. 🚌
- 30 — Dejal year in review for 2024
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 332 miles from Marathon, Texas to San Antonio, Texas. 🚌📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 332 miles, about five hours of driving, from Marathon, Texas to San Antonio, Texas. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Some bonus aerial photos from my drone of the Marathon Motel and RV Park and the small town of Marathon, Texas, and some pictures of stars from our site. 🚁🌌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: An assortment of pictures of Marathon and Marfa, Texas and surrounding areas.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas. As the NPS site says, “It is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars’ frontier military post in the Southwest.”
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Big Bend National Park, again — we first visited it in 2022. That first time, we explored the western part of the park; this time, we explored the eastern side.
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Merry Christmas; Moody Gardens Festival of Lights. 🎄
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Marathon Motel & RV Park in Marathon, Texas. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 301 miles from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Marathon, Texas, starting with a 2x zoom through our coach while the slides come in, and ending with setting up in the dusk. 🚌📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 301 miles, about five hours of driving, from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Marathon, Texas. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: For some unknown reason, our coach came with a set of towel rails inside the shower. Which makes no sense, since you’d have to remove the towels before using it. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited McGinn’s PistachioLand Home of the World’s Largest Pistachio. A fun roadside attraction that we saw in passing a couple of years ago, but got around to visiting this time.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We re-visited White Sands National Park in New Mexico. We first visited in 2022, but enjoyed re-visiting this year. As the NPS site says, it’s like no place else on Earth, the world’s largest gypsum dunefield.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we explored “The Thing?” museum, another fun roadside attraction. The idea being WHAT IF… aliens have manipulated human history?
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Las Cruces KOA Journey in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 258 miles from Tucson, Arizona to Las Cruces, New Mexico. 🚌📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 258 miles, about four hours of driving, from Tucson, Arizona to Las Cruces, New Mexico. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Rechargeable motion lights. 🚌💡
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We re-visited the two units of Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. 🌵
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Voyager RV Resort & Hotel in Tucson, Arizona. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 260 miles from Winterhaven, California to Tucson, Arizona. 🚌📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 260 miles, about four hours of driving, from Winterhaven, California to Tucson, Arizona. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Museum of History in Granite, along with the Center of the World, the Maze of Honor, and the Church on the Hill.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Encore Pilot Knob RV Resort in Winterhaven, California. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 142 miles from Palm Desert to Winterhaven, California. 🚌📹
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 142 miles, about three hours of driving, from Palm Desert, California to Winterhaven, California. 🚌
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: On another visit to Joshua Tree National Park, we hiked to Wonderland Ranch and Wall Street Mill. 🥾
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: On another visit to National Parks is Joshua Tree, we hiked around the Hall of Horrors, an imaginatively named and fascinating set of rocks. 🥾
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, California.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Shields Date Garden in Indio, California, to have brunch, explore their garden, and browse their store.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Geology Tour Road in Joshua Tree National Park.
- 4 — On the Dejal blog: DejalNews #88: introducing Preminder, Weather Events 1.1, Time Out tip.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Palm Springs in Palm Desert, California. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 103 miles from Orange, California to Palm Desert, California. 🚌📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 103 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange, California to Palm Desert, California. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: How to prevent the auto-generator start (AGS) from turning off when manually starting the generator. 🚌
November (38)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We happened to be in Los Angeles during the baseball postseason, and managed to snag some nosebleed seats for game 5 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. Bonus baseball park for 2024! ⚾️
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We also spent a day at Disneyland. 🐭
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Disneyland in California last year, and Disney World in Florida in April this year… so of course when back in California we visited the Disney parks again, starting with Disney California Adventure. 🐭
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A 360° timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, just 83 miles from Acton, California to Orange, California. No soundtrack, but you can drag around the video to see all around the truck! 🚌📹
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Orangeland RV Park in Orange (Los Angeles), California. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, just 83 miles from Acton, California to Orange, California. 🚌📹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach just 83 miles, about two hours of driving, from Acton, California to Orange, California. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Preminder app for iPhone helps remind you when to book RV parks. 📱
- 23 — Paladin in a sunbeam. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Santa Clarita, California, about 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles. You may recognize it from TV and films such as Star Trek and many more.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Channel Islands National Park visitor center in Ventura, California. This was actually our second visit here; we previously visited back in 2022, including a boat tour to near the islands.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon in Acton, California. A fairly typical Thousand Trails campground, but with a recently renovated 50 amp section with large sites. 🚌
- 19 — Follow our adventures traveling around the US in a motorhome on Mastodon @sinclairtrails@mastodon.social, Bluesky @sinclairtrails.com, Micro.blog @sinclairtrails, Threads @sinclairtrails, Facebook @dejal, YouTube @SinclairTrails, the Sinclair Trails blog and RSS sinclairtrails.com/feed.
- 19 — Follow Dejal, my indie macOS and iOS app development company, on Mastodon @dejal@mastodon.social, Bluesky @dejal.com, Micro.blog @dejal, Threads @dejal, Facebook @dejalcom, Reddit /r/dejal, and the Dejal blog on the Dejal website and RSS feed dejal.com/blog/feed.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 223 miles from Dunlap, California to Acton, California. 🚌📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 223 miles, about five hours of driving, from Dunlap, California to Acton, California. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We had some extra shelves added in several cupboards in our motorhome, but they just had a bare wood surface. To make them a little nicer, and not quite so slippery, I added some self-adhesive velvet flocking liner to them. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Sequoia National Park in California, including the Foothills Visitor Center, the Tunnel Rock, the Giant Forest Museum, Moro Rock, and Tunnel Log.
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Sequoia National Park in California, including the Lodgepole Visitor Center and Grill, and the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world by volume. And saw a couple of bears in a tree.
- 14 — I’ve signed up for Bluesky, with all three of my usual accounts: @dejus.bsky.social, @dejal.bsky.social, and @sinclairtrails.bsky.social. Hopefully my dejus.com posts will automatically cross-post to my Dejus Bluesky feed, thanks to Micro.blog.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Kings Canyon National Park in California, including the Kings Canyon Visitor Center, General Grant Tree, and a scenic drive through the canyon.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Sequoia RV Park in Dunlap, California. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 169 miles from Groveland to Dunlap, California. 🚌📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 169 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Groveland to Dunlap, California. 🚌
- 11 — On the Dejal blog: introducing Preminder, a simple and free iOS app to add a reminder to Apple Reminders some number of days, weeks, months, or years before another date.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Our water pump was randomly cutting out. I determined that the power connections were loose, so decided to replace the wire nuts with Wago ones, which are easier to use, and hopefully more reliable. 🚌
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We took a drive into Yosemite National Park to visit the Wawona Visitor Center and Yosemite History Center, then on to Glacier Point, with a nice view of Half Dome.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We took a drive into Yosemite National Park to visit the Hetch Hetchy reservoir.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: After arriving at Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, we took a drive into Yosemite National Park to visit the Yosemite Valley Welcome Center, and take some photos of some interesting rocks.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes in Groveland, California. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 95 miles from Manteca to Groveland, California. This includes some picture-in-picture of very curvy mountain roads. 🚌📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 95 miles, about two hours of driving, from Manteca, California to Groveland, California. 🚌
- 4 — On the Dejal blog: Weather Events 1.1 released: automatic location update option, and other improvements.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV-related podcast recommendation: StressLess Camping. 🎙️
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We attended a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres, playing at the Giant's ballpark, Oracle Park in San Francisco, California. ⚾️
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Turtle Beach RV Resort in Manteca, California. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 194 miles from Red Bluff, California to Manteca, California. 🚌📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 194 miles, about four hours of driving, from Red Bluff, California to Manteca, California. 🚌
October (38)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Lassen Volcanic National Park again.
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Red Bluff KOA Journey in Red Bluff, California. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Ashland, Oregon to Red Bluff, California. 🚌📹
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 165 miles, about four hours of driving, from Ashland, Oregon to Red Bluff, California. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: ENGWE Y600 830W electric scooter. 🛴
- 26 — Paladin enjoying a sunbeam in our motorhome. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Some miscellaneous photos around Ashland, Oregon.
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: On our last day staying in Ashland (a Saturday), we took a scenic drive along Dead Indian Memorial Road and Green Springs Highway (OR-66), along the historic Applegate Wagon Trail, through the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We attended a couple of performances of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Some samples of food in Ashland, Oregon.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Dumping waste tanks into the house septic system. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying in Ashland we visited a couple of wineries that we’ve enjoyed in the past: Quady North & Belle Fiore. 🍷
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A short timelapse of a pickup truck doing donuts then getting stuck in Emigrant Lake in Ashland, Oregon, and the subsequent removal. 📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While in Ashland, we attended a performance at Oregon Cabaret Theatre of Legally Blonde, the Musical. We’ve visited Ashland many times over the years, but this was our first time at the cabaret.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A short timelapse of Emigrant Lake in Ashland, Oregon, showing the water level visibly dropping over several hot days. 🚌📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Emigrant Lake – The Point RV Park in Ashland, Oregon. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 321 miles from Welches to Ashland, Oregon. It’s fun when I include some clips from the truck’s perspective. 🚌📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 321 miles, about six hours of driving, from Welches to Ashland, Oregon. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Mt Hood RV & Camping Resort in Welches, Oregon. Our third visit to this nice Thousand Trails Encore park. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 187 miles from Shelton, Washington to Welches, Oregon. 🚌📹
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 187 miles, about four hours of driving, from Shelton, Washington to Welches, Oregon. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we bought a shed for our Washington home, to store stuff we want to keep for the future, but not carry around the country with us (storage space even in a 40 foot motorhome is limited!). 📦🏡
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: U-Haul to move stuff from a storage unit to a shed. 📦
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: The second Seattle Mariners game vs the New York Mets we attended back in August was originally going to be an afternoon game, but was pushed back a few hours as it was featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. ⚾️
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We had a guided tour of the Seattle Mariners’ ballpark, T-Mobile Field. ⚾️
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Baseball: Seattle Mariners vs New York Mets. ⚾️
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at our official domicile, aka Mom’s house, in Shelton, Washington. 🚌🏡
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 248 miles from Quincy, Washington to Shelton, Washington. 🚌📹
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 248 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Quincy, Washington to Shelton, Washington. 🚌
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: Can I have Time Out remind me when to go home at the end of day?
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: You should vacuum out under the fridge occasionally. 🚌
- 5 — Paladin sitting on Jenn’s desk. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Crescent Bar in Quincy, Washington. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 338 miles from Missoula, Montana to Quincy, Washington. 🚌📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 338 miles, about six hours of driving, from Missoula, Montana to Quincy, Washington. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Jim & Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, Montana. That name may ring a bell, as this is actually our third stay here; our first time with a trailer on our Yellowstone trip, and in our coach the following year.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 399 miles from Hardin, Montana to Missoula, Montana. 🚌📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 399 miles, about seven hours of driving, from Hardin, Montana to Missoula, Montana. Having recently been on the east coast at the time, driving seven hours within one state was a bit of a change! 🚌
September (30)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Using a filter canister to help sanitize the coach water systems. 🚌
- 28 — Paladin is a snuggly boy. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: After visiting Little Bighorn Battlefield, we stopped by Custer Battlefield Trading Post & Cafe on the Crow Indian reservation.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana.
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at a Love’s RV Stop in Hardin, Montana. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 308 miles from Custer, South Dakota to Hardin, Montana. 🚌📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 308 miles, about five hours of driving, from Custer, South Dakota to Hardin, Montana. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A handy tweak: to be able to leave bottles on the upper shelf in our shower, even when traveling, we added a self-adhesive shower shelf bar. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A scenic drive up Mount Coolidge in Custer State Park, then anti-clockwise through Wind Cave National Park (which is still not available for cave tours), and back through Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park, with lots of bison seen.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We enjoyed a super scenic drive though Custer State Park, along Iron Mountain Road and Needles Highway, with multiple narrow tunnels, fun twisty roads, and impressive views. Then went along the Wildlife Loop.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying at the Legion Lake Campground in Custer State Park, we wandered across the road to the Legion Lake Lodge and the Dockside Grill for dinner, followed by a stroll along the lakeside.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Legion Lake Campground in Custer State Park, South Dakota. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 313 miles from Mitchell, South Dakota to Custer, South Dakota. 🚌📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 313 miles, about five hours of driving, from Mitchell, South Dakota to Custer, South Dakota. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I recommend the RV Miles Podcast.
- 14 — Paladin is a strange boy. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village in Mitchell, South Dakota, which includes a museum and a covered archeological dig site.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stopped by the World’s Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. It’s a multi-use arena decorated in corn and other grains, with the decorations changing each year.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Mitchell KOA Journey in Mitchell, South Dakota. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 307 miles from Maple Grove, Minnesota to Mitchell, South Dakota. 🚌📹
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 307 miles, about five hours of driving, from Maple Grove, Minnesota to Mitchell, South Dakota. 🚌
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: RV headlight polishing. 🚌
- 7 — Paladin requires morning snuggles with Jenn most days. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro area.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We attended a game of Minnesota Twins vs Philadelphia Phillies, playing at the Twin’s ballpark,Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ⚾️
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Minneapolis Northwest KOA Journey in Maple Grove, Minnesota. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 198 miles from Oakdale, Wisconsin to Maple Grove, Minnesota. 🚌📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 198 miles, about three hours of driving, from Oakdale, Wisconsin to Maple Grove, Minnesota. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Today marks the three year anniversary of purchasing our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome! To mark this anniversary, here’s an updated tour of the interior; much has changed since we bought it.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Oakdale KOA Journey in Oakdale, Wisconsin. 🚌
August (33)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 186 miles from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin. 🚌📹
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 186 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Dyersville, Iowa, location of the classic Field of Dreams baseball movie. We were fortunate enough to be able to time our visit for one of the four annual Ghost Players shows. ⚾️
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We attended a game of the High-A minor league team Cedar Rapids Kernels, playing against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, at the Kernels' Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ⚾️
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Riverview Ridge Campground in Cascade, Iowa. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 250 miles from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa. 🚌📹
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 250 miles, about five hours of driving, from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: An RV maintenance item that is good to do every year or so: getting the black and gray waste tanks professionally cleaned out. 🚌
- 24 — Paladin snuggling in my beard. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: On our travel day we stopped at the world’s largest truck stop, Iowa 80 in Walcott, Iowa. 🚛
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois, featuring the only house that Abraham Lincoln ever owned, and neighboring houses.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Springfield KOA Journey in Rochester, Illinois. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois. With heavy rain and flooded freeways. 🚌📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I get excited about Eley hose quick connectors.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We attended a game of St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs, playing at the Cardinals’ ballpark, Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. ⚾️
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Meramec State Park in Sullivan, Missouri. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 255 miles from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri. 🚌📹
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 255 miles, about five hours of driving, from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Miles Landing Campground in Elberfeld, Indiana. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana. 🚌📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Our first Buc-ee’s.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It is notable as the longest cave system in the world, with over 400 miles of passages.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Bowling Green Hot Rods minor league baseball in Bowling Green, Kentucky. ⚾️
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Diamond Caverns RV & Golf Resort in Park City, Kentucky. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 227 miles from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky. 🚌📹
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 227 miles, about four hours of driving, from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Integrating water filters and softener into the coach, and more. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: South of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennasee and North Carolina over several days.
July (32)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Lodge in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 246 miles from Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 🚌📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 246 miles, about four hours of driving, from Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While in Red Bay we also got Cody Poores of Cody’s Custom Cabinets to create custom side tables for our theater seating couch. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Thurmond area of New River Gorge National Park, plus a scenic drive to a couple more waterfalls.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Canyon Rim area of New River Gorge National Park, the newest full National Park in the US. The Canyon Rim section overlooks the iconic New River Gorge bridge, plus has a winding scenic drive down into the canyon.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Sandstone Falls area of New River Gorge National Park, the newest full National Park in the US. The Sandstone Falls section features a 1500 feet wide waterfall on the New River.
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Grandview area of New River Gorge National Park, the newest full National Park in the US. The Grandview section overlooks a bend in the New River.
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Little Beaver State Park in Beaver, West Virginia. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 314 miles from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia. 🚌📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 314 miles, about five hours of driving, from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia. The beginning of our westward migration, heading towards our home base in Washington state. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I designed a custom desk for our motorhome, which we had built to match existing cabinetry. 🚌
- 20 — Paladin has started bapping at a bee ornament hanging above the driver area in our motorhome, as a way to get attention. Sometimes he can be such a brat. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, where “23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862”.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: The second baseball game we attended while in the DC area was the Miami Marlins playing at the Washington Nationals stadium, Nationals Park. ⚾️
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We also visited the Smithsonian American History Museum in DC.
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did an evening guided tour of Washington DC monuments from the Cherry Hill Park campground.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying in the DC area, we attended a couple of baseball games. The first was the Atlanta Braves playing at the Baltimore Orioles stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. ⚾️
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying near Washington DC, we did a quick drive through the city, around the Capitol and along the National Mall.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Cherry Hill Park in College Park, Maryland. 🚌
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 65 miles from Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland. 🚌📹
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach just 65 miles, about 1.5 hours of driving, from Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland. 🚌
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we went to NIRVC in DC for our annual servicing of the engine, generator, Aqua-Hot, etc. 🚌
- 6 — Paladin enjoying a shoebox. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Gettysburg memorials and cemetery.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a different war, but perhaps a fairly appropriate post for Independence Day: We visited Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, including a third-party museum and visitor center.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Codorus State Park in Hanover, Pennsylvania. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 102 miles from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania. Including a bunch of kids requesting Jenn sound the coach air horn, which she obliged. 🚌📹
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 102 miles, about two hours of driving, from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania. This was a last-minute change to our route, to avoid spending the weekend at NIRVC, and so we could pick up another state. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we replaced the stereo/GPS in our coach with a Kenwood DNR1008RVS unit. 🚌
June (31)
- 29 — While at NIRVC, Paladin sitting on the driver chair of our motorhome. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia, where the first major battle of the American Civil War took place on July 21, 1861 (plus a second battle later).
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: After leaving Shenandoah National Park, we continued south for a few miles on the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, a drive-through park southeast of Washington DC.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at the DC branch of National Indoor RV Centers in Manassas, Virginia. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 151 miles from Georgetown, Delaware to Manassas, Virginia. 🚌📹
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 151 miles, about three hours of driving, from Georgetown, Delaware to Manassas, Virginia, to do annual servicing and repairs at NIRVC DC. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Replacing controller for Tecma macerating toilet. 🚌🚽
- 22 — Bonus: an animated GIF of Paladin carrying his red ball. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 22 — Paladin loves his red ball; he will chase after it, then pick it up and carry it, and drop it at our feet for us to throw again. How many other cats play fetch?! 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited two ends of the Assateague Island National Seashore, in Maryland and Virginia. Famous for their wild horses. 🐴
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a Tweak Thursday post: Slide glide replacement. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Homestead Campground in Georgetown, Delaware. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 132 miles from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware. 🚌📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 132 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware. Yet another new state. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: The entry door on our coach was not closing or opening very well, especially when in the sun. Apparently the door latch wasn’t the correct model. So we got that replaced by Coach Connection in Red Bay. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, which could be described as Disneyland for history buffs.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited a couple of areas of the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, including Yorktown and Jamestown Island. This post is about Jamestown.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited a couple of areas of the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, including Yorktown and Jamestown Island. This post is about Yorktown.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Cape Charles / Chesapeake Bay KOA Resort in Cape Charles, Virginia. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 156 miles from Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia. Including a couple of tunnels. 🚌📹
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 156 miles, about two hours of driving, from Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia. Another new state. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I recently generated a QR code for the Sinclair Trails blog, and added stickers with it to our motorhome. 🚌
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited The Birthplace of Pepsi, located in New Bern, North Carolina. Our third soda-history stop, after the Dr Pepper Museum and the World of Coca-Cola museum. 🥤
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We briefly visited Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in North Carolina. This is the site of the “Lost Colony”, that arrived in 1584 and vanished; their fate is still unknown.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We took a long drive out to and along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first successful powered airplane flights.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Twin Lakes RV & Camping Resort in Chocowinity, North Carolina. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 201 miles from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina. 🚌📹
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 201 miles, about four hours of driving, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina. Another new state. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Roofline seal repair of our motorhome. 🚌
May (35)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying at Myrtle Beach State Park, we went into Myrtle Beach proper a couple of times. Not the popular boardwalk and such, but along the endless strip of mini golf, beachwear, and pancake shops.
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying at the Myrtle Beach State Park campground, we walked to the adjacent beach on several days. Nice to be able to walk to a beach. Anybody in the Atlantic Wave Appreciation Society? 🌊
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Myrtle Beach State Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 150 miles from Columbia to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 🚌📹
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 150 miles, about three hours of driving, from Columbia, South Carolina to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Reaching the East coast! (Other than Florida.) 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we added a barrier cushion below our dash to prevent our cat from playing with wires. 🚌
- 25 — Can’t beat a good box. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Replaced the SeeLeveL II tank monitoring panel in the wet bay. 🚌
- 23 — I turned 55 years old today. Which is a somewhat significant birthday, not only because it’s a multiple of five, but because some RV parks are designated for 55+, so we can now stay at those. (They do often allow a few people younger than that, but the majority are older.)
- 23 — On the Dejal blog: sign up for a private TestFlight beta of a new Dejal app!
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Easy reach awning opener. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: visiting the Tiffin parts store in Red Bay. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Windshield leak repair. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the big window awning on our passenger side failed, and we got it repaired while in Red Bay. 🚌
- 18 — "Where’s my breakfast? That doesn’t look like cat food." 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Congaree National Park in South Carolina, one of the least-visited parks.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Sewer hose closure. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, South Carolina. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 187 miles from Rutledge, Georgia to Columbia, South Carolina. 🚌📹
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 187 miles, about three hours of driving, from Rutledge, Georgia to Columbia, South Carolina. The first of a series of new states for us. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we replaced the shower rain head in our motorhome. 🚌🚿
- 11 — Pretzel Paladin on Jenn’s office chair. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: World of Coca‑Cola museum.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We attended an evening game of Cleveland Guardians playing at Atlanta Braves’ stadium, Truist Park. ⚾️🏟️
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Hard Labor Creek State Park in Rutledge, Georgia. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 332 miles from Red Bay, Alabama to Rutledge, Georgia. Including some clips from the truck perspective. 🚌📹
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 332 miles, about six hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Rutledge, Georgia. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I added a MagSafe charger on the bedroom wall. 🚌📱
- 4 — May the Fourth be with you.
- 4 — Paladin judging us from his high place in our motorhome. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. 🇯🇵
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 32 is “unputdownable”. When Paladin is being super snuggly, he’s unputdownable. 📷 #mbapr
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of our stay at Red Bay Acres for Tiffin services, plus a trip to an offsite vendor. 🚌📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Red Bay Acres RV Resort (again) in Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌
- 1 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 31 is “bubble”. We sampled some tasty bubbly when in Napa, California. 📷 #mbapr
April (75)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 278 miles from Scott, Arkansas to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 278 miles, about five hours of driving, from Scott, Arkansas to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “hometown”. We travel full-time around the US in our motorhome, but once a year we return to our hometown of Shelton, Washington for a few weeks to do doctor, dentist, etc “adulting” checkups. 📷 #mbapr
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Replacing the cabin air filter in our motorhome. 🚌
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “drift”. At Buffalo Bill Dam outside Cody, Wyoming, they collect driftwood each year, and relocate it based on the amount that accumulates. 📷 #mbapr
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “community”. It was nice to watch the total solar eclipse at a gathering with members of the RV community. 📷 #mbapr
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed (again) at Willow Beach Campground in Scott, Arkansas. 🚌
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “surprise”. We get our motorhome serviced at NIRVC, the National Indoor RV Centers, which also has indoor storage of motorhomes in a massive building. This is the Phoenix branch in Surprise, Arizona. 📷 #mbapr
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 243 miles from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas. 🚌📹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 243 miles, about four hours of driving, from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas. 🚌
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “critter”. Jessie's Critter Carousel at Disney’s California Adventure theme park. 📷 #mbapr
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a bunch of photos from the recent total solar eclipse. ☀️🌑🌎
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “spine”. This sign includes a warning “be careful as you walk the trail not to brush against the cholla cactus. The slightest touch can cause the cactus spines to penetrate your skin. Removing the embedded spines is difficult and painful.” 📷 #mbapr
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): We stayed at Paris Fairgrounds in Paris, Texas for an Escapees/Xscapers total solar eclipse gathering. 🚌
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “light”. These Wago lever wire connectors make replacing a light fixture in my motorhome much easier. 📷 #mbapr
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 93 miles from Texarkana, Texas to Paris, Texas. 🚌📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 93 miles, about two hours of driving, from Texarkana, Texas to Paris, Texas. 🚌
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “dreamy”. My wife thinks Cal Raleigh is dreamy. 📷 #mbapr
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Using a sewer tote tank and macerator pump to dump waste tanks from the back of our truck. 🚌
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “blue”. You haven’t experienced the color blue until you’ve gazed upon Crater Lake in Oregon. 📷 #mbapr
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Texarkana KOA Journey in Texarkana, Texas. 🚌
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “mountain” (my suggestion). So many mountains to choose from, but let’s go with this one. We have a picture of a mountain and lake on the magnetic shade on our motorhome windshield. (Specifically Mount Hood and Trillium Lake.) 📷 #mbapr
- 20 — Most cats enjoy chasing bugs. Paladin prefers to use tools like the BugZooka bug catcher (that uses bellows to create suction). 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 151 miles from Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas. 🚌📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 151 miles, about two hours of driving, from Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas. 🚌
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “ice”. At the Brown Derby restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, we each had a drink with a glowing “ice” cube (that we got to keep). 📷 #mbapr
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Willow Beach Campground in Scott, Arkansas. 🚌
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “birthday”. What better way to celebrate Jenn’s birthday than a seaplane trip to Dry Tortugas National Park. 📷 #mbapr
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 282 miles from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas. 🚌📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): We drove our coach 282 miles, about five hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas. 🚌
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “mood”. Sometimes Paladin is in a very snuggly mood. 📷 #mbapr
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of our stay at Red Bay Acres for Tiffin services, plus a couple of trips to offsite vendors. 🚌📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “transcendence”. The recent total solar eclipse was definitely an excellent example of transcendence. 📷 #mbapr
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 279 miles from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 279 miles, about five hours of driving, from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “ flâneur”, defined as “someone who walks around not doing anything in particular but watching people and society". Something that is fun to do on Main Street USA in Disney's Magic Kingdom park. 📷 #mbapr
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Refilling our fresh tank with a water bladder and pump. 🚌 💧
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “small”. There is a small New Zealand representation in the It's a Small World ride in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom park. 📷 #mbapr
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “cactus”. We’ve seen lot of cacti in our travels; one of our favorites was the Organ Pipe cactus, which has its own national monument. 📷 #mbapr
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of the view from our site of F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia. 🚌📹
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia. 🚌
- 13 — Paladin asleep in a box filled with nicely crinkly paper. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 191 miles from Adel, Georgia to Pine Mountain, Georgia. 🚌📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 191 miles, about four hours of driving, from Adel, Georgia to Pine Mountain, Georgia. 🚌
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “page”. Almost every RV park hands us a paper map to guide us to our site, sometimes on one page, sometimes a booklet with ads for services. 📷 #mbapr
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “magic”. We enjoyed the Magic Kingdom theme park the most at Walt Disney World. 📷 #mbapr
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Reed Bingham State Park in Adel, Georgia, Florida. 🚌
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “sky”. The sky often looks its best when putting on a sunset show. 📷 #mbapr
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 235 miles from Clermont, Florida to Adel, Georgia. 🚌📹
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 235 miles, about four hours of driving, from Clermont, Florida to Adel, Georgia. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Orlando RV Resort in Clermont, Florida. 🚌
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “train”. One of our favorite train journeys was on the steam train from Williams to the Grand Canyon (and back). 📷 #mbapr
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, just 52 miles from Disney World, Florida to Clermont, Florida, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach.
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “crispy”. Oga’s Cantina in the Star Wars land of Walt Disney World offers “crispy galaxy snack bits” as one of their snacks. 📷 #mbapr
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach just 52 miles, about an hour of driving, from Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground in Disney World, Florida to Clermont, Florida (taking the long way, see the post for why). 🚌
- 8 — We’re in Paris, Texas at a RV gathering, and were concerned that we wouldn’t see the total eclipse today, as the day started cloudy… but the clouds moved off just in time to see the totality. It was a magical experience. I’ll do a blog post with more pics later, but here are some highlights.
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “prevention”. Searching my photo library for today’s word, this picture came up; if you look closely, one of the signs says “magical cures and preventions”. Works for me. 📷 #mbapr
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: after having a couple of fuses burn out between our solar panels and controller, I decided to replace the fuse with a breaker. So far so good. 🚌
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “wellbeing”. Everyone’s lifestyle should be tuned to enhance their wellbeing; for us, that means traveling the country in a motorhome, staying in state parks whenever possible. 📷 #mbapr
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we spent a day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park, which is part theme park, part zoo. 🐭
- 6 — Paladin stretched out on the carpet in the entryway of our motorhome. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We also visited Hollywood Studios in Disney World a couple of times. 🐭🚀
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “windy”. A popular place for boondocking (camping without any hookups) is on the edge of “the wall” near Badlands National Park… but it can be very windy there. 📷 #mbapr
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “serene”. A serene view at the Morikami Japanese Gardens in Florida. 📷 #mbapr
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Epcot within Disney World a couple of times. 🐭🌐
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a bunch of pictures from our visits to Disney World's Magic Kingdom. 🐭
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “foliage”. Sometimes the foliage gets in the way of a picture. 📷 #mbapr
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “card”. Like most cats, Paladin loves to sit in a cardboard box. 📷 #mbapr
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground, within Walt Disney World, Florida. 🚌 🐭
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “flowers”. Here are lots of flowers on display at Epcot in Walt Disney World (blog posts coming soon!). 📷 #mbapr
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 213 miles from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Disney World, Florida.
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 213 miles, about four hours of driving, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground in Disney World, Florida. 🚌 🐭
- 1 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 1 is “toy”. Here’s Paladin playing with one of his toys in our motorhome; this one spins randomly and has a feather and light dot. 🐈⬛ 📷 #mbapr
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Our coach came with some generic artwork on a wall in the bedroom. But we wanted to personalize it a bit, so we replaced that with 12 photos of favorite places from our travels, printed on aluminum. 🚌🏞️🌅🌄
March (43)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of boats passing by our site in Yacht Haven Park & Marina. 🚌📹
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Yacht Haven Park & Marina, in Ohio Key, Florida. 🚌
- 30 — Paladin surveying the world from the top of his cat tower. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 148 miles from Ohio Key, Florida to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 🚌📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 148 miles, about three hours of driving, from Ohio Key, Florida to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Island ‘Ting with Sebago Watersports.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Dry Tortugas National Park, one of the most difficult national parks to get to, requiring a ferry, seaplane, or private boat to reach it.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of our site in Sunshine Key RV Resort and Marina in the Florida Keys, looking towards the beach and Overseas Highway.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Encore Sunshine Key RV Resort & Marina, in Ohio Key, Florida. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, just 19 miles from Sugarloaf Key, Florida to Ohio Key, Florida, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach just 19 miles, less than half an hour of driving, from Sugarloaf Key, Florida to Ohio Key, Florida. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we replaced the tires on our motorhome. A big expense, but important. 🚌🛞
- 23 — Paladin enjoying sprawling on the heated tile floor in our motorhome (with a cute little fang sticking out). 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While checking out Key West, Florida, we also visited Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park. I previously posted some pictures of the beach part of the park, but this post is about the historic fort.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: In Key West we visited the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, with fascinating information about the waters around the keys.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did a quick visit to Key West, Florida.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Sugarloaf Key / Key West KOA Resort, in Sugarloaf Key, Florida. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 122 miles from Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida to Sugarloaf Key, Florida. 🚌📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 122 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida to Sugarloaf Key, Florida. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: The insulation above the engine in our motorhome came loose, so we got one of the after-hours vendors in Red Bay to fix and improve it for us. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stopped by Robert is Here, a longstanding fruit stand in Homestead, Florida. 🍈
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We briefly visited John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While exploring Everglades National Park, we drove through a portion of Big Cypress National Preserve, north of Everglades, checked out its two visitor centers, and had a picnic lunch and a stroll along some boardwalks. 🐊
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Biscayne National Park is one of the rare national parks that is mostly water, on the coast south of Miami, Florida. We visited for a sail, paddle, and snorkel trip. ⛵️
- 14 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.9.7 released.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We explored several areas of Everglades National Park in Florida.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A two-part video, with the route and photos, then a timelapse, of riding around Long Pine Key Campground within Everglades National Park. 🚲📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Long Pine Key Campground within Everglades National Park, in Homestead, Florida. 🚌
- 12 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.9.6 is now available.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 289 miles from Thousand Trails Orlando in Clermont, Florida to Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach. 🚌📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 289 miles, about 5 hours of driving, from Thousand Trails Orlando in Clermont, Florida to Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Another thing we did in Red Bay was get a couple of our roof AC units looked at, as the rear and mid ones were not performing well. 🚌
- 9 — Paladin enjoying the view from his new cat tower. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 9 — On the Dejal blog: another Time Out update, version 2.9.5, to fix a couple of issues.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we spent a couple of days at Universal Studios Florida Theme Park. 🎢
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: I'm pleased to announce an update of Time Out, my popular break reminder tool. Version 2.9.4 includes some nice fixes and tweaks. Read the blog post for details.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying in the Orlando area, we spent four days at two of the Universal theme parks. Two of the days were at Universal Islands of Adventure Theme Park. 🎢
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Thousand Trails Orlando RV Resort in Clermont, Florida. TTO (as it’s commonly called) is the flagship Thousand Trails park, with over a thousand sites. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 283 miles from Carrabelle, Florida to Clermont, Florida, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach. 🚌📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 263 miles, about 5 hours of driving, from Carrabelle, Florida to Clermont, Florida. Our first travel day of 2024 (yes, my posts are a bit behind reality). 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our main living room TV is on a lift in front of a window, so it is hidden when not needed. But it wasn’t going down reliably; it would often stop partway, requiring pressing the down button several times. Fixing it was a somewhat involved process. 🚌📺
- 2 — We got a cat tree tower for Paladin, since he likes high places. This was when he first went onto it, just after it was assembled; now he spends most of his time there. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of the sun rising and tides going in and out from our waterfront site at Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida. 🌅🌊📹
February (31)
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a few shots of Carrabelle, Florida.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 257 miles from Spanish Fort, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 257 miles, about 5 hours of driving, from Spanish Fort, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida. Our last travel day of 2023. (Yes, the blog posts are a bit delayed; we do things faster than I can post about them!) 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We got Davidson RV to help us with a few other issues. 🚌
- 24 — Super-comfy Paladin in my arms, with a little drool running down my arm. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We explored the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama. It includes exhibits of various military planes, plus a submarine and the eponymous battleship. ⚓️
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We explored the Fort Morgan State Historic Site in Alabama, at the end of a peninsula between Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I usually don’t do a blog post about a restaurant, unless it is particularly remarkable. Lambert’s Cafe fits that criterion. 🍞
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A brief video of birds and a sunset at Meaher State Park in Alabama. 🕊️🌅📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Meaher State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama. (My server is struggling at present, perhaps due to this very long post; if you see broken images, try reloading.) 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 146 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana to Spanish Fort, Alabama, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach. 🚌📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 146 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from New Orleans, Louisiana to Spanish Fort, Alabama. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Another little project while at Davidson RV was to add some custom-fit carpeting in the cockpit area.
- 17 — It’s been a while since I posted a cat pic. Here’s Paladin with his big eyes, sitting on the dash of our motorhome. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Sunday Brunch Jazz Cruise. We did a brunch cruise on the Natchez, the last authentic steamboat on the Mississippi River.
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did a guided tour of the historic tombs in St Louis Cemetery Number 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: White in New Orleans, we visited a couple of units of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We explored The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Our coach came with fabric valances above the windows, which we didn’t like… and Paladin liked scratching. So while in Red Bay, another project we got Davidson RV to do was to replace the fabric portions with wood. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Oak Alley Plantation, a historic sugar plantation west of New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse from my 360 camera of an airboat swamp tour near New Orleans. 🐊📹
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: New Orleans airboat swamp tour. 🐊
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did a bit of exploring of New Orleans, Louisiana, including walking around the French Quarter, a quick drive through the Garden District, and elsewhere. This post has an assortment of pictures from the city.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at New Orleans RV Resort & Marina in New Orleans, Louisiana. A canal-front site close to the attractions of NOLA. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 208 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Toomsuba, Mississippi to New Orleans, Louisiana. 🚌
- 5 — On the Dejal blog: DejalNews #85: Time Out and Simon in BundleHunt, Time Out is 20, Mac is 40, and Time Out tips.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While in Red Bay we spent several days at Davidson RV, getting them to do several projects. One of those was to add extra shelves to many of our cupboards. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Meridian East / Toomsuba KOA Journey in Toomsuba, Mississippi. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 180 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Toomsuba, Mississippi. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove along about 140 miles of the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. A weird park barely wider than the road, with thousands of years of history.
January (35)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our coach between the Red Bay Acres RV park and Davidson RV for services. 🚌📹
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama. A nice full-hookup RV park in the hometown of Tiffin Motorhomes. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 139 miles from Memphis, Tennessee to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 139 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Memphis, Tennessee to Red Bay, Alabama. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Replacing the cover on the light under the sink. 🚌💡
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: To protect the steering wheel in our coach, we added a cover that fairly well matches the wheel. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tennessee. 🎸
- 24 — On the Dejal blog: Happy 40th Anniversary, Mac! I first used the original Macintosh 128K in 1984, back in high school in New Zealand, where I volunteered as head student librarian. I bought my first Mac in 1988, a Macintosh Plus:
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Graceland RV Park & Campground in Memphis, Tennessee. An RV park right next to the museum for Elvis Presley’s Graceland. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 196 miles from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee. 🚌📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 196 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Garbage bin hanging on back of driver chair. 🚌🗑️
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Hot Springs National Park, an urban park in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, featuring old hot spring-fed bathhouses.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Catherine’s Landing in Hot Springs, Arkansas. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 128 miles from Russellville, Arkansas to Hot Springs, Arkansas. 🚌📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 128 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Russellville, Arkansas to Hot Springs, Arkansas. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Lake Dardanelle State Park in Russellville, Arkansas. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 248 miles from Choctaw, Oklahoma to Russellville, Arkansas. 🚌📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Back to our regularly scheduled blog posts, catching up with travel from October last year. Where we left off, we were in Oklahoma. We drove our coach 248 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Choctaw, Oklahoma to Russellville, Arkansas. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I hope you enjoyed the posts reviewing 2023. So what’s in store for ’24? Sights galore, and more! Read about our travel plans for 2024. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): This video combines the 2021, 2022, and 2023 timelapse videos, and makes them eight times faster (i.e. 160 times faster than original timelapses), so you can see all our motorhome travel in about 10 minutes! 🚌📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an update on the state stickers, national park stickers, and souvenir stickers around our coach from 2023.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I thought it’d be fun to create an animated GIF of selfies and other pictures of Jenn and me from 2023. We’ve been to some interesting places!
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While most of the posts on this blog are about modifications, travel, campgrounds, and attractions, I sometimes post about other topics. Here is a summary of those posts from 2023.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Concluding the summary of some of the attractions we visited in 2023. With some sneak peeks of places we visited recently that haven’t been posted about yet! This is part four of four, covering October through December, inclusive.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Continuing from yesterday, a summary of some of the attractions we visited in 2023. This is part three of four, covering July through September, inclusive.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Continuing from yesterday, a summary of some of the attractions we visited in 2023.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: One of the main reasons for traveling the United States in a motorhome is to explore the many wonders around the country. This is a summary of some of the attractions we visited in 2023.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Another interesting summary of 2023 — the places we stayed during the year. Read to the end for some sneak peeks of places we stayed that I haven’t yet posted about! 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): See a summary of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome throughout 2023! This combines all of the motorhome travel timelapses for 2023 into one video, at 20x the speed of the original timelapse videos. 🚌 📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of travel days throughout 2023. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of our 2023 coach travel route. 🚌
- 1 — On the Dejal blog: Dejal year in review for 2023.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of some of the modifications we did to our motorhome in 2023. Happy New Year! 🎉 🚌
2023
December (45)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Oklahoma City East KOA Holiday in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 284 miles from Amarillo, Texas to Choctaw, Oklahoma. 🚌 📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 284 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Amarillo, Texas to Choctaw, Oklahoma. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Amarillo, Texas. The second largest canyon in the country.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited a famous roadside attraction, Cadillac Ranch, an art installation of ten Cadillac cars, buried nose-first in the ground since 1974, in Amarillo, Texas.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Oasis RV Resort & Cottages in Amarillo, Texas. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 99 miles from Tucumcari, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas. 🚌📹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 99 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Tucumcari, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Merry Christmas; New Orleans Celebration in the Oaks. 🎄
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed (again) at Tucumcari / Route 66 KOA Journey in Tucumcari, New Mexico. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 139 miles from Moriarty, New Mexico to Tucumcari, New Mexico. A rare night drive! 🚌 📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 139 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Moriarty, New Mexico to Tucumcari, New Mexico. A rare nighttime drive! 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We unexpectedly stayed at West Truck Services Center in Moriarty, New Mexico, after getting towed there due to a brake getting stuck on the way from the Balloon Fiesta. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, being towed 65 miles from Santa Rosa, New Mexico to Moriarty, New Mexico, after one of the brakes seized up. (With a badly synced picture-in-picture from our truck.) 🚌📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Our coach was towed 65 miles, about 1 hour of driving, from Santa Rosa, New Mexico to Moriarty, New Mexico, to a truck service center that thought they could fix our seized brake. 🚨🏗️🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of our unplanned stay at Anton Chico Rest Area in New Mexico, when our front passenger-side brake got stuck. 🚌 📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We unexpectedly stayed a couple of nights in the Anton Chico Rest Area, west of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, when the brake got stuck on the way from the Balloon Fiesta. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 100 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Santa Rosa, New Mexico. 🚌📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 100 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, after the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, and got stuck at an I-40 rest area, due to a seized brake (see yesterday’s post). 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Braking: Bad, the tale of a brake on our motorhome seizing up, spending two days at a rest area waiting for a tow truck, and two days getting it repaired. The joys of RV life! 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: During our stay at the balloon fiesta was a fairly rare event, an annular solar eclipse. This is when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, but without totally blocking it, leaving a “ring of fire”.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A fun variation of the balloon flight video: a 360 degree timelapse, that you can drag around to look in any direction. 📹🎈
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse video from my head-mounted 360 camera during our hot air balloon ride at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.📹🎈
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Last year we had a reservation for a ride in a balloon, but it was cancelled due to rain. A big reason for coming to the fiesta again this year was to have another chance for a balloon flight. 🎈
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta drone show and fireworks. 🎈
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta evening sessions. 🎈
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta balloons from the launch field. 🎈
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta morning sessions. 🎈
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta balloons and fireworks from the campground. 🚌🎈
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed in the VIP North RV Lot at Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. 🚌 🎈
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 185 miles from Tucumcari, New Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. 🚌 📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 185 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Tucumcari, New Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to attend the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. 🚌🎈
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Holiday lights in our coach. 🚌🎄
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying in Tucumcari, New Mexico, we explored their portion of the famous mother road, Route 66.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Tucumcari / Route 66 KOA Journey in Tucumcari, New Mexico. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico, with a picture-in-picture of the view from the truck being towed behind our coach. 🚌 📹
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 165 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed at Corral Drive-In RV Park in Guymon, Oklahoma. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 163 miles from Scott City, Kansas to Guymon, Oklahoma, with some additional footage from my 360 camera, mounted on the truck being towed behind our coach. 🚌 📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 163 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Scott City, Kansas to Guymon, Oklahoma. 🚌
- 5 — On the Dejal blog: I just noticed that I missed a major milestone a few months ago: my most popular app, Time Out, a break reminder tool for macOS, turned twenty years old on July 10! Its first beta release was on July 10, 2003, with the first general release on August 18.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Replacing the fridge drawer cover. 🚌
- 2 — I haven’t done a cat post in a while, but couldn’t resist posting this pic of Paladin relaxing in one of his cardboard nests with a waterfront view from our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying at Lake Scott State Park, we took a drive around some local scenery, including Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, Monument Rocks, Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, and Lake Scott itself, including an El Cuartelejo pueblo.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We stayed in the Circle Drive Campground of Lake Scott State Park near Scott City, Kansas. 🚌
November (37)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 209 miles from Ogallala, Nebraska to Scott City, Kansas. 🚌 📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 209 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Ogallala, Nebraska to Scott City, Kansas. 🚌
- 29 — I noticed that the About Sinclair Trails page was a bit out-of-date, so just updated it. Check it out for useful links and background information.
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Ogallala Tri-Trails KOA Journey in Ogallala, Nebraska. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 232 miles from Hot Springs, South Dakota to Ogallala, Nebraska. 🚌 📹
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 232 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Hot Springs, South Dakota to Ogallala, Nebraska. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Replacing fuse for solar controller. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving along Iron Mountain Road in South Dakota. 🛻 📹
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Another very scenic and curvy road is Iron Mountain Road, that connects the Mount Rushmore area and Custer State Park.
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving through Custer State Park in South Dakota, one of our all-time favorite parks. 🛻 📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Perhaps our all-time favorite state park (so far) is Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Wind Cave National Park a few times. Unfortunately the caves themselves were closed because the elevator was out of order, so we weren’t able see them, but the surface was still enjoyable, with bison, hikes, and more.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Hidden Lake Campground and Resort in Hot Springs, South Dakota.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 132 miles from Badlands, South Dakota to Hot Springs, South Dakota. With a fun picture-in-picture of the view from our truck being towed behind our coach. 🚌 📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 132 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Badlands, South Dakota to Hot Springs, South Dakota. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A series of clips of timelapse video from my 360 camera as we explored Badlands National Park.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: 360 camera mount on truck. 📹🛻
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Near Badlands National Park is the town of Wall, South Dakota, and a famous roadside tourist attraction called Wall Drug Store, or simply Wall Drug.
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: “World-wide delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your next one is free.” The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site features a visitor center, Delta-01 missile control center, and Delta-09 missile silo of the Minuteman II nuclear missile system.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Badlands National Park several times while staying nearby. Badlands was good lands; we enjoyed exploring the park.
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Badlands / White River KOA Holiday in Interior, South Dakota. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 127 miles from Spearfish, South Dakota to Badlands, South Dakota. 🚌 📹
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 127 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Spearfish, South Dakota to Badlands, South Dakota. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Fixing the bathroom vent lid motor. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Mount Rushmore National Memorial is one of the most famous monuments in the country, though with some problematic history.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A massive monument in South Dakota is the Crazy Horse Memorial, a mountain-sized monument to an American Indian war leader named Crazy Horse. The monument was started by one guy in 1948, and is far from completion.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did a ranger-guided tour of Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We really enjoyed the Black Hills area of South Dakota.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of our stay at Spearfish KOA Holiday.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday in Spearfish, South Dakota. Another new state, our first visit to South Dakota. A nice campground.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 203 miles from Medora, North Dakota to Spearfish, South Dakota. 🚌 📹
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 203 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Medora, North Dakota to Spearfish, South Dakota. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: The black tank flush on my coach stopped working. Apparently this is a common problem, if the flush nozzles get gummed up with crud or water calcification. So I removed a panel on the coach to access it, and drilled the holes a bit larger. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Pitchfork Steak Fondue and Medora Musical.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We also visited the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Medora Campground in Medora, North Dakota. 🚌
October (46)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 226 miles from Devils Tower, Wyoming to Medora, North Dakota. 🚌 📹
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 226 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Devils Tower, Wyoming to Medora, North Dakota. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: The windshield washer fluid suddenly stopped working. Upon investigation, I discovered that the hose had become disconnected. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. It was America’s first National Monument, but made famous by the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Devils Tower / Black Hills KOA Journey in Devils Tower, Wyoming. 🚌
- 28 — Paladin “in” a tiny box. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 130 miles from Buffalo, Wyoming to Devils Tower, Wyoming. 🚌 📹
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 130 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Buffalo to Devils Tower, Wyoming. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: A scenic drive though the interestingly named Crazy Woman Canyon.
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Buffalo KOA Journey in Buffalo, Wyoming. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 179 miles from Cody, Wyoming to Buffalo, Wyoming. 🚌 📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 179 miles, about 3 hours of scenic driving, from Cody, Wyoming to Buffalo, Wyoming. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: An easy and necessary maintenance item for our coach is to replace the windshield wiper blades on occasion. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did a scenic drive loop from Cody, Wyoming to the Bighorn mountains, with a detour into Montana.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming — five museums in one, on western topics.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Buffalo Bill Dam, west of Cody, Wyoming.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We took a drive along the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway in northwest Wyoming.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Cody KOA Holiday in Cody, Wyoming. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 80 miles from Yellowstone, Wyoming to Cody, Wyoming. 🚌 📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: back in the good old days when our coach worked, we drove our coach 80 miles, about 2.5 hours of very scenic driving, from Yellowstone, Wyoming to Cody, Wyoming. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a useful addition to help with unlevel sites: SnapPads. 🚌
- 15 — The tech removed the tire, and determined that the brake caliper had seized up and couldn't be released. (And the disc is rather scuffed; see pic.) So we'll need a tow to somewhere that can fix that. It's Sunday, so we'll be here at least till tomorrow. At least we’re safe at a rest stop.
- 15 — We initially thought it was a tire issue, but it turned out to be a brake issue. Our roadside assistance company, CoachNet, sent a mobile tech, who arrived promptly (we were pleased that they were able to find someone to come on Saturday evening).
- 15 — Driving on I-40 in New Mexico, and my TPMS gave a warning of high temperature. We stopped and let it cool down, but soon after resuming, it jumped up again. We stopped at the next rest area, and the temperature continued to climb to 207F, then started going down again.
- 15 — I usually just post links to Sinclair Trails blog posts, but today I’ll do a series of posts with some breaking news. Literally breaking: we are currently broken down at a rest stop, awaiting a tow of our motorhome (probably tomorrow).
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): another bonus video, a timelapse of our stay at Alpine Valley RV Resort. 📹
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a bonus video timelapse of our stay at LL Stub Stewart State Park. 📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we did an old west cookout and wagon ride while in Yellowstone.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some video footage of the Canyon area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos. 📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the Canyon area of Yellowstone National Park includes a village of shops and lodges, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and Hayden Valley.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: in the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park is the Tower-Roosevelt area, with Tower Fall and Lamar Valley.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some video footage of the Mammoth area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos. 📹
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the Mammoth area in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park has some interesting terraces and buildings.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some video footage of the Norris area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Halfway up the west side of Yellowstone National Park is the Norris Geyser Basin.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some video footage of the Madison area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos. 📹
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: heading north from Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park takes us to the Midway Geyser Basin (including one of our favorite places, the colorful Grand Prismatic Spring), Lower Geyser Basin, and Madison.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some video footage of the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos. 📹
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we continue our tour of Yellowstone National Park with the popular Old Faithful area.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some video footage of the Grant area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos. 📹
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I mentioned yesterday that we spent two weeks in Yellowstone National Park. Starting from the Lake area, we next turn to the Grant Village and West Thumb area.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: We spent two weeks in Yellowstone National Park, going out and exploring the park pretty much every day. So I’m going to post about each area of the park for the next week or so, starting with the Lake area.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Fishing Bridge Campground in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 136 miles from Alpine, Wyoming to Yellowstone, Wyoming. 🚌 📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 270 miles, over four hours of very scenic driving, from Alpine, Wyoming to Yellowstone, Wyoming. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: replacing bathroom faucets and soap dispensers in our motorhome. 🚌🚰
September (63)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying in Alpine, Wyoming, we did a whitewater rafting experience on the Snake River. My first time. (You can see us in the back.)
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “treasure”. This has been a fun photo challenge. I could think outside the box, like saying I treasure exploring the country, but I’ll be literal, with some pirate treasure on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. 📷 #mbsept
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on three days while staying in Alpine, about an hour south of the park.
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “contrast”. This picture from Custer State Park in South Dakota has a lot of contrast between the sky, rocks, trees, and shadows. 📷 #mbsept
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a first for us: we visited Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho with our coach on a travel day. We parked our coach at the visitor center, unhooked our truck, and drove around the park, plus walked around a bit.
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “workout”. Going on hikes can be a bit of a workout, but satisfying. This was an off-path trail in Badlands National Park. 📷 #mbsept
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Alpine Valley RV Resort in Alpine, Wyoming. 🚌
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “embrace”. Sometimes it’s fun to embrace the cheese, like the famous Medora Musical. 📷 #mbsept
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 270 miles from Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alpine, Wyoming. 🚌 📹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 270 miles, over four hours of driving, from Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alpine, Wyoming. 🚌
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “beverage”. A couple of tasty beverages at the Old Faithful Inn Dining Room in Yellowstone National Park. 📷 #mbsept
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I removed the basement subwoofer. 🚌🔊
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “flare”. Disneyland knows how to end a show with a lot of flare. 📷 #mbsept
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “belt”. Several belts of stripes run through the interesting formations in Badlands National Park. 📷 #mbsept
- 23 — A slow-mo video of Paladin drinking from his water fountain. Cats drinking is so fascinating! 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge for day 23 is “a day in the life”. I thought about posting a scenic thing we’ll be doing later today, but decided I’d show a less glamorous aspect of RV life: dumping the gray water tank. 📷🚌 #mbsept
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Y Knot Winery RV Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. 🚌
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “road”. A family of bison crossing the road in front of us in Wind Cave National Park. 📷 #mbsept
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 242 miles from La Grande, Oregon to Glenns Ferry, Idaho. 🚌📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 242 miles, about four hours of driving, from La Grande, Oregon to Glenns Ferry, Idaho. 🚌
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “fall”. Don’t look down, it’s a long way to fall! The view from the middle of Hoover Dam, straddling Nevada and Arizona. 📷 #mbsept
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Grande Hot Springs Resort in La Grande, Oregon. 🚌
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “disruption”. A bison wandering along the road is a common cause of traffic disruption in Yellowstone National Park. 📷 #mbsept
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 262 miles from Welches, Oregon to La Grande, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 262 miles, about four hours of driving, from Welches, Oregon to La Grande, Oregon. 🚌
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “edge”. A sign titled “Edge of the Rockies” at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. 📷 #mbsept
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: truck canopy, slide tray, lift kit. 🚙
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “fabric”. I have a set of fabric towels and waterless cleaning products that I use to clean my coach without needing water, since many campgrounds don’t allow washing coaches with water. 📷 #mbsept
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “intense”. The Grand Canyon Skywalk is an intense experience, and intensely strong. 📷 #mbsept
- 16 — Watching a Mariners baseball game on TV while working, and feeling like I’m being watched. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “oof!” The guided tour through Jewel Cave has a lot of stairs, so I’m sure I uttered “oof!” at least once during that tour. 📷 #mbsept
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Mt Hood RV & Camping Resort in Welches, Oregon. (Notice anything different about our truck? Stay tuned for a post on Monday about that!) 🚌
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “red”. The red codes box, authentication book, and red chair in the Minuteman nuclear missile control room in South Dakota. 📷 #mbsept
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 75 miles from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon. 🚌📹
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 77 miles, about two hours of driving, from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon. 🚌
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “statue”. Without a doubt the most ambitious statue/monument we’ve seen is Crazy Horse, started by one guy 1948, and still far from finished. Here’s a model of the finished product, and the current state in the background. 📷 #mbsept
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Dairy Creek East campground in LL Stub Stewart State Park in Buxton, Oregon. 🚌
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “glowing”. We’re looking forward to attending the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta again next month (hopefully with better weather this year!). A fun feature is the morning glow, where they light up balloons in the pre-dawn dark. 📷🎈 #mbsept
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 182 miles from Shelton, Washington to Buxton, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 180+ miles, about three hours of driving, from our home base in Shelton, Washington to Buxton, Oregon. 🚌
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “panic”. We have a “Don’t Panic" sticker on the back our our motorhome. The sticker comes from The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so seemed double-appropriate for full-time travelers. 📷 #mbsept
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: 15 amp to 50 amp power adapter and heavy-duty extension cord. 🚌🔌
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “retrospect”. When people think in retrospect of famous US battles, the Alamo is often one of the critical turning points, despite (or rather due to) being an epic loss. “Remember the Alamo!” 📷 #mbsept
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “cycle”. An obvious choice for this word would be our bikes, but no, let’s go in another direction: the six deep cycle AGM batteries for the house side of our motorhome. 📷 #mbsept
- 9 — Paladin enjoying the heated tile floor of our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “language”. The sign says “In the Tolowa language, naa-yvslh-sri~ means 'to make it right again.' The actions we each take during our visit today can help make the forest right again”. 📷🌲 #mbsept
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we took the fast ferry from Bremerton to Seattle, Washington, to go to the Mariners team store, and walk a little around the city. ⛴️⚾️
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “yonder”, suggested by my wife, @jidabug. Here’s a herd of bison in Custer State Park in South Dakota, with more off yonder to left and right. 📷 #mbsept
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Seattle Mariners vs Chicago White Sox baseball game. ⚾️
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “panorama” (my suggestion). Ever since Apple announced the Vision Pro headset, I’ve been taking more panorama photos, so I’ll eventually be able to surround myself with them. Here’s one of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. 📷 #mbsept
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at our official domicile, aka Mom’s house, in Shelton, Washington. 🚌🏡🌲
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “well”. We were fascinated to visit the ancient Montezuma Well in Rimrock, Arizona. 📷 #mbsept
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 80+ miles from Ocean City to Shelton, Washington. 🚌 📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 80+ miles, about two hours of driving, from Ocean City, Washington to our home base in Shelton, Washington. 🚌
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “forest”. Avenue of the Giants in Miranda, California was one of our favorite forest walks. 📷 #mbsept
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a flagpole for the Starlink dish. 🚌📡🇺🇸
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “orange”. We stayed at Orangeland RV Park, in Orange, California, while visiting Disneyland. Conveniently located, and each site has orange trees that you can pick. 📷 #mbsept
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “precious”. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming is full of precious artifacts. 📷 #mbsept
- 2 — Paladin enjoying his high place above the passenger chair in our motorhome. 🐈⬛🚌 #Caturday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: today marks the second anniversary of buying our motorhome. 🚌
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “buildup”. The Buffalo Bill Dam near Cody, Wyoming has an annual buildup of driftwood logs, which they pull out and relocate once a year, if there’s enough to justify the cost. 📷 #mbsept
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: last year we visited some eastern parts of Olympic National Park in Washington state. This year, we visited several western parts of the park, including beaches and rainforests. 🌲
- 1 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 1 is “abstract”. The “jewel” formations in Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota are pretty abstract, but also just plain pretty. 📷 #mbsept
August (36)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we enjoyed daily walks along the Ocean City beach. 🦀
- 30 — On the Dejal blog: how can I control Time Out from another app?
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Oceana RV & Camping Resort in Ocean City, Washington. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 119 miles from Seaside, Oregon to Ocean City, Washington. 🚌 📹
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 119 miles, about three hours of driving, from Seaside, Oregon to Ocean City, Washington. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I added padding to stop the dryer vent of our coach from banging in the wind. 🚌
- 26 — Paladin demands morning snuggles while Jenn works. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while we traveled up the Pacific coast this year, I took the opportunity to sample several seafood options, and especially a lot of clam chowder. 🐟🍤🍜
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some scenes around Seaside, Oregon.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Seaside in Seaside, Oregon. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 125 miles from South Beach, Oregon to Seaside, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 125 miles, about three hours of driving, from South Beach, Oregon to Seaside, Oregon. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: covers for our coach tires to protect them from UV damage. 🚌🛞
- 19 — So many feet! And a cute little fang. Paladin enjoys his cardboard nest. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while on the Oregon coast, we explored several of the historic lighthouses. 💡
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some scenes from Newport, Oregon.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Whalers Rest in South Beach, Oregon. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 90 miles from Eugene, Oregon to South Beach, Oregon. 🚌📹
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach just 90 miles, about two hours of driving, from Eugene, Oregon to South Beach, Oregon. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: replaced chassis batteries and more at Oregon Motorcoach Center. 🚌
- 12 — Paladin just can’t resist a cardboard box. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Armitage Park Campground in Eugene, Oregon. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 68 miles from Florence, Oregon to Eugene, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach just 68 miles, about one hour of driving, from Florence, Oregon to Eugene, Oregon, including a fuel stop where we spent about $427 for 100 gallons of diesel. 🚌
- 10 — On the Dejal blog: DejalNews #84: thoughts about Time Out syncing, iOS app, subscription options.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails South Jetty RV & Camping Resort in Florence, Oregon. 🚌
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 174 miles from Crescent City, California to Florence, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 174 miles, about three hours of driving, from Crescent City, California to Florence, Oregon. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Open Roads Freedom Pass toll transponders work around most of the country.
- 5 — Paladin in a shoebox. 📦🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the Redwood National and State Parks is interesting, in that it is jointly managed by the National Park Service and the state of California.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while at the coast, we visited several lighthouses. The first (southernmost) was Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City.
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Crescent City / Redwoods KOA Holiday in Crescent City, California. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 140 miles from Meyers Flat, California to Crescent City, California. 🚌 📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 140 miles, about three hours of driving, from Meyers Flat, California to Crescent City, California. 🚌
July (37)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: fresh tank flush. 🚌
- 29 — Paladin is such a weird cat. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we enjoyed a couple of drives along the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. 🌲
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination in Myers Flat, California. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 181 miles from Petaluma, California to Meyers Flat, California. 🚌 📹
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 181 miles, about three hours of driving, from Petaluma, California to Meyers Flat, California. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the cup holders that are built in to our coach are a little small for some of our water bottles and travel mugs, so we added extended cup holders to enable fitting larger bottles.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we hiked in Muir Woods National Monument in California. 🥾
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying north of San Francisco, our Seattle Mariners happened to be in Oakland, so we attended a game. ⚾️
- 22 — Paladin enjoying a box and crinkly packing paper. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 21 — On the Dejal blog: the Context filter in Simon is a sophisticated filter that takes the previous filter's input and match range to output some context around that filter's output text.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Paso Robles isn’t the only wine region in California; while in Petaluma we visited three Napa and Sonoma wineries, including Domaine Carneros, Iron Horse, and Korbel, sampling their sparkling wines. 🍷
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Jenn is a fan of the old Peanuts cartoon, so while staying in Petaluma we headed a little north to Santa Rosa, California to visit the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of San Francisco North / Petaluma KOA in Petaluma, California. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 244 miles from Paso Robles, California to Petaluma, California. 🚌 📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from Paso Robles, California to Petaluma, California. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a bubble level helps us check when leveling our coach. 🚌
- 15 — Paladin asleep in one of his nests. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an artistic installation in Paso Robles, California is Bruce Munro: Light at Sensorio.
- 14 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out Dock icon and status item.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Hearst Castle is an iconic mansion about midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Paso Robles wineries: McPrice Myers Vineyards, Calcareous Vineyard, DAOU Vineyards, Parrish Family Vineyard, Le Cuvier Winery. 🍷
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of our stay at Sun Outdoors Paso Robles. 🚌📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Sun Outdoors Paso Robles in Paso Robles, California. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 116 miles from Bakersfield, California to Paso Robles, California. 🚌 📹
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 116 miles, about two hours of driving, from Bakersfield, California to Paso Robles, California. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the thrilling tale of our fridge latch repair. 🚌
- 8 — We picked up Jenn’s office chair from storage; I’m not sure if she or Paladin missed it more — Paladin went right back to demanding snuggles when Jenn was sitting in the chair. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out fixed image and blog themes.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield, California. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 244 miles from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California. (One of the longer videos, but a fascinating one, with the traffic, varied terrain, and wildflowers.) 🚌 📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Happy Independence Day! We enjoy our independence and seeing this vast and diverse country as we drive our home around the states. 🇺🇸
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a minor addition to our coach is some hooks by the door for our hats. They are Command metal hooks, that use a convenient self-adhesive to mount without damage to the coach. 🚌🧢
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the world-famous San Diego Zoo. It was definitely the nicest and largest zoo we’ve ever been to. 🐘🦧🦁
- 1 — Paladin on the dash of our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some scenes around San Diego, Balboa Park, and the coast.
June (36)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego, California. 🇯🇵
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Comic-Con Museum in San Diego, California. 🗯️
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Cabrillo National Monument at the coast in California. ⚓️
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay in Chula Vista, California. 🚌
- 27 — On the Dejal blog: how can I use Simon to check for an expired website SSL certificate?
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 99 miles from Orange, California to San Diego, California. 🚌 📹
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 99 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange (Los Angeles), California to San Diego, California. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Open Roads fuel discount card. 🚌⛽️
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of the Orangeland RV Park. 🚌
- 24 — Super-relaxed Paladin enjoying a fuzzy blanket on Jenn’s lap. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we also went to Disney California Adventure.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary back in April by going back to Disneyland. (Yes, my blog posts are a few months behind.)
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Orangeland RV Park in Orange (Los Angeles), California. 🚌
- 20 — On the Dejal blog: How can I add lunchtime & night breaks to Time Out?
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 103 miles from Palm Desert, California to Orange, California. 🚌 📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 103 miles, about two hours of driving, from Palm Desert, California to Orange (Los Angeles), California. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I forgot to cross-post about our third visit to Joshua Tree National Park. (Which also includes some 360° camera videos.)
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: engine compartment door stop replacement. 🚌
- 17 — Eyes in the dark. Paladin in his tunnel. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: another visit to Joshua Tree National Park, this time in the evening, going in the south entrance. Like most of the popular parks, this one is very busy during the day, but much less so in the evening.
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Joshua Tree National Park several times while staying in Palm Desert. On the first day, we visited all five of the visitor centers, drove though the park, and did a shortish hike. 🥾
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Palm Springs in Palm Desert, California. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 146 miles from Yermo to Palm Desert, California. 🚌 📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 146 miles, about three hours of driving, from Yermo, California to Palm Desert, California. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the phone holders for use when driving our coach. 🚌
- 10 — Prince and the pea: Paladin sleeping on a fuzzy blanket on top of a cushion on top of our couch. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying in Yermo, California, we had dinner at Peggy Sue’s 50’s Diner, a classic roadside diner built in 1954, and restored with lots of movie memorabilia. And a 5 & Dime store and dinosaur park. 🍔🦖
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying in Yermo, California, we visited the nearby Calico Ghost Town, an old West silver mining town that was founded in 1881 and became a ghost town just 15 years later.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Barstow / Calico KOA Holiday in Yermo, California.
- 6 — On the Dejal blog: my hot take on the Apple Vision Pro device introduced at yesterday’s WWDC keynote.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 169 miles from Death Valley, California to Yermo, California. 🚌 📹
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 169 miles, about three hours of driving, from Death Valley, California to Yermo, California. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: ceiling fan motor replacement again.
- 3 — Paladin’s cute fangs as he sprawls on the heated tile floor. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Modification Mondays, Travel Tuesdays, Whereabouts Wednesdays, To and Fro Thursdays and Fridays.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Death Valley Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and Stovepipe Wells.
May (35)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we walked below sea level in Death Valley's Badwater Basin, a salt flat in the lowest point in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.
- 30 — On the Dejal blog: adding Time Out to Accessibility System Settings to enable idle detection.
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Death Valley Star Wars locations driving tour.
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: lots of people on Micro.blog have been posting lists of places they’ve been, so I thought I’d join the fun. Here’s my list.
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: how we work full-time in our coach.
- 27 — Drapy Paladin. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: in the evening of our first night in Death Valley, we visited Zabriskie Point to watch the sun set. 🌄
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Death Valley Furnace Creek Visitor Center and The Ranch.
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Furnace Creek Campground within Death Valley National Park, California. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 121 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada to Death Valley, California. 🚌 📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 121 miles, about three hours of driving, from Las Vegas, Nevada to Death Valley, California. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Jenn’s movable height-adjustable desk.
- 20 — Paladin enjoying his high place in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Valley of Fire State Park, north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: one night while staying in Las Vegas, we went to the strip for a nice steakhouse dinner and The Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil show.
- 16 — On the Dejal blog: where can I find more sounds for Time Out or Simon?
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: David’s lap desk.
- 13 — I captured a picture of Paladin in mid-yawn while squirming on the heated tile floor in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 114 miles from Kingman, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada. 🚌 📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 114 miles, about two hours of driving, from Kingman, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: after Grand Canyon West, we went back to Kingman, and had dinner at a classic Route 66 diner.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Grand Canyon West, a commercial operation of the Hualapai Tribal Nation, featuring a skywalk over the Grand Canyon.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Kingman KOA Journey in Kingman, Arizona. 🚌
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: adding a Spyder touch panel in the bedroom. 🚌
- 6 — Sleepy Paladin. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 219 miles from Surprise, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Surprise, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while in Phoenix back in March we attended a spring training game of the Seattle Mariners, playing against Canada. Appropriate timing, as today we’ll be at a Mariners at Athletics game (you may spot us on TV!). ⚾️
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: NIRVC Phoenix service to fix DEF head failure and more. 🚌
- 2 — On the Dejal blog: how can I change the order of filters in Simon?
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 219 miles from Tombstone, Arizona to Surprise, Arizona, to visit NIRVC. 🚌 📹
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 219 miles, about four hours of driving, from Tombstone, Arizona to Surprise, Arizona, to visit NIRVC there. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we have a three-stage external water filter to ensure clean water for our coach, but it was getting a little scuffed up. So I decided to get a custom-fit bag to protect it.
April (28)
- 29 — Paladin enjoying a nap in his “room", a cardboard box with fun crinkly paper in the bottom. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: South of Tombstone, near the border with Mexico, is a cute little historic town called Bisbee, Arizona. We went there for a drive and dinner.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Tombstone, Arizona, which has a few blocks of downtown devoted to an old west theme. 🪦
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Tombstone RV Park & Campground in Tombstone, Arizona. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 247 miles from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Tombstone, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 247 miles, about four hours of driving (and a couple of hours of stoppage), from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Tombstone, Arizona. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: professionally cleaning gray and black tanks. 🚌💧
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse dashcam video of driving up and back down Pikes Peak in Colorado (back in September).
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Las Cruces KOA Journey in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 🚌
- 19 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.9.2 is now available, with some nice fixes and improvements. Learn more in the blog post.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a timelapse of driving our RV 504 miles from Abilene, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Our longest drive to date! (And yes, I’ve been using country & folk music for the Texas travel, but switch to other genres on leaving Texas.)
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 504 miles, an epic eight hours of driving, from Abilene, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: water softener regeneration and backflush hoses and adapters. 🚌💧
- 15 — Paladin enjoying the warmth above the entertainment cupboard in the bedroom of our coach — the PS5 in that cupboard makes that a warm spot. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying in Abilene, Texas we visited their Frontier Texas! museum, focused on the old west, especially around buffalo hunting.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Abilene KOA Journey in Abilene, Texas.
- 12 — On the Dejal blog: Simon 5.1.1 released; this update includes just a few — but important — fixes. See the blog post for details.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 244 miles from Gordonville, Texas to Abilene, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from Gordonville, Texas to Abilene, Texas. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV modification: the door on the dryer in our coach (yes, we have a washer and dryer) tends to swing closed when open. So I attached a couple of strong magnets to the cupboard and dryer doors to keep it open.
- 8 — A super-relaxed boy in his dash bed in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Lake Texoma RV Campground in Gordonville, Texas.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 76 miles from Dallas, Texas to Gordonville, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 76 miles, a bit over an hour of driving, from NIRVC in Dallas, Texas to Gordonville, Texas. 🚌
- 4 — On the Dejal blog, a Simon tip: check notifiers; I’ve had a couple of queries about checking if a notifier is working, so that seemed like a good blog topic.
- 4 — I’m getting a bit of a backlog of posts, so I’m going to increase the pace to weekdays. So you can look forward to new Sinclair Trails blog posts Monday through Friday. No posts on weekends.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel days from US Virgin Islands. All good things come to an end eventually, and such it was with our USVI vacation.
- 1 — Paladin super relaxed on my lap, in his strange way. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
March (52)
- 31 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 31 is “practice”. A feral cat practicing pole dancing? No, just sharpening claws on the tree. I hope you enjoyed all the cat pics during this photo challenge! 📷 #mbmar
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our second boating excursion in the USVI was on a power boat, circumnavigating the island of Saint John, including a couple of snorkeling stops, and lunch at Lime Out, a floating taco bar.
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “mirror”. Two feral cats in their heated shelters almost look like mirror images. 📷 #mbmar
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “slice”. A multi-camera view showing a slice of life of five of the feral cats at our former homestead. 📷 #mbmar
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Virgin Islands National Park.
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “prompt”. The feral cats were usually prompt to turn up when their food dispensed. 📷 #mbmar
- 28 — On the Dejal blog: the importance of a good backup strategy.
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “support”. Paladin loves to be held, supported by an arm or two, with his legs draped. 📷 #mbmar
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: during our US Virgin Islands vacation, we visited Magens Bay Beach, one of the most popular beaches on Saint Thomas.
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “instrument”. The feral cat house I built at the homestead was instrumental in keeping them toasty warm in winter months. 📷 #mbmar
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “spice”. The feral cat would have preferred to avoid the spice of danger of a raccoon visit. 📷 #mbmar
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “court”. I was courting danger to my G4 iMac with this taunty screensaver in 2002. 📷 #mbmar
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: during our US Virgin Islands vacation we did a six-hour trip on a sailboat, with only six guests (including us), an open bar, lunch, and two snorkel sessions included.
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “chance”. Paladin will always take an opportunity to jump into a cupboard he shouldn’t be in, given a chance. 📷 #mbmar
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “insect”. A feral cat hunting an insect in the cat house feeder. 📷 #mbmar
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I thought I’d do a post about some of the food we enjoyed during our US Virgin Islands vacation. Come for the food pics, stay for the rant about tipping.
- 21 — On the Dejal blog, a Simon tip: groups.
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “tiny”. A tiny Paladin taking over the big dog bed. 📷 #mbmar
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “houseplant”. We have a few succulant houseplants on a steering wheel table in our coach, which Paladin mostly leaves alone. 📷 #mbmar
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while in the US Virgin Islands, we stayed at an Airbnb in the Point Pleasant Resort on Saint Thomas.
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “analog”. Back in the days of analog cameras, my cat pics were often a little out-of-focus; here’s Scruffy, a super-sweet boy, from 1988. 📷 #mbmar
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “portico”. Not really a portico, but the feral cat house had a porch that they liked to hang out on. 📷 #mbmar #Caturday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: to celebrate Jenn’s big milestone birthday in February, we had a six-night vacation on the United States Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John. This post is about our travel from Dallas, Texas to Saint Thomas, USVI.
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “early”. The earliest cat photo I have is this one of our cat at the time, Muffy, that I took on my black & white film camera in 1978. 📷 #mbmar
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “road” (suggested by me, before I decided to do cat-themed posts). Paladin usually sits in his “safe space” beside the passenger chair when our coach is driving down the road. 📷 #mbmar
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “patience”. When the feral cats were eating in the custom cat house I built for them, they would have patience, taking turns to eat. 📷 #mbmar
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of a few days from five different campgrounds in Texas. 🚌📹
- 14 — On the Dejal blog, a Simon tip: hide the Dock icon.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 101 miles from Lake Whitney, Texas to Dallas, Texas. 🚌📹
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “horizon”. Paladin staring towards the horizon while our coach drives along the highway. 📷 #mbmar
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “connection”. The cameras watching the feral cats gave me an enjoyable connection to their lives. 📷 #mbmar
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 101 miles, a couple of hours of driving, from Lake Whitney, Texas to NIRVC in Dallas, Texas. 🚌
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “shiny”. The feral cat house at the former homestead was bright and shiny in the sun. 📷 #mbmar
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “gimcrack”. The flimsy cat tunnels are a bit gimcrack, but Paladin enjoys them. 📷🐈⬛ #mbmar #Caturday
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “ritual”. Paladin has a ritual of going into his “safe space” next to the passenger chair in our coach on travel days. 📷 #mbmar
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Waco Mammoth National Monument in Waco, Texas.
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “together”. I really enjoyed watching the feral cats at our former homestead snuggling together inside their heated cat house. 📷 #mbmar
- 8 — For week two of the Micro.blog challenge, I thought I’d do all cat pics (inspired by Jean). The word for day 8 is “walk”. We got a harness for Paladin so we could take him for walks outside, but he wasn’t a fan, so that didn’t last long. 📷 #mbmar
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. 🥤
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “whole”. That was a whole lotta fish by our feet at the Lime Out floating taco bar in the US Virgin Islands. 📷 #mbmar
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: Simon password protection.
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “engineering”. Wind turbines can look somewhat large, but the scale of the engineering is particularly impressive when you see a single blade being transported on a truck. 📷 #mbmar
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, replacing the carbon monoxide detector in our coach. 🚌
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “tile”. Paladin loves laying on the heated tile in our coach. 📷 #mbmar
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “zip”. Driving past the Glacier zip lines in our coach. An activity that has no appeal for me. 📷 #mbmar
- 4 — We kept a box of velcro and such in a cupboard above the passenger chair in our coach. Yesterday we got the box out to use something, and Paladin jumped up there. He seemed so happy to have a high place, we decided to remove the door and give it to him as a fun cat place. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “solitude”. We liked the solitude of this house on the Virgin Islands, with no other houses anywhere around. 📷 #mbmar
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at Lake Whitney State Park in Whitney, Texas. 🚌
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “weather”. We enjoyed the perfect weather during our recent US Virgin Islands trip. 📷 #mbmar
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 196 miles from Lake Conroe to Lake Whitney, Texas. But unfortunately my dashcam stopped recording partway through, so this video is only the first part. 🚌 📹
- 1 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 1 is “secure”. It’s rather windy this week, so I added ropes over the slide-out toppers on our motorhome to secure them from flapping in the wind. 📷 #mbmar
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 196 miles, about four hours of driving, from Lake Conroe to Lake Whitney, Texas. 🚌
February (18)
- 28 — On the Dejal blog: a Simon filters case study.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV modification: replaced more recessed lights. 🚌💡
- 25 — Paladin enjoying the heated tile and rug in the bathroom. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a rare excursion in our winter of downtime: while staying at Lake Conroe, we drive 1.5 hours south to Houston to visit the Space Center there. 🚀
- 23 — From March 2017, some more drawings of my evolving chicken coop design. #ThrowbackThursday
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Lake Conroe RV & Camping Resort in Willis, Texas. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 132 miles from Columbus to Lake Conroe, Texas. (We took a detour to avoid an accident that closed a portion of the freeway.) 🚌 📹
- 21 — On the Dejal blog: how can I play a sound during a break in Time Out?
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 132 miles, about three hours of driving, from Columbus to Lake Conroe, Texas. 🚌
- 18 — Paladin enjoying a sunbeam on the heated tile floor, while being dusted by his spinning toy. What more could a cat want. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we’re back from the US Virgin Islands. It was a super-enjoyable trip. 🏝️
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: taking a break for a week or so; Jenn and I will be heading to the US Virgin Islands to celebrate her milestone birthday.
- 5 — When traveling around, we are always excited to see a Dutch Bros Coffee stand, even in places like Texas. A little slice of the Pacific Northwest, and our favorite coffee chain (they are based in Grants Pass, Oregon). ☕️
- 4 — Paladin supervising Jenn preparing his wet food. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: Govee smart thermometers. 🚌 🌡️
- 2 — From February 2017, some evolution (scope creep) of my chicken coop designs. #ThrowbackThursday
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, the answers to today's #WhatsItWednesday questions, which are the two most frequently asked questions about Tiffin motorhomes. 🚌
- 1 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. It’s been a while, so here’s a special twofer. What do you think these are? The answers coming in four hours time! #WhatsItWednesday
January (45)
- 31 — On the Dejal blog: why are my Simon tests timing out on my Apple Silicon Mac?
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV modification: improved tow bar pins. 🚌
- 29 — Now that I’m not doing Sinclair Trails posts every day, I could post random pictures on Sundays on this blog. Here’s some interesting wall art from MOD Pizza in Willis, Texas.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: moving to thrice-weekly posts. I’ve decided to switch from an everyday posting schedule to three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. (Posts on my personal blog will probably still be every day.)
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a drive through Columbus, Texas.
- 26 — From January 2017, some initial sketches of a chicken coop design concept for our homestead. Somewhat smaller than what I ended up with. #ThrowbackThursday
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Colorado River RV Campground in Columbus, Texas. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 87 miles from Lockhart, Texas to Columbus, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a travel day: we drove our coach 87 miles, about two hours of driving, from Lockhart, Texas to Columbus, Texas. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, another nice RV addition: Micro-Air EasyTouchRV smart thermostats. 🚌🌡️
- 23 — On the Dejal blog: using Simon to watch YouTube subscriber counts.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a quick drive through Austin, Texas.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying at Lockhart State Park we visited the city of Lockhart a few times.
- 21 — Paladin inside the long box that our new mattress came in. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Lockhart State Park in Lockhart, Texas. 🚌
- 20 — I give a loan or two to someone in need every month via Kiva (learn more or join me!), a service that connects lenders to people in need. I’ve done a new country each month, until this month. After 59 loans to 59 countries, I had to repeat this month.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 217 miles from Corpus Christi, Texas to Lockhart, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 217 miles, about four hours of driving, from Corpus Christi, Texas to Lockhart, Texas. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: slide topper bracing to reduce flapping in wind. 💨🚌
- 19 — Snowy homestead pictures from January 2017. #ThrowbackThursday
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: a nice new mattress. 🚌 🛏️
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Corpus Christi KOA Journey. 🚌
- 16 — On the Dejal blog: new and updated Time Out themes: Sinclair Trails and Tropical Rain.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 163 miles from San Antonio, Texas to Corpus Christi, Texas. 🚌📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, this was actually our last travel of 2022: travel day to Corpus Christi, Texas. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: upgraded TST TPMS display.
- 14 — Paladin melting on the heated tile floor in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: enough reviewing last year; what’s in store for 2023? A summary of our travel plans for this year. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a video that combines both the 2021 and 2022 timelapse videos, and makes them eight times faster (i.e. 160 times faster than original timelapses)! 🚌 📹
- 12 — Jenn and Rory in the snow at our homestead, from December 2016. 🐕❄️ #ThrowbackThursday
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Sinclair Trails logo, states map, and national park stickers on our coach. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I thought it’d be fun to create an animated GIF of selfies and other pictures of Jenn and me from 2022. We’ve been to some interesting places!
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while most of the posts are about travel, campgrounds, attractions, and modifications, I sometimes post about other topics. This is a summary of those posts from 2022. 🚌
- 9 — On the Dejal blog, a FAQ answer: why haven’t I received an email from Dejal?
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of some of the additions, modifications, and repairs to our motorhome in 2022. 🚌
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: concluding the summary of some of the attractions we visited in 2022, covering October through December, inclusive.
- 7 — Paladin enjoys boxes inside boxes. 🐈⬛📦 #Caturday
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: 2022 attractions, part 3, covering July through September, inclusive.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: continuing from yesterday, a summary of some of the attractions we visited in April through June 2022. Some very eventful months.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: one of the main reasons for traveling the United States in a motorhome is to explore the many wonders around the country. This is a summary of some of the attractions we visited in the first quarter of 2022.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of all of the campgrounds and RV parks we stayed at in 2022. 🚌
- 3 — On the Dejal blog: Dejal year in review for 2022.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): see a summary of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome throughout 2022, at 20x the speed of the original timelapse videos. 🚌 📹
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of 2022 travel days. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Happy New Year! 🎉 As we begin 2023, let’s look back at our coach travel in 2022. 🚌
2022
December (49)
- 31 — Paladin laying on the dash of our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a useful RV addition, the VIAIR tire inflation compressor. 🚌🛞
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a video showing all of our motorhome driving timelapses in 2021 (2022 coming soon). This video is 20x the speed of the original timelapse videos. 📹🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: grackle birds are cute, though there can be too much of a good thing.
- 29 — From November 2016, we purchased a new Chevy Colorado pickup truck. Yes, the same one we still have; we didn’t purchase it with our motorhome adventures in mind, but it has worked out very well for that too. 🛻 #ThrowbackThursday
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we explored the main downtown part of the San Antonio River Walk.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited The Alamo while in San Antonio. It is a site of great significance in the history of Texas. It started as a mission in 1718, and is best known for the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited San Antonio Zoo for their holiday lights. 🎄
- 26 — On the Dejal blog, a Simon tip: watching the Yellowstone gate cam.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we explored the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, riding our bikes between the missions. 🚲
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: since it’s Christmas Day, I wanted to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We went to SeaWorld in San Antonio to see the holiday lights. 🎄
- 24 — Paladin caught a mouse. After knocking it off the dining table. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at Hidden Valley RV Park in San Antonio, Texas. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 135 miles from Junction, Texas to San Antonio, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 135 miles, about two hours of driving, from Junction, Texas to San Antonio, Texas. 🚌
- 22 — From August 2016, a bunch of pictures of the house we had built in New Zealand, from a real estate listing several years after we sold it (in the year 2000). Hadn’t changed much, other than some backyard landscaping. #ThrowbackThursday
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: Wash Wax All waterless cleaner. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Ingram, Texas and Stonehenge II.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Fort McKavett State Historic Site, a 150-year-old fort in West Texas, from the Texas-Indian Wars of 1850–1875, with a museum, some ruins, and several restored structures.
- 19 — On the Dejal blog: some secret screenshot tips.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: south of Junction, Texas is the South Llano River State Park.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: interested in seeing info about towns near our stays? Here's Junction, Texas.
- 17 — Paladin enjoys sleeping in cardboard boxes; we have a large one with crinkly paper in the bottom, which we call his bedroom. 📦🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Pecan Valley RV Park, a nice and quiet RV park, with chickens, ducks, goats, and other animals. 🚌 🐓 🦆 🐐
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 269 miles from Marathon, Texas to Junction, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 269 miles, about five hours of driving, from Marathon, Texas to Junction, Texas. 🚌
- 15 — From July 2016, some flowerbeds at our homestead. They were very nice, but too much work to maintain. #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a post I’ve had in the works for months, on the important topic of RV fire safety. 🚌🧯🔥
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a star party at the McDonald Observatory in Texas. ✨🔭
- 12 — On the Dejal blog, a Simon script example: Show & Screenshot.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: dimmer shade for the Power Watchdog surge protector.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a surprising hidden gem in Marathon is Gage Gardens, a 27-acre park tucked away across the railway tracks from the downtown shops.
- 10 — Paladin watching birds out the window of our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our campground had a nightly star party, viewing the moon, planets, and constellations. ✨🔭
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: exploring Marathon, Texas.
- 8 — From December 2015, another photo of me and Jenn at our homestead, taken by our friend Scott. #ThrowbackThursday
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, another RV addition: a BlueFire diagnostic adapter to see coach information on an iPad. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: dark sky stars above our campsite in Marathon, Texas. ✨
- 6 — On the Dejal blog: announcing the general release of Simon 5.1. It includes the ability to disable rendering a Web Page test, the addition of an automatic data backup, support for macOS Ventura, updated example tests, and several other changes.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Marathon Motel & RV Park in Texas. 🚌
- 5 — On the Dejal blog: a post about Simon’s preview pane.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 120 miles from Presidio, Texas to Marathon, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 120 miles, about two hours of driving, from Presidio, Texas to Marathon, Texas. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a trip along the Rio Grande river, the border with Mexico, in Big Bend Ranch State Park.
- 3 — Paladin has several beds in our coach; we replaced the one in our bedroom, but it’s a little small for him; he doesn’t seem impressed. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we got a water softener for our motorhome. 💧
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Fort Leaton State Historic Site in Texas.
- 1 — From December 2015, a photo of me and Jenn in our homestead, taken by our friend Scott. #ThrowbackThursday
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an addition to our motorhome: an automatic paper towel dispenser. 🚌
November (58)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Loma Paloma RV Park, where we enjoyed a Thanksgiving gathering.
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “safety”. I’ve been meaning to do a blog post about fire safety in our RV for months; I’ve finally written it, and will publish it in a couple of weeks time. 📷 #mbnov
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 275 miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico to Presidio, Texas. 🚌 📹
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “fish”. Here’s a small fish that was interested in Jenn’s toes when we swam at Beaver Bay Beach in Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho. 📷 #mbnov
- 28 — On the Dejal blog: Simon’s automatic offline support.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, the posts resume after the Thanksgiving break, with a travel day to Presidio, Texas. 🚌
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “trend”. Individual legs of our RV travel may be in any direction, but the general trend at this time of year is southerly, as we head for warmer weather. 📷 #mbnov
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “motivation”. We have several motivations for our full-time RV lifestyle; one is to see all of these (somewhat) United States. Still got many more states to visit; 12 down, 38 to go. 📷🇺🇸🚌 #mbnov
- 26 — Paladin enjoys his toys. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “commitment”. The National Park Service has a commitment to preserve places of natural beauty or historical interest for current and future generations. 📷 #mbnov
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “ritual”. Thanksgiving is such a ritual in the US. It was nice that our current campground put on a group feast for everyone yesterday. 📷🦃 #mbnov
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “retain”. It’s fun to see what comes up when I search my photo library for a challenge word, now that Photos can search for text; in this case, the word “retain” appears in this info sign in Mesa Verde National Park. 📷 #mbnov
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “update”. I just updated our coach to replace a hanging paper towel rail with an under-cabinet motion-activated automatic dispenser, since Paladin kept destroying the paper towels. 📷🚌 #mbnov
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “graze”. In the King’s Palace room in Carlsbad Caverns, it looks like this stalagmite and stalactite are grazing, but apparently there is a tiny gap between them. 📷 #mbnov
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “ice”. Our coach and truck experienced a little ice and snow at a recent campground; something we try to avoid, being “snowbirds”; we head south for the winter. 📷🚌 #mbnov
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “repeat”. Searching in the Photos app for the word “repeat”, I’m impressed by its ability to find the word in this pic from Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Can you see it? 📷 #mbnov
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I’ll be taking a break from the daily posts until after Thanksgiving week.
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “novel”. Paladin has a novel way of laying on the floor. We’re amused by his “fangs of doom” when he plays with his toy. 📷🐈⬛ #mbnov #Caturday
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: unclogging the macerating toilet in our motorhome. 🚌🚽
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “tire”. Our coach has large tires, one of which we had repaired after it developed a slow leak from a nail in the tire; impressive that it can have that embedded and still hold 100 PSI of pressure! 🚌🛞📷 #mbnov
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Carlsbad Caverns a second time, this time to do the Natural Entrance and Big Room trails. 🦇
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “barrel”. Some barrels of wine at a vineyard run by monks in California, the New Clairvaux Vineyard. 📷 #mbnov #ThrowbackThursday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Sitting Bull Falls in New Mexico.
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “franchise”. A fairly common thing in national parks (e.g. Carlsbad Caverns) is to have two stores in visitor centers; one run by the park service, another franchised to a commercial operator, with more kitschy stuff. 📷 #mbnov
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Guadalupe Mountains National Park. ⛰️
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “aluminium”. These elevator doors, 750 feet below ground at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, are probably made of aluminum. 📷 #mbnov
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the first of two visits to Carlsbad Caverns National Park, with a ranger-guided tour. 🦇
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “leave”. When it’s time to leave a campsite, we retract the four slide-outs of our motorhome, which makes it quite a bit smaller (though we can still access everything). 🚌📷 #mbnov
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Carlsbad KOA Holiday. 🚌
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “adjust”. When we travel between timezones or Daylight Saving Time, pretty much the only clock we need to manually adjust is the convection microwave in our coach. 📷 #mbnov
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 125 miles from Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico to Carlsbad, New Mexico. 🚌 📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Carlsbad, New Mexico. 🚌
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “suspicion”. We have a suspicion that Paladin is part Ragdoll, since he likes to be held in a boneless way. 🐈⬛📷 #mbnov #Caturday
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition to help control the coach electronics: Firefly Vegatouch Mira. 🚌
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “display”. The Roswell UFO museum had several UFO incident reports on display. 👽🛸📷 #mbnov
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the International UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. 👽🛸
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “minister”. From October 2021, an info sign in the mining ghost town of Golden, Oregon describes how the town had no saloons but two churches, the ministers of which were also miners. 📷 #mbnov #ThrowbackThursday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Slow Play RV Park in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, a bit more snowy than we’d prefer. 🚌❄️
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “certain”. I’m not entirely certain I want to do the Natural Entrance to Carlsbad Caverns and the Big Room Trail in the same day, but we’ll probably do both when we re-visit on Saturday. 📷 #mbnov
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 122 miles from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, including some wind and light snow! 🚌 📹
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. 🚌
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “consensus”. I voted by mail a week ago... but don't have much hope of a consensus in this country. 📷 #mbnov
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Texas and New Mexico wine tasting. 🍷
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “insight”. We enjoy going to visitor centers in national parks (and other parks), to gain insights into the local artifacts, flora, and fauna. 📷 #mbnov
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: While in Las Cruces we met up with friends for dinner in the historic Mesilla district.
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “echo”. Bats use echo location, but it’s rare for there to be bats 830 feet below ground in the King's Palace room in Carlsbad Caverns, where we visited yesterday. 📷 #mbnov
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some interesting mountains and weather in Las Cruces, New Mexico. ⛰️🌧️
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “exempt”. No national park is exempt from being visited by us, and having its sticker on our coach. 24 down, 39 to go (and we’ll add a couple more this weekend; heading out to Carlsbad Caverns). 📷 #mbnov
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: White Sands National Park.
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “admiration”. Yesterday I fixed the macerating toilet in our coach that had stopped working, which earned my wife’s admiration. With an RV, one has to be somewhat handy, even if stretching the comfort zone. 📷 #mbnov
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Las Cruces KOA Journey. 🚌
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “license”. Back in 2001 we had a VW New Beetle car with the license plate JDABUG, after my wife’s handle Jidabug. It was cute and fun to drive. 📷 #mbnov #ThrowbackThursday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV just 72 miles from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico to Las Cruces, New Mexico. With a trailer having a tire blowout in front of us as a fun way to start the trip. 🚌 📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Las Cruces, New Mexico. 🚌
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “feast”. We recently went to a classic Denny’s diner for a breakfast feast for dinner. 📷 #mbnov
- 2 — I missed the first day of Microblogvember 2022, but I can’t resist a photo challenge. So for yesterday’s word, “figure”, here are some alien figures at the Roswell UFO Museum. 📷 #mbnov
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a post describing the tools and techniques I use when planning our motorhome travel days. 🚌
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the town of Truth or Consequences in New Mexico. A town mostly notable for having renamed itself after a radio show in 1950. Plus the Elephant Butte Dam.
October (54)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Palomino Campground at Caballo Lake State Park. 🚌
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 176 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. 🚌 📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. 🚌
- 29 — On the Dejal blog: introducing a beta update of Dejal Simon. Version 5.1b1 includes support for Ventura, a new Web Page test option to disable rendering the page in the Preview, automatic data backups, and several other enhancements and fixes.
- 29 — Paladin enjoying the fuzzy blanket on the couch. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse from our coach at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, showing hot air balloons flying over our coach, traffic, and weather. 🎈📹
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: on the last morning of the Balloon Fiesta, the weather was looking iffy again, but fortunately conditions improved, so they were able to finish the fiesta in style. 🎈
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we were scheduled to have a ride in a balloon at the fiesta… but the weather gods had other ideas. 🎈
- 27 — From October 2015: you may have noticed in last week’s Throwback photos that our homestead was on a 90° corner. Well, a few times a vehicle didn’t make that corner, and we realized why a previous owner had made the mailbox so sturdy. #ThrowbackThursday
- 27 — A bonus GIF of the downpour during the evening at the Balloon Fiesta, as balloonists struggled to wrap up their balloons in the rain. 🎈⛈️
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: on Friday evening at the Balloon Fiesta, we attended an event with booths of alcohol vendors and crafts, food carts, and live music. Then headed to the field to see glowing balloons… and the skies opened up. 🎈
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: lots of hot air balloons over our coach at the Balloon Fiesta. 🎈
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our first evening activities at the Balloon Fiesta was a bit of a bust. 🎈
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our second morning at the Balloon Fiesta was much better. 🎈
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we attended the 50th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta; enjoy some balloon pics from our first morning. 🎈
- 22 — What could be better than a box in a box? 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we dry camped in the VIP West RV lot at the 50th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Stay tuned for lots of balloon pics over the next few days! 🚌🎈
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 122 miles from Taos, New Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the balloon fiesta. 🚌 📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Balloon Fiesta. 🚌
- 20 — Our homestead came with a framed aerial photo taken in July 2001. In October 2015 we got a guy with a plane to take a couple more aerial photos, showing the huge number of improvements previous owners had made during those 14 years. #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a brief visit to Santa Fe.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of activity at Taos Valley RV Park. 🚌 📹
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Taos Valley RV Park. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 97 miles from Alamosa, Colorado to Taos, New Mexico. 🚌 📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Taos, New Mexico. 🚌
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we went sand sledding at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of activity at the Alamosa KOA Journey RV park. 🚌 📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Alamosa KOA Journey. 🚌
- 15 — Paladin was most fascinated by a taunty bird nibbling on dead bugs on our coach mirror (GIF). 🐈⬛🐧 #Caturday
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 158 miles from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Alamosa, Colorado. 🚌 📹
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Alamosa, Colorado. 🚌
- 14 — A day in the life photo challenge: our motorhome at Caballo Lake State Park in New Mexico, photo taken on October 14 at 08:40 MDT.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I measured the sizes of our coach to annotate an RV floorplan and calculate the square footage. 🚌
- 13 — From September 2015, some pictures from a Weird Al Yankovic concert at the Oregon Zoo. #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Pikes Peak. ⛰
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Cheyenne Mountain State Park. 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 121 miles from Longmont, Colorado to Colorado Springs, Colorado. 🚌 📹
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Colorado Springs, Colorado. 🚌
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Rocky Mountain National Park day 2. ⛰
- 8 — Paladin draped over the back of the driver chair in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Rocky Mountain National Park day 1. ⛰
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of St Vrain State Park. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 155 miles from Wheatland, Wyoming to Longmont, Colorado. 🚌 📹
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Longmont, Colorado, with a stop to repair a slow leak in a tire. 🚌 🛞
- 5 — The answer to today's #WhatsItWednesday question: it is of course the flame of a hot air balloon, at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, which we’re currently attending (today’s activities mostly rained out; hopefully better weather tomorrow). 🎈
- 5 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. An easy one, probably. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of El Rancho Village RV Park & Cabins. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Wheatland, Wyoming. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a tour of our coach, with changes noted after a year. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): we took a day trip drive though Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming, along US-14 though the forest, then around to US-20, -31, and -16, passing through the forest again. 🛻📹
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a day trip drive through Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. 🛻
- 1 — A GIF of Paladin laying next to the spinny feather & laser toy, as the feather brushes his head; he seems to find its gentle caress comforting. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Buffalo KOA Journey. 🚌
September (51)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 282 miles from Livingston, Montana to Buffalo, Wyoming. [Re-uploaded due to an export issue.] 🚌 📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Buffalo, Wyoming. 🚌
- 29 — From July 2015, some tiny frogs at our homestead. #ThrowbackThursday
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Osens RV Park. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 237 miles from Missoula, Montana to Livingston, Montana. 🚌 📹
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Livingston, Montana. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Jim & Mary’s RV Park, a very pretty park, and our second stay there. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 124 miles from West Glacier, Montana to Missoula, Montana. With some fun picture-in-picture action from the truck. 🚌 📹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day from West Glacier, Montana to Missoula, Montana. Beginning our trek from the top of the country to the bottom — we’ll be spending the winter in Texas this year. 🚌
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we and family visited West Glacier shops, played mini-golf at "Golfing to the Sun”, and went into Glacier National Park to see some waterfalls. ⛳️
- 24 — Nested cat in nested boxes. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we did a day-trip around the south of Glacier National Park, then along the iconic Going-to-the-Sun Road through the park.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV repair: side mirror glass replacement. 🚌
- 22 — From June 2015, I had lots of fun adding overly complex plumbing to various places around our homestead. #ThrowbackThursday
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Moose Creek RV Resort and B&B. 🚌
- 21 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a spring from one of the hydraulic leveling jacks on our coach. 🚌
- 21 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a drive halfway along the iconic Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 64 miles from Marion, Montana to West Glacier, Montana, with a lunch stop. 🚌 📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to West Glacier, Montana, with a lunch stop. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): while staying at Farragut State Park in Idaho recently, I flew my drone, and recorded some footage of our coach, the campground, and a view of Lake Pend Pend Oreille. 🚁
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of McGregor Lakes RV. 🚌
- 17 — When we get deliveries, we usually give one of the boxes to Paladin, as he loves sitting and sleeping in them, especially with crinkly paper in the bottom. We recycle them once he’s bored with them. We may have a few too many. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 170 miles from Athol, Idaho to Marion, Montana. 🚌 📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Marion, Montana. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Beaver Bay Beach in Farragut State Park a couple of times, including a swim.
- 15 — From May 2015, our first chicks getting more adventurous. #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Farragut Museum at the Brig, in the former US Naval Training Center in Idaho.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Gilmore West Campground in Farragut State Park. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 217 miles from Plymouth, Washington to Athol, Idaho. 🚌 📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Athol, Idaho. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Plymouth Park Campground. If you’re arachnophobic, you might want to skip this post. 🚌 🕷
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: theater seating and cabinets. 🚌 🛋
- 10 — Paladin in a play tunnel. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV 231 miles from Kelso, Washington to Plymouth, Washington, with a stop in Woodland at Dave & LJ's RV Furniture. And a fun picture-in-picture of the truck’s view! 🚌 📹
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Plymouth, Washington. 🚌
- 9 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.9.1 released, to fix a couple of important bugs.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument. 🌋
- 8 — In May 2015 I attended CocoaConf in Portland, Oregon. #ThrowbackThursday
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a bike ride around Brookhollow RV Park. 🚲
- 7 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s part of the hydraulic system for our coach. We have hydraulic jacks for leveling and stability, plus the front two slide-outs are hydraulic. 🚌
- 7 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Brookhollow RV Park. 🚌
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 215 miles from Concrete, Washington to Kelso, Washington. 🚌 📹
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Kelso, Washington. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: map and sticker art. 🗺
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we took a six-hour day-trip around and up Mount Baker in northern Washington. 🏔
- 3 — I got a fun new interactive toy for Paladin, that includes a feather (with multiple options) and laser dot, that rotates randomly. He loves it (he runs around chasing the dot, too, but that doesn’t work as a GIF). 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, another addition to our RV: a foldable hammock.
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: today is the one year anniversary of buying our motorhome! Take a look at some pictures from back then. Kinda a belated #ThrowbackThursday too. 🚌💰
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: North Cascades National Park.
August (54)
- 31 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as a few people correctly identified: it’s the retractable satellite TV dish on top of our coach. Which we’ve never used, since we stream TV. 🚌📡
- 31 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Concrete / Grandy Creek KOA Holiday Thousand Trails. 🚌
- 30 — I mentioned Pokémon in today’s travel post; if you play and want to be friends, my trainer code is 5198 7224 2799, and Jenn’s is 0467 3198 5130, or scan the QR codes below. If you don’t play but want to, my referral code is BT9H6KRBC.
- 30 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.9 is now available! It includes calendar features, sidebar status and pause options, and much more.
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 187 miles from Shelton, Washington to Concrete, Washington. (Departure omitted for privacy.)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Concrete, Washington. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a minor RV repair: half-bath door hinges. 🚌🚪
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we are now Washingtonians.
- 27 — Paladin is such a dainty sleeper. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 84 miles from Eatonville, Washington to Shelton, Washington. (Arrival omitted for privacy.) 🚌 📹
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Shelton, Washington. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. 🏔
- 25 — From May 2015, our first chicks at the homestead (the red light is from a heat lamp). 🐓 #ThrowbackThursday
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Alder Lake Park Rocky Point Campground, with a delightful lakeside view.
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 163 miles from Welches, Oregon to Eatonville, Washington. 🚌 📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Eatonville, Washington. 🚌
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: Sinclair Trails stickers.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a bike addition: a heavy-duty security chain and lock. 🚲🔐
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited our favorite winery, Marchesi Vineyards in Hood River. 🍷
- 20 — Paladin upside-down in his play tunnel. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV modification: Reflectix insulation in cupboards. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Trillium Lake and Mount Hood. A view that might look somehow familiar. 🏔
- 18 — From February 2015, a herd of elk in the field of our homestead. #ThrowbackThursday
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a couple of 3D route videos of bike rides around Mt Hood Village. 🚲
- 17 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a shattered mirror; while driving our coach yesterday, a semi clipped the driver-side mirror, breaking the mirror glass. The rest of the mirror seems okay. It looks like I can replace just the glass.
- 17 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Mt Hood Village RV & Camping Resort. 🚌
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 79 miles from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon, with a detour to Todd’s Auto & RV in Portland. 🚌 📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: RV travel day to Welches, Oregon. 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we replaced the desk in our coach with IKEA storage cabinets. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.
- 13 — Snuggly Paladin. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Seaside and Astoria.
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: bike rides around Stub Stewart. 🚲
- 11 — In September 2014 there was a large wildfire across the ravine from our homestead. Not the last one, unfortunately. #ThrowbackThursday
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: get your merch!
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, another RV addition: a quick-pop-up CLAM screen tent. 🎪
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: a propane fire pit. 🔥
- 8 — On the Dejal blog: another beta release of Time Out 2.9 is now available!
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of LL Stub Stewart State Park in Buxton, Oregon. A pleasant place to stay. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 190 miles from Lebanon, Oregon to Buxton, Oregon, with a detour to the Oregon Motorcoach Center in Eugene. 🚌 📹
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Buxton, Oregon, with a detour to the Oregon Motorcoach Center in Eugene. 🚌
- 6 — When we get packages, we usually leave one of the cartons intact as a fort for Paladin for a few days, until he gets bored with it. Here, he’s enjoying two nested boxes with fun crinkly packing paper. Cat paradise! 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we purchased Lectric XP 2.0 folding ebikes. 🚲
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a short timelapse from our stays at three RV parks in Oregon: Fish House Inn & RV Park in Dayville, Thousand Trails Bend-Sunriver RV Campground in Bend, and Gill's Landing RV Park in Lebanon. 🚌 📹
- 4 — From September 2014, when my Mum, her husband Brian, and my youngest brother Gavin came to visit us. A couple of pictures from The Oregon Garden, and at our homestead with our dog Rory. #ThrowbackThursday
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Silver Falls State Park, where you can walk behind some waterfalls.
- 3 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s the tape for a label maker. (A little blurry, as it was just a quick shot in dim light so I could order a spare tape.)
- 3 — It’s been a while, so let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food and beverages post: McMenamins Roadhouse, Corvallis Meat Pie Shop, 2 Towns Ciderhouse. 🍔🥧🍺
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Gill’s Landing RV Park, a very nice city park.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 131 miles from Bend, Oregon to Lebanon, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: RV travel day to Lebanon, Oregon. 🚌
July (49)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
- 30 — Paladin discovered a small gap under the dining table in our coach (it is on rails so can be pulled out for extra space). He eventually pushed open a cupboard to get out again. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon’s only National Park. Discover a new meaning of the color blue. 🔵
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Thousand Trails Bend-Sunriver RV Campground in Bend, Oregon. 🚌
- 28 — Anyone want an Apple HomePod? Apple is no longer making them, but they remain fairly popular. I’ve just listed ours on eBay.
- 28 — From 2014, some shelves of ancient computers, PDAs, iPods, iPhones, and accessories that I had in my office. I sold most of this when we moved into a motorhome, though kept a few special pieces, including the ZX81, the Newton, and (I think) a Palm device. #ThrowbackThursday
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 140 miles from Dayville, Oregon to Bend, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Bend, Oregon. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: replacing the 3-stage water filters. 🚌💧
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Fish House Inn & RV Park in Dayville, Oregon. 🚌
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 196 miles from Caldwell, Idaho to Dayville, Oregon. 🚌 📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Dayville, Oregon. 🚌
- 23 — Pictures of pleased Paladin on packing paper. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a one-night stay at Ambassador RV Resort in Caldwell, Idaho. 🚌
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 188 miles from Declo, Idaho to Caldwell, Idaho. 🚌 📹
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Caldwell, Idaho. 🚌🐈
- 21 — In June 2014 my brother Neville and his family visited us from NZ. #ThrowbackThursday
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Village of Trees RV Resort in Declo, Idaho. 🚌🗺
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 219 miles from Heber City, Utah to Declo, Idaho. 🚌 📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Declo, Idaho. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I replaced the motor of the bedroom ceiling fan in our coach. 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Utah Alpine Loop scenic drive and Bridal Veil Falls.
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake City in Utah.
- 16 — Paladin laying (and yawning) on the back of the driver chair in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Mountain Valley RV Resort. Check in’s at two! Check in’s at two! 🚌
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 176 miles from the Tiffin rally in Rock Springs, Wyoming to Heber City, Utah. 🚌 📹
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 176 miles, about 3 hours, from Rock Springs, Wyoming to Heber City, Utah. 🚌
- 14 — From February 2014, the first snow at our former homestead. ❄️ #ThrowbackThursday
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: at the Tiffin rally, we explored some other Tiffin motorhome and Vanleigh fiver models. 🚌
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: sessions and vendors at the Tiffin rally. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: campground at the Tiffin rally. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a timelapse of driving our RV 111 miles from Vernal, Utah to Rock Springs, Wyoming for the 50th Anniversary Tiffin Rally, including a bunch of Tiffin motorhomes arriving. 🚌 📹
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 111 miles, about 2 hours, from Vernal, Utah to Rock Springs, Wyoming for the 50th anniversary Tiffin rally in June. Including over a dam! 🚌
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a RV modification: repairing a broken window latch. 🚌
- 9 — We bought a collapsable soft-sided cat carrier for Paladin. He thinks it’s a fun box to sleep in. At least until it betrays him when we use it as a carrier. 🐈⬛📦👜 #Caturday
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Dinosaur National Monument, which spans Utah and Colorado, with a wall of dinosaur bone fossils, and scenic vistas. 🦕🦴
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA Holiday. 🚌 🗺
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 209 miles from Montrose, Colorado to Vernal, Utah. 🚌 📹
- 7 — The Ashland, Oregon 4th of July parade in 2012. 🇺🇸 #ThrowbackThursday
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an interesting drive for coach travel day to Vernal, Utah. 🚌🗺
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a scenic drive through Colorado National Monument.
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park north rim.
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park south rim.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Montrose / Black Canyon NP KOA Journey in Colorado. 🚌🗺
- 2 — Excuse me, I requested bagel and lox. 🥯🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 143 miles from Mancos, Colorado to Montrose, Colorado. 🚌 📹
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day; we drove our coach 143 miles, about 3 hours, from Mancos, Colorado to Montrose, Colorado, with lots of nice scenery. 🚌 🗺
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we have a Starlink dish as another internet option. 📡🛰
June (51)
- 30 — More pictures from our New York visit in 2013; this time of Central Park. #ThrowbackThursday
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Aztec Ruins National Monument. A fascinating place, with a reconstructed great kiva, ruins and mostly intact structures one can walk through, including hundreds of years old timbers.
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: one last time into Mesa Verde National Park, to see the Cliff Palace again, and Spruce Tree House.
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Burger Boy Drive In. Really more about the drive-in experience, though. 🍔
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Mesa Verde National Park again. This time we saw several of the major highlights of the park, including a fire lookout, Far View community, Square Tower House, and Cliff Palace.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Hovenweep National Monument has multiple units in Utah and Colorado. We visited the main one, site of Hovenweep Castle and several other ruins.
- 25 — When we get packages, we usually leave one of the boxes intact (or re-folded, as here) as a play fort for Paladin, at least until he gets bored with it after a few days. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Four Corners Monument is the only place in the US where four states meet: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Which exists on Navajo Nation land.
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a quick visit to Mesa Verde National Park. With some surprise snow!
- 23 — Continuing my pics from our visit to New York in 2013: the iconic glass cube Apple Store. #ThrowbackThursday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Ancient Cedars Mesa Verde RV Park. 🚌 🗺
- 22 — Nobody guessed today’s #WhatsItWednesday. I didn’t think it was that tricky! The answer: it’s the motor of a ceiling fan, which I just replaced in the bedroom of our coach. 🚌
- 22 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 149 miles from Monument Valley, Utah to Mancos, Colorado. 🚌 📹
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove our coach 149 miles, about 3 hours, from Monument Valley, Utah to Mancos, Colorado. Another new state! 🚌 🗺
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a handy RV addition: Coach Proxy, hardware that provides control of coach functions via a phone or other device. 🚌 📱
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a twofer, Bears Ears and Natural Bridges National Monuments.
- 18 — It’s travel day today, so here are a couple of pictures of Paladin in his safe space next to my chair while the coach is driving down the road. 🚌 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our truck up the Moki Dugway switchbacks. 🛻📹
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a drive up the Moki Dugway dirt switchback road carved into the cliff face of Cedar Mesa in Utah. 🛻
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: we drove our truck around the Monument Valley tribal park. Fun bumpy dirt and rock roads, interesting mesas, and more. If you’ve ever seen a Western movie, you’ve seen Monument Valley. 🛻📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a drive in our truck though the Monument Valley tribal park. 🛻
- 16 — Artsy pics from our trip to New York in December 2013. #ThrowbackThursday
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we did a sunset Monument Valley horseback ride with a Navajo guide. 🐎🌅
- 15 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a “lawn style” drying rack for cups and such.
- 15 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a day trip to Goosenecks State Park, Mexican Hat, and Forrest Gump Point.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, some RV additions: water quick connectors and gauges. 🚌🚰
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we did a Monument Valley tribal tour; a Navajo guided tour in an open truck through Monument Valley tribal park, including parts that are only available via such tours. 🌅
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a professionally-designed logo.
- 11 — Paladin playing with a new toy that spins around and pokes out of a box. Didn’t take him long to figure out how to get it out. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we had a couple of dinners at Goulding’s Monument Valley Stagecoach Restaurant; we really enjoyed the Navajo fry bread.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): six days in six minutes! A timelapse of RVs arriving and leaving, and other activity at the Monument Valley KOA Journey RV park in Utah. Check out the wind and blowing dust on the last day!
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review of Monument Valley KOA Journey. 🚌
- 9 — More pictures from our December 2013 trip to New York, this time around Times Square. So many people! #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome 195 miles from Green River, Utah to Monument Valley, Utah. 🚌 📹
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: RV travel day to Monument Valley, Utah, with lots of scenic vistas. 🚌 🗺
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a fascinating park where one can freely roam amongst funky rocks: Goblin Valley State Park.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: interesting views from Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab in Utah.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we replaced the ceiling AC filters with better ones. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a short hike to the Windows arches in Arches National Park. 🥾
- 4 — Hey look, a new beta release of Dejal Time Out! Learn what's new in version 2.9b1.
- 4 — Paladin with his tongue stuck partly out. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a hike to Landscape Arch (and others) in Arches National Park. 🥾
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Sand Dune Arch, picnic, and the secret back road for Arches National Park.
- 2 — Some more scenes from our visit to New York around Christmas 2013. #ThrowbackThursday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: picnic, arch, petroglyphs, and The Needles district in Canyonlands National Park.
- 1 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s part of a “goblin” at Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. Stay tuned for a Sinclair Trails post about it next week.
- 1 — Now that the photo challenge is complete, let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? And much more tricky, where is it? #WhatsItWednesday
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our first of several visits to Arches National Park, around sunset. 🌅
May (79)
- 31 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 31 is “endurance”. We admire the endurance of twisty trees surviving in fairly inhospitable places. 📷 #mbmay
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “fish”. Dolphins are mammals, not fish (from our boat trip to Channel Islands National Park). 📷🐬 #mbmay
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a new kind of timelapse video, showing how the Green River KOA Journey RV park changes over several days. 🚌 📹
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at Green River KOA Journey in Utah. 🚌 🗺
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “stripes”. I love the stripes on the rocks in some areas, such as in Long Canyon on the Burr Trail Road in Utah. 📷 #mbmay
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome 107 miles from Torrey, Utah to Green River, Utah. 🚌 📹
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Green River, Utah. 🚌 🗺
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “fair”. We enjoy being able to travel the country and visit interesting places in fair weather; no more cold and rainy winters for us! 📷 #mbmay
- 28 — My hat fell on the floor, so of course Paladin had to sleep on it (in his usual dainty way). 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: emergency labels outside our coach with our phone numbers. 🚌🚨
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “written”. In a canyon in Capitol Reef National Park are some rock etchings written back in the 1880’s. 📷 #mbmay
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we did the Hickman Bridge Trail hike in Capitol Reef National Park. 🗺 🥾
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “schedule”. We have carefully scheduled our motorhome travels around the country; necessary with a 40-foot coach and the popularity of camping nowadays. 🗺 📷 #mbmay
- 26 — Some pictures from the top of the Empire State building in New York, from December 2013. #ThrowbackThursday
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse video of driving our truck in a big loop around Capitol Reef National Park's Waterpocket District, including many miles of dirt roads and fun switchbacks. 🛻 📹
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we did a “Loop the Fold” day-trip drive around Capitol Reef National Park. 🛻🗺
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “mountain”. Our motorhome has a shade over the windscreen while at a campsite, which has a picture of a mountain reflected in a lake: Mount Hood in Oregon. 🚌 📷 #mbmay
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. One of our favorite parks so far.
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “intricate”. The wiring in our RV is rather intricate. 🚌 📷 #mbmay
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an animated GIF showing our RV travel routes: the Yellowstone rental trailer trip last year, adding travel in our coach last year, travel so far this year, and finally the planned route for much of the remainder of the year. 🗺
- 23 — Jenn has been playing Pokémon Go for some time, but I just started. If any of you play, or want to play, here’s my referral code: BT9H6KRBC. Or my trainer code, if you’re already playing and would like to be friends in the game: 5198 7224 2799.
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “plain”. It’s my birthday today! Here’s a non-plain birthday cake @jidabug made me in 2020. 🎂📷 #mbmay
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at Thousand Lakes RV Park. 🚌🗺
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “textile”. A wedding suit and dress are not the kind of textiles one normally expects to see at a National Park. 📷 #mbmay
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome 124 miles from Hatch, Utah to Torrey, Utah. 🚌 📹
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Torrey, Utah. 🚌 🗺
- 21 — Paladin helping Jenn take a break from work. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “symmetry”. There’s a certain symmetry to the North and South Windows in Arches National Park. 📷 #mbmay
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some bonus pictures from Olympic National Park, taken by @jidabug.
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “beverage”. There’s something fun about a blue beverage. 📷 #mbmay
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a short timelapse video of driving through Red Canyon, then around Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah, including a dirt road portion. 🛻 📹
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah.
- 19 — Jenn and I visited New York in December 2013. Here are a couple of nighttime pictures from our hotel room. #ThrowbackThursday
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “indulgence”. Jenn and I shared a tasty banana split as an indulgence after a hike in Capitol Reef National Park. 📷 #mbmay
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a hike on the Mossy Cave Trail in Bryce Canyon.
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “random”. When I manually cross-post to Facebook, sometimes it chooses the most random photo as the hero image, e.g. the Pipe Spring National Monument and Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park post used this burger pic. 📷 #mbmay
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Bryce Canyon National Park again a couple of times around sunset.
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “hold”. We wear our “adventure hats” when it’s windy, as they have straps to hold them on. 📷 #mbmay
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): we drove our truck through Zion National Park (a second time). This is a timelapse from the dashcam of driving all the way through and back again, with some nice alpenglow. 🛻 📹
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Zion National Park again.
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “time”. From Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona stays on Mountain Standard Time all year, but the Navajo Reservation follows daylight time like New Mexico. 📷 #mbmay
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): we drove our truck in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, along Burr Trail Road to the Singing Canyon. 🛻📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we took a day trip through Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument including Singing Canyon, a nice little slot canyon in Utah.
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, another RV modification: the internet cupboard. 🚌
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “clouds”. These rural Utah clouds look fake. 📷 #mbmay
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “fence”. At Bryce Canyon National Park there is sturdy rock and wood fence within an older metal fence; at more popular viewpoints, the old metal fence has been removed. 📷 #mbmay
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Pipe Spring National Monument and Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.
- 14 — Super-dainty Paladin, soaking up the heated tile floor in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “community”. It’s fascinating learning about how an ancient community builds things and lives, as in this diorama at Pipe Spring National Monument. 📷 #mbmay
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse video of driving our truck through snowy Cedar Breaks National Monument, then out and along highways towards Cedar City. 🛻📹
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a visit to Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah, the highest part of the Grand Staircase at 10,000 feet.
- 12 — From December 2013, Jenn walking on the frozen pond at our (former) homestead. #ThrowbackThursday
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “tranquility”. National Parks often have large crowds of people, but sometimes we have a viewpoint all to ourselves, as on this occasion at Bryce Canyon, and can take a moment to soak in the tranquility of the moment. 📷 #mbmay
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we drove through Red Canyon several times. A very nice area. And an interesting coincidence that at certain times is kinda maroon, fitting today’s challenge word.
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “maroon”. An easy one: our motorhome is a maroon color… really more crimson, but close enough for me. Here it’s at our current campsite, where it has been so windy we kept the slide-outs in most of the time. 🚌 📷 #mbmay
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “pot”. On the steering wheel table in our RV is a potted Christmas cactus. 📷 #mbmay
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Zion National Park in Utah.
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “bloom”. One of the succulents in the little Arizona-based tabletop garden in our RV is sending out a shoot; we’re hoping it will bloom. 📷 #mbmay
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at The Riverside Ranch in Hatch, Utah for a couple of weeks. 🚌
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “union”. Joshua Tree National Park is the union of two distinct deserts, the Mojave and the Colorado. 📷 #mbmay
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Yellowstone National Park bonus pictures.
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “park” (suggested by me). We are enjoying traveling around the US in our motorhome, visiting all of the National Parks and other attractions. 📷 #mbmay
- 7 — Paladin playing with “Rolly”, one of his favorite toys. It’s a little robot that rolls and spins around in random directions for 10 minutes, then rests for 1.5 hours, with changeable toy wands. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 177 miles from Caliente, Nevada to Hatch, Utah. 🚌 📹
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Hatch, Utah. 🚌 🗺
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “silhouette”. While taking photos of the alpenglow at the Grand Canyon, I snapped one picture looking towards the sunset, with the silhouette of trees. 📷 #mbmay
- 5 — A couple of pictures taken at our homestead by our friend Scott in November 2013. #ThrowbackThursday
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “Earth”. The Earth is an amazing place. Go out and see it. 📷 #mbmay
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an article about how we get internet access in our RV. 🚌 📡🌐
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “thorny”. When I have hundreds of photos for an interesting place, it can be a thorny problem to narrow them down for a Sinclair Trails blog post. 📷 #mbmay
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Great Basin National Park in Nevada, and did a Lehman Caves tour.
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “experimental”. We occasionally buy new cat toys for Paladin, but they are very experimental on whether he’ll enjoy them... or just sleep on them. 📷 #mbmay
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Young’s RV Park. 🚌
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “photo”. It’s cheesy and arguably a waste of money, but we almost always do the gimmicky green-screen or live background photo ops, and buy at least some of the photos, when offered (this is just some of them!). 📷 #mbmay
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 181 miles from Boulder City, Nevada to Caliente, Nevada. 🚌 📹
- 1 — Once again Micro.blog is doing a photo challenge for the month of May. The word for day 1 is “switch”. Here are some switches by the entry door of our motorhome. 📷🚌 #mbmay
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Caliente, NV. 🚌 🗺
April (53)
- 30 — Paladin luxuriating in a sunbeam on the heated tile floor in the bedroom of our coach. 🐈⬛🚌 #Caturday
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some bonus pictures of Channel Islands National Park, taken by Jenn on her big camera.
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience.
- 28 — Back in 2013 we bought a cider press and other equipment, and had a go at making our own hard cider, using apples from our homestead. #ThrowbackThursday
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Las Vegas strip.
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Lake Mead and Hoover Dam.
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we’re constantly learning new things about our RV; the latest example, the cockpit chair armrest adjustment. 🚌
- 25 — Happy birthday Paladin! Five years old today. 🐈⬛🎉
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): something a little different — a timelapse of sunset and sunrise over Lake Mead from our coach dashcam. 📹🌅
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: staying at Lake Mead RV Village, with a view of the lake. 🚌 🗺
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 189 miles from Williams, Arizona to Boulder City, Nevada. 🚌 📹
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Lake Mead, Boulder City, Nevada. 🚌 🗺
- 23 — Paladin oozing off my lap. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a day trip to Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki National Monuments in Arizona.
- 22 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.9 in the works, with some questions for you.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: driving along Route 66 around Seligman, Arizona, including lunch at the Roadkill Cafe.
- 21 — Last week I mentioned finding our homestead in 2013. So of course we had to acquire a bunch of garden equipment to maintain it; pictures from June 2013. I do kinda miss my toys, but don’t miss the maintenance. #ThrowbackThursday
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Grand Canyon National Park again at sunset. 🌅
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Grand Canyon National Park again at sunset. 🌅
- 20 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it is the hub of the High Roller in Las Vegas, Nevada, which we rode recently; blog post coming in a week or so. 🎡
- 20 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a couple of handy RV additions: Safe T Plus steering stabilizer and Koni shocks. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, that includes a painted desert and petrified logs.
- 18 — Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 📚 #MediaMonday
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we took the Grand Canyon Railway steam train to the National Park on our 27th wedding anniversary. 🛤
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: exploring Route 66 attractions in Williams, AZ.
- 16 — We have several nice beds for Paladin in our coach, but his favorite place is on a paper bag. 🚌 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a nice RV addition: a 3-stage water filter. 🚌 💧
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we stayed at Grand Canyon Railway RV Park. 🚌 🗺
- 14 — In May 2013, about nine years ago, we were house hunting, and fell in love with what was to become our Yellow Cottage Homestead. #ThrowbackThursday
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 95 miles from Cottonwood / Verde Valley, Arizona to Williams, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Williams, AZ. 🚌 🗺
- 13 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a macro shot of the leather on the passenger chair of our coach. 🚌
- 13 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we attended a Mariners Spring Training game in Peoria, Arizona. ⚾️
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we recently bought a nice carpeted cover for the dash of our coach. 🚌
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: on the way home from Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments, we had a quick drive through Jerome, Arizona, an interesting cliff-side “ghost” town.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments in Arizona.
- 9 — Paladin enjoying a sunbeam on the passenger chair of our coach. 🐈⬛ 🚌 #Caturday
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an all-too-short stay at Thousand Trails Verde Valley RV & Camping Resort; check out that view! 🚌
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 237 miles from Tucson, Arizona to Cottonwood / Verde Valley, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Cottonwood, AZ. 🚌🗺
- 7 — Some cosplay from the 2013 Emerald City Comicon. #ThrowbackThursday
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a useful addition to our RV, a foldable wagon. 🚌 🛒
- 6 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a petrified log, at the Petrified Forest National Park. (Look for a post about it in a couple of weeks; I’ve got a backlog of Sinclair Trails posts currently.)
- 6 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I’ve started a new Facebook community — introducing the Tiffin Allegro Bus 2016-2018 Owners group on Facebook. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: at FMCA Tucson 2022, looking at a bunch of RVs for sale. 🚌 💰
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the FMCA “Sunsets + Saguaros” annual convention. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona. 🚀
- 2 — An animated GIF of Paladin drinking from his water fountain. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach for the RV Driving School backing and driving classes, and moving sites at the FMCA Tucson 2022 convention. 🚌 📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: RV Driving School backing and driving classes. 🚌
March (52)
- 31 — In March 2013 we attended the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, and saw talks with Billy Dee Williams, Walter Koenig, Burt Ward, Adam West, Patrick Stewart, and others. #ThrowbackThursday
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we attended the FMCA Tucson 2022 convention, but beforehand, some dry camping for driving lessons. 🚌
- 30 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s the temperature probe for the wet bay thermostat in our coach, that heats the wet bay if it gets too cold. Which we may need at our current RV park, since it might dip below freezing overnight. 🚌🌡
- 30 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? What is it for, and where is it? #WhatsItWednesday
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 16 miles from Picacho, Arizona to Tucson, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Tucson, AZ for the FMCA annual convention. 🚌 🗺
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: since visiting all 63 national parks in the US is one of our goals in this adventure, we decided to add stickers to the driver-side slide-out of our coach. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review and photos of Picacho/Tucson NW KOA Journey. 🚌 🗺
- 26 — Paladin making a face while drinking awkwardly from his water fountain. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch. 🐐🦆🐇🦜
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving our truck through the east and west parts of the Saguaro National Park. 🛻 📹 🌵
- 24 — In February 2013 we attended the Wizard World Comic Con in Portland, Oregon. #ThrowbackThursday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: exploring the two parts of Saguaro National Park. 🌵
- 23 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a large shock-isolating spring that suspends electrical equipment in the launch tube of the last remaining Titan nuclear missile, which is now a museum in Arizona (look for a post on it later).
- 23 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? That’s probably pretty easy, but more importantly, what is it for, and where is it? #WhatsItWednesday
- 23 — 📍 We are currently at the FMCA "Sunsets + Saguaros” annual convention in Tucson, Arizona.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: making a multi-year route map overlaying the routes from 2021 and 2022, so we can see everywhere we’ve traveled in our coach, plus last year’s Yellowstone trip in a rental trailer. 🚌 🗺
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 17 miles from Buckeye, Arizona to NIRVC in Surprise, Arizona, then 92 miles from there to Picacho, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day; we picked up our coach from NIRVC in Surprise, Arizona, and drove 92 miles to Picacho, Arizona, a couple of hours drive. 🚌
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a third stay in an Airbnb apartment, during another service appointment for our coach.
- 19 — Paladin snuggling with me. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: staying at a Boondockers Welcome site, the Buckeye Desert Backyard. 🚌
- 18 — A question for SwiftUI developers: I need to make a SwiftUI view that can be scrolled both vertically and horizontally, with multiple columns, with floating header rows and columns. See my Stack Overflow post for details.
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 228 miles from Palm Desert, California to Buckeye, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 17 — In September 2012 we visited Yosemite National Park; probably better earlier in the year. We’ll have to visit it again sometime for us to count it as an RV-visited park. #ThrowbackThursday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Buckeye, AZ. 🚌 🗺
- 16 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s woolen drink coaster, hand-made in Mexico, that we bought from a recent national park gift shop. We like them as they’re quieter, and no worries about them falling off, unlike the old stone ones we had.
- 16 — A clue for today’s #WhatsItWednesday question. It’s a tricky one!
- 16 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while in the Palm Springs area we visited the Cabazon Dinosaurs, a roadside attraction featuring a couple of large dinosaurs that one can go inside, plus lots of smaller ones. 🦖
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a very welcome RV addition, Magne Shades — magnetically attached sun and privacy shades for our front windows. 🕶🚌
- 14 — To celebrate Pi Day, I made some pizza in my Ooni pizza oven, for the first time since beginning our RV adventure (yes, we’ve been hauling it around without using it; I haven’t been in mood to make pizza, until today). #PiDay 🍕
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review and photos of the Thousand Trails Palm Springs RV Resort. 🚌 🗺
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 21 miles from Jurupa Valley, California to a Cummins shop in Bloomington, then from there 71 miles to Palm Desert, California. 🚌📹
- 12 — Jenn trying to do work, but Paladin just wants to snuggle. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Palm Desert, CA. 🚌🗺
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a hotel stay while our coach was at Cummins. 🏨
- 10 — In September 2012, we attended a baseball game at AT&T Park while vacationing in San Francisco. (Remember when baseball was a thing?) ⚾️ #ThrowbackThursday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we took our coach to Cummins to look into the Check Engine and Malfunction lights and errors. 🚌
- 9 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as quickly identified on Micro.blog, is an old wooden rifle. This one has been made into a lamp at the Airbnb we’re currently staying at, while our coach gets some servicing.
- 9 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a one night stay Rancho Jurupa Regional Park (with ducks!). 🚌 🦆
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 168 miles from the Santa Barbara, California to Jurupa Valley, California. 📹🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day from the California coast to Jurupa Valley, CA, with an unwelcome event. 🚌 🗺
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Channel Islands National Park via a wildlife cruise, where we saw dolphins, whales, thousands of birds, and the islands. 🐬🐳🕊
- 5 — Paladin sleeping (in his totally relaxed way) on a living room chair in our coach. 🐈⬛ #Caturday
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a visit to El Capitan State Beach on the California coast. 🌊
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we had a couple of dinners from the cafe at El Capitan Canyon on the California coast.
- 3 — From August 2012, we enjoyed wine tasting, dinner, and soaking our feet a wine barrel during a club event at Anne Amie Vineyards in Carlton, Oregon. 🍷 #ThrowbackThursday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Ocean Mesa RV Resort. 🚌🗺
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 144 miles from the Orange, California to Santa Barbara, California. Or more specifically El Capitan beach, near Goleta. 🚌 📹
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: heading to the coast; travel day to Santa Barbara, CA. 🚌 🗺
February (40)
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we enjoyed staying at Orangeland RV Park (in part due it being a base for our Disney adventure). 🚌 🗺
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Warner Bros Studio Tour. 🎬
- 26 — Super dainty Paladin, wriggling in his cardboard bed on our coach dash. 🐈 🚌 #Caturday
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an iconic restaurant in Burbank, California; Bob’s Big Boy. 🍔
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while in the LA area we went to Medieval Times for a dinner and show. ⚔️
- 24 — In 2012 we attended the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. Here are some of the cosplay at the event. #ThrowbackThursday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a nice addition to our coach, a wooden table that fits over the steering wheel. 🚌
- 23 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, which had lots of guesses, but nobody quite got it, though some got close: it’s a stone and tile decorative wall in our coach, in the kitchen. 🚌
- 23 — A little more context for today's #WhatsItWednesday, though it probably won’t help:
- 23 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the last day of our Disney adventure, day 5, back at Disneyland. 🐭
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Disney day 4, back at Disney California Adventure. 🐭
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: on day 3 of our Disney adventure, we went back to Disneyland for Jenn’s birthday… and she built a lightsaber. 🐭⚔️
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Disney day 2, visiting the Disney California Adventure park for the first time. 🐭
- 19 — Did you know that cats can be liquid as well as solid? Here’s Paladin very slowly oozing out of Jenn’s arms. 🐈 #Caturday
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Disney day 1 at Disneyland. 🐭
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, an RV addition: a wine rack and liquor holder in a cupboard. 🚌🍾
- 17 — I’m still enjoying playing Mini Motorways on my iPhone. This was a fun challenge, with infinite roundabouts encouraging an unusual layout. 📱
- 17 — My home office back in 2011, with a height-adjustable desk, iMac and Apple Cinema Display, PowerMac G5, PowerBook 17”, early iPhone, and Bluetooth headphones. And a couple of cats, Pippin and Padmé. #ThrowbackThursday
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 100 miles from the Desert Hot Springs in California to Orange, also in California (near Anaheim, within the greater Los Angeles region). 🚌 📹
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Orange, CA. 🚌 🗺
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our review and photos of Catalina Spa and RV Resort in Desert Hot Springs, California. 🗺🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse drive through Joshua Tree National Park. 📹🛻
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: an interesting hike in Joshua Tree National Park. 🥾
- 12 — Holding a snuggly Paladin. #Caturday
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: truck windshield rock chip repair. 🛻
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): in yesterday’s video I included a short clip of driving along the bumpy Dillon Road… but felt it deserved a longer video. So enjoy… if you aren’t inclined to seasickness. 📹 🛻
- 10 — While staying in Astoria, Oregon in 2008, we visited Fort Stevens, the ruins of an old military installation. #ThrowbackThursday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): some timelapse clips of a bumpy road on the way to Salton Sea, California, plus heading to Salvation Mountain, driving around Slab City, visiting the Niland Mud Volcanos, passing through the border control station, and exploring some campgrounds by Salton Sea. 🛻📹
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: exploring some things around Salton Sea, CA.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, another useful addition: an extra step for un-level sites. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a clever idea: bolts to secure our outdoor rug. 🔩
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a ride up and down the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, plus lunch and views at the top. 🚡
- 5 — Jenn and Paladin cutely snuggling at her desk in our coach. 🐈 #Caturday
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a brief 2x timelapse video of driving through downtown Palm Springs in our truck. 📹🛻
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a quick drive through downtown Palm Springs, California. 🌴🛻
- 3 — For our anniversary in 2008 we stayed in Astoria, Oregon. Here are the Astoria bridge and column, and an old wharf with seagulls. #ThrowbackThursday
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a handy addition to our RV: jack pads. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: along with exploring every state, another of our many objectives of this full-time RV lifestyle is to visit all 63 national parks; in 2022 we have planned our route to hit about 22 more. 🗺
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a sneak peek of our 2022 travel plans; check out our route and stops for the year. 🚌 🗺
January (42)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we took a longer-than-expected hike in the Coachella Valley Preserve. 🥾
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a fun tradition for many RVers is to display a map of the states they’ve stayed in on the side of their RV. We now have one too. 🚌🗺
- 29 — I miss the Caturday posts from the old homestead (I hope they’re doing okay), so I thought I’d start a weekly cat post here; just one picture of Paladin in our coach, Airbnb stays, etc. Starting with the latest, with me trying to get work done, and him on my lap. 🐈 #Caturday
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a timelapse of driving the coach from Buckeye, Arizona to Desert Hot Springs, California, via NIRVC. See if you can spot when the dashcam fell off the windscreen! 🚌📹
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a travel day to Desert Hot Springs, CA. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we dropped off our coach at NIRVC, and had a second stay in an Airbnb apartment. 🚌
- 27 — In 2007 I attended my second WWDC, Apple’s big developer conference. Also the last time I attended the conference itself, instead of just being in the area. #ThrowbackThursday
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 165 miles from the Xscapers Annual Bash near Lake Havasu City, Arizona to Buckeye, Arizona. 🚌 📹
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: coach travel day to Buckeye, AZ. We departed the Xscapers Annual Bash near Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and headed to a one-night stay at Leaf Verde RV Resort near Buckeye, Arizona. 🚌
- 24 — Mini Motorways iOS game 📱 #MediaMonday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a quick timelapse video of driving our truck up Palm Canyon Road into the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Yuma, AZ. 📹
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: exploring the road to Palm Canyon in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Yuma, Arizona. 🌵
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I fixed some issues with the Spyder control panel and automatic shades in our coach. 🚌
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: contrary to the traditional English nursery rhyme, London Bridge isn’t falling down; it’s in Arizona. Lake Havasu City, to be precise.
- 20 — In January 2007, I went to Macworld Expo in San Francisco, where Apple introduced the first iPhone. #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): flying my drone over the Xscapers Annual Bash, held in the Lake Havasu Rodeo Grounds, Arizona. Hundreds of RVs attending the annual celebration of working-age RVers. 🚁🚌
- 19 — I ordered a new MacBook Pro in December, for Apple store pickup when I’m in the Palm Springs area next week. But they delivered it to the store early, then today cancelled it. And, of course if I were to redo the order, it wouldn’t be available till March. Very frustrating.
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: I flew my drone and got a bunch of aerial photos over the RVs attending the Bash. 🚁🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: buy/sell/trade/free stuff, where people can get rid of things they don’t want, or get new stuff, plus the farewell BBQ.
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: talks, dating game, talent show, fire performance.
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: mechanical unicorn and olympics. 🦄
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: mac & cheese fest, sampling macaroni & cheese recipes.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: food trucks, margarita throwdown, silent auction, bingo.
- 13 — In 2006 we went to Las Vegas, staying in the Bellagio hotel. #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a popular feature of the Xscapers Bash, the lot crawl — like a pub crawl or progressive dinner, but going from RV to RV. 🚌
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog for the Xscapers Bash: let’s get the party started.
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we got our coach cleaned at the Xscapers Bash by Every Little Detail Mobile Detailing. 🚌💦
- 10 — Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 📚 #MediaMonday
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: at the Xscapers Bash, the quiet before the storm.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 83 miles from Salome, Arizona to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, for the Xscapers Annual Bash, with a stop at Love's for fuel. (I forgot to start the camera until we exited the RV park, but didn’t miss much.) 🚌 📹
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Lake Havasu City, AZ for the Xscapers Annual Bash. 🚌 🗺
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, I’ve pinned a post at the top of the page: we are at the Xscapers Annual Bash, a convergence of working-age RVers in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Black Rock RV Village. 🚌 🗺
- 6 — Now that I’ve competed my year-long 52-years-in-52-weeks celebration, it’s back to regular throwback posts. Let’s see, I was up to around 2006. That year was my first time at Apple’s big developer conference. #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I bought a telescoping ladder to help reach the high parts of our coach. 🚌🪜
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I added a couple of security cameras to our coach. 🚌 📹
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, the last 2021 summary: some modifications to our coach to make it more comfortable as a full-time home, to improve the features, or to repair issues. 🚌🔧
- 3 — On the Dejal blog: year in review for 2021.
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a summary of attractions we visited in 2021. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: another interesting summary of 2021 — the places we stayed during the year. 🚌 🗺
- 1 — On the Dejal blog: featured blog posts of 2021.
- 1 — Happy New Year! 🎉
2021
December (53)
- 31 — I added some extra information to the About Sinclair Trails page, to serve more as an introduction to the site.
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 113 miles from Phoenix, Arizona to Salome, Arizona. 🚌📹
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Salome, AZ. 🚌 🗺
- 30 — For week/year 52, concluding my 52 years celebration, from 2021: me and Jenn above the clouds at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Thanks for joining me on this journey! See all of the posts in order. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: dry camping at Straight Line RV. 🚌
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: ComicX in Phoenix, AZ. 🍔
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Desert Botanical Garden, similar but different to yesterday’s post. 🌵
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Boyce Thompson Arboretum. 🌵
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Goldfield Ghost Town. 🌵
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Phoenix Zoo lights; Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Scorpion Gulch and Dobbins Lookout. 🌵
- 23 — For week/year 51 of my 52 years celebration, from 2021: me and Jenn in front of our motorhome, just after we bought it, starting a new chapter in our lives. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: having fun in pedal boats at Encanto Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix. 🇯🇵
- 21 — On the Dejal blog, I actually wrote a post for the first time in months. Some tips on why a break may not occur in Time Out.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while our coach was being worked on, we had a stay in an Airbnb apartment.
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a short timelapse of driving the coach just 63 miles from Gila Bend, Arizona to Phoenix, Arizona. 🚌📹
- 19 — The Sinclair Trails blog now uses a white background in light mode, and now supports dark mode, which will be used based on your system preference. Plus there's a button in the bottom-right corner to manually toggle. Enjoy the easier-on-the-eye site!
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a different kind of post, answering what’s the difference between an RV resort, RV park, campground, moochdocking, dispersed camping, and boondocking? 🚌
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Painted Rock Petroglyph Site.
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: we drove our pickup truck around a mostly unpaved dirt road within Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. Enjoy a timelapse (with music) of the loop. 🌵
- 16 — For week/year 50 of my 52 years celebration, from 2020: we had a tradition of going away to celebrate our anniversary, but during the pandemic lockdown in April we couldn’t go anywhere… so we posed in front of scenery of the Skyrim game. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. 🌵
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Cracker Barrel in Buckeye, AZ.
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Sonoran Desert RV Park. 🚌
- 13 — I just updated my About This Site page; it had been a while since it was updated.
- 13 — Sinclair Trails blog 🔗🚌 #MediaMonday
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 252 miles from Shadow Hills RV Resort in Indio, California to Gila Bend, Arizona. With music! 🚌📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Travel day to Gila Bend, AZ. 🚌🗺
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a holiday zoo-lights event, The Living Desert Zoo WildLights. 🎄
- 10 — Back to one post per day on the Sinclair Trails blog now. The posts have caught up to about a week behind; I like to have a bit of a buffer against days where nothing interesting happens. For the most part, we work during the week, and explore on weekends.
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we went for a drive around Salton Sea in California, a lake with an interesting history: apparently created by accident from overflow of an irrigation canal, and has been slowly shrinking as modern farming uses water more efficiently.
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Big Rock Pub in Indio, CA. 🍕
- 9 — For week/year 49 of my 52 years celebration, from 2019: me and Jenn during a dinner cruise in Hawaii. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Joshua Tree National Park.
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Mario’s Italian Cafe in Indio, CA. 🍝
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: replacing a flush switch in one of our RV toilets. 🚌🚽
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Macario’s Grill in Indio, CA. 🫔
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our last campground in California this year, Shadow Hills RV Resort. 🚌
- 6 — We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 by Dennis E. Taylor 📚 #MediaMonday
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 225 miles from Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield, California to Shadow Hills RV Resort in Indio, California. With music! 🚌📹
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Indio, CA. 🚌🗺
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Maggie’s Sunrise Cafe in Bakersfield, CA. 🥞
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Fatburger in Bakersfield, CA. Plus another food post coming in a couple of hours (we’ll be out today, so I won’t be able to cross-post it till later). 🍔
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: camping amongst orange trees at Orange Grove RV Park. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): a timelapse of driving the coach 238 miles from San Benito to Bakersfield, California. Now with music! Let me know if you prefer the silent timelapses, or with music. 🚌📹
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to Bakersfield, CA. 🚌
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: The 19th Hole Booze & Food in Tres Pinos, CA. 🥩🥔
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a silent 8x timelapse of driving our truck down the California coast from Carmel to Big Sur. 📹🚙
- 2 — For week/year 48 of my 52 years celebration, from 2018: chatting with Ken Case, CEO of The Omni Group at a Micro.blog meetup during WWDC. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: driving down the coast from Carmel to Big Sur, CA. 🌊
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a minor RV addition: a clear sewer hose extension. 💧
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: exploring route from San Benito Preserve to I-5. 🚙
November (48)
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: FlapJacks Breakfast & Grill in Tres Pinos, CA. 🥞
- 30 — I felt it was time to update my profile picture. This photo was taken by @jidabug at Joshua Tree National Park.
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Monterey Bay Aquarium. 🐠
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Sly’s Refueling Station in Monterey, CA. 🍟🍔
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Pinnacles National Park. ⛰
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, a food post: Smashburger in Hollister, CA. 🍔
- 28 — Note: I’ll be doing new Sinclair Trails posts (and links to them here) two or occasionally three times per day for a while, to catch up; the posts are about two weeks behind where we are currently. Enjoy the extra content!
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a helpful tip on slide-out markers. 🚌
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a long post about Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve, including some unexpected issues, and info about this campground membership system. 🚌
- 26 — Another test post, using full-sized image. Would be nice if that were the default.
- 26 — Testing posting from Micro.blog, instead of my usual MarsEdit workflow. A sneak peek of a future post!
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a silent timelapse of a short drive of the coach from Coyote Valley RV Resort near San Jose, California to Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve also in California. 🚌📹
- 25 — Late to the party, but I wanted to wish people in the US a happy Thanksgiving! We had a turkey breast cooked in our RV convection microwave oven, plus mashed spuds, gravy, salad, and pecan pie with whipped cream, eating outside our coach. 🦃
- 25 — For week/year 47 of my 52 years celebration, from 2017: me while building the chicken coop at our former homestead. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 25 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a short travel day to San Benito, CA. 🚌🗺🐈
- 24 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a Wi-Fi hotspot device, that uses the T-Mobile cellular network to provide an internet connection for our coach, along with an AT&T SIM card in our wireless modem.
- 24 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 24 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: visiting the Apple Park Visitor Center.
- 23 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the California’s Great America amusement park in San Jose. 🎢
- 22 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a guided tour of the wacky Winchester Mystery House in San Jose.
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a useful RV addition, a smart surge protector. 🚌⚡️
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I decided to start doing separate posts about interesting food experiences, so I split out a couple recent ones, including from today’s post about In-N-Out Burger, and a previous fish & chips place. 🍔🍟
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Coyote Valley RV Resort. 🚌
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a silent timelapse of coach driving from Corning, CA to San Jose, CA. 🚌📹
- 18 — For week/year 46 of my 52 years celebration, from 2016: Pippin on my shoulder. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: travel day to San Jose. 🚌🗺
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a guided tour of Bidwell Mansion in Chico, California.
- 16 — I have only one quote stored from Heinlein’s Beyond This Horizon (my Media Monday book); something I believe, though to each their own: 💬
- 16 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a sampling of seating situations.
- 15 — Beyond This Horizon by Robert A. Heinlein 📚 #MediaMonday
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: New Clairvaux Vineyard, wine made by monks. 🍷
- 14 — Bonus for @manton; we passed through your town in California. (A couple more pics in the blog post.)
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: visiting two entrances of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a timelapse video of driving between south- and northwest entrances to Lassen Volcanic National Park in our truck. 📹
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: photos of Heritage RV Park in Corning, CA. 🚌
- 11 — For week/year 45 of my 52 years celebration, from 2015: me and Jenn in the parlor of our homestead. (And notice my beard starting to grow out.) #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 11 — On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel: a timelapse of the coach going from Valley of the Rogue State Park in Gold Hill, Oregon to Heritage RV Park in Corning, California. Some interesting sights and stops on the way. Like and subscribe! 🚌📹
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: time for some math, measuring the weight of our coach, and using that to calculate the ideal tire pressures. 🚌⚖️
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: into California. 🚌🗺
- 8 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the thrilling topic of dumping our tanks after a week without sewer. 🚌
- 7 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Valley of the Rogue State Park drone shots. 🚌🚁
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the world-famous Oregon Vortex. 🌀
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I replaced some lights in our RV. 🚌
- 4 — For week/year 44 of my 52 years celebration, from 2014: me, Jenn, Brian, Mum, Gavin, and Rory at our homestead, when Mum, Brian, and Gavin visited from New Zealand. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I upgraded the main control panel. 🚌
- 3 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: touring the ghost town of Golden, Oregon. 🪦
- 2 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: our next stop, Valley of the Rogue State Park. 🚌
- 1 — I have just created a new YouTube channel for Sinclair Trails, and published the first video: a silent 40x timelapse of the drive from Olde Stone Village RV Park to Valley of the Rogue State Park. Like and subscribe! 🚌📹
October (54)
- 31 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: Paladin’s first trip in the coach. 🚌🐈
- 31 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 31 is “home”. Our 40-foot 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP coach is our home, as we travel the country full-time. Follow @SinclairTrails for our adventures. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 30 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: with a self-contained RV, we didn’t notice a power outage in the area! 🚌
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “red”. Jenn’s favorite video game on her PS5 is Red Dead Redemption II, as seen here on our coach TV. 🚌📺🕹📷 #mboct
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: after a week hiatus, I’m resuming posts, starting with one on our new tire pressure monitoring system. 🚌
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “cycle”. We recently upgraded the batteries on our coach to deep cycle AGM ones. 📷 #mboct
- 28 — On the Dejal blog, I posted about selling our homestead and buying a motorhome; you all have read me talking about it for a while, but I hadn’t mentioned it there yet. 🚌
- 28 — For week/year 43 of my 52 years celebration, from 2013: Jenn and me at our homestead. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “underneath”. Underneath our coach is a blue ground effect light, apparently to discourage critters from going under there (we haven’t really used it yet). 🚌📷 #mboct
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “chaos”. The chaos of one small part of our homestead estate sale. But pretty much everything sold! 📷 #mboct
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “bliss”. The bison of Yellowstone National Park blissfully ignore the passing traffic. 📷 #mboct
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “gravity”. The Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park defies gravity in pushing water high in the air. 📷 #mboct
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “connection”. The tow bar between our coach and truck has a secure connection. 📷 #mboct
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “meaning”. The rental travel trailer for our Yellowstone trip had a battery voltage monitor, with green/yellow/red lights to help decipher the meaning of the voltage level. 📷 #mboct
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “rest”. Stuff we wanted to keep but not take with us in the coach is resting in a storage unit. 📷 #mboct
- 21 — For week/year 42 of my 52 years celebration, a selfie from 2012. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we introduced our cat Paladin to our coach. 🚌🐈
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “space”. Yellowstone National Park is such a vast space, it’s impossible to capture even a fraction of it in one photo. 📷 #mboct
- 20 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a water fountain for our cat, Paladin. Stay tuned for a Sinclair Trails post about him tomorrow. 🐈
- 20 — It’s been a while, but let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Should be an easy one, so be specific. #WhatsItWednesday
- 20 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: bored with the RV modifications and maintenance topics? How about a visit to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and the Oregon Coast.
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “sports”. I’m not really into sports, but a game of mini golf can be fun. This one was at the KOA campground on the way to Yellowstone; we didn’t actually play, but likely would have if staying longer. 📷 #mboct
- 19 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the thrilling tale of upgrading our RV's house batteries. 🚌
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “mirror”. During our Yellowstone trip, looking back at the trailer in the mirror, in the plains of Idaho. 📷 #mboct
- 18 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: sanitizing the RV water systems. 🚌
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “finished”. An empty house was a pretty good sign that we were finished with our homestead, ready to start our new adventures. 📷 #mboct
- 17 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some info about the media cupboard in our coach, which lets us watch the same or different things on our four TVs. 🚌📺
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “compass”. The GPS in our motorhome includes a compass direction indicator. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “rotation”. Our coach includes a washer and dryer, which is convenient… though during the spin cycle, the rotation of the washer makes the whole coach shake. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “ethereal”. The view above the clouds from Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park can only be described as ethereal. 📷 #mboct
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “wheels” (suggested by me). The wheels on our coach are rather large. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 14 — For week/year 41 of my 52 years celebration, from 2011: I started using an app to take a selfie every day, to see how my face changes over time. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: I broke the induction cooktop, and replaced it. 🚌
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “animals”. There's no shortage of animals to see in Yellowstone National Park, including herds of bison. 📷 #mboct
- 12 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we added a desk to our coach. 🚌
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “legend”. Here’s an info sign in the Staircase area of Olympic National Park, telling the legend of how it got that name. 📷 #mboct
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “hygge”. We’re still organizing our coach, but are getting closer to a sense of hygge. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 10 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: heading into Oregon, and to Olde Stone Village RV park. 🚌
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “bridges”. Yellowstone National Park has many bridges; this one is above the waterfall at the end of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. 📷 #mboct
- 9 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: staying at a Boondockers Welcome site. 🚌
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “safe”. The tow bar between our coach and pickup has multiple features to keep it safe. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “twilight”. A twilight glow at Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. 🌄📷 #mboct
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “spice”. After dropping off our Yellowstone trip rental trailer, we got some tasty MOD pizzas, with just a hint of spice. 🍕📷 #mboct
- 7 — For week/year 40 of my 52 years celebration, from 2010: me and my brothers Neville and Gavin during a visit to New Zealand (our first and last visit since moving to the US, as our planned 2020 visit was canceled due to the pandemic). #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: on Sunday we took a day trip to Olympic National Park.
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “street”. A view from the passenger seat of driving down a street in our motorhome. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “toy”. Our 40-foot coach looks like a toy in an aerial drone shot. 🚁🚌📷 #mboct
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: some minor modifications to our coach. 🚌
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “sharp”. A bull elk in Madison within Yellowstone National Park, with very sharp antlers. 📷 #mboct
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “majority”. The vast majority of our stuff sold at our house estate sale. 📷 #mboct
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “dark”. During our Yellowstone vacation, we visited the Grand Prismatic Spring as the sky was starting to get dark. 📷 #mboct
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: fascinating aerial photos of our coach. 🚌🚁
- 1 — The Micro.blog October photo challenge word for day 1 is “touch”. Our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP coach includes a touch panel for many functions. Newer models have better ones, in more places, but this is still very handy. 🚌📷 #mboct
- 1 — Micro.blog is doing a photo challenge in October, so of course I will join in. I’ve previously done them with homestead pictures, so will attempt this one with motorhome and travel pictures, though I don’t have much to work with yet, so it might indeed be a challenge.
September (22)
- 30 — For week/year 39 of my 52 years celebration, from 2009: I wrote a very simple iPhone app called Valentines, that let you add some text and a photo to a heart-shaped background. Here’s an image from the app of me testing it. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 29 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: driving our coach to Mom’s place. 🚌
- 28 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: installation of the tow bar and accessories on our coach and truck. 🚌🚙
- 27 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: time to get back to posts about our motorhome. Today I recounted removing the two couches, to make room for individual chairs and a desk. 🚌
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog, I’ve completed my series of posts about our extended family vacation to Yellowstone National Park in a rental travel trailer. Check out the link to see all of the Yellowstone posts in chronological order. 🚌
- 23 — For week/year 38 of my 52 years celebration, from 2008: me holding up our cat Pippin as a kitten. #ThrowbackThursday #52years 🐈
- 21 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: now that I have better internet again, a new post about our Yellowstone trip in a rental trailer. I won’t cross-post all of the posts, so follow @SinclairTrails on Micro.blog or Twitter, or the site directly, to read the posts. 🚌
- 16 — Moving stuff into my new motorhome, I walked around with a hat on a hat for a while, which made me think of Merlin Mann.
- 16 — For week/year 37 of my 52 years celebration, from 2007: me in a Portland Japanese Garden shelter. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 15 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: today I’ve started a series of posts about our Yellowstone trip in a rental trailer. I won’t cross-post all of the posts, so follow @SinclairTrails on Micro.blog or Twitter, or the site directly, to read the posts. 🚌
- 14 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: the slogan of the Tiffin luxury motorhomes is “Roughing It Smoothly”. After looking at the previous posts touring our coach, I think you can see why.
- 13 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: while we’re on our way home from Yellowstone, you may be fascinated by another post about our new coach. 🚌
- 13 — I started this blog on January 1, 2018, with a goal of posting one photo every day. Which I achieved for 1,346 days… until we had no internet during our Yellowstone trip, resulting in some missed days. Oh well, streaks are made to be broken. That might happen more often as we travel with uncertain internet connectivity, though we plan to stay in places with cell coverage, and will get technology to boost our connectivity, since we need internet access for our work.
- 9 — For week/year 36 of my 52 years celebration, from 2006: me during a Portland Bridge Pedal event, where people get to ride bikes over freeway bridges. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 7 — As part of moving from a 5-acre homestead into a 40-foot motorhome, we’re significantly downsizing, selling most of our stuff. We’re taking the things we want with us, and storing some sentimental items, but the vast majority of our stuff holds little sentimental value, or use in our new home; the accumulation of our lifetimes, and especially of our homestead time, where our stuff has expanded to fit the available space — many items we forgot we had, or is still brand new, unopened! Crazy. Getting rid of this stuff is very freeing.
- 6 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we’re on our way to Yellowstone in a rental trailer, but please enjoy a super fascinating tour of the various control panels in our coach. 🚌
- 5 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: please enjoy a tour of the interior of our new home, a 40-foot 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP. 🚌
- 4 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: we have now purchased our motorhome. It is a 40-foot 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP diesel pusher.
- 3 — We now have our RV, and spent last night in it at a campground. Today we brought it home. Here’s a pic of us in front of it; I’ll post more later, when I have a moment. 🚌
- 2 — For week/year 35 of my 52 years celebration, from 2005: my Mum and her husband Brian with me at the Portland Japanese Garden, during their visit to the US. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 1 — On the homestead blog: I thought I’d conclude the homestead blog with a guided tour around the property. Yes, with some bonus duck and chicken pictures.
- 1 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: tomorrow we will be completing the purchase of our motorhome, staying the night in it at a campground. 🚌💵
August (47)
- 31 — Mondays are pizza days. Yesterday’s were probably the last ones I’ll make at our house. We will be taking the Ooni oven in our motorhome, though. 🍕
- 30 — Toll by Matt Gemmell 📚 #MediaMonday
- 30 — One of our favorite gardens around the homestead. 🌼🌱
- 29 — Paladin and Rory hanging out together. So cute! 🐈🐕
- 28 — On the homestead blog: the last update on the feral cats. #Caturday 🐈
- 27 — On the homestead blog: the last ever flock update post. It’s been quite a run, but it’s time to start winding down the homestead blog. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 26 — On the Sinclair Trails blog: a review I wrote for our excellent professional RV inspector, Grant Carroll of GCRV Inspections.
- 26 — For week/year 34 of my 52 years celebration, from 2004: me reciting the Oath of Allegiance during my US citizenship ceremony, when I became a dual citizen of New Zealand and the US. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 25 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as amazingly identified on Micro.blog: it's an ice pack on top of a bandage, as part of the after-care for my skin cancer removal surgery yesterday. ❄️🩹🦵
- 25 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Very blurry, straight from the camera; I doubt anyone will figure it out, though there’s a clue available. #WhatsItWednesday
- 24 — Jenn and I are feeling super-stressed at present. Our house closing is one week from today, we’re busy sorting our stuff for take/store/sell, we’re nervous about our RV adventure (awaiting test results for it, driving a big coach, finding places to stay, issues with it, etc), and before that our upcoming trip to Yellowstone in a rental trailer (with our new coach sitting idle at home, since it won’t fit in Yellowstone). Plus today I’m getting some skin cancer chopped out of my leg, so I didn’t get much sleep last night, and Jenn is feeling very ill (probably as a result of the stress). I’m sure everything will be fine, we just need to get through this transition. Deep breaths….
- 24 — Paladin and Rory hanging out together. 🐈🐕
- 23 — The new Sinclair Trails blog is now automatically cross-posted to Micro.blog and Twitter. Follow @SinclairTrails on your favorite social network! (Unless that’s Facebook… I would cross-post to that too, but they don’t allow automatic posting. Their loss.)
- 23 — I have a second pillow to prop me up while reading in bed, then I put it aside to sleep. Sometimes Rory takes advantage of that to sleep next to the bed, instead of on her own bed. 🛌🐕
- 22 — Bumble bees on wild sunflowers in our front garden. 🐝🌼🌱
- 21 — Today we sold our 2011 Nissan Rogue car, via our excellent estate sale guys. It was a great car, but we'll be towing our pickup behind our future motorhome, so it was time for it to find a new home. Here’s a pic of Jenn and me from when we bought it in January 2011. 🚙
- 21 — On the homestead blog: the penultimate cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — On the homestead blog: the penultimate flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 19 — For week/year 33 of my 52 years celebration, from 2003: me at the Portland Japanese Garden. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 18 — Some day lilies around the gardens. 🌼🌱
- 17 — I liked the symmetry of Paladin looking out the window. It reminded us of an elephant, so of course I had to add googly eyes to the pic. 🐈🐘
- 17 — On the new Sinclair Trails blog: a brief update on our RV purchase progress. 🚌💰
- 16 — A bumble bee on a flower in our garden. 🐝🌼🌱
- 15 — Paladin in a box. More of a tray, but it counts as a box, so cat rules state that it must be sat in. He doesn’t make the rules. 🐈
- 14 — On the new Sinclair Trails blog (yes, it exists now!): tomorrow we’ll be doing a seven-hour roundtrip to check out and hopefully purchase a coach that looks like a very good fit for us. Wish us luck! 🚌💰
- 14 — On the homestead blog for Caturday this week, Porcini has been enjoying sleeping in the cat house, though didn’t enjoy a raccoon briefly visiting her. Plus the others hanging around a bit, and a new kitten at the feed store. #Caturday 🐈
- 13 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 12 — For week/year 32 of my 52 years celebration, from 2002: me in some summer snow on Mount Hood. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 11 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s part of an aerial photo of our homestead from 2001, showing where the pond would be. The framed picture came with the house, and the red dot on it indicates we’ll leave it with the house. Bonus: pics from 2015 and 2021.
- 11 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Kinda a trick question; I want as specific an answer as possible. #WhatsItWednesday
- 10 — Since some people asked, our estate sale is scheduled for September 9-12. The old Macs I’m selling include:
- 10 — As part of preparing for our estate sale, I’m wiping my many old Macs and hard drives, all of which will be sold. Here’s my old PowerMac G5, running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. (If anyone in the Portland region wants some old Macs, plan to come to the sale!) 🖥
- 9 — We have a sign on our entertainment shelves, that we changed to “NOW SHOWING” for our real estate showings. The other day, Paladin knocked it over, with some letters falling off, resulting in it saying “SHWING”. We were amused.
- 8 — Rory and Paladin being cute again. 🐕🐈
- 7 — Well, that’s very disappointing. The deal on the RV we were purchasing has fallen through. So now we’re back to the drawing board, searching for another coach. We’ve still got time, but that was a perfect one for us; we were so excited to find it. Alas!
- 7 — On the homestead blog: also starting the last month of Caturdays. Since people have asked, fear not, the new owner of our homestead will be caring for all of our animals: the feral cats, ducks, chickens, and even the bees. #Caturday 🐈
- 6 — On the homestead blog: starting the last month of Flock Fridays. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — Fun fact: I have a TextExpander snippet to write the Throwback Thursday text, that automatically includes the appropriate week number and year, thusly:
- 5 — For week/year 31 of my 52 years celebration, from the year 2001: Jenn and me on a beach in New Zealand, shortly before we moved to the US. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 5 — I’m still working on getting my new Sinclair Trails blog set up. The site is operational, but there’s a configuration issue that prevents posting to the blog via MarsEdit. I’m working with my hosting provider to fix it, but they’re rather slow.
- 4 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a “Cable-It” cable organizer, to combine multiple wires into a tidy bundle, using a zipper tool to insert the cables into the conduit.
- 4 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 3 — Paladin enjoying a sunbeam on the couch in my office. 🐈
- 2 — I’ve just created a new blog for my and Jenn’s RV adventures. The SSL certificate is still in the works, and more posts will be coming once the site is fully operational, but here it is: Sinclair Trails.
- 2 — Robot or Not podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 2 — A tiny snake in the grass. 🐍
- 1 — Sunflowers in our veggie garden. 🌼🌱
July (44)
- 31 — I think I feel a humid warm breeze on my neck. 🐕🛻
- 31 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 30 — On the homestead blog: enjoy the flock updates while they last! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 29 — For week/year 30 of my 52 years celebration, from the year 2000: I only have low-resolution pictures from this year, so here are a couple; me with our cat Pixel as a kitten, and me on a ferry. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 28 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a grip strip to hold papers. I have a couple of them on the wall of my office. Simply slot a page in and it is held in place with rollers, then lift up the paper to remove.
- 28 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 27 — Another of the many great quotes from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love: 💬
- 27 — Paladin and Rory hanging out. 🐈🐕
- 26 — A couple of horses and a rider heading up the road. Yep, it’s horse country around here. 🐴
- 25 — An assortment of flowers around our gardens. 🌼🌱
- 25 — On the homestead blog: an update on selling our house and progress towards our next adventure.
- 24 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 23 — Happy birthday Rory! She is eight years old today, which is old age for a Great Dane, and a miracle for one who lost a leg to cancer when she was two. We gave her a special treat to celebrate. 🐕🎁
- 23 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 22 — For week/year 29 of my 52 years celebration, from 1999: me with my 30th birthday cake; we had a Star Wars themed birthday party. That was when I started shaving my head, too. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 21 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified on Micro.blog and Twitter: it’s a wooden cannonball puzzle, where you stack joined spheres to form a pyramid. Not very difficult, but not too easy either.
- 21 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 20 — On the Dejal blog: a fun tip on using Simon for something unusual: watching a Yellowstone National Park entrance camera. See the post for a GIF of the traffic yesterday.
- 20 — A very true quote from Heinlein’s The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: 💬
- 20 — A house drives by — two halves of a manufactured home being transported on trucks.
- 19 — Health update: I’m feeling much better now. Still a cough persisting, as these things do, but otherwise fine. Jenn is feeling unwell too, but also improving. We both did at-home COVID tests today, just in case, but both were negative. So just the normal bugs. 🦠
- 19 — Backlit sunflower. 🌼🌱
- 18 — Rory doesn't like car trips, probably because she doesn’t do it as often as many dogs. She has the entire back of the car, but wants to be up front with us, for reassurance… which results in dog slobber on my shorts. But she eventually calms down a bit. 🐕🚙
- 17 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 16 — On the homestead blog: a focus on the chickens for this Flock Friday, including a couple of fun GIFs. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 15 — For week/year 28 of my 52 years celebration, from 1998: me standing on the empty property we bought on which to build a house in NZ. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 14 — Still sick; my temperature dipped down last night, but is back to 100.4 °F this morning. Better than 102.3, I guess. 🦠🌡🛌
- 13 — That’ll teach me not to go out amongst the unwashed masses. In bed with a mild fever. Hopefully not COVID, but at least I’m fully vaccinated, so I don’t need to worry too much about symptoms or transmissibility. 🦠🌡🛌
- 12 — Last night during dinner, Jenn kindly shared the sugar on the rim of her beverage with some bees. 🍸🐝
- 11 — We’re in Ashland for a long-scheduled brief vacation. Yesterday we did some wine tasting at three vineyards around the Jacksonville area. 🍷
- 10 — On the homestead blog: for Caturday this week, a bunch of pictures of the mushroom girls, and a couple glimpses of the twins. #Caturday 🐈
- 9 — On the homestead blog: ducklings in the chicken run?! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 8 — For week/year 27 of my 52 years celebration, from 1997: me in our second flat, with our cat Piwhacket. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 7 — A moment of calm, looking up at a tree. 🌳
- 6 — Paladin enjoying a sunbeam in his usual dainty way. 🐈
- 5 — Simon macOS app 💻 #MediaMonday
- 5 — On the Dejal blog: a bug fix for Simon is now available, version 5.0.1.
- 5 — On Friday (during our house inspection) we went to a favorite restaurant for lunch, McMenamins Roadhouse, maybe for the last time. It has fascinating architecture, and pleasant gardens.
- 5 — A new @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of Sonja and some of her ducklings preening themselves on the floating island in our pond:
- 4 — Toe-bean desk snuggle time with Paladin. 🐈
- 3 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 2 — On the homestead blog: a little later than normal, your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 1 — We now have some very nice signage and brochures for our house… which has already sold, contingently. The market is so busy at present, can’t even get the marketing fully in place before it sells. It is still on the market until the buyer’s place sells, though.
- 1 — For week/year 26 of my 52 years celebration, from 1996: Jenn and me dressed up. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
June (51)
- 30 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question (which nobody correctly guessed): it’s the controls for my height-adjustable desk. The number buttons are height presets, and the screen shows the height in inches. Not that I’ve used it in standing mode for a few years.
- 30 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 30 — We boarded Rory over the weekend, so she could be in comfortable air conditioning instead of being carted around in our car when we had to leave for house showings. When we picked her up yesterday, she had to get closer to us, getting stuck climbing over the back seat. 🐕🚗
- 29 — Good news: after just six days on the market, our house has contingently sold. The buyer needs to sell their house before our sale is officially pending, but that shouldn’t take long in this market. 🎉
- 29 — Apparently the top of our printer is a comfy place to sleep. 🐈🖨
- 28 — Mythic Quest TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 28 — With air temperatures reaching 107°F yesterday, we enjoyed some quality time in our pool, which was a comfy 84°F / 29°C thanks to its solar heating panels. 🌡
- 27 — When we move, we’ll miss the glorious sunsets we get from our deck… though we’ll experience lots of different sunsets on the road. 🌅
- 26 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, all about Porcini. #Caturday 🐈
- 25 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update; continuing for a limited time. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 24 — For week/year 25 of my 52 years celebration, from 1995: me, Jenn, and Mum. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 23 — Here’s a direct link to our real estate listing page. Check it out. If you want to enjoy the homestead lifestyle, get in quick!
- 23 — On the homestead blog: a big announcement — we are starting our next big adventure. We have put our homestead on the market, and will be buying a large RV, downsizing, and touring the US full-time! (And yes, this is the #WhatsItWednesday answer.)
- 23 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is (the white thing in the foreground)? #WhatsItWednesday
- 22 — I enjoy our small pond and stream, that gives a pleasant sound of trickling water from the deck.
- 21 — A scenic look over the Sandy River towards Mount Hood from the Jonsrud Viewpoint in Sandy, Oregon.
- 21 — Rory isn’t a big fan of riding in the car. 🚙🐕
- 20 — A video on YouTube: First swim of Sonja's 16 baby ducklings. Yes, that's right: 16 ducklings. So much cuteness!
- 20 — On the homestead blog: after a last few GIFs of Sonja’s ducklings in the duck house, we have a bunch of pictures of them in the pond. All 16 of them! 🦆
- 20 — A new @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of Sonja and her 16 ducklings. Yes, SIXTEEN:
- 19 — On the homestead blog: welcome to Sonja’s ducklings! 🦆
- 19 — On the homestead blog: welcome to Caturday. With, as you might guess, some pictures of our feral cats. including two GIFs. #Caturday 🐈
- 18 — On the homestead blog: Happy Flock Friday! We’re still waiting for Sonja’s eggs to hatch; based on when she started full-time nesting, they’re due around today, though could be a few days away. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 17 — Living in a rural area with horse property neighbors, we occasionally see horses going past on the road. Here’s one being ridden, and a second being led. 🐴
- 17 — For week 24 of my 52 years celebration, from 1994: me videotaping while visiting Jenn in the US. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 16 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as some people quickly correctly identified: it’s an original-vintage Apple Newton MessagePad.
- 16 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 15 — With the swimming pool set up, and weather in the 90s in the forecast, it’s beginning to feel like summer.
- 14 — Changer by Matt Gemmell 📚 #MediaMonday
- 14 — On the homestead blog: I added some more dirt to the floating island in our pond. 🏝🦆
- 13 — A new @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of some ducks on the lawn, including Betty and her five ducklings:
- 13 — A wild poppy. 🌱🌼
- 12 — On the homestead blog: some pictures of cats in the cabins and their house, and outside. And one not-a-cat, in your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 11 — On the homestead blog: time to check on the ducks and chickens again; it’s your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 11 — Finishing WWDC week, a few more pictures from my first WWDC in 2006.
- 10 — For week 23 of my 52 years celebration, let’s jump ahead to 1994, when I visited the US to meet Jenn in person, having met online the previous year. Here we are dressed up, the first picture I have of us together. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 10 — When I attended my first WWDC in 2006, they bussed everyone to the Infinite Loop Apple campus for the WWDC Bash. But I spent 2 hours standing in a line to get into the Apple company store to buy merch, so the bash was over by the time I got in. Oh well. #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified by @DazeEnd: it’s the laptop bag that Apple gave out at WWDC in 2007.
- 9 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 9 — Another picture from WWDC in 2006; looking down at people at charging station tables. Mac laptop batteries didn’t last all that long back then.
- 8 — A fuzzy picture of a boxed lunch at WWDC06.
- 7 — As we look forward to a virtual WWDC21 kicking off today, a look back at my first WWDC, in 2006. Back before the iPhone, when it was an uncrowded conference for Mac developers, and the big news was Mac OS X Leopard and finishing transitioning from PowerPC to Intel chips.
- 6 — A deer grazing on the grass back towards the beehives. 🦌
- 5 — On the homestead blog: just seven pics for Caturday this week. #Caturday 🐈
- 4 — On the Dejal blog: I just sent a DejalNews newsletter to the subscribers, and posted a copy on the blog. You can read it online (and subscribe if you want).
- 4 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update, with some token chicken pics, some of the adult ducks, and a few new duckling pics. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 3 — For week 22 of my 52 years celebration, another picture of me from 1993, this time holding one of our cats, Buffy. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 2 — The answer to the #WhatsItWednesday question today: it’s the bottom-right corner of a 2002-vintage 23" Apple Cinema HD display.
- 2 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 2 — Announcing a major upgrade of Dejal Simon to version 5.0! Featuring syncing the Simon data between multiple Macs, a Simon Status service, a Link Checker filter, improved Find filter, iMessage and Speak Error notifiers, a new app icon, and much more.
- 1 — The duckling pics are starting to get a bit repetitive, so I’ve stopped the daily posts, and will roll them into the Flock Friday posts. Here’s one more photo of Betty and her five babies to tide you over till Friday. 🦆
May (56)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: a quick post about our honey harvest yesterday. 🐝🍯
- 31 — On the homestead blog: Are you enjoying the daily updates on Betty’s ducklings, or is it just too much cuteness for you? Let me know! 🦆
- 30 — On the homestead blog: please enjoy a bunch of pictures of Betty's ducklings from yesterday and today. 🦆
- 29 — On the homestead blog: lots of pictures and GIFs of Betty’s ducklings in the duck house and venturing into the pond. 🦆
- 29 — On my YouTube channel: Betty’s ducklings took their first swim today. 📹🦆
- 29 — On the homestead blog: More duckling pics later, but it’s Caturday, so tradition dictates that we start the day with some cute cat pics. #Caturday 🐈
- 28 — On the homestead blog: Last night Betty’s ducklings started to hatch! So this is a special Flock Friday primarily about that. #FlockFriday 🦆
- 27 — For week 21 of my 52 years celebration, another picture of me from 1993, standing outside at dusk. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 26 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a bug catcher. If some bug comes inside (e.g. we often get ladybugs in Fall), I can put this over the bug, slide the hatch closed, then take it outside and open to release. Easy and harmless.
- 26 — To celebrate being maxxinated today, @jidabug and I went to the local restaurant (yes, there’s only one) for a tasty lunch. The first time I’ve been in a restaurant (the same one, as it happens) since March 2, 2020. 💉🦠🍔🍟
- 26 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again, with another random object from my office. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 26 — Today I am maxxinated, i.e. it’s been two weeks since my second Moderna COVID-19 vaccination. Such a sense of relief. I’m still not in any hurry to go into a restaurant or be without a mask around other people, but I could. 💉🦠
- 25 — From Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams: 💬
- 25 — Paladin playing with a fleecy stick toy. 🐈
- 24 — On the Dejal blog: announcing Dejal Time Out 2.8, featuring a new option to end a break early, the ability to postpone breaks instead of skip them & use Do Not Disturb with app exclusions, a choice to show the time since the last break in the status item, and more.
- 24 — Liftoff podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 24 — Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes yesterday; I appreciate them. I had a pleasant day of relaxing, and @jidabug made French toast for breakfast, my favorite dinner (schnitzel and baked spud), and a tasty birthday cake. 🎂
- 23 — It’s my birthday today; I’m now 52, but I don’t feel a day over 60. Check out my year-long celebration of 52 weeks of 52 years on Throwback Thursdays. 🎂
- 23 — An amusing picture of the gray ones, where it looks like Paladin is in line behind Rory to eat. 🐕🐈
- 22 — On the homestead blog: several GIFs for Caturday this week, plus pictures of all of the cats: the cute Porcini, of course, plus the twins Spud and Pommie, the elusive Bella, and even Pansy the shop cat and Paladout the neighbor cat. #Caturday 🐈
- 21 — On the homestead blog: still waiting for Betty's ducklings and for Sonja to start full-time nesting (could be any day now); plus some other pictures of ducks and chickens (with a particularly funny one at the end). #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 20 — For week 20 of my 52 years celebration, from around 1993: me in a comfy rocking chair in my bedroom. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 19 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a limited-edition “iCEO” plush toy (mint in box) of a certain mercurial fruit company CEO.
- 19 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What (and who) do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 18 — I just can’t resist; another couple of cute pictures of Paladin and his fuzzy toe beans, in his new nest on top of a shelf in my office. 🐈
- 17 — Ted Lasso TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 17 — Another couple of funny pics of Paladin on my lap. 🐈
- 16 — On the homestead blog: various flowers that are blooming around the homestead at present (more in the post). 🌼🌱
- 16 — Paladin oozing off my lap. He amuses me so. 🐈
- 15 — Paladin approves of the cardboard nest I added on top of a shelving unit. 🐈
- 15 — On the homestead blog: It’s Caturday! Which means time for mushrooms and spuds, I guess? #Caturday 🐈
- 14 — A new @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of Betty nesting on her eggs, not happy to be disturbed, but I needed to refill their food:
- 14 — On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, we’re visited by a heron a couple of times, a second nesting duck, and more. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 14 — I had a relaxing day in bed yesterday, enjoying a second-vaccination fever with a high score of 102.2°F, which broke just before bedtime. This morning I feel totally fine, other than some mild lingering arm soreness. Not a big deal at all. Get vaccinated! 💉🦠🌡🛌
- 13 — Yay, here comes the vaccination fever! I think I’ll spend the rest of the day in bed. Totally worth it, though; I’m sure I’ll feel better by tomorrow, and won’t have to worry about becoming unexpectedly dead from COVID. Get your vaccinations, people! 💉🦠🌡🛌🦸🏼
- 13 — For week 19 of my 52 years celebration, a selfie from my early 20s (before they were called selfies). Fun fact: this picture was the first time Jenn saw me (we met online in 1993), and yet she wanted to continue the relationship. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 12 — I just got my second COVID-19 vaccination today (Moderna), at a drive-thru clinic again. Less busy than the first time, no waiting to get the shot. Easy, and now I have superpowers! Well, in two weeks when I’m “maxxinated”; the best birthday present. Such a relief. 💉🦠
- 12 — On the homestead blog: I’ve just added a summary page for the bee shed project. Check it out for an overview of the project, with links to each of the individual blog posts.
- 11 — So nice of us to install a salad bar for the deer! Here's a GIF of one sampling the flavors, before Jenn chased her off. 🌱🦌
- 11 — On the homestead blog: planting our front garden. 🌱
- 10 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I evicted the chickens from our fenced vegetable garden, and prepared it for planting — which Jenn subsequently did. 🌱
- 10 — Some of our ducks rooting around in the back lawn. 🦆
- 9 — Sorry chickies, it’s time to evict you from the veggie garden, as we prepare it for planting. Thank you for cleaning it out over winter. I enticed them out via the mealworm roller toy, though Buffy looks disappointed by the closed gate. 🐓
- 8 — On the homestead blog: this Caturday is a bit of a yawn… two yawns, actually. And some fun GIFs and such. #Caturday 🐈
- 7 — Paladin and Rory being cute again. 🐈🐕
- 7 — On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, an assortment of chicken and duck pictures, plus more of nesting ducks and broody chickens. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 6 — For week/year 18 of my 52 years celebration, I actually don’t have any pictures of me from age 18 to 20, so I’m jumping ahead to a photo of my 21st birthday. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 5 — Looking from the fountain garden towards the cat house, with a whirligig, irises, rocks, maple tree, bird feeders, the cat house, and more visible. 🌼
- 4 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of some ducks going into the pond:
- 4 — A bright spot of color caught my eye in the flowerbeds. 🌼
- 3 — On the homestead blog: finishing touches of the bee shed project. 🔨
- 2 — On the homestead blog: pictures of our cat graveyard by the pond. 🐈🪦
- 2 — It’s the purple season, with lots of irises and bluebells. 🌼
- 1 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of the chickens receiving carrot peels and rice as treats:
- 1 — Today’s breakfast: tasty sourdough waffles with butter, maple syrup, strawberries from our garden (frozen and warmed), and whipped cream. (Also tagging Dr Don for my #RiskyOrNot question on the waffle batter.) 🧇🍓
- 1 — On the homestead blog: Happy Caturday to you! This week, some fun GIFs of the cats, several pictures of Porcini as usual, some of Paladout, and cat feet. #Caturday 🐈
April (62)
- 30 — Paladin sleeping on my sweatshirt, in his cardboard nest, and on one of Rory’s beds (hey, she wasn’t using it). 🐈🐕
- 30 — On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, some pictures of Betty and her nest in the duck house, a few pictures of other ducks, and some of the chickens. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 29 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of Betty nesting on a clutch of duck eggs:
- 29 — On the homestead blog: more work on the bee shed project, including some tweaks to the door, adding corrugated cladding, and filling gaps. 🔨
- 29 — For week/year 17 of my 52 years celebration, from 1987: the entire Form 7 of my college (or in US terms, the senior class of high school). I’m in the center of the second-from-top row, wearing my “Head Librarian” badge. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 28 — I was about to get up to do my morning rounds, then this happened. Guess I’m stuck for a bit. 🐈
- 27 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.8b1 released. Announcing the first beta release of an update to Time Out, my popular break reminder app for macOS!
- 27 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of our stream water feature:
- 27 — Bonus GIF of the deer. 🦌
- 27 — I spotted a deer while on my rounds this morning. She wasn’t overly concerned about me, though did flush out a cat (Spud) who was watching her from amongst the grasses. 🦌🐈
- 26 — I enjoy the stone bridge and cascade of our (artificial) backyard stream.
- 26 — For All Mankind TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 26 — I was just looking through pictures I have marked for future posting in my photo library, and noticed this fun GIF I made last year. It looks like our truck is on fire, but it’s just a reflection of a fireplace in the glass of a door, perfectly lined up. 🛻🔥
- 25 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of watching activity on the Turquoise beehive:
- 25 — Paladin and Rory hanging out together. 🐈🐕
- 24 — Ooood nnning! I guess the Rebound podcast mug isn’t dishwasher safe. The paint is flaking off to the touch. Oops. I could make a joke about it being cheaply made like the podcast, but the mug and the podcast both still have delicious content.
- 24 — On the homestead blog for Caturday: some cute pictures of Porcini (shocking, I know), plus I lift the fog on the cabins cam. #Caturday 🐈
- 23 — On the homestead blog: chickens, ducks, birds… and more of Betty nesting in the duck house. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓🐦
- 22 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of watching one of our beehives:
- 22 — On the homestead blog: yesterday we did a beehive inspection and mite treatment. 🐝
- 22 — For week/year 16 of my 52 years celebration, from 1986: my high school (college in NZ terms) form room photo. I’m in the blue sweatshirt in the center, with my best friend Donald next to me with his eyes closed. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 21 — Having laid a dozen or so eggs in a nesting box in the duck house, Betty is now sitting on them most of the time. So we’ll likely have some baby ducklings in less than a month! 🦆🥚
- 20 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of trying to record the sound of hundreds of bees in a flowering tree, but the chickens were being too noisy:
- 20 — Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Super… no, it’s actually a plane.
- 19 — On the homestead blog: building the bee shed door. 🔨
- 18 — Sometimes chickens look angry, but it’s just their face. 🐓
- 18 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of the chickens not sure what to do with Brussels sprouts:
- 17 — On the homestead blog: not many pictures of the cats this week, as my cameras were having issues, but some nice ones. #Caturday 🐈
- 16 — On the homestead blog: some quite nice pictures of the ducks and chickens this week; sunny weather helps get better photos. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 15 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of ducks idly swimming in our pond:
- 15 — For week 15 of my 52 years celebration, from early 1980's: a picture of my extended family on my mother’s side (I’m in the top-left). #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 14 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a Otodata sensor and cellular transmitter to report the level of our propane tank to the supplier. They just installed it. So hopefully now they won’t have to guess if we need a refill.
- 14 — I got my first COVID-19 vaccination today (Moderna), at a drive-thru clinic (what’s more American than drive-thru vaccinations?!). Quite an easy process, and definitely a relief to start the clock on immunity. Back there in a month for number two. 💉🦠
- 14 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 13 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of quacky ducks on the bank of our pond:
- 13 — Bees visiting a flowering tree; the tree is totally humming with them. 🌳🌼🐝
- 12 — The Rebound podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 11 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of chickens scratching at new bedding in a coop:
- 11 — Our redwood tree, with some ducks nearby. 🌲🦆
- 10 — It seems deaths come in threes, and unfortunately that has been true for our cats recently. Pippin, our 13-year-old pet cat, has just passed away. He was doing fine, but over the past few days has rapidly declined, despite visits to the vet. We’ll miss you old man. 🐈🪦
- 10 — On the homestead blog: this week on Caturday, various feral cats, several watching me, plus a GIF of a possum at the cat house. #Caturday 🐈
- 9 — On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, some ducks and chickens, plus duck eggs in a new place. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 8 — For week/year 14 of my 52 years celebration: me on a trip, probably somewhere around age 14. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 7 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of chickens getting excited about rice, one of their all-time favorite treats:
- 7 — A rainbow over trees. 🌈
- 6 — On the homestead blog: two weeks after posting about the passing of Poppy, the outdoor feral momma cat, I’m sad to report another cat death: Pepper, the feral cat that kept the front of our workshop free of rodents. 🐈🪦
- 5 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of chickens expressing opinions about the treats they were offered:
- 5 — Flowering trees doing their flowering thing. 🌼🌳
- 4 — We’re home again. We’ll drop off the rental trailer tomorrow. That was an interesting experiment and experience, which we quite enjoyed, to the point of talking about maybe buying our own trailer in due course. We’ll see.
- 4 — Tree bark.
- 4 — We’ll be heading home today. Here are some pictures from yesterday on our camping vacation, including a stroll down to the harbor beach, lunch, and a cat visitor. (We also went for a couple hours drive down the coast, and Chinese takeout for dinner; no pics of those.)
- 3 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of our ducks quacking away on the lawn:
- 3 — This morning I flew my drone above our campsite and the nearby bay.
- 3 — Pictures from yesterday of our trailer vacation: the morning view, some seals enjoying low tide, a phone booth (kids, ask your parents), watching the view, eating Mo’s takeout dinner at a viewpoint, and playing board games in the evening.
- 3 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 2 — Of course, we had to do the stereotypical hot dogs, baked beans, and s'mores for dinner.
- 2 — Not a bad view from our campsite, eh?
- 2 — On the homestead blog: a short flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 1 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of our chickens enjoying their new mealworm roller toy (and can you see some ducks on the lawn in the background?):
- 1 — Today marks 20 years of living in the US. Jenn and I moved here from NZ two decades ago today. We landed in Los Angeles, visited Disneyland, rented a minivan, and drove up the coast via San Francisco, Portland, etc to the Seattle area to visit Mom. #ThrowbackThursday
- 1 — For week 13 of my 52 years celebration, another photo from the 1970s; this time a portrait of me. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 1 — Jenn and I are about to head out to the Oregon coast on a trailer camping trip, using a rented trailer, as a short COVID-safe vacation. Our first time doing this! Should be an interesting experiment.
March (77)
- 31 — Paladin in a cardboard bed in my office, where he often spends much of the day. 🐈
- 30 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of our ducks by the pond and on the grass:
- 30 — A quote that springs to mind today, from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams: 💬
- 30 — Last night we cleared out a bunch of old game and TV detritus while moving our gear into a new shelving unit, so of course Paladin had to sit on it like Smaug the dragon on a pile of gold. 🐈🐉🎮
- 29 — Acorn macOS app 💻 #MediaMonday
- 29 — Some hummingbirds at the feeder, while we experience a little unexpected light snow. 🐦❄️
- 28 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of our ducks rooting around in a garden next to the pond:
- 28 — On the homestead blog: yesterday we did our first inspection of our beehives of the year, now that it’s warming up enough to open the hives. 🐝
- 27 — On the homestead blog: for this week’s Caturday, the last pictures of Poppy, a bunch of pictures of Porcini, plus a bobcat visitor. #Caturday 🐈
- 26 — "Hi Bob." Last night’s bobcat also went by the cat house. More in Caturday tomorrow. 🐈
- 26 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of chickens with a new mealworm treat roller toy, that they can peck at to dispense treats, to keep them occupied:
- 26 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 26 — I think this might be my first sighting of a bobcat (GIF). 🐈
- 25 — For week 12 of my 52 years celebration, another photo from the 1970s, of me, my brother Neville, and our mother having fun on a backyard water slide. (I have very few pictures of myself as a tween/teenager, so I’m using these older pics.) #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 24 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a Mac OS X 10.1 installer CD-ROM, to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the general release of Mac OS X 10.0 (while I used 10.0, unfortunately I don’t have an installer disc for it). 💿
- 24 — A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of peeking at a chicken in a nesting box, which wasn't appreciated:
- 24 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Be specific. Hint: celebrating an anniversary, though not quite the right one for it. #WhatsItWednesday
- 24 — An interesting tree next to our pond.
- 23 — On the homestead blog: I am sad to report the passing of Poppy, our feral momma cat. 🐈🪦
- 23 — Pippin squirming on the mat in my office this morning. 🐈
- 22 — A bonus picture of Betty, just because I like it. 🦆
- 22 — Here's a recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of the ducks walking past the chicken run, and some chickens demanding attention:
- 22 — The Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren 📚 #MediaMonday
- 22 — Close-ups of Pippin and Paladin. 🐈
- 21 — On the homestead blog: I got myself a handy homestead addition: another garden cart.
- 21 — I’ve been posting daily Paladin pics, but how about something a little different — a couple of pics of Pippin on my shoulder. 🐈
- 20 — Related to today's #Caturday post, here's a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of Poppy in a cabin:
- 20 — On the homestead blog: several pictures of Poppy on this week’s Caturday, and some of her offspring. #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — For your daily Paladin, here he’s enjoying the “smellovision” of an open window in our closet, watching birds in the garden. 🐈
- 19 — A couple of bonus pictures of the ducks, greeting Rory and me on our evening rounds. 🦆🐕
- 19 — On the homestead blog: It’s Friday. You know what that means. This week, chickens enjoying wriggly treats, ducks in various places, and some brave (or foolish) birds. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 19 — Paladin and Pippin sharing a snuggly blanket on my lap. 🐈
- 18 — My most popular @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video so far was this simple pan over our beehives; I guess people enjoy the bright colors (we do too):
- 18 — For week/year 11 of my 52 years celebration, my first ever selfie via my first (black & white) camera, from sometime in the 1970s. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 18 — A cute pic of Paladin on a chair in the dining room. 🐈
- 17 — On the homestead blog: today I did some more work on the bee shed project, building the doorway and adjacent wall framing. 🔨
- 17 — The answer to today’s question: it’s the spindle of a cassette tape. Specifically, one of programs for my old ZX81 computer. #WhatsItWednesday
- 17 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Probably too easy for some of you, and too hard for others. #WhatsItWednesday
- 17 — Happy St Patrick’s Day! I made traditional Irish soda bread, as I have for the past several years. ☘️🥖
- 17 — Paladin has to check that we are doing it correctly when we’re putting out his wet food. 🐈
- 16 — Mmm, tasty: @jidabug made some excellent sausage rolls tonight. Delightfully flaky pastry, and a very nice mix of pork and bison, for a uniquely American twist. Delectable, though kinda made me homesick for NZ.
- 16 — Been a while since I posted a quote. Here’s a very true one from Heinlein’s very quotable Time Enough for Love. 💬
- 16 — Paladin and Rory enjoying the fireplace. 🔥 🐈 🐕
- 15 — Risky or Not podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 15 — A @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video from last month of the first duck eggs floating pond island:
- 15 — Comfy Paladin. 🐈
- 14 — On the homestead blog: a few days ago I did another few hours on the bee shed project, adding corrugated steel and transparent panels to clad the walls. 🔨
- 14 — Rory and Paladin sharing the dog bed, and Pippin photobombing with a demand for attention. 🐈🐕
- 13 — Nice to see some splashes of color around the gardens. 🌱🌼
- 13 — On the homestead blog: it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a cat in a tree! #Caturday 🐈
- 13 — Paladin in the linen cupboard. 🐈
- 12 — Last year we were looking forward to visiting New Zealand, doing a big driving tour of the South Island. One week before our departure, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, and the following day, one year ago today, we postponed the trip. 🦠🗺✈️🚗🇳🇿
- 12 — On the homestead blog: a Flock Friday, surprisingly with no pictures of the pond this time. But plenty of ducks and chickens, and even a surprise bird. Check out the post! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 12 — Paladin and Rory. 🐈 🐕
- 11 — For week/year 10 of my 52 years celebration, another picture from sometime in the 1970’s, of my brother Neville and me on a train in a playground. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 11 — A little motion blur, but I was amused by this pic of Paladin with his tongue peeking out. 🐈
- 10 — Paladin pic of the day, on my lap at my desk. 🐈
- 9 — Please enjoy a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of ducks on the floating pond island:
- 9 — Paladin sharing the couch in my office with Pippin. 🐈
- 8 — On the homestead blog: @jidabug slipped and bruised herself on the workshop steps, so once I finish the bee shed project, I have my next homestead project queued up: replacing the steps. Check out the blog post for more info. 🔨
- 8 — I seem to have accidentally started daily posts of Paladin… so why not continue. A different variation today: Pippin on the couch, and Paladin’s paw stretched out from behind my Mac. 🐈
- 7 — Moody lighting of Paladin enjoying a sunbeam. 🐈
- 6 — Please enjoy a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of hummingbirds on a snowy day:
- 6 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 5 — A test upload to see if my server issues are fixed… seems like. Enjoy a pic of Paladin enjoying a sunbeam.
- 5 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update, with some sad news and server issues. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — I’m trying to upload images for my traditional Flock Friday blog post, but my server keeps timing out. Investigating….
- 4 — Please enjoy a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of the chickens and the ducks:
- 4 — For week/year 9 of my 52 years celebration, another picture of me from the 1970’s, at Grandma's house. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 4 — I just watched the recap of yesterday’s successful SpaceX Starship SN10 test flight. I continue to be impressed at their advances. A short video (you can skip the first five minutes), and quite exciting; well worth a watch. 🚀
- 4 — On the homestead blog: building U-shaped shelving framing in the bee shed. 🔨
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 31 (the last bonus) is “defiance”. I was supposed to be working on Dejal stuff yesterday, but I decided to take advantage of the sunny weather to work on the bee shed, in defiance of my self-imposed schedule. 🔨📷 #mbfeb
- 3 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I did more work on the bee shed project, adding wall framing. 🔨
- 2 — On the homestead blog: starting work on the bee shed project, by preparing the floor. See the post for more. 🔨
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 (another bonus) is “privacy”. One year ago today was the last time I ate in a restaurant, the closest one to home, which I won’t name for privacy reasons. 🍔📷 #mbfeb
- 1 — Here is a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of the chickens in their run:
- 1 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 (a bonus day) is “light”. The sunlight reflecting off my desk in the morning is blinding; I need to put something there to reduce that glare. 📷 #mbfeb
February (81)
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “up”. I did a lot of looking up at the trees when I went for a stroll through the acre of woods on our homestead. 🌲📷 #mbfeb
- 28 — On the homestead blog: won’t you join me for a pleasant stroll through the woods at the bottom of our homestead? Lots more photos in the blog post. 🌲
- 27 — Here is a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of #Caturday photos from early February, as an experiment of using photos:
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “pompasetting”, which apparently is a Caribbean word for showing off. So here’s me pompasetting or showing off a rare snuggly Paladin on my lap this morning. (Paladin snuggling isn’t rare, but on a lap is.) 🐈📷 #mbfeb
- 27 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “favourite”. Since it’s Flock Friday, I’ll admit that my favorite chicken is Merida. She’s just so friendly, always coming up to me to greet me, and lets me pet her. 🐓📷 #mbfeb
- 26 — On the homestead blog: this week was an exciting milestone: the ducks started laying eggs. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 25 — Here is another TikTok video of our ducks:
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “code”. I write macOS and iOS code for a living. Also I need to clean my screen. 📷 #mbfeb
- 25 — For week/year 8 of my 52 years celebration, another picture from sometime in the 1970’s, of me making a snowman (and my father at the edge of the frame). Seems appropriate given the surprise snow yesterday. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 24 — On the homestead blog: this morning we woke up to some surprise snow, so of course I felt an urge to fly my drone to capture the winter wonderland. 🚁❄️
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “baby”. Look what I spotted on the floating pond island: duck eggs! These probably aren’t fertilized, but now that they are starting to lay, we may have baby ducklings before long. 🦆🥚📷 #mbfeb
- 23 — On the Dejal blog: is this the last beta of Dejal Simon 5.0? Let's find out!
- 23 — Here is my second very short TikTok video, featuring our chickens.
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “banana”. We don’t have any bananas at present, so I searched my photo library for a picture… close, photos app, but these are not bananas. 🚫🍌📷 #mbfeb
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “spell”. Back around age 13 (I think) I enjoyed writing short sci-fi stories, laboriously typing them on my mother's manual typewriter (before I had a computer with a printer). But my spelling wasn’t that great. 📷 #mbfeb
- 21 — I started posting 15 second videos of our homestead on TikTok, and I thought I’d cross-post here. If you use TikTok, you can follow the homestead @YellowCottageHomestead. Here’s the first one.
- 21 — Four pictures from my evening rounds of the ducks in our pond, including Bert and Rémy on the floating island. 🦆
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “colors”. Here’s a picture of our custom chicken coop from the recent ice storm, with the translucent icicles and white snow adding to the many colors of the coop, inspired by Caribbean houses. 📷 #mbfeb
- 20 — Paladin sat next to Pippin, which could be sweet, but inevitably means hassling long-suffering Pip. Pip was swishing his tail in annoyance, which Paladin thought was a fun toy. (Photo and two GIFs.) 🐈
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “weather”. We’ve had some interesting weather this month, with snow, ice, rain, wind… but one phenomenon that I particularly enjoyed was a rainbow. 🌈📷 #mbfeb
- 20 — On the homestead blog for Caturday this week: cat food, cabin cats, a raccoon, a possum, a GIF, a Paladout, and more. #Caturday 🐈
- 19 — Video: ducks on the new floating wooden island. 📹🦆
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “alive”. Quality feed not only keeps our chickens alive, but also healthy, happy, and productive, when combined with tasty treats. 🐓📷 #mbfeb
- 19 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 18 — For week/year 7 of my 52 years celebration, this picture is probably earlier than the previous one (I’d guess around 1973?), but I wanted to include it anyway. My brother Neville, my late Grandma, me, and my cousin Alan. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word(s) for day 18 are “at home”. Our ducks seem quite at home with their new floating pond island. 🏝🦆📷 #mbfeb
- 17 — I was just doing my cardboard processing, collapsing shipping cartons for recycling, and was amused by some text on the bottom of the Imperfect Foods box. I like it when companies have a sense of humor (and definitely support things for cats). 📦
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “still”. The feral cats stay very still when I’m looking in their direction, to not attract my attention. Here’s Poppy cautiously watching me from one of the heated cabins under our main deck. 🐈📷 #mbfeb
- 16 — On the Dejal blog: Who wants another Dejal Simon beta? Getting closer to general release; please help me test it.
- 16 — The snow has almost all gone, and we have power, so time to put the heating pad back on the hummingbird feeder. 🐦
- 16 — I grew up reading science fiction in bed every night, but in the past few years I’ve been reading Twitter instead. Perhaps not the most soothing bedtime reading. Yesterday I decided to resume reading SF, starting with Dan Moren’s book The Caledonian Gambit. 📚
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “erudite”. Maybe the erudite folks who made the feral cat feeder could figure out that the best way to cope with low batteries when the power is off might not be to continuously dump all of the food? 🐈📷 #mbfeb
- 16 — We’ve long thought about getting a whole-house generator, so our well etc can still work during a power cut. After the long outages during summer wildfires and winter storms, and the likelihood such climate changes will continue, that has jumped to the top of our priorities. 🔌
- 16 — Our electricity came back on last night after dinner. Phew! It has had a couple of brownouts since then, but so far so good. Things are still very messy locally and nationally, so we could lose power again, but hopefully not. Our total: about 69 hours without power. 🔌
- 15 — Still no electricity. No idea when it’ll be back on for realz. Very glad for the generator, though; it is powering our kitchen fridge/freezer, internet, and devices, and we have propane fireplaces for heat and stovetop for cooking, and water jugs. So we’re fine. 🔌
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “reflection”. A reflection in the pond of the ducks sleeping on the bank, amongst melting icy residue of the snow. ❄️🦆📷 #mbfeb
- 14 — Uh oh, I jinxed myself; just after I posted that, the power blinked several times, and went off again. D’oh!
- 14 — The power is back on! Yay! About 44 hours without electricity; the longest we’ve experienced. (I know other places often have much longer… and it was off longer here during our wildfire evacuation in summer, but we weren’t here to experience all of that.)
- 14 — This is what we call hovering room only. ❄️🐦
- 14 — On the homestead blog: more pictures from our ice storm: generator, chickens, ducks, bees. ❄️🔌🐓🦆🐝❄️
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “compassion”. We are still without electricity from the ice storm, but I have compassion for the several animals dependent on us, including the hummingbirds; our feeders are probably their only source of food. ❄️🐦📷 #mbfeb
- 13 — On the homestead blog: some photos of icy branches, icicles, ducks, and hummingbirds. ❄️🦆🐦❄️
- 13 — On the homestead blog: we are currently without power, which isn’t great for us, but also isn’t ideal for the feral cats, as their heated shelters won’t be as toasty. Though they are quite used to snuggling together for warmth. #Caturday 🐈
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “make”. Our power went out last night just before bedtime, and is expected to be out for possibly days, due to a big ice storm… which mean we have to make do with water jugs like this, since we’re on a well. 📷 #mbfeb
- 12 — The hummingbirds have been very hungry today; I’ve already refilled the feeder twice, and I wouldn’t be surprised if I need to do it again. With the snow, the heated feeder is probably all they’ve got. Plus, duck footprints in the snow. ❄️🐦🦆❄️
- 12 — A couple of aerial photos from my drone of the snowy landscape around our pond and wider homestead. Not a huge amount of snow so far. You can see the new pond island in the center of the pond, and ducks nearby. ❄️🦆
- 12 — On the homestead blog: some snowy duck and chicken pictures, plus the ducks using the new island, which makes me happy. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “sporg” (a made-up word). It snowed a little last night (with more expected today); this morning Rory was keen to go out and sporg in the snow. 🐕📷 #mbfeb
- 11 — On the homestead blog: Having recently finished the duck island project, I will of course take a break from building… nah! I’m already designing my next homestead project: a shed to store beekeeping equipment. ✏️🔨
- 11 — For week/year 6 of my 52 years celebration: a picture of Dad, Gran, Neville, Mum, and me. Not sure when this was taken, sometime in the early 1970’s. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “machine”. I have a collection of old Macs in a corner of my office; antique PowerPC-based machines, including an early iBook, an original iMac, a G5 tower, a Mac mini, plus some ancient displays etc. 💻🖥📷 #mbfeb
- 11 — A very happy birthday to my delightful wife @jidabug! 🎂🎈🎁❤️🎉😘 (This is a picture from around this time last year, a trip to Hood River, the last vacation of the Before Times.)
- 10 — When it’s below freezing outside, and you’re cozy in the cat house on a heated mat, maybe you could be even toastier by laying across another cat? 🐈
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “energy”. Homemade pizza is a tasty source of energy. Margherita for me, puttanesca for @jidabug (larger portion for me, as she doesn’t eat leftover pizza). 🍕📷 #mbfeb
- 9 — Today is a notable milestone for me: I have now been married for exactly half of my life. 9445 days between my birth and wedding date; 9445 days between our wedding date and today. (My birthday is in May, our anniversary in April, and now it’s February… funny how time works.)
- 9 — We both woke up at around 03:30 this morning, and couldn’t get back to sleep, eventually giving up and getting up around 05:30. That used to be a normal time for us, but we’ve been more like 07:00 of late. Today is going to hurt. 😴💤
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “muddy”. Guess what happens when you add dirt and water together? Some muddy glop. But great for the base of the new duck island. 🏝🦆📷 #mbfeb
- 8 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I posted about installing the new floating duck island. Today, some additional pictures of that process, as captured by the two cameras that watch the pond. 🔨🏝🦆
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “hope”. An easy one for me today: I hope that the new island continues to float, and the ducks use it. They were just swimming near it, so don’t seem too freaked out by it. 🏝🦆📷 #mbfeb
- 7 — On the homestead blog: installing the duck island! 🔨🏝🦆
- 7 — As a bonus picture for today’s Micro.blog challenge: sometimes Pippin has a craving for the dog’s water instead of his own. Bonus slobber flavor! 🐈📷 #mbfeb
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “craving”. Sometimes it’s really enjoyable to satiate a craving for a burger and tots. (Beyond Meat fake patty, American cheese, pineapple ring, sliced tomato, shredded lettuce, brioche bun, plus tater tots.) 🍔📷 #mbfeb
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “sport”. Here’s a selfie from just now by our pond, with some ducks in the background. I don’t care much about my appearance, but it makes me happy to sport a long beard. 📷 #mbfeb
- 6 — On the homestead blog: some cats definitely feature more on my weekly Caturday posts: Poppy and Porcini in particular. They just hang around more. But Spud and Pepper are up there, too. The others are more reclusive. #Caturday 🐈
- 5 — Who could have predicted this would happen? 🐈
- 5 — To be fair, our pet cats aren’t always fighting… sometimes they’re sleeping. At least until Paladin decides he wants Pip’s spot. 🐈
- 5 — On the homestead blog: it’s quack and cluck day. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “pets” (suggested by me). Sometimes I wonder why we have pets; Paladin and Pippin often start the day by fighting. 🐈📷 #mbfeb
- 4 — For week/year 5 of my 52 years celebration, from January 1973: me, my mother, and my younger brother feeding ducks. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “layers”. Our 19 chickens are good layers, averaging about 14 eggs per day in summer; the number reduces to only one or two during fall molting, but is starting to ramp up again now, at about five per day. 🐓🥚📷 #mbfeb
- 3 — The answer to today’s question, as correctly identified by a few people on Micro.blog: a forest of moss in a shady corner of our driveway that never sees the sun. 🌱 #WhatsItWednesday
- 3 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “comfort”. I like seeing our feral cats enjoying the comfort of their heated shelters. 🐈📷 #mbfeb
- 2 — I don’t suppose there’s any way to prevent macOS updates stomping on my local website every time? After doing an OS update, I have to do some magical incantations in Terminal to get my localhost (dejal.local) site working again. I use this for local testing of website changes before pushing to my production server.
- 2 — Rainbow. 🌈
- 2 — Again, some bonus pictures taken for today’s challenge post, of the inverted AeroPress method and our coffee setup. ☕️
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “morning beverage”. My morning beverage is black coffee, using beans from Imperfect Foods, freshly ground, and an AeroPress using the inverted method. Best served in a Dejal mug, of course. ☕️📷 #mbfeb
- 1 — On the homestead blog, the finishing construction touches on my pond island project: adding some bracing, the pond liner to hold the dirt, and some bumpers. 🔨🏝🦆
- 1 — Some bonus options for my Paladin closeup. 🐈
- 1 — We’re doing a photo challenge again on Micro.blog throughout February! The word for day 1 is “close up”. So of course an obvious choice for me is a close-up of one of our cats. Here’s Paladin. 🐈📷 #mbfeb
January (61)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: one of my many homestead tasks is mucking out our two chicken coops and duck house. 🐓🦆
- 31 — I always feel so privileged when Paladin wants some lap time; he’s not normally a lap cat. 🐈
- 30 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with a bunch of cabin snuggles and more. #Caturday 🐈
- 29 — On my office couch, a couple of sleepy cats. On my cams screen, a sleepy cat in the cat house. 🐈
- 29 — On the homestead blog: a bunch of pictures of hummingbirds, chickens, and ducks. I know, very surprising for a Flock Friday post. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 28 — On the homestead blog: more work on the duck island: some prototyping, some mind-changing, and some tweaks. 🔨🏝🦆
- 28 — For week/year 4 of my 52 years celebration, from 1972: a holiday pic with Santa, me, and my father. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 27 — Such a Poppy face, watching me from a cabin while I was a few feet away, refilling the bird feeders. 🐈
- 26 — On the Dejal blog: another week, another Simon 5 beta.
- 26 — It’s snowing again. Here's a GIF of the ducks enjoying some treats while it snows. ❄️🦆
- 26 — On the homestead blog: on Sunday I did some more work on the duck island project, focusing on the buoyancy aspects. 🔨🏝🦆
- 25 — Yowza, at least 15 hummingbirds on the two feeders. 🐦
- 25 — On the homestead blog: last night it snowed a little for the first time this season, so this morning I flew my drone to capture the snowy landscape from the sky, plus some ground-level pictures on my morning rounds. ❄️🚁
- 24 — Pippin on my shoulder. 🐈
- 23 — The hummingbird feeders were frozen this morning, so it was time to add the heater. It’s a thermostatically controlled heating pad that hangs below the base of the feeder via paperclips, and ensures that the sugar water doesn’t freeze. 🐦
- 23 — On the homestead blog: It’s Caturday! 22 pictures today… and yes, one of them includes Bernie. Probably the last time I’ll succumb to that meme. Probably. #Caturday 🐈
- 22 — On the homestead blog: Welcome to Flock Friday! I couldn’t help myself, I succumbed to the Bernie meme with a couple of the pictures this week. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 21 — Paladin kept using one of my old Apple Cinema displays as a launching pad to jump to the top of my shelves. I was worried he’d knock it off (wouldn’t be the first time he smashed an antique), so I rearranged the shelves into steps for him to more easily get up there. 🐈
- 21 — For week/year 3 of my 52 years celebration, from around 1971 (unsure of the exact date): me as a toddler. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 20 — The first flowers of the season at our homestead, some hellebores. 🌱🌼
- 19 — On the Dejal blog: Another beta of Dejal Simon, version 5.0b4.
- 19 — Another cat pic: nobody can relax like Paladin in a sunbeam. 🐈
- 19 — Paladin in my office. Why play with his favorite ball when he can play with spare network cables instead? 🐈
- 18 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I made some more progress on the duck island project. 🔨🦆
- 17 — Jenn wasn’t feeling well this morning, and wanted breakfast in bed, so I took the opportunity to make myself a tasty Canadian bacon and tomato omelette. Been a while since I had one.
- 16 — Today we went to Home Depot for duck island parts, Costco for groceries (everyone was properly masked etc), then stopped for some tasty burritos from our favorite food cart on the way home. It’s been 4 months since the last time we ate something we didn’t make ourselves. 🌯
- 16 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. And a Steller's Jay by the cat house, apparently. #Caturday 🐈
- 15 — On the homestead blog: thoughts, design, and starting to build a wooden island for the ducks. 🔨
- 15 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 14 — For week/year 2 of my 52 years celebration, from 1970: Mum and me at 20 months old. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
- 14 — I will turn 52 years old in May, and there are 52 weeks in a year, so I thought I’d celebrate by posting one photo from each year of my life every Thursday in 2021.
- 14 — In July 2006 I unboxed a new white first-generation MacBook laptop. 💻 #ThrowbackThursday
- 14 — Sorry if this grosses out anyone. I found several of these larvae-like things in mud wedged between stuff in a junk pile. I haven’t been able to identify them; can anyone help? I assume an insect of some kind.
- 13 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified on Micro.blog: it’s my pizza dough being held up to the light while stretching, to check for thinness (aka the windowpane test). I like really thin bases and puffy edges. 🍕
- 13 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 12 — About the only time Paladin and Pippin can stand to be this close together is during meal times; this cabinet contains their food, to keep it out of reach of our dog, Rory. 🐈
- 12 — A quote from Foundation by Isaac Asimov: 💬
- 11 — Paladin on my lap this morning. He’s not a lap cat most of the time, but occasionally will demand some brief lap time. 🐈
- 11 — I enjoy when my monthly deposit to the Kiva micro-lending site is credited, as I get to make a new loan — and as some are repaid, I can do two, like this month. Welcome 🇫🇯Fiji and 🇷🇼Rwanda. 💵
- 10 — It’s a cool and drizzly day… so how about more flowers from August? Here’s a limelight hydrangea. 🌱🌼
- 9 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 8 — On the homestead blog: How about some pictures of chickens and ducks to distract from the chaos of the world? Oh, and some bonus cats. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 7 — Another throwback: tomorrow is the ten year anniversary of buying our Nissan Rogue car… which we still have. Here we are in front of it in the dealer showroom. #ThrowbackThursday
- 7 — Just published the DejalNews newsletter; read it on the Dejal blog.
- 7 — From 2006, the tiny yard of our townhouse, and some pictures of fish in our small pond. #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — The answer to the #WhatsItWednesday question today (which nobody correctly identified): it’s a toothpaste dispenser in our bathroom. Works really well, except when the tube is almost empty. (Appropriate today as I went to the dentist for a cleaning.)
- 6 — As for the @dejal header, in addition to being green now, it is simplified to just three items, and the Apps item now shows a menu of my apps (or click the Apps link to go to the Apps page). That lets me remove the apps from the sidebars, and later the sidebars themselves.
- 6 — Speaking of @dejal, I’ve continued to tweak its website, very slowly modernizing it. Yesterday I pushed out a new green Dejal header and a shrinking and sticky app header. Here’s a GIF demo. I’m not a web developer, so I’m kinda proud that I could get this working fairly well.
- 6 — On the Dejal blog: looking ahead for what's in store for Dejal apps in 2021.
- 6 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. Good day for this one. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 5 — Uh oh… I really should look more closely at my ducks; I just noticed that Sassa has developed the male tail curl too. I guess we need to come up with another Swedish male name (that starts with “S”). Any suggestions? 🦆
- 5 — On the Dejal blog, my annual Dejal year in review for 2020, looking back at the app updates of last year, and revisiting how that compared to the plans for the year.
- 5 — Puffy pepperoni pizza. I’m currently experimenting with 4-night cold proofing; I divide and feed my sourdough starter on Wednesday, and feed the countertop copy again that night, then prepare the pizza dough on Thursday, putting in the fridge till Monday. 🍕
- 4 — On the Dejal blog, my annual summary post of featured Dejal blog posts of 2020.
- 4 — My stack of clear corrugated panels for the bee shed project blew around a bit in a recent storm; I’ve now re-stacked and weighed them down. I’ve had these materials since April; one day I’ll get around to working on that project. 🔨
- 4 — Remember flowers? None blooming around here at present, but I still have a bunch of unpublished pictures from summer, so here are a couple of peppermint flowers with bees, taken in August. I hope our bees are hibernating well. 🌱🌼🐝
- 3 — We have a very tall double-trunked fir tree on our property; on a recent evening I took this picture of it glowing in the setting sun. 🌅🌲
- 2 — On the Dejal blog: a new beta release of Dejal Simon 5, with a new(er) app icon and other tweaks. With a fun “BREAKING NEWS” chyron in the Dock and app switcher.
- 2 — On the homestead blog: the first Caturday of 2021! Mostly with pictures from 2020, of course. #Caturday 🐈
- 1 — It's January 1, 2021, so I prepared my first Cortex Theme Journal for the coming months. My yearly theme is the Year of Consistency. I’m going to try to write in the journal every day. Here’s the format I’m starting with; it might evolve over time. 📓
- 1 — Happy New Year! 🍾🥳🎊🎉
2020
December (68)
- 31 — Our ducks, going after mealworm treats this afternoon. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s Flock Friday for a surprise revelation about them! Yes, I’m going to make you wait to next year. 🦆
- 31 — Some bubbly from last year’s New Year celebration. Been quite the year, eh? Here’s hoping 2021 will be better. 🥂 #ThrowbackThursday
- 30 — Good morning Porcini. 🐈
- 29 — Some icy pics of the pond and surrounds from my morning rounds. ❄️🦆
- 29 — Our pond is partially frozen this morning; the first time this season. It'll probably melt in a few hours, once the temperature is above freezing. Here's a time-lapse GIF of the ducks swimming in the non-frozen part. ❄️🦆
- 28 — Tonight’s dinner: pizza with leftover Christmas ham and fresh pineapple. 🍕
- 28 — Jason Snell's 20 Macs for 2020 project wrapped up today with his number 1: the iMac G3. While I had some misgivings at his relegating the original Mac to number 3, I can’t argue with his first choice. It was truly a game-changer for Apple and the world.
- 27 — A super-relaxed Paladin in a sunbeam. 🐈
- 26 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 26 — And so it begins. Today we are doing our 17th annual The Lord of the Rings movie marathon, where we watch 12 hours of all three extended editions of the movies. Yes, I really said seventeenth. 🍿
- 25 — Video: ducks flapping wings and having zoomies on the pond. Enjoy a minute of our ducks swimming around our pond, occasionally flapping their wings, zooming, and diving.
- 25 — On the homestead blog: Merry Christmas and happy holidays! It’s also a Friday, which means it’s time to peek at the flock. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 24 — The hummingbird feeders are partially frozen; might be time to add the heating pad. ❄️🐦
- 24 — For Throwback Thursday on Christmas Eve, here is our tree from 2005. Have a safe holiday everyone! 🎄 #ThrowbackThursday
- 23 — Spud on the awning, trying (and failing) to sneak up on Porcini below. Plus another pic with them plus Pommie behind Porcini. 🐈
- 22 — I could’ve sworn I refilled the feeder just a few hours ago. Refilling twice in one day is unusual. 🐦
- 22 — A few pictures of hummingbirds from today; in the last picture, they’re scattering when our dog comes running. 🐦
- 22 — A brand-new book: a Cortex Theme System journal, from Myke Hurley and CGP Grey. I’m going to try their yearly theme concept in 2021. I’m still deciding on my theme; currently leaning towards the Year of Consistency. 📚
- 22 — A couple more old reference books: the manuals for THINK’s Lightspeed Pascal (1988) and THINK Pascal (1991), plus some more books on my shelf. 📚
- 21 — I dug out my ancient Inside Macintosh reference books from storage. Remember when Apple’s developer documentation came as paper books? Volumes I-III on the original Mac APIs, IV on Mac Plus, V on color Macs, and the truly massive volume VI on System 7. 📚
- 20 — Unusual views of the brown gazebo, with the pond deck and white gazebo in the background of the first picture.
- 20 — Pippin on my lap this morning, with Rory in the background. 🐈🐕
- 19 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with some possum and bird action, plus of course the cats. #Caturday 🐈
- 19 — A GIF of Paladin fetching the ball. 🐈 #Caturday
- 19 — Paladin plays fetch better than our dog. I can toss a little fuzzy ball, and he chases it, brings it back, and drops it at my feet to toss again. 🐈 #Caturday
- 18 — Paladin and Pippin in their favorite spots in my office. They can coexist peacefully, from a suitable distance apart. 🐈
- 18 — On the homestead blog: who wants to enjoy some pictures of ducks, chickens, and hummingbirds? You’ve come to the right place! It's #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 18 — Rory and Paladin enjoying the fireplace this morning. 🐕🐈
- 17 — Eleven hummingbirds, plus a closer view of six showing their shiny heads. 🐦
- 17 — Such big eyes on Paladin, sitting in our linen closet. 🐈
- 17 — In March 2006 we went to Seattle Mariners baseball spring training in Peoria, Arizona. ⚾️ #ThrowbackThursday
- 16 — Today’s #WhatsItWednesday proved to be a bit of a challenge, but was eventually correctly identified on Micro.blog: a large bubble in the very puffy crust of my most recent homemade pizza. 🍕
- 16 — From this morning: a cat looking out a window of the feral cat house, while another heads inside, and a third is eating. Check back on Caturday for more! 🐈
- 16 — Come with me into a spooky cavern… nah, let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 15 — Original caption: Let’s all head down the path.
- 14 — On the homestead blog: I added some more roosting bars to the chicken coop, to give them more options. 🔨🐓
- 14 — The Princess Switch movie 🍿🎄 #MediaMonday
- 14 — I turned on the gazebo lights for a bit of holiday cheer; here is a GIF of them changing color on a rainy day. 🎄
- 13 — I love living in the future, where it’s routine for a SpaceX launch, stage 1 landing on a droneship, and satellite deployment. 🚀
- 13 — Pippin enjoys my office too — on my lap, and on a cozy blanket on my couch. 🐈
- 13 — Paladin in my office — in a cardboard nest, climbing and in front of the mirror, and enjoying a sunbeam. 🐈
- 12 — Some pics from my morning rounds just now of the ducks and a frosty duck house roof. It was very slippery out there, but not cold enough to freeze the pond yet. 🦆❄️
- 12 — On the homestead blog: something new in this week’s cat update — Poppa went inside the cat house, and hung out for a couple of hours. Which was fine with our ferals. #Caturday 🐈
- 11 — I turned on the string lights on the white and brown gazebos, as a bit of holiday festivity. 🎄
- 11 — Snuggles with Paladin. 🐈
- 11 — On the homestead blog: lots of nice duck and chicken pictures this week, plus some bonus hummingbird pics. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓🐦
- 10 — Some pictures of hummingbirds just after I refilled the feeders. Check out the tongues in the first and third pictures! 🐦
- 10 — Yesterday I posted about a tweak to the Dejal site, showing the Time Out page. For Throwback Thursday, I thought I’d share some screenshots from the Wayback Machine of ancient variations of that page, starting from 2003. #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — As a fun activity on today’s Weekend Wednesday, I tweaked the Dejal site to bump up the font size on the main text areas. These are marketing pages; they should be more readable. I plan on more changes in the future. Compare old and new.
- 9 — The answer to today's #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s our main well head. We had an issue with our well last night, where its power supply stopped working (so no water for us); fortunately we were able to get it repaired this morning. Here’s a diagram of a well system.
- 9 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? This will be very easy for some people, very hard for others. #WhatsItWednesday
- 8 — I just spent half an hour renaming the “master” branches to “main” in my many GitHub repos, which made me think of this tangentially-related Heinlein quote from Time Enough for Love: 💬
- 8 — Paladin snuggles at my desk. 🐈
- 7 — Vulcan Hello podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 7 — The feral cat feeder was empty this morning, so I had to go out there to refill it, disturbing three cats waiting for food; you can see two in the first and third pictures, and a closeup of Spud, who wasn’t sure whether to stay or run. 🐈
- 6 — Paladin and Pippin sleeping in my office, then Paladin playing with an old dog toy he found under the couch. 🐈
- 5 — On the homestead blog: come celebrate a curated collection of cat cam captures. #Caturday 🐈
- 4 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 3 — A trip to the Oregon coast in January 2006, staying at the Stephanie Inn, Cannon Beach. #ThrowbackThursday
- 2 — Related (sorry).
- 2 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified on Micro.blog and Facebook: a mushroomy fungus thingy on the back lawn.
- 2 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 2 — Here are a few more pictures of Paladin enjoying the blanket on my office couch, with Pippin perched on a hat nearby in the last one. I wish they would snuggle together, but this is the closest they get to that. 🐈
- 1 — On the Dejal blog: I updated Time Out earlier today, and now here's a beta release of Dejal Simon 5.0b2.
- 1 — I just updated the “hero” image on my Dejal home page for Time Out, to use the icon as a background, a modern MacBook Air, and curving text. Not super fancy, but I like it. Compare old vs new:
- 1 — On the Dejal blog: announcing Dejal Time Out version 2.7.1, a quick update to fix a few issues in my popular break reminder tool.
- 1 — We didn’t sleep well last night, so this advice from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love seems appropriate: 💬
- 1 — A story in four photos of Paladin stealing the comfy blanket spot on my office couch from Pippin. 🐈
November (100)
- 30 — More cuteness from our pets: Rory, Paladin, and Pippin enjoying the fireplace. 🔥🐕🐈🐈
- 30 — As part of tidying my office, I moved my Sinclair Oil sign to above my workbench in the shop. It dominated my office, but fits much better here — and will now light up when I turn on the workbench task light.
- 30 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 30 is “reinforce”. Seeing well-fed cozy cats in their heated shelters helps reinforce the joy of caring for feral cats. 📷🐈 #mbnov
- 29 — On the homestead blog: I flew my drone today. Check out some aerial photos of our homestead and beyond. 🚁
- 29 — Some cute pics from this morning of Paladin with Rory, Pippin on my lap, and Paladin snuggling with me. 🐈
- 29 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 is “pedestrian”. The only pedestrians around here are our feral cats. 📷🐈 #mbnov
- 28 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 28 is “mask”. Fortunately I don’t need to leave my homestead very often, other than for feed store or Costco shopping… but when I do, it’s time to put on my mask. Such is life in pandemic times. 📷😷🦠 #mbnov
- 28 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with a welcome for new followers. #Caturday 🐈
- 27 — Paladin enjoying a sunbeam on the rug in my office. 🐈
- 27 — Since the Flock Friday post didn’t include any chickens, I took a photo of them on my morning rounds. Here they are enjoying some Thanksgiving scraps. 🐓
- 27 — On the homestead blog: this week’s Flock Friday is more of a Duck Friday. No chicken pictures this week; I’ll try to capture some in the coming week for next time. In the meantime, enjoy pictures of the quackers. #FlockFriday 🦆
- 27 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 27 is “dilemma”. Paladin is on the comfy blanket on my office couch, so Pippin has a dilemma of where to go; my lap, or downstairs to @jidabug’s lap? 📷🐈 #mbnov
- 26 — Paladin and Pippin in my office. 🐈
- 26 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 26 is “adjust”. Here’s the table setting for Thanksgiving last year. This year requires some adjustment, just Jenn and me. Stay safe out there, so you can celebrate future Thanksgivings! 📷 #mbnov
- 26 — Happy Thanksgiving to those in the US! For Throwback Thursday, here is part of our feast from five years ago, in 2015. 🥔🦃 #ThrowbackThursday
- 25 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified on Micro.blog: a 5.25” floppy disk. This one with Pascal for Apple ][ on it, from about 1985. One of a few I still have in a carrying case.
- 25 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “call”. In moving back to my upstairs office, I didn’t bother plugging in my landline extension, since I never use it anyway — we have the most basic phone plan on it, with a per-minute charge for an outgoing call. 📷☎️ #mbnov
- 24 — Paladin didn’t like to snuggle on me in my downstairs office, but seems to have decided that upstairs is okay. 🐈
- 24 — We ordered a 14 lb whole turkey from Crowd Cow last week, which they shipped in 5 lb of dry ice. That would have been fine, except FedEx left it laying around their depot for a week, so it arrived totally defrosted, and we have to throw it out. 📦🦃
- 24 — From Robert A. Heinlein’s Expanded Universe: 💬
- 24 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 24 is “provision”. Keeping ducks and chickens requires a lot of provisions. 📷 #mbnov
- 23 — Paladin approves of access to the couch in my office (and the fuzzy blanket I put on it for a cat nest). He’s never experienced me in this office; he was born a year after I moved downstairs. 🐈
- 23 — Yesterday I moved back into my upstairs office, after being downstairs since October 2016. As a bonus, I now have another screen (as if I didn’t have plenty). Some leftover junk to tidy away still. Jenn has now moved to the downstairs desk (3rd pic, when empty). 💻🖥🖥
- 23 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 23 is “capture”. It’s fun when I see a cat on the front steps, and am able to capture an interesting photo of them — like this shot of Spud enjoying a good scratch. 📷🐈 #mbnov
- 22 — Fun ice patterns and maple leaves on a glass table on the pond deck. ❄️🍁
- 22 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 22 is “border”. @jidabug made a tasty “Dutch baby” for breakfast this morning; the curling border of it looks kinda like a frozen cresting wave. 📷🥞 #mbnov
- 21 — After Rory lost a leg to osteosarcoma in 2015, and couldn’t navigate the stairs anymore, I moved from my upstairs office to a “temporary” desk in the parlor (2nd pic). Now that Jenn also works from home, I’m thinking about moving back up there; needs a bit of a clean out.
- 21 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “winter”. We haven’t had any snow yet this year, but a definite sign of winter is frosty ice crystals on the deck. 📷❄️ #mbnov
- 21 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — Tonight’s puffy crust pizza, Margherita for me and frou frou for @jidabug. 🍕
- 20 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 20 is “fade”. A nice new feature in the just-released update of Dejal Time Out 2.7 is an option to ask if you're ready before the screen fades for a break. #mbnov
- 20 — On the homestead blog: it’s Friday… Flock Friday. This week, ducks, chickens, and hummingbirds… and a rodent. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 19 — It's time! Dejal Time Out 2.7 is now available. It include a new app icon, Big Sur compatibility, support for Apple's new M1-based Macs, a much-requested new feature to ask to start a break, improvements to the break preview feature, new break themes, and much more.
- 19 — A bunch of pictures from a “Bridge Stride” event that Jenn participated in (and I took pictures of) in 2005, where people got to walk and ride over a couple of Portland’s bridges. #ThrowbackThursday
- 19 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “possible”. With everyone raving about Apple’s new M1 Macs, I can feel my resistance to buying one breaking down… it’s possible I’ll end up getting one after all… for my work, yeah. 💻 #mbnov
- 18 — The first photo I took of the hummingbirds this morning was accidentally a 1-second video… perfect for a quick GIF, so why not. Dance birds, dance! 🐦
- 18 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified on Micro.blog and Facebook (but not Twitter, slackers): it’s Paladin’s favorite cat toy, a fuzzy pom-pom ball. He especially likes the red one. 🐈
- 18 — On the Dejal blog: a second beta release of Dejal Time Out 2.7, with a new app icon, built for Apple's new M1-based Mac, and a bunch of fixes. General release soon, so please help me kick the tires!
- 18 — Hungry hummingbirds. 🐦
- 18 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Probably too easy this time. #WhatsItWednesday
- 18 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 18 is “dependence”. Since I have dependence on Apple’s App Stores for most of my income, directly for Dejal apps and indirectly for consulting work, the announcement today of reducing their cut from 30% to 15% is very welcome. 📷 #mbnov
- 17 — ⚠️☢️ WARNING ☢️⚠️ Currently experiencing near lethal levels of cuteness. 🐈
- 17 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 17 is “train”. The chickens have been trained to come running when I approach the chicken run on my morning rounds, to receive their leafy treats. 📷🐓 #mbnov
- 16 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 16 is “memory”. Who remembers cassette tapes? An ancient form of memory storage. This is my very first one from my childhood, with some badly-spelled theme songs recorded off TV in the early 1980s. 📷 #mbnov
- 15 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 15 is “far”. It’s so cute when Rory and Paladin aren’t far apart, sharing the fireplace. 📷🐕🐈 #mbnov
- 14 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 14 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 14 is “spooky”. A video that some might find spooky: a spider lowered itself onto a large leaf on the floor of the feral cat feeder, and hoisted it up to the ceiling... but ultimately dropped it. 📹🍁🕷 #mbnov
- 13 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 13 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 13 is “guess”. When I ordered my iPhone 12 Pro Max, it said it’d be delivered today, but it has been pushed out to November 25; I can’t guess why, but hey, what’s a few more days. 📱 #mbnov
- 12 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 12 is “wear”. On cold days like today, I wear a kinda silly-looking collection of clothing while doing morning rounds, including hoodie, hat, scarf, and jacket (if raining, I have the jacket hood up instead of the hoodie's). 📷 #mbnov
- 12 — Some flowers from our old townhouse, from 2005. 🌹🌼 #ThrowbackThursday
- 11 — On the Dejal blog: announcing the first beta release of Dejal Time Out 2.7, with Big Sur compatibility, an option to ask to start a break, improved preview, added themes, and much more.
- 11 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as only correctly identified on Micro.blog: it’s the bowtie emblem on my Chevrolet Colorado truck.
- 11 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 11 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is "say". On this Veterans Day, a familiar poem sprang to mind for #mbnov, with a picture taken at dawn:
- 10 — Congrats to the people at Apple on the release of Macs using the new Apple Silicon M1 chip. Looks like excellent improvements in several kinds of performance. I’m not in the market for a new Mac yet, but will be keen to upgrade when the iMac joins the transition.
- 10 — Paladin and Rory cutely hanging out together. 🐈🐕
- 10 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is "elderly". Between the gray hair and wrinkles, I’m looking rather elderly nowadays. 📷 #mbnov
- 9 — Interesting ice columns on a patch of dirt this morning; yep, it’s below freezing overnight again. ❄️
- 9 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is "force". When chopping down a dead tree, pruners aren’t sufficient; I need the force of a chainsaw. 📷🌳 #mbnov
- 8 — It’s so cute when Rory and Paladin hang out together. I just wish I was fast enough to get a picture of Paladin patting Rory’s rump. 🐕🐈
- 8 — Hummingbirds. 🐦
- 8 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is "bind". One of our trees got very leany during the wildfire storm a while ago, so it is staked upright again; I just added a second stake and velcro tape to bind it more, as one stake wasn’t cutting it. 📷🌳 #mbnov
- 7 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 7 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is "inflate". I normally avoid posting about politics, but I feel I have to mark the long-awaited occasion of Biden’s win as my heart inflates with hope for a brighter future. 🇺🇸🎉 #mbnov
- 7 — 🎉🥳🎉
- 6 — Video: A time-lapse from the camera by the duck house, showing the ducks swimming around the pond and going in and out of the duck house. 📹🦆
- 6 — Buck up, little camper. 🦌
- 6 — The ducks rooting around on the back lawn again. 🦆
- 6 — Pippin has a cold nose. 🐈
- 6 — Oh deer. 🦌
- 6 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 6 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is "puzzling". I find it puzzling why the outside cam of the cat house intermittently fails. It just stops working occasionally until I reboot it (or it auto-reboots overnight). 📷🐈 #mbnov
- 5 — The ducks rooting around on the back lawn in the rain. 🦆
- 5 — I left a laundry basket of towels for moment, so of course Paladin had to sit on it. (Plus a bonus glimpse of Rory sleeping in the background.) 🐕🐈
- 5 — Video: Time-lapse of the ducks on the pond on a rainy day. It's raining today, which doesn't bother the ducks at all. This time-lapse covers two hours of the ducks swimming around the pond, going onto the bank, and inside the duck house, in just 22 seconds. 📹🦆
- 5 — Pippin is cozy in his heated bed. 🐈
- 5 — Four pictures of hummingbirds for your enjoyment. 🐦
- 5 — I’m going to post approximately hourly pictures to distract you again today (please share if you like them). Here are a couple of our feral cats amongst lots of fallen leaves. 🍂🐈🍂
- 5 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is "stoop". I have to stoop when going into my old chicken coop, as the door is a bit less than 5 feet high; I’ve banged my head more than once. So when I built the new coop, I made a full-height door. 📷🔨🐓 #mbnov
- 5 — Good morning. It’s #ThrowbackThursday, so here are a couple of pictures of the tiny backyard of our townhouse from 2005.
- 4 — Alright, one last picture for today; the ducks in the pond this afternoon, with Sassa flapping her wings. Did you enjoy these (roughly) hourly homestead pictures today? Want me to do it again tomorrow? 🦆
- 4 — Another fun chicken picture: Buffy getting ready to jump up to try to reach some high kale leaves in the veggie garden, with Domino in the foreground. 🐓
- 4 — On the homestead blog: today I added the last project summary page, Deck, to the Project Summaries pages. The Deck one links to two deck-related projects from last year. These pages serve as useful references, more easy to find than searching through blog posts.
- 4 — Cats and ducks are cute, but let’s not forget the chickens. 🐓
- 4 — What could be more wholesome: a GIF of Porcini affectionately licking her mother, Poppy, in the cat house. 🐈
- 4 — Want another duck picture? 🦆
- 4 — How about a couple of cute pictures of our pet cat Paladin? 🐈
- 4 — Another picture for your enjoyment and distraction. More fun than watching results coming in is watching the cats on my cams; here's a screenshot, showing a cat in a cabin, two snuggling in their house, and one eating. 🐈
- 4 — Since this election stuff is still dragging on, and we could all use some distractions, how about some more frequent pictures from my homestead… like the ducks a few minutes ago. Please share, and follow me for more soon. 🦆
- 4 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is "near". Our feral cats enjoy sleeping near each other inside their heated cat house. 📷🐈 #mbnov
- 3 — If anyone needs a bit of tranquility today (for reasons), here are some pictures of my ducks from this morning. 🦆
- 3 — Video: Best day of the year for our chickens. Once the first frost of fall brings the veggie garden growth to an end, we let the chickens in there, so they can eat the remaining tomatoes, kale, lettuce, etc. 📹🐓
- 3 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is "astonish". It’s Election Day in the US, so if you haven’t already voted, do so today! Let’s astonish the world with the voter turnout. (Photo of Heinlein's Time Enough for Love.) 📷💬🇺🇸🗳 #mbnov
- 2 — Apple has announced an event for Tuesday next week, expected to introduce their first "Apple Silicon"-based Macs. As a Mac developer, you can bet I’ll be watching that.
- 2 — 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 2 — On the homestead blog: adding an upper back door to the cat house. 🔨🐈
- 2 — The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is "concentrate". As many will observe, it will be hard to concentrate on work for the next couple of days… but I’ve got lots to do, so will leverage my ability to not worry about things I can’t control. 📷 #mbnov
- 1 — In November we’re doing a Microblogvember challenge on Micro.blog, where @macgenie posts a random word each day. The word for day 1 is "dreary". Daylight Saving Time just ended, so I have the dreary task of resetting several clocks. 📷🕰 #mbnov
October (85)
- 31 — What better treat for the chickens on Halloween than a pumpkin?! Plus I noticed a great-looking spiderweb between some of the pumpkins from our garden in the breezeway. 🕸🎃🐓
- 31 — Uh oh… my AirPods Pro must have heard of Apple’s new service program, as the right earbud has just started crackling while in use. I thought I was one of the lucky few that didn’t have that issue. (Resetting didn’t help.)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: Spooooky Halloween Caturday to one and all! This week, we were visited by scary raccoon monsters, and the scariest of all creatures, a skunk. But fear not, much cuteness was also observed. #Caturday 🐈
- 30 — Video: Listen to lots of hungry hummingbirds. Sound up! After refilling the hummingbird feeders, I stood nearby outside and recorded several of them arriving, with the lightsaber-like wing noises and twittering arguments. 📹🐦
- 30 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. This week, I am highlighting 20 chicken-related pictures plus 12 duck pictures, along with a summary GIF of 59 candidates. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 29 — One more for #NationalCatDay: I can’t neglect to mention our family of feral cats. Here are some pictures of inside their heated shelter and three cabins from last night. Learn more about them on my homestead feral cats page. 🐈
- 29 — Also for #NationalCatDay, our current pet cats Paladin and Pippin sharing the cat tower yesterday and today. Normally they don’t like to be that close to each other, except when there’s food involved. 🐈
- 29 — It’s #NationalCatDay and #ThrowbackThursday, so here are some pictures of our former cat Pixel from 2005, enjoying some leashed outside time (he grew up indoor/outdoor in NZ, then became indoor-only except when leashed when we moved to the US). 🐈
- 28 — The same pictures of ducks flapping wings in GIF form. 🦆
- 28 — A couple of pictures of ducks flapping wings on the edge of the lawn this morning. 🦆
- 27 — The sub-freezing snap we’re having has confused the trees; here is a gingko tree that dropped most of its leaves before they had a chance to change from green. 🌱🌳❄️🍃🍂
- 27 — I have two quotes about voting in my collection, both from Robert A. Heinlein, unsurprisingly. The first is my favorite; here is the second, from To Sail Beyond the Sunset: 💬
- 26 — Pippin, my evening lap warmer. 🐈
- 26 — A GIF edition of dripping icicles. ❄️
- 26 — It’s still below freezing overnight, so unsurprisingly the waterers in the chicken runs are frozen, with some nice icicles. (Don’t worry, they have heated waterers inside the coops.) 🐓❄️
- 26 — dA 5Star iOS app 📱 #MediaMonday
- 25 — On the homestead blog: Fall is a colorful time of year, especially from the various maple trees we have around the homestead. 🌱🌳🍁
- 24 — The temperatures has been below freezing over the past few days, so our feral cats have been hanging around home more, enjoying their heated shelters. Here is a time-lapse from the last few days of inside their main cat house. 📹🐈
- 24 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with a few pictures of snuggles, and several GIFs. #Caturday 🐈
- 24 — Good morning Paladin. 🐈
- 23 — Actually, @jidabug has some pictures of Pippin as a kitten (back in those days, she was in charge of the cameras and photo library). Here are some pictures from October 2007. 🐈
- 23 — It’s appropriate that Pippin was my “good morning” pic of the day, as today is the 13th anniversary of adopting him. Back in 2007 I didn’t have an iPhone, so didn’t take photos of everything; the earliest pictures I have of him are from September 2008. 🐈
- 23 — On the homestead blog: fabulously freezing Flock Friday, friends! (The temperature was below freezing overnight.) #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 23 — Good morning Pippin. 🐈
- 22 — My mother and her husband Brian visited us in the US (from NZ) in May 2005. Here are pictures of them at Portland’s Japanese Garden, watching baseball in Portland, at Cannon Beach, and in the Columbia Gorge. #ThrowbackThursday
- 22 — Good morning Rory. 🐕
- 21 — My wife Jenn has joined Micro.blog! Please welcome her. (Also, if you play Red Dead Online on PS4, she’s looking for a posse.)
- 21 — On the homestead blog: I just added a project summary of designing and building the duck house. 🔨🦆
- 21 — On rounds this morning, it started raining, so the ducks ran up to the lawn to hunt for tasty worms that come to the surface during rain — using their wings to help them run up the bank. 🦆
- 21 — Good morning cats. 🐈
- 20 — Random comment: I really like self-retracting hose reels (retracts using water pressure just by flipping a switch).
- 20 — On the homestead blog: I flew my drone today to capture some nice fall foliage. 🚁
- 20 — Good morning chickens. 🐓
- 19 — On the Dejal blog: it's been a while since the last one, but I just sent a DejalNews newsletter to the subscribers, and posted a copy on the blog. You can read it online (and subscribe if you want).
- 19 — A short video clip of Porcini slowly settling on top of her very patient mother. 📹🐈
- 19 — Good morning ducks. 🦆
- 18 — On the homestead site: I have added a page to summarize the history of our feral cats. 🐈
- 18 — Yep, it’s Paladin in a box again, living the cat stereotype. 🐈
- 18 — I think I prefer pizzas done in my kitchen oven (like this from last night), rather than the Ooni. Using the same dough recipe, the pizzas get more crispy without burning. Whereas the Ooni ones are always kinda underdone with burnt edges. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. 🍕
- 18 — Feels like time for some flowers; here’s some gayfeather. 🌱🌼
- 17 — A bonus time-lapse GIF for #Caturday, with almost lethal levels of cuteness of Porcini and Poppy snuggling in the cat house today. 🐈
- 17 — One of the GIFs from this morning’s Caturday post, featuring Porcini lovingly snuggling with her mother Poppy inside the cat house. Maximum cuteness! 🐈
- 17 — In my bird food box, in addition to a bin of black oil seeds, is a bin with suet and a big bag of peanuts in the shell. I put out a handful of peanuts in a tray for the jays each morning. (Pictures inspired by conversation with @macgenie.)
- 17 — On the homestead blog: a skunk, possum, and raccoon visited the cats, plus several in-person sightings of cats, and much cuteness and snuggles. It’s #Caturday 🐈
- 16 — Whatcha got, human? Is it for me? (Yes, actually; it was cat food, in a box only staying closed by a few strands of the tape.) 📦🐈
- 16 — On the homestead blog: some hummingbirds, ducks, chickens, a jay, and even a cat. Plus some sad news. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 15 — Voting by mail, as we always do in Oregon. The only civilized way to vote, taking our time to consider the measures etc, from the comfort of home. 🗳📩📮
- 15 — Paladin with a funny expression, while comfy on the kitchen counter, where he isn’t supposed to be, on top of some proofing bread, where he really shouldn’t be. But hey, it’s warm, and in a sunbeam; what’s not to like? 🐈
- 15 — Video: I moved one of the cameras in our new chicken coop to above the nesting boxes. Here is a time-lapse of a day in the coop from that vantage point, with a surprise egg bonus. 📹🐓
- 15 — One more from our anniversary trip to Hawaii in 2005: a poster we created with several of the photos from the trip. #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — How about a flower pic: some heather, with silky spider strands. 🌱🌼
- 14 — Some other pictures of the ducks from yesterday, that I considered for the photo challenge. (But I still prefer the one I chose.) 🦆
- 14 — It’s been fascinating to see all of the pictures from the “a day in the life” photo challenge on Micro.blog. Thanks to the great community participating, and our illustrious hosts, Jean and Manton.
- 14 — Apple’s video presentations are really well done. And while the products are great, their transitions are top-notch, and a great peek at Apple Park. Here’s a video I found on YouTube with just the transitions from yesterday’s iPhone 12 event. 📹
- 13 — GIF: hovering room only at the hummingbird feeder. 🐦
- 13 — Another slice of homestead life; a young male deer enjoying some fallen apples. 🌳🍎🦌
- 13 — Hello ducks. A picture for the “a day in the life” photo challenge on Micro.blog, taken at noon PDT, an hour east of Portland, Oregon. #adayinthelife 🦆
- 12 — Spotted this morning, some funky fungi sprouting in the compost bin, in the discarded straw from the duck house. 🌱🍄
- 12 — Retrobatch macOS app 💻 #MediaMonday
- 11 — Puffy Ooni Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza from a couple of days ago… maybe my last done in that oven till next year, as we head towards winter. 🍕
- 10 — A slow motion video of several hummingbirds around the feeder on a rainy day. 📹🐦
- 10 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with lots of cat cabin pictures, plus a fight between alien cats Poppa and Paladout. #Caturday 🐈
- 9 — On the homestead blog: since this morning’s Flock Friday post didn’t include any chicken pics, I took a bunch, and thought I’d share them in a bonus flock post of scruffy molting chickens. Enjoy! #FlockFriday 🐓
- 9 — On the Dejal blog: some comments in reply to a post about Agenda's "cash cow" model, which is basically the same as Dejal Time Out's successful supporter model.
- 9 — On the homestead blog: the first Flock Friday with all of the ducks together! I have so many duck pictures, there aren’t any chicken ones this time — I’ll make sure to include some next week. #FlockFriday 🦆
- 8 — On the homestead blog: the last of the daily posts concentrating on the new ducks. Starting with tomorrow’s Flock Friday post, I will include pictures of all of the ducks together, as one big happy flock. 🦆
- 8 — I call this artwork “Random Debris I Noticed On My Driveway Just Now”.
- 8 — Rory and Paladin cutely hanging out together, as they do. 🐕🐈
- 8 — Not that we’ll be moving any time soon. We do have a long-term dream of moving somewhere eventually… maybe southern Oregon, maybe Hawaii, maybe back to New Zealand. We’ll see. Rather complicated by all the animals, though.
- 8 — Speaking of Hawaii, I happened to come across this listing for an off-the-grid house on the Big Island of Hawaii. I love the look of it, though not sure I could handle the power restrictions, or slowness of satellite internet. It’s fun to dream, though.
- 8 — Last photos from our anniversary trip to Hawaii in 2005: us at Waihi Falls, a palm tree and frond, and a pic of a lion fish at the aquarium that I quite like. #ThrowbackThursday
- 7 — On the homestead blog: the penultimate post on the newest ducks. Just them doing their ducky things. 🦆
- 7 — Paladin fascinated by Rory nomming on a bone, and having an unauthorized salad snack. 🐕🐈
- 6 — On the homestead blog: getting to be about time to conclude the “duckling” posts. Maybe one or two more, then reducing to the weekly Flock Friday posts. 🦆
- 5 — On the homestead blog: just six pictures of the new ducks today. 🦆
- 4 — On the homestead blog: today's no-longer-ducklings post includes some night shots, some meals, some treats, adding another island to the pond, and mucking out the duck house. What’s your day like? 🦆
- 4 — I haven’t posted any flowers for a while… here are Casablanca lilies from August. 🌱🌼
- 3 — On the homestead blog: the new ducks spent the day on the bank of the pond, hanging out near the older ducks. 🦆
- 3 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with the usual assortment of cat house and cabin pictures, plus some live sightings. And a summary GIF, since people seem to enjoy that. #Caturday 🐈
- 2 — On the homestead blog, today’s the big day: I removed a panel of the duckling run and opened the pop door, letting the ducklings into the pond. Which I consider their graduation to calling them just “ducks”. 🦆
- 2 — Video: I let the new ducks into the pond today. This is a couple of clips of their first swim. 📹🦆
- 2 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. Plus, today’s the day: I’m going to let the ducklings into the pond today. Stay tuned for tonight’s duckling post! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 1 — On the homestead blog: another day in the duck house. When will I let them into the pond? Soon! How soon? I’ll let you know when I do! 🦆
- 1 — A few more photos from our 2005 anniversary trip to Hawaii: us on the beach, palm tree and rainbow tower, and a couple of breakfasts on the lanai. Good times. #ThrowbackThursday
- 1 — On the homestead blog: an update on the local wildfire. It’s still going, but no longer a significant threat. 🔥
September (84)
- 30 — On the homestead blog: measuring tree heights. Every year at around this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown. 🌲🌳📐
- 30 — On the homestead blog: day 50 of the ducklings; the big 5-0, and start of week 8. No summary GIF today; I took relatively few pictures, due to being busy with other stuff. But still some fun shots. 🦆
- 30 — On the Dejal blog: Introducing the first beta release of major upgrade to Dejal Simon, the website and server monitoring app for macOS: version 5.0b1, with the ability to sync between multiple Macs, check all links on a web page, and much more.
- 29 — On the homestead blog: the ducklings are seven weeks old today, which means they could be eligible to go in the pond any time now. But I think I’ll give them another few days; they aren’t all fully feathered yet. 🦆
- 29 — Video: I put a handful of raw whole peanuts in a tray for the wild birds every day. The Steller's Jays and Scrub Jays love them, hardly waiting for me to leave before diving down and grabbing one or two. 🥜🐦
- 29 — On the homestead blog: more duck(ling) names. It’s time to reveal the names we’ve chosen for the new ducklings, and the answer to the mysterious duck! 🦆
- 28 — On the homestead blog: since @macgenie mentioned it, I included a GIF of me shoving Gimpy yesterday. Or more charitably, gently introducing a reluctant duckling to the concept of swimming, in a safe environment. Yeah, that sounds better. 🦆
- 28 — Mask selfie when going to the post office and feed store today. Looks kinda silly with my beard, but it’s the way of the world nowadays. Wear a mask, people. 😷
- 28 — Video: a demo of how the coop pop door opener works, and the innovative way I have it mounted on a door so I can access it from inside the coop, and have the cord go straight down from the opener to the pop door. 🚪🐓
- 28 — Top Four podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 27 — On the homestead blog today: a mystery, shoving a duckling, showing off feathers, and another GIF summary of 75 pictures. Yep, I took a lot today. But first, 13 pictures of note. 🦆
- 26 — On the homestead blog: not sure exactly which day I’ll let the ducklings out into the pond, but it’ll be coming up soon; maybe Wednesday? 🦆
- 26 — Another sign of fall — our swimming pool is full of leaves, so it’s time to take it down. Today I started the many-hours process of draining the pool, and will disassemble and put it away tomorrow. 🍂
- 26 — Video: I just refilled the hummingbird feeders, so the one by the house was still swaying, but that didn't put off a hungry hummer. Plus more on the other feeder. 📹
- 26 — On the homestead blog: rainy weather makes the feral cats want to stay home, warm in their heated cat house and cabins. So brace for some snuggly cuteness. #Caturday 🐈
- 25 — Oops… I should have used a larger jar when feeding this sourdough starter clone. 🍞
- 25 — On the homestead blog: last night the maintenance door of the duck house didn’t latch securely, and a duckling pushed it open when squeezing past the waterer. 🦆
- 25 — On the homestead blog: a big Flock Friday today, with 33 photos of ducks and chickens, plus a GIF with those and 31 more at the end. I took lots of nice shots of the ducks, so wanted to share them. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 24 — On the homestead blog: the ducklings are in their last week in the duck house and run. 🦆
- 24 — More from our trip to Hawaii in 2005; we enjoyed a rainbow by the Diamond Head volcanic cone before celebrating our anniversary at a resort restaurant, and bringing back a chocolate Diamond Head dessert. #ThrowbackThursday
- 23 — On the homestead blog: just three pictures of the ducklings today; I’ve been too busy with other stuff to spend much time with them. 🦆
- 22 — On the homestead blog: a focus on food today for the ducklings. 🦆
- 22 — Timely quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love: 💬
- 21 — From my homestead post today, the animated GIF of three ducks swimming in circles. 🦆
- 21 — On the homestead blog today for the ducklings, some stretching of wings, fun splashes, and a GIF. 🦆
- 21 — Accidental Tech Podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 21 — I still have a bunch of flower pictures from before our evacuation (not much blooming now), so I might as well post them occasionally for your enjoyment, on no set schedule. Here’s an aster shrub. 🌱🌼
- 20 — On the homestead blog: the first day back in the duck house and run for the ducklings, with the kiddie pool. 🦆
- 20 — On the homestead blog: we did a quick half-hour visit to our beehives today, to swap out the mite treatment strips and add "bee juice”, a syrup of sugar water to help the bees build up their winter stores, since there aren’t many flowers blooming at this time of year. 🐝
- 20 — Video: this morning I set up the kiddie pool in the duckling run again. The new ducklings were excited to swim and dive in it, having gotten used to it in their evacuation trailer pen. Since the water is fresh, you can clearly see their feet paddling away. And all the water splashing me, sitting right next to the pool! 🦆
- 19 — On the homestead blog: the daily duckling update with our return home from our evacuation. 🦆
- 19 — On the homestead blog: we plan to go home today. Like yesterday's Flock Friday, I was able to capture some pictures of the feral cats via the remote connection to my cameras. #Caturday 🐈
- 18 — On the homestead blog: we’ll probably head home tomorrow. So this might be the last duckling update from the excellent trailer pen that Mom and her partner provided for the ducklings. 🦆
- 18 — On the homestead blog: we’re still at Mom’s place (current thought is maybe heading home tomorrow; continuing to evaluate the smoke). But I still have some chicken and duck pictures for you. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 17 — On the homestead blog: today I increased the depth of the duckling kiddie pool by another few inches, to the point where they can no longer touch the bottom — so they are actually swimming for the first time. 🦆
- 17 — Back in 2005 we visited Hawaii for our 10th anniversary. Here are a bunch of pictures of the Byodo-In Temple on the east side of O'ahu. #ThrowbackThursday
- 16 — On the homestead blog: today marks the start of the sixth week of these ducklings, which is when they are officially old enough to swim, plus no longer need heat (though they’ve been without that for the past week anyway). 🦆
- 16 — On the homestead blog: today the fire officials announced that they have 3% containment of the "Riverside Incident” fire. They also notified us of further reductions in evacuation levels. We are now in the level 1 zone.
- 16 — Video: a couple slow motion clips of a Rouen duckling spreading her waterproofing oils and dunking her head, then a normal speed (though seems sped up after the slow-mo) clip of three ducklings enjoying the pool. 📹🦆
- 15 — On the homestead blog: one of the things I brought yesterday from the homestead to Mom’s place was the duckling kiddie pool, which I set up today in the trailer pen. 🦆
- 15 — Comfy Paladin while I download the latest Xcode development tools. 🔨💻🐈
- 14 — On the homestead blog: today we took a day-trip down to our homestead (three hours each way) to check on and feed the animals, and collect a few things we regretted not bringing north. 🐓🦆
- 14 — On the homestead blog: just a few pictures of ducklings today. Evacuation update coming up soon. 🦆
- 13 — On the homestead blog: another smoky day, not quite as bad as yesterday. The ducklings are feathering out nicely, and starting to make proto-quacks. They grow so fast! 🦆
- 13 — Cute boy. Paladin enjoying a comfy spot at Mom’s house… much to her cat Turbo’s chagrin. After keeping our cats in our bedroom for a few days, we’ve let them out. Our cats have settled in, and Turbo is keeping an eye on them from his cat tower. 🐈
- 12 — On the homestead blog: another day of ducklings. It’s smoky out, but hopefully the ducklings aren’t too bothered by it. 🦆
- 12 — On the homestead blog: an update on the evacuation status, and the cats. #Caturday 🐈
- 11 — On the homestead blog: for the six rapidly-growing ducklings we have with us, they’ve settled into their new reality, and are enjoying their more spacious digs in the trailer pen. When we can go home again, it’ll be a downgrade for them! 🦆
- 11 — On the homestead blog: an update on our evacuation from the wildfire, and some flock pics from before we left. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 10 — On the homestead blog: the ducklings all survived their night in the trailer pen (see yesterday’s post for info on evacuating with the ducklings). 🦆
- 9 — On the homestead blog: a rather unusual duckling update, having evacuated with them from a nearby wildfire. 🦆
- 9 — We are safe at Mom’s place. We took our dog Rory, pet cats Pippin and Paladin, and the six ducklings, since they can’t stay on their own for more than a day. The older ducks and feral cats can fend for themselves; the chickens should be fine for a few days.
- 9 — We got a level 2 “get ready to evacuate” alert just as we were heading to bed (during a power cut). After agonizing about it for a while, we decided to evacuate to Mom’s place (3 hours drive north), heading out around midnight, arriving at 03:00.
- 9 — Jenn and I are taking a vacation this week, taking a break from social media and big screens, relaxing and playing board games and such. Or at least that’s how the week started… then the entire west coast caught on fire.
- 8 — On the homestead blog: powerless and a duckling issue. 🦆
- 8 — Flowers of the day: crocosmia amongst the lavender in the birdbath garden (so named for the blue glass birdbath in its center). 🌱🌼
- 7 — On the homestead blog: some leafy treats in the morning, misting to cool off in the early afternoon, and escape from the run in the late afternoon! 🦆
- 7 — Video: a couple of clips of the ducklings today: eating kale treats, and being cooled off in misting from the hose. 🦆
- 7 — Flowers of the day: hydrangea. 🌱🌼
- 6 — On the homestead blog: 17 photos of ducklings today (I usually aim for 8-10), plus a GIF with those and 25 more taken today. 🦆
- 6 — On the homestead blog: today we added mite treatments and top feeders to all of our beehives, preparing them for fall and winter. 🐝
- 6 — Video watching scrub jays grabbing peanuts; I put out whole peanuts in a tray for the jays each morning. 📹
- 6 — Flowers of the day: catmint. 🌱🌼
- 5 — On the homestead blog: hey duckling fans! Some different angles today, plus a GIF of snuggly ducklings. 🦆
- 5 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 5 — Flowers of the day: daylilies. 🌱🌼
- 4 — On the homestead blog: another hot day, though not as hot as yesterday. I restrained myself on the duckling pictures, though. 🦆
- 4 — On the homestead blog: time has no meaning at present, but the all-powerful overlord CAL-N-DAR informs me it is Friday… so time for pictures of chickens and adult ducks. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 4 — Flowers of the day, adjacent to the veggie garden: Greek oregano, another favorite of bees (as beekeepers, we appreciate plants they like). 🌱🌼🐝
- 3 — On the homestead blog: it’s a hot day today, so I went out to the duck house a few times to refresh their pool water… so I ended up with 40 photos. And just for fun, after the usual selections, I’m going to share a GIF of all of them! 🦆
- 3 — My wife is taking next week off work as a much-needed vacation, pretending she’s in Mexico or somewhere nice (it will be around 90° for most of the week). I have an infinite amount of work to do, but am thinking about joining her in taking a break. I think I need it too.
- 3 — We had big plans for vacations this year, including a 3-week trip to NZ, a couple trips to Ashland, etc. But now we don’t expect to go anywhere this year. Or for the foreseeable, really.
- 3 — Video: when giving the ducklings their leafy kale treats this morning, instead of ripping it into small pieces and tossing it to them as I usually do, I just held some and let them pull off bits. 📹🦆
- 3 — More pictures from our Hawaii vacation in 2005, to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. #ThrowbackThursday
- 3 — Flowers of the day, again from the veggie garden: strawberry flowers and unripe fruit. 🌱🌼🍓
- 2 — On the homestead blog: today is the start of the ducklings' fourth week, which is when they get to go out into the run (which I did a day early), and can have a bit deeper water in the pool. 🦆
- 2 — The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question, as correctly guessed by nobody, is a solar panel for our swimming pool, and specifically a repair I did to a burst in one of the tubes. Better luck next time! #WhatsItWednesday
- 2 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 2 — Flowers of the day: another from the veggie garden — tomatillo, with a bumble bee in the second picture. 🌱🌼
- 1 — On the homestead blog: an exciting day for the ducklings: this morning I reassembled the duckling run, and let them out of the duck house for the first time. It was also the first time they and the older ducks have seen each other. 🦆
- 1 — Video: today I reassembled the fenced run for the latest ducklings. I got a bunch of pictures that will be in today's ducklings blog post. Here are two clips: playing in the mud, while Betty quacks at them, plus using the paint tray pool. 📹🦆
- 1 — The Micro.blog photo challenge for August is now over. It was a lot of fun; thanks to @macgenie for organizing it! You can see all of my photos for the challenge via the tag "mbaug" on my blog.
- 1 — I was just reminded of this Heinlein quote from Time Enough for Love: 💬
- 1 — Flower of the day: a Roma tomato flower (with some green tomatoes also visible; we’re just getting a few ripe ones at present, but very soon will be drowning in them). 🌱🌼🍅
August (128)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: some duckling closeups today. 🦆
- 31 — Upload TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 31 — On the homestead blog: a bunch of aerial photos from my drone. Also for the final Micro.blog photo challenge word; day 31 is "love" (suggested by @vincent). While it’s a lot of work, and there are parts I don’t like, I love the landscaping of our homestead. 📷🚁 #mbaug
- 31 — Flowers of the day: cilantro in the veggie garden. 🌱
- 30 — On the homestead blog: Sunday duckling day… who am I kidding, every day is duckling day. 🦆
- 30 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 30 is "discovery" (suggested by @matthewlang). I noticed the filler valve for the small pond was running non-stop, so likely leaking by overflowing the liner. Looking under a tree, I made a discovery, and fixed it. 📷 #mbaug
- 30 — Flowers of the day: lavender. 🌱
- 29 — On the homestead blog: it’s duckling time! 🦆
- 29 — A bonus picture for the Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 29, "flake" (suggested by kurite). For my afternoon snack today, I ate one of my hoarded Cadbury Flake chocolate bars, a fave from my NZ days, imported from the UK. 📷 #mbaug
- 29 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 29 is "flake" (suggested by kurite). After mealworms, the all-time favorite treat of our chickens are flakes of rice. They love strawberries, too, but ignore those till they’ve eaten all the rice. 📷🍓🍚🐓 #mbaug
- 29 — On the homestead blog: welcome to Caturday! Cuteness! Paladin! Raccoons! Levitating cat! A random GIF! And more! #Caturday 🐈
- 29 — Flowers of the day: Casablanca lily & daylily. 🌱
- 28 — On the homestead blog: we had Flock Friday this morning; now it’s time to check on the newest additions, the ducklings. 🦆
- 28 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 28 is "emotions" (suggested by @dominikhoecht). Caring for animals like pet and feral cats plus ducks and chickens involves a lot of work and emotions, including joy at their cuteness, and eventually sadness. 📷🐈🦆🐓 #mbaug
- 28 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 28 — Flowers of the day: a limelight hydrangea shrub below our main deck. 🌱
- 27 — On the homestead blog: your daily dispatch of ducklings. 🦆
- 27 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 27 is "overcome" (suggested by @GregMorris). Spotted flying overhead recently: a paraglider that has overcome gravity to cruise the skies. 📷 #mbaug
- 27 — About three years ago we noticed four kittens and their mother living under our front steps. We started feeding them, starting an ongoing commitment to caring for these feral cats, including trap-neuter-return, providing shelters, and more. 🐈 #ThrowbackThursday
- 27 — Flowers of the day: California poppies (with a bumblebee in the second picture). 🌱
- 26 — On the homestead blog: more leafy treats and wading in the pool for the ducklings today. 🦆
- 26 — The answer to today’s question: a backpack sprayer. I spent a couple of hours this morning using it to spray weeds in our paths and gardens. I hand-pull weeds in areas around the ducks etc, but there are too many to do that everywhere. #WhatsItWednesday
- 26 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 26 is "relentless" (suggested by @poetalegre). I can’t think of anything more relentless around the homestead than bamboo. I recently cut this grove to the ground, and it keeps on sprouting new stalks. 📷 #mbaug
- 26 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 26 — Today is the three year anniversary of adopting Paladin. Here is a video from three years ago today. After meeting and falling in love with Paladin at the cat shelter, he was cutely vocal in wanting to come home with us. 📹🐈
- 26 — Flowers of the day: geum, lobelia, and Russian sage in the new fountain garden. 🌱
- 25 — On the homestead blog: the ducklings are two weeks old today. They’ve grown a lot already, but still have several more weeks of growth ahead of them before they can join the ducks in the pond. 🦆
- 25 — Another duckling video: the new two-week-old ducklings have quickly become enthused at going in the paint tray pool. This is the morning of their second day with the pool, with all of them in it at once. 📹🦆
- 25 — CGP Grey just posted a couple of videos, one of them with an excellent productivity suggestion: Weekend Wednesday. Instead of five days on, two days off, he suggests two days on, Wednesday off, three days on, Sunday off. I think I’ll try it.
- 25 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 25 is "hope" (suggested by maique). This morning I tried to hand-feed leafy treats to the ducklings for the first time, with a hope that they’d take it. Spoiler: they did (more in tonight’s duckling post). 📷 #mbaug
- 25 — Flowers of the day: daylilies. 🌱
- 24 — On the homestead blog: today I swapped out the waterer for the full-sized one, removed the duckling feeder, introduced them to the paint tray pool, and to leafy treats. An exciting day for ducklings! 🦆
- 24 — A video on my YouTube channel: today I introduced the latest ducklings to leafy treats, which they immediately loved. 📹🦆
- 24 — Techmeme Ride Home podcast 📡#MediaMonday
- 24 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 24 is "frosty" (suggested by @canion). It isn’t frosty weather here at present, so searching my photo archive revealed this frosty beverage with a foldable straw from our trip to Mexico last year (remember travel?). 📷 #mbaug
- 24 — Flowers of the day: dianthus in the new fountain garden. 🌱
- 23 — On the homestead blog today, several pictures of ducklings on top of the EcoGlow, and in the water dish. Oh, and we’re thinking about names for these ducklings; read the post for details. 🦆
- 23 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 23 is "graceful" (suggested by @jensaplin). There’s no cat more graceful than Paladin. 📷🐈 #mbaug
- 23 — Flower of the day: it’s been a while since I posted a daylily, but while they are becoming less prolific, they’re still popping up. 🌱
- 22 — On the homestead blog: today the ducklings figured out the feeder tube; hard to believe that they’re already big enough to reach it. Check out a couple of GIFs of them eating from the tube! 🦆
- 22 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 22 is "home" (suggested by @gregmoore), which fits well with today's Caturday post, featuring Porcini, who is a bit of a home-body for a feral cat. 📷🐈 #mbaug
- 22 — Flowers of the day: geum in the new fountain garden. 🌱
- 21 — On the homestead blog: ten days of ducklings, and already so much bigger! 🦆
- 21 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 21 is "crunch" (suggested by @gannonnordberg). Walking near the compost and chicken coops involves the crunch of gravel and the numerous cones from the nearby grove of trees. Here are some with misty spiderwebs. 📷 #mbaug
- 21 — On the homestead blog for Flock Friday this week, more sad news, I’m afraid. One of the two Rouen ducks went missing on Sunday night. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 21 — Flowers of the day: Casablanca lily. 🌱
- 20 — On the homestead blog: today I added a ceramic cat dish to the duck house, as a baby-sized pool from which they can enjoy drinking and wading. 🦆
- 20 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 20 is "change" (suggested by @mitch), so I thought I’d combine that and Throwback Thursday to look at some changes in the homestead over the past seven years — 2013 vs 2020. 📷 #mbaug #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — Flowers of the day: phlox. 🌱
- 19 — On the homestead blog: the newest ducklings are now starting their second week. 🦆
- 19 — The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question: the yellow globs are small drips of honey, from the honey super I put in the shop freezer. Plus some crumbs of cat litter from Pansy the shop cat, on a rug in the back of the shop. 🍯 #WhatsItWednesday
- 19 — I skipped last week, but let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 19 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 19 is "ribbon" (suggested by @agilelisa). A ribbon of water flowing from the top of the fountain in our recently converted fountain garden. 📷 #mbaug
- 19 — Flowers of the day: globe gilia. 🌱
- 18 — On the homestead blog: your daily dose of ducklings. Plus I went to the feed store to get more food for them, since I was almost out. 🦆
- 18 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 18 is "grid" (suggested by @JohnJohnston). Hops plants growing on the grid of the berry cage roof, and spreading to the different grid of the chicken run roof. 📷 #mbaug
- 18 — Flowers of the day: hosta. 🌱
- 17 — On the homestead blog: today I introduced the ducklings to straw bedding, and raised up the feeder a little, since they're getting bigger. 🦆
- 17 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 17 is "cuddly" (suggested by @jemostrom). Ducklings look very cuddly, but it’s not a good idea, as that could hurt them, you don’t want them to imprint on humans, and they can be a source of salmonella. 📷🦆 #mbaug
- 17 — Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 17 — Flower of the day: geum. 🌱
- 16 — On the homestead blog: the new ducklings are noticeably growing every day; they're already starting to get a more duck-like shape. 🦆
- 16 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 16 is "stationary" (suggested by @joehamill). After closing up the duck house last night, I encountered Spud, one of our feral cats, on the driveway. He remained stationary, thinking if he doesn’t move, I can’t see him. 📷 #mbaug
- 16 — On the homestead blog: harvesting honey from our beehives. 🐝🍯
- 16 — Flower of the day: balloon flower. 🌱
- 15 — On the homestead blog: today the high temperature reached 94° F (34° C) which is a bit warm even for brand-new ducklings. 🦆
- 15 — Video: watch our newest ducklings eating and drinking while peeping, with the older ducks quacking in the background... then cut to the older ducks eating, which is quite the contrast. 📹🦆
- 15 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 15 is "silhouette" (suggested by @crossingthethreshold). From today’s Caturday post, here’s a silhouette of a cat in jumping down from the breezeway cabin. 📷 #mbaug
- 15 — On the homestead blog this week on Caturday, a bit of danger with raccoons, that fortunately was uneventful, and various other cat pics. #Caturday 🐈
- 15 — Flowers of the day: echinacea in the new fountain garden. 🌱
- 14 — On the homestead blog: the ducklings are all doing fine today, so enjoy the happy cuteness. 🦆
- 14 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 14 is "among" (suggested by ronguest). At the back of our pond is an old defunct birdhouse slowly getting subsumed amongst the ivy. 📷 #mbaug
- 14 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update about the older ducks and chickens. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 14 — Flowers of the day: lobelia. 🌱
- 13 — On the homestead blog: it’s day two of the newest ducklings… but unfortunately not for the Buff one. She died overnight. 🦆
- 13 — Back in 2005 Jenn and I went to Hawaii to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. Here are some shots of the view from our room, with Diamond Head & Waikiki Beach. #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 13 is "filter" (suggested by Spratte). While we have various filters around the homestead, the first ones that came to mind are AeroPress coffee filters. 📷 #mbaug
- 13 — Flowers of the day: red hot pokers by the pond. 🌱
- 12 — On the homestead blog: welcome to day one of the latest ducklings! 🦆
- 12 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 12 is "sound" (suggested by rnv). I enjoy the peeping sound of our latest day-old ducklings. Listen to the peeping and watch their wobbliness in this video (a ducklings photo post will be coming later today). 📷📹🦆 #mbaug
- 12 — Flower of the day: calla lily. 🌱
- 11 — Quote from The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: 💬
- 11 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 11 is "transport" (suggested by odd). This morning I moved my (rather dusty) truck in preparation for going out to transport the new ducklings home, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. 📷 #mbaug
- 11 — Flowers of the day: a couple of yucca plants. 🌱
- 10 — Quack quack! The newest ducklings have been hatched and shipped, so the quackage should arrive at my local post office for pickup either tomorrow or (more likely) Wednesday. 🚚🦆🎉
- 10 — Dithering podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 10 — I saw a headline today that Best Buy currently has Apple’s HomePod for $199. Since we’ve been eating at our dining table more recently (instead of in front of the TV), listening to music on the Amazon Echo, we thought we’d get a HomePod for better sound.
- 10 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 10 is "windows" (suggested by @Miraz). Here are views out two of the custom-built chicken coop windows. 📷 #mbaug
- 10 — Flowers of the day: a rose bush in the garden by our kitchen. 🌱
- 9 — On the homestead blog: Welcome to season three of the Yellow Cottage Homestead Ducklings show! We begin by cleaning out the duck house in preparation for the new ducklings, due around Thursday. 🦆
- 9 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 9 is "black-and-white" (suggested by @Gabz). Here’s a black-and-white (or really grayscale) night cam shot of Porcini outside the feral cat house early this morning. 📷 #mbaug
- 9 — Flowers of the day: achillea, in our new fountain garden. 🌱
- 8 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 8 is "view" (suggested by @Florentin). I enjoy the view of Mount Hood when flying my drone above my homestead; unfortunately it is obscured by trees and hills at ground level. 📷 #mbaug
- 8 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 8 — Flowers of the day: evening primrose & lavender. 🌱
- 7 — On the homestead blog: welcome to the first Flock Friday with the new ducks. Plus chicken pictures, of course. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 7 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 7 is "daytripping" (suggested by @stevsmit). We’re not likely to go anywhere any time soon, but the last day-trip we took was to the Stonehenge replica in the Gorge back in February. 📷 #mbaug
- 7 — Flower of the day: love-in-a-mist. 🌱
- 6 — My announcement of getting new ducklings seems like a good place to end the series of daily duckling posts… until I start the new series next week. Pictures of the ducks will roll into my Flock Friday posts, starting tomorrow. 🦆
- 6 — On the homestead blog: oh noes, we decided to get more ducklings! 🦆
- 6 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 6 is "bisect" (suggested by @cdevroe). Our path from the chicken coops bisects to the veggie garden and the driveway. 📷 #mbaug
- 6 — In 2004 when we lived in a townhouse, our backyard was tiny. But we made the most of the space, with some nice landscaping, a small pond, and a bench from which to watch the fish. #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — Flowers of the day: since I used a pumpkin flower as my What’s It Wednesday question yesterday, it only makes sense to feature it as the flower of the day today, with a tiny pumpkin in the first pic, and a pollen-covered bee in the next ones. 🌱🎃🐝
- 5 — On the homestead blog, I ask for your thoughts: should we get more ducklings? 🦆
- 5 — On the homestead blog: your daily duck pictures, featuring lonely Sven. 🦆
- 5 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as one person correctly identified: a pumpkin flower. Here is the full picture, with a pollen-covered bee in the flower, and from further back (photos courtesy my wife). 🌱🎃🐝
- 5 — On the YouTube channel: Betty and a Rouen wrestling, then Cora uses a rock to slide into the pond. It looks like that's a frequent route. 🦆
- 5 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 5 — And since water flowing is better experienced with motion, here’s a GIF edition of that picture.
- 5 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 5 is "flow" (suggested by @TheDimPause). I enjoy watching and listening to the water flow when I turn on the pond’s waterfall. 📷 #mbaug
- 5 — Flowers of the day: dahlia, with a bee trying to get in. 🌱🐝
- 4 — On the homestead blog: a link to another blog post about ducks, and some pictures. 🦆
- 4 — An appropriate quote to follow my sunset pictures, from 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke: 💬
- 4 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 4 is "peace" (suggested by me!). Enjoying a moment of peace and tranquility in the quiet of the evening, watching the sunset. 📷🌅 #mbaug
- 4 — Flowers of the day: a self-seeded butterfly-bush in one of our flowerbeds, fairly popular with our bees. 🌱🐝
- 3 — On the homestead blog: as mentioned yesterday, Bert really doesn’t like Sven. I don’t know what his problem is, but he keeps chasing Sven. 🦆
- 3 — Wonderful! podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 3 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 3 is "bug" (suggested by CTD). We welcome spiders to catch unwanted bugs; this one has built her web on our deck, safely out of our way. 🕷🕸📷 #mbaug
- 3 — Flowers of the day: several varieties of daylilies. 🌱
- 2 — On the homestead blog: sixty days of the new ducks sounds like a lot, but is only about 8.5 weeks. 🦆
- 2 — On the homestead blog: let’s take a brief digression from the usual cute ducks and other animals to talk about a nemesis of mine: bamboo. 🌱
- 2 — The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 2 is "floating" (suggested by @RossA). Of course I’ll do a picture of ducks for this; floating ducks colliding while going after floating mealworm treats. 📷🦆 #mbaug
- 2 — Flowers of the day: frazzled daisies, with a bee closeup in the second picture. 🌱
- 1 — On the homestead blog: today I mucked out the duck house. 🦆
- 1 — A couple of bonus "up" pictures for day 1 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: looking up at our monkey puzzle tree. 📷 #mbaug
- 1 — Micro.blog is doing a photo challenge for August. The word for today is "up" (suggested by @LJPUK). Today I trimmed a bunch of branches; here I’m looking up at a sagging branch of the big tree by the chicken coops. 📷 #mbaug
- 1 — On the homestead blog: as is usual for warm weather, the feral cats haven’t been hanging around as much in the last week, so I only had 16 photos from which to choose; perhaps a new low for me. I picked 10. #Caturday 🐈
- 1 — Flowers of the day: lavender with bees. 🌱
July (120)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: my (for now) daily post of (not really) ducklings. 🦆
- 31 — I’m fortunate that I don’t need to leave the homestead very often: it’s been 57 days since the last time, when I picked up the ducklings (and I went 61 days earlier this year). But today I did, to get duck and chicken food, straw, and mower gas.
- 31 — On the homestead blog: some sad news this Flock Friday: a raccoon got into one of our chicken coops, and killed two of our chickens. (Don’t worry, there are no graphic pictures in this post.) #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 31 — Flowers of the day: gladiolus. 🌱
- 30 — On the homestead blog: the ducks all spent the night outside again, as I expect will be the norm going forward. They slept on the pond and on the bank by the pond deck, which is one of Bert’s favorite spots. 🦆
- 30 — Remember the Before Times, when people could travel? Back in 2004 Jenn and I visited Las Vegas. Check out that fancy video camera! #ThrowbackThursday
- 30 — Flowers of the day: allium. 🌱
- 29 — Nobody guessed the answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question. The answer: a ChickenGuard pop door opener on the chicken coop, that lifts and lowers the door the chickens use to go to their run. #WhatsItWednesday
- 29 — On the homestead blog: last night the ducks all spent the night outside for the first time. 🦆
- 29 — Today we had lunch on the pond deck (with homemade sourdough rolls). Forgive the dirty table; we haven’t used it for quite some time. We really should do that more often, but it’s less convenient than just using the house’s main deck.
- 29 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 29 — A video on my YouTube channel: the ducks swimming in the pond, enjoying mealworm treats tossed from the pond deck. 📹🦆
- 29 — Flowers of the day: a yucca by the pond cascades, with a bonus GIF of the stream flowing. 🌱
- 28 — On the homestead blog: more pictures of the ducks swimming in the pond, plus some bonus GIFs, and pictures of dragonflies near the ducks. 🦆
- 28 — Excellent advice from Heinlein’s Red Planet: 💬
- 28 — Flowers of the day: crocosmia. 🌱
- 27 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I opened the duck house pop door for the first time, and while Bert joined them, the new ducks didn’t venture into the pond. But today was different; they had their first swims in the pond! 🦆
- 27 — Since the new ducks didn't avail themselves of the pond when I opened the pop door yesterday, today I "encouraged" them (I basically shoved them out the door). The three females went first, and Bert showed them around the pond, then the boys joined them.
- 27 — Hamilton movie 🍿 #MediaMonday
- 27 — Flowers of the day: I haven’t done daylilies for several days, so here you go. 🌱
- 26 — On the homestead blog: today’s the day! Today I opened the pop door of the duck house. But it didn’t go quite as expected. 🦆
- 26 — On my YouTube channel: today we opened the duck house pop door, enabling the new ducks to go into the pond, but instead Bert took the opportunity to join them in their house and run. (Bert is the duck closest to the pop door.) 📹🦆
- 26 — Flowers of the day: a linden tree, popular with our bees, and a very pleasant fragrance. 🌱
- 25 — On the homestead blog: today is the last day before the new ducks can go free-range; I plan to open the pop door and let them go into the pond tomorrow morning. 🦆
- 25 — On the homestead blog: setting up our swimming pool.
- 25 — On the homestead blog this week for Caturday, a couple of GIFs with Poppa and Bella, and the usual assortment of cat pics. #Caturday 🐈
- 25 — Flowers of the day: lamb’s-ear, popular with our bees. 🌱🐝
- 24 — On the homestead blog today at the duck house, I feel like I'm being watched, and I watch shimmery feathers, with a fun fact that I just learned for you. 🦆
- 24 — On the homestead blog: this week will probably be the last Flock Friday without the new ducks — they should be out in the pond by next week. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 24 — Flowers of the day: silver ragwort, aka dusty miller, with cinnabar moth caterpillars. We encourage the caterpillars, as they eat tansy ragwort, which is toxic to animals. 🌱
- 23 — On the homestead blog: 50 days of ducklings! 49 is seven weeks old, but 50 feels like a more significant number. 🦆
- 23 — Today is Rory’s 7th birthday. Which is getting up there for a Great Dane, and especially amazing considering she had cancer resulting in the loss of a leg when two years old. Here’s her as a puppy. Happy birthday! #ThrowbackThursday
- 23 — Flowers of the day: Bachelor Buttons by the bird feeders. 🌱
- 22 — On the homestead blog: a few more days before the ducks have a free-range opportunity! Though I will be surprised if they all go out into the pond on the first day. 🦆
- 22 — The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question: those are poles and supports for our above-ground swimming pool, which I’m in the process of setting up. #WhatsItWednesday
- 22 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 22 — Flowers of the day: snapdragons under the bird feeders. 🌱
- 21 — On the homestead blog: only a few more days of duckling posts! I now have a planned date for opening the pop door of the duck house. 🦆
- 21 — From Heinlein’s Orphans of the Sky: 💬
- 21 — On the Dejal blog: get three great new Time Out themes.
- 21 — Flowers of the day: yellow daylilies. 🌱
- 20 — On the homestead blog: an update of my post with one picture of the ducklings and their breeds and names, now that they’re mostly feathered and grown. 🦆
- 20 — On the homestead blog today I tried to take pictures of each of the ducks so I could state their names. Plus I gave them some mealworm treats. 🦆
- 20 — Yellow Cottage Homestead blog 🔗 #MediaMonday
- 20 — On the homestead blog: I replaced a burst soaker hose in the veggie garden with better irrigation. (Plus another glimpse of today’s flower in the corner.)
- 20 — Flowers of the day: some wild nasturtium growing in a corner of a veggie garden bed. 🌱
- 19 — On the homestead blog: for today’s duckling post, we start with a cam picture from last night, then sleepy ducklings, then treat time. I’m starting to use their names more, too. 🦆
- 19 — On my YouTube channel, a video with three clips of our waterfall, cascades, and pond.
- 19 — On the homestead blog: yesterday we did some tweaks to the beehives: adding a top feeder to the orange hive, a queen excluder to the hot pink hive, replacing the base of the turquoise hive, and replacing a few temperature sensors. 🐝
- 19 — Flowers of the day: one red daylily amongst a bunch of orange ones. 🌱
- 18 — On the homestead blog today, in addition to the usual duckling run pictures, I have some pictures from up the path, and from the pond deck, including a GIF. 🦆
- 18 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Caturday: Porcini by the small pond, Pommie by the cabins, Bella and Poppa by the cat house, Poppy inside the cat house, and more. 🐈
- 18 — Flowers of the day: pansies. 🌱
- 17 — Experimenting with an extra-thick pizza. Perhaps too thick. 🍕
- 17 — On the homestead blog: various pictures of the ducklings from this morning, plus a funny GIF from the cam. 🦆
- 17 — On the homestead blog for Flock Friday this week, a bunch of pictures of our adult duck Bert, and a few chicken pictures. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 17 — Flowers of the day: beds of lavender. 🌱
- 16 — On the homestead blog: ducklings swimming, flapping wings, etc in today's update. 🦆
- 16 — On the homestead blog: the thrilling conclusion of our project to convert our fountain into a garden. 🌱
- 16 — Our first trip to Las Vegas in 2004. #ThrowbackThursday
- 16 — Flower of the day: another daylily. 🌱
- 15 — On the homestead blog: I seem to do tweaks every day; today I added a tarp to the roof of the duckling run, to give them some more shade. 🦆
- 15 — The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question, as correctly identified by one person: it’s a hose valve. I got it for our fountain garden to allow adjusting the pressure of the fountain independently of the other irrigation emitters.
- 15 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 15 — Flowers of the day: wild poppies etc behind the greenhouse (with a bonus glimpse of chickens in their run in the background). 🌱
- 14 — An extremely short video of a duckling rapidly paddling when stepping off the ledge in the duckling pool. Fun with sound! 📹🦆
- 14 — On the homestead blog: today I did another minor tweak to the duckling pool, and they didn’t even wait for it to finish filling before they wanted to go in. 🦆
- 14 — From Heinlein’s 'The Number of the Beast’: 💬
- 14 — Flowers of the day: a rose bush in our front garden. 🌱
- 13 — On the homestead blog: today I improved the steps into the duckling pool. 🦆
- 13 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: today I rearranged the steps for the duckling kiddie pool, and made the water more deep, so they could actually swim for the first time. Watch their feet zipping along as they get used to this new experience! 📹🦆
- 13 — Pod4Ham podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 13 — On the homestead blog: a couple of days ago we did a beehive inspection. 🐝
- 13 — Flowers of the day: daylilies by the driveway. 🌱
- 12 — On the homestead blog: some swim time today. 🦆
- 12 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: three ducklings swimming and eating leafy treats in the kiddie pool in their temporary run. 📹🦆
- 12 — Flowers of the day: some lavender next to our front steps. 🌱
- 11 — On the homestead blog: today I made more gentle steps into the new duckling pool, and a couple of them tried it. 🦆
- 11 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Caturday, a not-cat, a GIF of a day in the cat house, pictures of multiple cats in multiple places, a second GIF of Poppa and Pommie, checking on the shop cats, and sunrise in the breezeway. #Caturday 🐈
- 11 — Flower of the day: a rose out the front of our house. 🌱
- 10 — On the homestead blog: a second day out in the run for the ducklings, plus I added a larger pool for them. 🦆
- 10 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Flock Friday, a few pictures of Bert, and a bunch of chicken pictures. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 10 — Flowers of the day: a small dogwood tree in the fountain garden. 🌱
- 9 — On the homestead blog: today at the duck house is a bit different: to give the ducklings more space, I assembled a little temporary run for them using some spare gates. 🦆
- 9 — Back in 2004 when we lived in a townhouse, we only had a tiny backyard. Since I always want a pond, I added a small one, and other landscaping. #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — Flowers of the day: more daylilies. 🌱
- 8 — On the homestead blog: zoom zoom… today I zoom in on some of the ducklings, and remind you (and me!) of their names. 🦆
- 8 — Several people on all three social platforms (Micro.blog, Twitter, and Facebook) correctly identified today’s What’s It Wednesday picture. Well done to them. It’s looking up at the apex of our brown gazebo. #WhatsItWednesday
- 8 — On the homestead blog: living in a rural area, we frequently get deer visiting our property. I don’t take pictures of them all the time, but have accumulated a few, so I thought I’d post some recent ones. 🦌
- 8 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 8 — Flowers of the day: rock rose. 🌱
- 7 — On the homestead blog today in the duck house: cleaning the nesting boxes, a GIF of stealing a treat, and more. 🦆
- 7 — On the Dejus YouTube channel, yep, my second one today: a video from this morning of the ducklings eating leafy treats and bathing in the pool, with some peeps and proto-quacks, plus Bert hanging out. 🦆 📹
- 7 — From 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke: 💬
- 7 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a time-lapse video of our feral cats Poppy and Porcini snuggling, briefly joined by a couple of other cats. 🐈📹
- 7 — Flower of the day: a daylily by the pond. 🌱
- 6 — On the homestead blog: it’s duckling time again! 🦆
- 6 — Time Out macOS app 💻 #MediaMonday
- 6 — On the homestead blog: starting a weekend project to convert our fountain into a flower garden. 🌱
- 6 — A GIF of Paladin waking up Rory. 🐈 🐕
- 6 — Flowers of the day: foxgloves. 🌱
- 5 — On the homestead blog: last night Betty knocked over the EcoGlow brooder. 🦆
- 5 — Last night’s tasty Independence Day dinner: salad, bison steak, baked spuds, corn on the cob. 🇺🇸🥗🥩🥔🌽
- 5 — Flowers of the day: daylilies. We have a lot of them blooming at present, so you can look forward to daylily pictures every other day or so. 🌱
- 4 — On the homestead blog: the daily dose of ducklings. 🦆
- 4 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Caturday, a number of pictures of spotting cats in person, plus the usual cat cabin and house pictures. #Caturday 🐈
- 4 — Flowers of the day: the colorful baskets hanging off our deck. Kinda red, white, and blue. Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🌱
- 3 — Tonight’s pizzas, cooked in my Ooni Koda oven. I made the dough double-thick from my usual, which I think turned out really well. 🍕
- 3 — On the homestead blog: this morning I mucked out the duck house, and captured pictures and a GIF of ducklings flapping their wings, with cute little feathers. 🦆
- 3 — On the homestead blog: let’s check on the chickens, Bert, and Jack. (Who is that? Read on.) #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 3 — Flowers of the day: daylilies. 🌱
- 2 — Something for puzzle-inclined people (via my wife): Grids for Good, a collection of 42 original puzzles to raise money for COVID and racial justice causes.
- 2 — On the homestead blog: some closeups of the ducklings today, and rearranging things a bit. 🦆
- 2 — A first attempt at making sourdough sub rolls, via Daniel Steinberg’s recipe. 🥖
- 2 — I’m posting flower pictures each morning, but here are a couple more from 2004 for today's throwback post: a bunch of tulips in the small garden out front of our townhouse (we can’t grow tulips anymore, as the deer eat them). 🌱 #ThrowbackThursday
- 2 — Flowers of the day: a spiraea shrub, visited by a bumble bee. 🌱🐝
- 1 — The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question, as correctly guessed by some people on Micro.blog: a Turn Touch wooden smart home remote with pedestal. (Fun fact / disclaimer: I work on the Mac and iOS apps for it.) #WhatsItWednesday
- 1 — On the homestead blog: the ducklings are about four weeks old now, so I’m going to start leaving the paint tray pool in the duck house full-time from today on. 🦆
- 1 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 1 — Today’s flowers: a sea of daisies in our field. 🌱
June (124)
- 30 — On the homestead blog: another day of ducklings. 🦆
- 30 — From Space by James A. Michener: 💬
- 30 — Flower of the day: daylily. 🌱
- 29 — On the homestead blog today I’ve included a few GIFs of the ducklings, along with the usual assortment of cuteness. 🦆
- 29 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a slow-motion video with three clips of a duckling dunking their head under the water and shaking the water off. 🦆
- 29 — Daring Fireball blog 🔗 #MediaMonday
- 29 — Flowers of the day: rhododendron. 🌱
- 28 — On the homestead blog: your daily dose of ducklings. 🦆
- 28 — On the homestead blog: last night I closed up the duck house after dark, and took some pictures of some of the lights around the garden.
- 28 — Today’s flowers: rock rose. 🌱
- 27 — On the homestead blog today: some cam pics of the ducklings, plus I raised up the heat lamp and EcoGlow brooder. 🦆
- 27 — Today’s flowers: peonies. 🌱
- 27 — On the homestead blog: seems like about half of the cat pictures this week are of Pommie, in your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
- 26 — On the homestead blog: I just posted about the duckling names, but I also have the usual assortment of pictures of them eating leafy treats today. 🦆
- 26 — On the homestead blog: I reveal the names we’ve chosen for the ducklings. 🦆
- 26 — On the homestead blog: let’s check on Bert, the chickens, and fish in your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 26 — Flower of the day: stock. 🌱
- 25 — On the homestead blog: today in the duck house, more duckling pictures, by some amazing coincidence. Plus a random bee. 🦆
- 25 — On the homestead blog: some aerial photos of our homestead from my drone. 🚁
- 25 — A picture of Jenn and me from 2004, in the Portland Japanese Garden. I look so strange without a proper beard (and glasses). #ThrowbackThursday
- 25 — Today’s flowers: clover with bees. 🌱
- 24 — On the homestead blog: today I mucked out the duck house, as it was getting a bit ripe. I also made a hacky brick patio next to the duck house. 🦆
- 24 — Speaking of eggs, I mentioned in a conversation on Twitter today that I was looking forward to getting some duck eggs; I guess one of our chickens saw that tweet, as I found a surprise jumbo egg when I collected eggs this afternoon. I bet that hurt! 🐓🥚
- 24 — A few people correctly identified today’s What’s It Wednesday question: it was some egg cartons, stamp, ink, and the wooden block I made to let me stamp the top of a carton (in the background you can see another block for split cartons). #WhatsItWednesday
- 24 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 24 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a bit of video of a couple of ducklings paddling in their pool, and others eating and drinking. 🦆
- 24 — Flowers of the day: peonies. 🌱
- 23 — On the homestead blog today, just a few photos. It’s a hot day, so we left the pool in the duck house all afternoon, to help them cool off. 🦆
- 23 — I thought it'd be fun to join the Micro.blog photo meetup from my pond, but the Wi-Fi was too dodgy, so I couldn't connect reliably. D'oh! Here's a selfie, anyway. // @macgenie
- 23 — From Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 💬
- 23 — Flowers of the day: wild poppies, daisies, etc behind the greenhouse, with the beehives in the background. 🌱
- 22 — On the homestead blog: today I removed the baby duckling feeder, so they now have the full-sized feeder tube and full-sized water dispenser. 🦆
- 22 — Upgrade podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 22 — Flower of the day: irises. 🌱
- 21 — On the homestead blog: today I replaced the waterer with the full-sized one, and hand-fed lettuce treats to the ducklings. 🦆
- 21 — Something quite satisfying about jam made from our strawberries, comb honey from our beehives, on toasted homemade bread. 🍓🍯🍞
- 21 — Flowers of the day: dogwood tree. 🌱
- 20 — Happy birthday Pansy! The feral cat who lives in the back of our shop, keeping it free of rodents, is 6 years old today (her observed birthday, anyway; having been found on the streets, her actual birthday is unknown). 🐈
- 20 — On the homestead blog: today was a rainy day, but the ducklings made their own rain inside the duck house by splashing around in the pool. 🦆
- 20 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a 23 second summary video of the last week outside our feral cat house. 🐈
- 20 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Caturday, all five feral cats spotted, some in-person shots of Poppy and Porcini, and finishing with a GIF summary of the week outside the cat house. #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — Flowers of the day: peonies. 🌱
- 19 — Video on the Dejus YouTube channel: today our ducklings discovered the joy of swimming. 🦆
- 19 — On the homestead blog: today, the ducklings discovered the joy of swimming. 🦆
- 19 — On the homestead blog: it's Friday, so let’s check on the adult birds, in a weekly series I call #FlockFriday. 🦆🐓
- 19 — Flowers of the day: roses. 🌱
- 18 — On the homestead blog: today I introduced the ducklings to leafy treats and the swimming pool… with mixed success. 🦆
- 18 — Paladin and Rory in a rainbow sunbeam. 🐈🐕
- 18 — Rounding out my mini-series of Mac throwback pictures from 2004, my two Apple Cinema Displays for my Power Mac G5. #ThrowbackThursday
- 18 — Flowers of the day: a sea of wild daisies in our field. 🌱
- 17 — On the homestead blog today, a little rearranging of the duck house, in preparation for introducing supervised swimming tomorrow. 🦆
- 17 — Nobody guessed the What’s It Wednesday question today. I guess it was too hard. So what is it? A hole that goes all the way through one of our old apple trees. #WhatsItWednesday
- 17 — I’ve enjoyed the Vulcan Hello podcast from Scott McNulty and Jason Snell about Star Trek Discovery and Picard, so naturally I ordered the themed tea sampler from their amazingly appropriate sponsor New Mexico Tea Company as a gift for Jenn. 🖖☕️
- 17 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 17 — Today’s flowers: a rhododendron bush near our pond. 🌱
- 16 — On the homestead blog: your daily duckling dispatch. 🦆
- 16 — With the addition of the recent ATP, Upgrade+, and Connected Plus subscriptions, I’m now paying over $100 per month for podcast & blog memberships. Which while a lot, is worth it to me for all the hours of entertainment they provide. And in several cases, bonus content like after-shows, unedited shows, or no ads. I wish more of my favorite podcasts offered such options, especially no ads. 💵📡
- 16 — A quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love: 💬
- 16 — Video on the Dejus YouTube channel: a summary (generated by Camect) of 11 hours at the feral cat cabins, showing three cats in the cabins.
- 16 — Today’s flowers: irises. 🌱
- 15 — On the homestead blog: your daily dose of ducklings. 🦆
- 15 — On the homestead blog: I added some bird netting to the veggie garden berry cage fences. 🔨
- 15 — The Aleph Extraction by Dan Moren 📚 #MediaMonday
- 15 — Flower of the day: peonies. 🌱
- 14 — On the homestead blog today at the duck house, Bert and I watch the ducklings again. 🦆
- 14 — Today’s flowers: irises and roses. 🌱
- 13 — On the homestead blog today at the duck house, let’s all take a peek at the ducklings… including Bert. 🦆
- 13 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: While I was spending time with the ducklings this morning, Bert came up to the door and tried to peek inside. Maybe I need a step for him? 🦆
- 13 — Spotted on my morning rounds: a doe and a couple of brand-new fawns. 🦌
- 13 — On the homestead blog for Caturday this week, I start with some irrelevant numbers. #Caturday 🐈
- 13 — Flowers of the day: peonies and more foxgloves. Plus a bonus glimpse of the side of the cat house, appropriately for Caturday. 🌱
- 12 — On the homestead blog today in the duck house, I added a small dish of water, which was very exciting for the ducklings. 🦆
- 12 — On the homestead blog: this past week has been exciting with the baby ducklings, but I also got a bunch of pictures of the adult duck, Bert, and the chickens. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 12 — Flower of the day: foxgloves (and irises). 🌱
- 11 — On the homestead blog: we begin week two of ducklings. They’ve grown noticeably already. 🦆
- 11 — Back around 2004, computers didn’t have a tiny built-in camera; Apple introduced a relatively massive iSight camera that could be stuck to the back of your Mac. #ThrowbackThursday
- 11 — For completeness, one more example of supporting things I believe in and enjoy: I also joined the new Accidental Tech Podcast membership program. 💵
- 11 — I also just set up a monthly donation to Black Girls Code, to contribute towards more diversity in my industry. 💵
- 11 — I’m still enjoying micro-lending via Kiva, having started last month. Yesterday was my monthly auto-deposit, but I set it up incorrectly so it auto-lended, so I just made another deposit so I could have the fun of choosing. 💵
- 11 — Flower of the day: irises. 🌱
- 10 — The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday, as correctly guessed by two people: it’s a 3-gallon water jug filled with chicken feed. It drains into a tube with holes from which they can eat. 🐓 #WhatsItWednesday
- 10 — On the homestead blog: Happy birthday ducklings! They hatched one week ago today. 🦆
- 10 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. Almost certainly too easy this time, but let’s find out. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 10 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Quack and peep. Sound on! Listen to Bert's raspy quack in the first half of the video, and the ducklings peeping in the second half. 🦆
- 10 — On the homestead blog: building a three-bin composting system. 🔨
- 10 — Today’s flowers: poppies. 🌱
- 9 — On the homestead blog for today’s duckling update, Bert and the ducklings saw each other. 🦆
- 9 — We had food truck burritos for dinner tonight… which is the first time we’ve had food not prepared by us since March 6. Tasted so good! 🌯
- 9 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Bert the duck checking out the chickens in their run. 🦆🐓
- 9 — A timely quote from Isaac Asimov’s Prelude to Foundation: 💬
- 9 — Flower of the day: calla lily. 🌱
- 8 — On the homestead blog today in the duck house, I captured some interesting EcoGlow interactions, plus added some straw bedding. 🦆
- 8 — Related to the slow-mo video I posted earlier today, here’s a close-up photo of bees in the bee water pool. 🐝
- 8 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Slow-motion bees in the bee pool. We have a pool from which our bees can drink, filled with rocks for them to land on so they don't drown. This is a slow-motion recording of bees drinking and flying above the pool. 🐝
- 8 — Schitt's Creek TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 8 — Today’s “flower” is a bunch of mushrooms that sprouted up in a garden; not technically a flower, but serves much the same purpose to the plants. These appeared in late May, and are all gone now; probably eaten by deer. 🌱
- 7 — On the homestead blog: duckings day 4. 🦆
- 7 — Today’s flower for your enjoyment: bluebells. 🌱
- 6 — On the homestead blog: some trauma for day 3 of ducklings: today we removed the leg bands. 🦆
- 6 — On the Dejal blog, a Time Out tip: how can I avoid a break starting while doing a screen recording?
- 6 — On the homestead blog for Caturday this week… pictures of cats! I bet you weren’t expecting that. #Caturday 🐈
- 6 — Today’s flower: peony — three pictures of the same shrub near the cat house, from mid-May and end of May. 🌱
- 5 — A pepperoni pizza made with Gus Mueller’s recipe and my sourdough starter, cooked in my indoor oven. Not my best shaping effort. A more interesting and chewy texture than my usual recipe, and turned out much better than my previous sourdough pizza attempt. 🍕
- 5 — On the homestead blog: welcome to day two of the ducklings. They’ve settled into their routine: eat, drink, poop, scamper, sleep, and grow. That’s the life of a duckling, at least for the first couple of weeks. 🦆
- 5 — A GIF of a deer munching grass in front of our beehives early this morning.
- 5 — On the homestead blog: a regular Flock Friday post about wild birds, chickens, and our adult duck; more duckling pics later. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — Today’s flowers are some irises in our fountain garden. 🌱
- 4 — Today’s sourdough loaves turned out better than the last couple times, thanks to some tweaks (mainly reducing hydration). Still room for improvement, but getting there. 🍞
- 4 — On the homestead blog: the first of many posts about new ducklings! 🦆
- 4 — It’s duckling day! This morning I headed to the post office to pick them up (and get some gas for the mowers on the way). Here’s me in my beard-compatible mask for these pandemic days. (Stay tuned for lots of duckling pics.)
- 4 — Something geeky for this Throwback Thursday: unboxing and setting up my Power Mac G5 in 2003. #ThrowbackThursday
- 4 — Today’s flower is a dogwood tree by our driveway. 🌱
- 3 — A few people guessed the right answer this time: duck feathers! Yep, it’s a close-up of our duck, Bert. Here are another couple of bonus close-ups. 🦆 #WhatsItWednesday
- 3 — The moon over the chicken coop.
- 3 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Hopefully not too easy. #WhatsItWednesday
- 3 — Today’s flower: dandelions. They may be considered a weed, but are cute in their puff ball state. And the flower is excellent bee forage. 🌱
- 2 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: while taking photos of flowers, I captured four short clips of slow motion bumble bees and a honey bee. 🐝
- 2 — This quote from Harry Harrison’s Homeworld book seems like it might fit the mood of the US at present. 💬
- 2 — As mentioned yesterday, I’ve started a series of posting a flower picture each day. A little thing to bring a moment of much-needed joy to the world. Today, some small flowers (not sure what kind) below a stone frog garden ornament. 🌱
- 1 — A slow-mo GIF of Paladin drinking from the faucet. 🐈
- 1 — Now that I’ve done several #MediaMonday posts, I’ve added a page to the Dejus site to collect links to them in alphabetical order, grouped by media kind. The page is always available via the sidebar from the “hamburger” icon.
- 1 — Release Notes podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 1 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I did some smaller homestead projects, including building a shelf above the door in the new chicken coop, and repairing a gate pole of the old chicken run. 🔨
- 1 — There are lots of flowers blooming around the homestead at present, so I think I’ll start a daily series of flower pictures, starting with some from a couple months ago. Here’s a flowering cherry tree from April. 🌱
May (104)
- 31 — Concluding the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, final drawings of my duck house (compare to yesterday's). 🎨 #mbmay
- 30 — We watched the launch of the first manned NASA / SpaceX Commercial Crew flight, on their way to the ISS. Exciting, historic, nerve-wracking stuff.
- 30 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Caturday, camera replacement, Poppa, Rory cameo, and sunshine. #Caturday 🐈
- 30 — Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, early drawings of my duck house. 🎨 #mbmay
- 30 — Last night’s pepperoni pizza, cooked in my Ooni Koda oven, made with sourdough for the first time. More chewy than usual. Not sure we liked the whole wheat component, though. 🍕
- 29 — On the Dejal blog: a tip for Time Out to automatically skip breaks while on a Zoom call.
- 29 — On the Dejus YouTube channel, a time-lapse video of a week of our pond, including our duck swimming around, me cleaning out the duck house in preparation for new ducklings, and a heron sighting. Thanks to Camect for generating this summary video.
- 29 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Flock Friday, lots of pictures of chickens, a couple of GIFs, and a bonus frog. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 29 — Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, side elevation drawings of my feral cat house (see the homestead project page for details). 🎨 #mbmay
- 28 — A short time-lapse GIF of sourdough starter growing (with some wheat flour mixed in; I’m preparing sourdough pizza dough). 🍞🍕
- 28 — My messy desk in 2003, featuring my iMac G4 and Harmon Kardon subwoofer and speakers. #ThrowbackThursday
- 28 — Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, front elevation and plan of my feral cat house (see the homestead project page for details). 🎨 #mbmay
- 27 — Nobody on Twitter or Facebook guessed what this mystery tool is, but four people got it on Micro.blog. It’s a multi-tool I just bought to help with irrigation, to cut tubing, punch holes, and insert or remove emitters. #WhatsItWednesday
- 27 — On the homestead blog: we did an inspection of the beehives, to check for queens, replace the lid on one of the new hives, and add some temperature sensors. 🐝
- 27 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. This time, rather than a close zoom on something, I’ll show the whole thing. What do you think it is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 27 — Don’t worry, Paladin isn’t dead… he’s just an expert level at relaxing. 🐈
- 27 — Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, just a couple drawings of a potato planter design. 🎨 #mbmay
- 26 — A frog living in the box on our pond deck (two pictures from separate days). 🐸
- 26 — A couple of irises.
- 26 — Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, some drawings from my final design of the chicken coop (see the homestead project page for details of the project). 🎨 #mbmay
- 25 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I spent the day doing landscaping stuff, weeding and mowing.
- 25 — Icro iOS app 📱 #MediaMonday
- 25 — The Micro.blog challenge this week is artwork and drawings. I will share some of my building drawings, done in Linea Sketch on my iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. Today, some early chicken coop concepts. 🎨 #mbmay
- 24 — On the homestead blog: I spent the afternoon yesterday cleaning out the duck house and setting it up for ducklings, plus building a ramp for their swimming pool. 🔨🦆
- 24 — The tasty chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting that Jenn made from scratch for my birthday yesterday. 🎂
- 24 — For the last quote of this week’s Micro.blog mini challenge, here’s one from Heinlein’s famous Stranger in a Strange Land: 📚💬 #mbmay
- 23 — I included a GIF of this at the end of the Caturday post, but here’s a video edition of it. Thanks to Camect for generating the summary. 🐈
- 23 — On the homestead blog this week, a number of animated GIFs, including a 30-second summary of the last week inside the cat house, and more. #Caturday 🐈
- 23 — This quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love seems appropriate (or something) on my birthday: 🙃📚💬 #mbmay
- 23 — A special birthday treat for breakfast: homemade green eggs and ham. Very tasty.
- 22 — I was born at 16:17 NZ time on May 23, 1969. So right… now is my exact birthday. 🎂
- 22 — Yesterday’s second attempt at sourdough bread turned out a bit better than the first time, though still a bit too much hydration, I think. 🍞
- 22 — As a responsible flag owner, I have lowered my flag to half-staff as directed by the presidential proclamation to honor the victims of the pandemic, though I don’t understand why; not like it’s over. Is this another “Mission Accomplished” situation?
- 22 — On the homestead blog this week, GIFs of birds swooping, chickens fighting, and the duck flapping his wings, plus more pictures. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 22 — Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a classic book (and movie). An amusing quote from it (with a deeper meaning): 📚💬 #mbmay
- 21 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Paladin in a cardboard nest. 🐈
- 21 — This week marks the 40th anniversary of the big Mt St Helens eruption, so it’s fitting that my next scheduled throwback photos are of a visit there in August 2003. #ThrowbackThursday
- 21 — An excellent but underrated Heinlein book is Citizen of the Galaxy, literally a rags to riches story. Here’s a favorite quote I live by: 📚💬 #mbmay
- 20 — A couple of people managed to identify it based on the second clue. The What’s It Wednesday mystery object this week was a springform pan. Congrats to those who got it, better luck next week to everyone else! #WhatsItWednesday
- 20 — Nobody has guessed the What’s It Wednesday picture today, so here’s another clue. I’ll reveal the answer in an hour or so. #WhatsItWednesday
- 20 — A Porcini reaction GIF. 🐈
- 20 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 20 — Douglas Adams is best known for The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but his Dirk Gently series is also pretty good. A quote from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 📚💬 #mbmay
- 19 — A moment of cuteness: Poppy and Porcini snuggling in their house. 🐈
- 19 — A video of a chicken telling me all about the egg she just laid. Sound on!
- 19 — Another favorite book is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. The whole series, really. Here’s a quote: 📚💬 #mbmay
- 18 — On the homestead blog: yesterday we started the potato planters. I added some scoria and dirt to the planter frames, Jenn planted the seed potatoes, and I added new irrigation for them.
- 18 — Six Colors site 🔗 #MediaMonday
- 18 — Here's an amusing meta-quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love, which was one of my all-time favorite books as a kid: 📚💬 #mbmay
- 18 — I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading books in recent years — nowadays I just read Twitter, Micro.blog, and blog posts. Not great, perhaps. So I’m going to re-interpret this week’s Micro.blog challenge as more quotes from old favorite books.
- 17 — Today’s color micro challenge is violet. This is a knitting project Jenn is currently working on, a shawl she’s doing as part of a mystery knit-along. 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 16 — One last #Caturday bonus: a GIF of Paladin demanding attention from Rory in her open crate. 🐕🐈
- 16 — Another #Caturday bonus: a reversing GIF of Paladin leaning on the dining room railing. 🐈
- 16 — A #Caturday bonus: a GIF of Pippin scratching on the parlor door, having pushed it closed. 🐈
- 16 — On the homestead blog this week, a couple of cam screenshots (showing all five cats), a couple of GIFs (showing Poppa at the cabins, and a day inside the house), and more for your weekly #Caturday 🐈
- 16 — Just got back from a trip to Costco. Certainly different than the last time we went there a couple of months ago. No rationing, and plenty of stocks of everything, but lots of social distancing signs and floor markers, cashier screens, etc.
- 16 — Today’s Micro.blog color challenge is indigo. That’s a tricky one… the best I can come up with is these irises, though they might be straddling the line between indigo and violet? 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 15 — On the homestead blog this week: followup on Gert, news about ducklings, a duck and bird GIF, and various chicken pics. Yep, it’s #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 15 — Today’s color is blue. Appropriately, it is also Peace Officers Memorial Day, so I lowered our flag to half-staff, with the illuminated flag and a blue sky enhanced by night mode. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 14 — My first sourdough bread loaves were a bit disappointing… they kinda sagged (and merged), so I guess had too much hydration. Tasted fine, though not particularly sourdough-y; I gather the flavor will improve as the starter ages. 🍞
- 14 — Pictures of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse and Yaquina Bay Bridge, taken in April 2003 during an anniversary trip to the Oregon coast. (Hey kids, in the Before Times people could actually travel and stay places.) #ThrowbackThursday
- 14 — My first use of my sourdough starter: pancakes for breakfast. Turned out well, more light and fluffy than with Bisquick. Today, I’m making sourdough bread. 🥞👨🍳
- 14 — Today’s color is green. So many options, but let’s go with this recent aerial photo of our flowerbeds, with the green grass and trees. 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 13 — It seems the What’s It Wednesday question was a stumper. The answer: it’s a gate latch cable, used to open a gate latch from the other side. Here’s an example of one in use, on a veggie garden gate. #WhatsItWednesday
- 13 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Hopefully not too obvious. #WhatsItWednesday
- 13 — Today’s color is yellow. An unused shot of yellow straw, yellow bee nucs, yellow bees, and a yellow tie-down strap in the back of our truck when we recently picked up a couple of nucs and other supplies. 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 12 — It’s alive, ALIVE! It took 17 days, but my first sourdough starter has finally achieved doubling in size, and passes the float test. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. 🍞
- 12 — Question: how much would you expect to pay for fresh eggs from a roadside farm stand? Our chickens are laying about a dozen a day at present, faster than we can give them away. We’re planning to put them by the road to sell. 🐓🥚
- 12 — Today’s color is orange. Over the weekend we had a nice sneak peek of summer, eating BBQ steak and orange sweet potato (or kumara as it’s called in New Zealand) on our deck. 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 11 — The Lord of the Rings movie series 🍿 #MediaMonday
- 11 — On the homestead blog: planting the veggie garden and adding irrigation. 🌱🍅🍓🌽🧅🥬💦
- 11 — A review of Dejal Time Out on the Brazilian MacMagazine site. (English auto-translation.)
- 11 — The Micro.blog mini-challenge this week is color-a-day photos. Today: red. As part of wanting to go to the store less at present, we’re trying various food delivery services, including Farmbox Direct. 📷🌈 #mbmay
- 10 — On the homestead blog: yesterday we picked up and set up two nucs — nucleus bee hives, i.e. small starter hives. 🐝
- 10 — I have lots of favorite quotes from Heinlein books, but enjoy this one from Time Enough for Love: 💬 #mbmay
- 9 — On the homestead blog: a later than usual Caturday this week, with another visit by an alien cat, some cuteness, and a cameo by Paladin. #Caturday 🐈
- 9 — A quote from Piers Anthony’s Wielding a Red Sword (book four of the Incarnations of Immortality series): 💬 #mbmay
- 8 — On the homestead blog, some sad news about one of our ducks.
- 8 — On the homestead blog this week for Flock Friday, replacing the chicken run roof netting, and a bunch of pictures of ducks, chickens, and fish. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 8 — A longer quote today for 💬 #mbmay from Robert A. Heinlein’s To Sail Beyond the Sunset, that really resonates with me:
- 7 — After moving to the US and living in an apartment for a year or so, we bought a new 1522 square foot townhouse in December 2002. We imagined we’d be there for a few years, but ended up staying a decade. #ThrowbackThursday
- 7 — Another fave Douglas Adams quote: 💬 #mbmay
- 7 — A favorite quote from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that I say or at least think pretty much every week: 💬 #mbmay
- 6 — The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question: it’s a fancy glass bird bath! A sure sign of Spring when it is brought out of storage. #WhatsItWednesday
- 6 — Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
- 6 — A favorite quote from Robert A. Heinlein’s Farnham's Freehold: 💬 #mbmay
- 5 — A video edition of the previous post on the Dejus YouTube channel: The ducks met me by the chicken coop, and were being particularly quacky.
- 5 — Today’s moment of cuteness: the ducks being chatty, with the chickens in the background. 🦆🐓
- 5 — We have a wall of old-timey-style postcards to commemorate places we’ve visited. Since we won’t be visiting anywhere for a while due to COVID-19, we added a “Surf Your Couch” postcard to mark this time. Prints of this and other designs are available from the artist.
- 5 — A favorite quote from Isaac Asimov's Foundation books: 💬 #mbmay
- 4 — Actually, I should have gone with perhaps my favorite Star Wars quote: 💬 #mbmay
- 4 — Late to the party, but I just got a new gadget: the 12.9” iPad Pro Magic Keyboard. Loving it so far. Though may need stands to raise up my iMacs, since it obscures the bottom third of the cams.
- 4 — Micro.blog is doing weekly theme posts, starting with a week of quotations. In the spirit of May 4th. 💬 #mbmay
- 4 — A couple of pictures from a couple of weeks ago of a tree transitioning from blossoms to leaves, with lots of petal “snow” on the ground. 🌸🌳
- 4 — Westworld TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
- 3 — On the homestead blog: this afternoon I dug up some smallish self-seeded fir trees from behind the shop, and transplanted them around that area, and in a couple of places by the pond. 🌲
- 3 — Rory is sleeping in her crate with the door open now, and Paladin likes to visit her in the morning. Here is a GIF of him patting her, which she is conflicted about; she enjoys touches, but doesn’t enjoy claw scratches. 🐕🐈
- 3 — A deer walking in front of the beehives, with another behind. 🦌🐝
- 2 — Cat whiskers are so fascinating. Little sensors poking out from their cheeks, the single one below the ear, and others. Usually don’t notice them, but so important to the cat. 🐈
- 2 — A GIF of heavy rain on the pond. The ducks don’t care. 🌧🦆
- 2 — On the homestead blog for Caturday this week: a couple of alien cats, a couple of GIFs, Pepper, Poppy, Spud, and mushrooms… sounds like ingredients. #Caturday 🐈
- 2 — I have signed up for Kiva, a service to make micro-loans to people in need all around the world. I’ve seeded it with a couple of small loans, and will contribute more each month, re-lending as repaid. Learn more or join me!
- 1 — On the homestead blog for Flock Friday this week, chickens and ducks, of course, plus a bathing bird, and a fake bird. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 1 — Excellent advice from CGP Grey.
April (72)
- 30 — A picture Jenn just took of me carrying a surprisingly heavy laundry basket. 🐈
- 30 — Today’s moment of cuteness: apparently it’s National Tabby Day. Almost all of our pet and feral cats have been or are tabbies. Here are a couple new pictures of the oldest of our current cats, Pippin. 🐈
- 30 — For today’s throwback post: a former cat, Piwhacket, avidly watching a whale screensaver on my old iMac G4 in 2002. #ThrowbackThursday
- 29 — The answer to the What’s It Wednesday question from earlier: it’s part of our propane gas tank. I record the propane level in a spreadsheet every Wednesday, to monitor when we need a refill. #WhatsItWednesday
- 29 — Several people enjoyed playing What’s It Wednesday last week, so let’s try another one. Here’s a picture. What do you think it is? I mean the whole assemblage. I’ll reveal the answer later today. #WhatsItWednesday
- 29 — On the homestead blog: beehive split before they split. An unexpected intervention to avoid losing half of the yellow hive to swarming. 🐝
- 28 — Bluebell flowers by mossy rocks.
- 28 — I admit, I usually skip podcast ads that I’ve heard lots of times before, but I rewound Upgrade 295 to listen to the Fully spot, and was glad I did; a fascinating story. Visiting their site, interested to see they’re Portland-based, too.
- 28 — On the Dejal blog (last night): a DejalNews newsletter with Time Out gifts, 25 years of consulting, Dejal Subreddit, and more.
- 27 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Rory asleep, Paladin in one of his cardboard nests. 🐕🐈
- 27 — Core Intuition podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
- 27 — On the homestead blog: another inspection of the beehives, following up to last week. (With a bonus appearance of the chickens.) 🐝
- 26 — Today’s moment of cuteness: tree blossoms. 🌳🌸
- 26 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I finished installing the greenhouse irrigation tubing and mister emitters. 🔨
- 25 — Happy 3rd birthday to Paladin! 🥳🎂🐈
- 25 — On the homestead blog this Caturday: cats at their cabins, cats at their house, cats in the breezeway; only one alien visitor. And a fun GIF of inside the cat house. #Caturday 🐈
- 24 — On the homestead blog for this week’s flock update: funny ducks, broody chickens, mucking out the coop, chasing the heron. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 23 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Poppy and Porcini asleep in their cat house, right now. 🐈
- 23 — 50 pounds of King Arthur Sir Galahad Artisan Flour. That should keep us going for a while. 🥖🍞
- 23 — From 2002, four pictures of the Grays River Covered Bridge in southwestern Washington state, built in 1905. #ThrowbackThursday
- 22 — Some info on freezing eggs, if you’re interested.
- 22 — The answer to the What’s It Wednesday question from earlier: it’s a raw lightly scrambled egg that’s been frozen in an ice cube tray, as a way to store excess eggs from our chickens. They’ll be useful next winter, as laying slows. #WhatsItWednesday
- 22 — Today’s moment of cuteness: an animated GIF of the ducks following me across the lawn this morning (yes, I need to mow again, when we have a couple dry days). 🦆
- 22 — If you enjoy playing that game, look at the #WhatsItWednesday hashtag on Twitter; there are lots of other examples.
- 22 — Here’s a game for you to enjoy, suggested by my wife: What’s It Wednesdays. I post a picture of some obscure or closeup thing, and you identify it. Here’s a picture she took. What do you think it is? I’ll reveal the answer later today. #WhatsItWednesday
- 22 — Antique cameras. 📷
- 21 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Poppy asleep in her feral cat house. 🐈
- 21 — An old bird house and tree seedlings in the wilderness area beyond the beehives, near the southeast corner of our homestead. 🌲
- 20 — Today’s moment of cuteness: three broody chickens. 🐓
- 20 — Overcast iOS app 📱 #MediaMonday
- 20 — Every Friday I do a #FlockFriday post on my homestead blog, about my ducks and chickens. Every Saturday I do a #Caturday post about the feral cats I care for. Today I am starting a new series of blog posts on my Dejus blog: #MediaMonday.
- 20 — On the homestead blog: starting installing greenhouse irrigation. 🔨
- 20 — A couple of days ago I made a loaf of bread using my usual no-knead recipe, but using whole wheat flour instead of bread flour, as an experiment. As expected, it turned out a bit differently; a little too much moisture content, and a bit more dense. 🍞
- 19 — A moment of cuteness: tree blossoms. 🌳🌸
- 19 — On the homestead blog: second beehive inspection of 2020, to make some tweaks, and continue the mite treatments. 🐝
- 19 — I’ve been trying the inverted AeroPress method over the last few days. I think I might prefer it, if only because it builds in steeping time while preparing the filter, plus easier to get to the filters without the plunger in the rack. ☕️
- 18 — On the homestead blog: this Caturday, various cute cats, various wildlife. #Caturday 🐈
- 17 — Today’s moment of cuteness (as if the ducks and chickens weren’t enough): Paladin in his new cat tower. 🐈
- 17 — On the homestead blog: for this week’s Flock Friday, ducks being cute, chickens being broody, and a heron eating a couple of our fish (grrr). #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 17 — Congrats to Adam and Tonya Engst on the 30th anniversary (yesterday) of TidBITS. Here’s a fuzzy pic from Macworld Conf 2007.
- 16 — Back in 2002 in our apartment, since we couldn’t have a pond, we had a fish tank. #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — People self-hosting WordPress sites and cross-posting to Micro.blog and/or Twitter: by default WordPress converts emojis to images, which breaks emoji-based tagging, among other issues. I just installed a plugin to disable that. 🔌🎉
- 15 — Today’s moment of cuteness: we just gave Rory a new two-prong antler to chew on, and Paladin was most fascinated. 🐈 🐕
- 15 — I recently switched to making coffee via AeroPress instead of Keurig K-Cups. It’s a bit more work, but not too bad.
- 14 — On the homestead blog: a bunch of photos and GIFs of the fountain garden stream.
- 13 — Speaking of Pippin, apparently his purr is 39 decibels (according to the Noise complication on my Apple Watch).
- 13 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Pippin asleep in his favorite spot, on a former dog bed that he has claimed for himself.
- 13 — On the homestead blog: first beehive inspection of the year, with some bad news and some good news.
- 12 — A moment of cuteness: Porcini and her mother Poppy snuggling in their cat house (an outtake from the Caturday post; I have lots of pictures to choose from, but can’t include them all).
- 12 — On the homestead blog: yesterday I mowed the lawns and field. Just for fun, I flew my drone while doing so, and got some photos and video.
- 11 — A moment of cuteness: the ducks waiting for me on the temporary bridge over the (currently off) pond waterfall stream.
- 11 — On the homestead blog: for Caturday this week, another coyote visit, plus the usual assorted cuteness. #Caturday
- 10 — In case you missed it, one of the GIFs of fish and a duck from today’s bonus homestead post.
- 10 — On the homestead blog: some bonus pictures of the fish and ducks in our pond. The koi are starting to come out of hibernation, becoming more active as the weather warms up.
- 10 — On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, we start with a GIF of frisky ducks, then a bunch more duck pictures, some token chicken pics, and finish with some misty ducks. Too many ducks? Is there such a thing? #FlockFriday
- 9 — On the homestead blog: I captured some aerial photos of the gardens, pond, greenhouse, mountain, and more.
- 9 — From July 2002, a trip to Mount Hood and the historic Timberline Lodge. #ThrowbackThursday
- 8 — Pippin and Paladin hanging out under my desk.
- 7 — For today’s moment of cuteness, some daffodils in a wild patch of our field.
- 7 — We have a bunch of potato flour, and lots of eggs, so we looked for recipes to use those. Not a lot of options, but one we found was Potato Flour Muffins. I tried making it yesterday, but the result wasn’t great.
- 6 — A moment of… cuteness? Rory sprawled on the floor.
- 6 — On the homestead blog: over the weekend I did some garden plumbing, installing piping and taps for the greenhouse.
- 5 — A moment of cuteness: three pictures of Paladin leaning on the railing.
- 5 — On the homestead blog: this past week I received a delivery from Home Depot of materials for the greenhouse plumbing project, the compost bins project, and the bee shed project.
- 4 — On the homestead blog for this week’s Caturday, nothing particularly dramatic happened; just a bunch of cuteness, as the cats have been spending more time in their house and cabins. #Caturday
- 3 — Fun… Dejal Time Out is in three of the top features on the Mac App Store at present: “Focus and De-Stress”, “Apps for Working and Staying at Home”, and “Give Yourself a Break”. It’s nice to be loved.
- 3 — On the homestead blog: for this week’s flock update, Rory with the ducks, broody chickens, and a new camera view. #FlockFriday
- 2 — Since we can’t celebrate our anniversary touring the South Island of New Zealand, we celebrated with a tour of Skyrim. :)
- 2 — I wanted to do something special to celebrate and mark the occasion of our 25th anniversary. So I commissioned a custom necklace pendant… and in a reference back to our Mac-shaped wedding cake toppers and Mac history, I wanted to make one in the shape of a Mac, specifically a Macintosh Plus, my first Mac:
- 2 — 25 years ago today, Jennifer and I got married. Actually, technically it was yesterday, since it was in New Zealand, but we ignore the time zone differences. It was April 2, 1995.
- 1 — A GIF of cat parkour.
- 1 — On the Dejus YouTube channel, a funny chicken video: I gave the chickens some apple peel (and kale) as a treat. Camilla managed to grab a big chunk, and was chased around the veggie garden and chicken runs by the other chickens, who wanted to snag a piece.
March (67)
- 31 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Rory sitting on the path to the duck house, and the ducks debating if they’re brave enough to walk past her (nope; they went around the other way).
- 30 — I can’t help myself… another moment of cuteness, with two of our feral cats snuggling in one heated cabin this morning.
- 30 — For today’s moment of cuteness, an animated GIF of one of our feral cats scratching a tree.
- 30 — Remember that I’m currently giving away Time Out, to help you work from home: get the full features at no cost, no strings attached. Everyone deserves the best break reminder app for macOS. Please RT and share!
- 30 — The Mac App Store is featuring apps for working from home, including Dejal Time Out, plus it is the Featured App of the day!
- 29 — I’m sure you all know by now, but wanted to mention again, just in case: I’m currently giving away my macOS break reminder app, Time Out. No strings attached. Tell your friends!
- 29 — Our ancient indoor cat tower (or “tree”) was slowly disintegrating, so we recently replaced it with a new one. Pippin- and Paladin-approved.
- 28 — On the homestead blog this week, some alien cat sightings, some GIFs comparing the twins, and some cat snuggles. #Caturday 🐈
- 28 — A moment of cuteness from the afternoon rounds yesterday: while collecting eggs from the chickens, the ducks came over to say hi, and Rory was a good girl, just sitting and not trying to get to them. 🦆🐕
- 27 — On the homestead blog, this week was a busy one for the flock, with a possible first duck egg, me wading in the pond, broody chickens, and the heron and a flock of geese visiting. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 27 — Well, darn. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival just announced that they are delaying the season till the fall, due to COVID-19. We were going to attend in May and August; May was looking extremely unlikely, but now August is out too. We might still go to Ashland then if things are settled down by then, though who knows what the world will be like then.
- 27 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: eleven geese took an hour break from their migration in our pond. Our ducks were curious.
- 26 — I’ve never been a big fan of crowds, but the pictures in my previous post of people packed into the stadium almost makes me feel ill in these social distancing times. Quite the decade this month has been.
- 26 — It’s Thursday, so that means it’s time for a throwback post. The next one in my queue was when the Padres and Mariners visited Portland’s PGE Park in 2002. Which is no longer a baseball field. And remember when people went to games in the Before Times? #ThrowbackThursday
- 26 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Paladin daintily asleep on an office chair. 🐈
- 25 — A moment of cuteness of a different sort: tree blossoms with water droplets by the pond.
- 24 — On the homestead blog: now that Spring has sprung, it’s time to repair some of the broken garden plumbing that inevitably occurs.
- 24 — Today’s moment of cuteness: Rory enjoying her cot on the deck on the first day of Spring. 🐕
- 23 — Oregon now has a shelter-in-place order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. #StayHomeSaveLives
- 23 — On the homestead blog: installed a weather station to help with the greenhouse, and for more local weather conditions.
- 23 — I waded into the pond to clean and start the pump. While I was there, I captured this video of the ducks swimming around me. Two minutes of cuteness; listen to their quacking!
- 22 — Today’s moment of cuteness: a GIF of a Steller's Jay drinking from the feral cats' heated water dish (captured via Camect’s handy GIF export).
- 21 — On the homestead blog this week, a new alien cat, a jay landing, and assorted cute cats. #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — On the homestead blog this week, the ducks walked across the back lawn to meet me a few times, the chickens got their favorite treat, the heron visited again, and more. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 20 — On the Dejus YouTube channel, a minute of cuteness: A video of our ducks following me on the path to the duck house, quacking at me for treats, then silence as they gobble them up. 🦆
- 19 — A cute throwback picture from 2002: our three cats at the time, Pandora, Pixel, and Piwhacket, looking out the sliding glass door of our US apartment. 🐈 #ThrowbackThursday
- 19 — Today’s moment of cuteness: a GIF of our ducks following me down the path. 🦆
- 18 — On the Dejal blog: to help people new to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m giving everyone a free 3-month Time Out supporter status.
- 18 — We could all use more joy at present, so I think I’ll post a moment of cuteness each day. Here’s Paladin in a cardboard nest. 🐈
- 18 — Since the new iPad keyboard with trackpad won’t be available until May, and I prefer to use my iPad with a keyboard, I dug out an old 2009 keyboard to use in the meantime, which should work with it.
- 18 — Excited to see that Apple released a new iPad Pro today, and announced a keyboard with trackpad, coming in May. I’m still using a 2015 model, and have been waiting for years for an update, so that was an insta-buy for me. I’m keen to get the keyboard, too.
- 17 — Happy St Patrick’s Day! We enjoyed some homemade soda bread plus slow-cooker corned beef, carrots, and spuds. ☘️
- 17 — Sigh… if it weren’t for this pesky virus, we’d be headed to NZ today. With NZ requiring 14-days self-isolation on arrival, I bet the plane will be mostly empty, just Kiwis returning home.
- 17 — Paladin and Rory just hanging out together. 🐈 🐕
- 16 — A new wool pompom ball for Paladin. He loves playing with and carrying around such lightweight balls. 🐈
- 15 — On the homestead blog: aerial pictures of snowy trees and landscaping. 🚁❄️
- 14 — Celebrating Pi day with some homemade chocolate pie.
- 14 — On the homestead blog: while you could all use cute pictures of ducks and chickens this week, everyone knows that cats rule the internet for cuteness. On to #Caturday! 🐈
- 14 — As many people have pointed out, and I just want to note on my blog, New Zealand will be instituting very strict restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including requiring 14 days of self-isolation for all arrivals. So we are very glad that we made the decision to postpone our trip.
- 13 — Flock Friday bonus: it’s snowing! Visit the homestead blog for two animated GIFs of snow over the pond, the first without ducks, the second with.
- 13 — On the homestead blog this week, I bet you could use pictures of cute chickens and ducks, eh? #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 13 — I just canceled my hotel reservation for San Jose for WWDC week. Another sad cancelation, not getting to do the usual meetups and podcast live shows of that week. But at least Apple has announced an online-only WWDC this year.
- 12 — As previously mentioned, we were scheduled to visit New Zealand next week. After much agonizing, we decided to postpone our trip. It was a tough decision, but we feel we don't have much choice given the current and developing situation, and the health risks to all involved, especially my mother.
- 12 — My new iMac G4 in 2002. Such a great design. #ThrowbackThursday
- 11 — Help me out, folks. This time next week, my wife and I are scheduled to be in New Zealand, to visit my family and tour the South Island, celebrating our 25th anniversary. A trip (from the US) that we booked six months ago.
- 11 — On the homestead blog: care to join me for a stroll through the woods? 🌲🌳🌲
- 10 — On the Dejal blog: perhaps a fitting time; the Chicken GIFs sticker pack has been removed from the iMessage app store, on the day our last Rhode Island Red chicken died.
- 10 — On the homestead blog: the last of our Rhode Island Red chickens, hatched in April 2015, died last night. Rest in peace, Red. 🐓
- 10 — Yesterday I took the blade guards off my DJI Mavic Mini drone. (I still have the stickers reminding me how to unfold the arms, since I haven’t done that very often yet; I’ll remove those soon.) 🚁
- 9 — Ice spires in dirt. ❄️
- 8 — A mossy rock on the hidden path by the pond.
- 7 — Hey there. 🐈
- 7 — On the homestead blog: this week, one GIF, some pictures with Pumpkin, a glimpse of my drone, etc. #Caturday 🐈
- 6 — On the homestead blog: clean mowers.
- 6 — On the homestead blog: a couple of times this week, the ducks walked across the back lawn to visit me by the chicken coop. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — On the homestead blog: more drone pictures, flying high and low.
- 5 — Sure looks like it’s going to be Joe vs the volcano.
- 5 — Our super-fancy entertainment system back in 2002. #ThrowbackThursday
- 4 — A video on the Dejus YouTube channel: ducks by the chicken run.
- 4 — I know it’s not Friday yet, but I thought I’d share this early. A couple times this week, the ducks have left the pond to come see me on my morning rounds. A video coming soon, and more pictures in my next Flock Friday post. 🦆🐓
- 4 — On the homestead blog: a post summarizing a couple of summaries of greenhouse shelving and berry cage projects.
- 3 — Congratulations to FCCO on their 25th anniversary! A wonderful service helping spay and neuter over 100,000 feral, stray, and pet cats in Oregon, including the ones we care for a couple years ago. 🐈
- 2 — The finished chocolate banana bread loaves.
- 2 — What do you do when making a double batch of chocolate banana bread, and you realize there aren’t any eggs in the house? Why, go out to the chicken coop and get some freshly laid ones, of course.
- 2 — A sign of impending spring: crocus flowers.
- 1 — On the homestead blog: no doubt the first of many posts of aerial photos from my new drone.
- 1 — The word for day 30 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “vision”. Cats have excellent night vision, so are often active after dark. And this concludes the photo challenge! That was fun. #mbfeb
February (59)
- 29 — On the homestead blog this Caturday, some wildlife visitors and increased use of cozy accommodations. #Caturday 🐈
- 29 — The word for day 29 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “leap”. Here’s a crop from a cam capture of a cat leaping from a pole; climbing down the hard way (see my Caturday post, coming soon, for more). 🐈 #mbfeb
- 28 — As mentioned this morning, I got a new drone, a DJI Mavic Mini. It’s a small, lightweight drone with some nice features like GPS and gimbaled camera. Here are a bunch of pictures of the drone, and a few initial pictures taken from it.
- 28 — On the homestead blog this Flock Friday, zooming in on ducks and out to aerial pictures of the pond, and more. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 28 — The word for day 28 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “below”. Hey down below: an aerial view of me on my back lawn, taken by my new drone (more on that later). #mbfeb
- 27 — When we first moved to the US in 2001, we attended some Mariners baseball games at what was then Safeco Field in Seattle. #ThrowbackThursday ⚾️
- 27 — The word for day 27 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “together”. Paladin and Rory hanging out together by the back door. 🐈 🐕 #mbfeb
- 26 — The word for day 26 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “escape”. A magical key that people love on the new MacBook Pro 16”: the Escape key. #mbfeb
- 25 — The word for day 25 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “hurdle”. The wooden garden benches tend to tip onto their backs in the winter winds, like knocked over hurdles. The feral cats enjoy playing on them. #mbfeb
- 24 — On the Dejal blog: a Simon tip on creating a service and test to check for an expired website SSL certificate.
- 24 — The word for day 24 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “double”. So of course I thought of the double-decker cats from the latest Caturday post. #mbfeb
- 23 — A bonus “station”: a boxed Mac mini and Airport Extreme base station, also from 2005. Remember when Apple made Wi-Fi routers? (And remember the ad for them?) #mbfeb
- 23 — The word for day 23 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “station”. Here’s Portland’s downtown train station from 2005. I bet this view would be quite different nowadays, since the area in the background has gone through a lot of development. #mbfeb
- 22 — On the homestead blog this week, my first sighting of a coyote, plus some raccoons, and less Pumpkin than usual. #Caturday 🐈
- 22 — The word for day 22 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “spectacle”. Watching Rory lick sour cream off a spoon is quite the spectacle, with slobber and sour cream going everywhere. #mbfeb
- 21 — On the homestead blog this week, the heron returns, a super-exciting stack of food bags and fun egg math, and assorted duck and chicken pics. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 21 — The word for day 21 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “progress”. The daffodils sprouting shows the progress towards spring. #mbfeb
- 20 — After we moved to the US in 2001, we bought a cute Volkswagen New Beetle car. #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — A few more photos from our weekend trip; we stopped at a lookout above the Columbia River where Celilo Falls used to be, before it was flooded for a dam, plus some pics around the Stonehenge memorial.
- 20 — The word for day 20 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “scale”. I’ve just scaled back my wallet from a thick leather one to a new SlimFold wallet (thanks to Marco for the recommendation). #mbfeb
- 19 — After lunch on our Hood River mini vacation, we headed east to the Maryhill Stonehenge, a replica of the original. It was built as a World War I memorial.
- 19 — The word for day 19 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “space”. Here’s a space between stones at a Stonehenge replica from our Hood River trip; more photos of it later. #mbfeb
- 18 — On Saturday during our Hood River mini vacation, Jenn and I did some tastings at a couple of wineries. We were planning to visit more, but felt we had enough after two. We went to Syncline Winery and COR Cellars.
- 18 — On the Dejal blog: Chicken GIFs is heading for the chopping block. Apple is cleaning out apps and other content that haven’t been updated in three years, and Chicken GIFs is one. I have made it completely free until it vanishes; if you want it, get it now! See the blog post for more info.
- 18 — The word for day 18 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “oppose”. I decided not to oppose Apple’s notice that they’ll remove my Chicken GIFs iMessage sticker pack, since it hasn’t been updated in three years. #mbfeb
- 17 — The main reason for our trip to Hood River was to attend the winemaker dinner at our favorite winery, Marchesi Vineyards, along with friends. Some very tasty food and wine, accompanied by words from the winemaker, and Italian arias. An excellent evening.
- 17 — The word for day 17 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “cool”. A frosty window on a cool morning. #mbfeb
- 16 — We just had a little weekend getaway, staying in Hood River, Oregon at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel & Spa. Here are some pictures of the hotel and our room.
- 16 — The word for day 16 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “rest”. Letting my roast potato and Canadian bacon pizza rest for a moment before cutting it and adding dollops of sour cream. Mmm, tasty. #mbfeb
- 15 — On the homestead blog: for this week’s cat update, lots of cuteness, and a bit of drama. But only one GIF. #Caturday 🐈
- 15 — The word for day 15 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “balance”. Like most cats, Paladin has no trouble balancing on the narrow railing. #mbfeb
- 14 — On the homestead blog: this week’s flock update includes pictures of some ducks and some chickens. I know, huge surprise. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 14 — The word for day 14 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “warmth”. With the cold days of winter, Pippin has been enjoying the warmth of his heated bed. #mbfeb
- 13 — When we moved from NZ to the US in 2001, we stayed in a friend’s basement for a few weeks, then found an apartment, and the container ship with some large crates of our possessions arrived. #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — The word for day 13 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “rise”. Since Rory is a tripawd Great Dane, we have her food and water dishes on a riser to make them easier to reach (with another couple below for the cats). #mbfeb
- 12 — The word for day 12 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “attachment”. A very useful attachment on my drill is a quick change bit holder, to easily swap between drill and screw bits. #mbfeb
- 11 — Happy birthday to my wonderful wife, Jenn! (This is a photo from a delightful trip to Jacksonville, Oregon last year.) 🎂
- 11 — The word for day 11 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “plain”. Vanilla ice cream is often considered very plain, but it’s one of my favorites (especially Oregon’s own Tillamook ice cream). #mbfeb
- 10 — The word for day 10 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “sign”. We have a “Slow; Watch for Ferals” sign by our driveway, since our feral cats are often crossing it as they patrol the property. #mbfeb
- 9 — On the homestead blog: the finishing touches on the greenhouse shelving: installing the sink and a second coat of stain. 🔨
- 9 — The word for day 9 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “lull”. Our flag is at rest when there’s a lull in the wind. #mbfeb
- 8 — On the homestead blog: in this week’s cat update, more snow and more GIFs, though half as many as last time. #Caturday 🐈
- 8 — The word for day 8 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “contrast”. From the recent snow day, some contrast between the bright snow and dark snow-free area under the cedar tree. #mbfeb
- 7 — By the way, if you noticed that today's Flock Friday post had a GIF of chickens and want more of that, and use iOS devices, have I got the thing for you: my Chicken GIFs sticker pack for iMessage!
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: today marks the 25th anniversary of Dejal consulting.
- 7 — On the homestead blog: this week, some pictures of the chickens and ducks with a bit more snow, the fish a bit more active, and a bit of a dust bath. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 7 — The word for day 7 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “above”. Here’s a photo from WWDC week in San Jose, of a plane flying above the city on the way to the airport. #mbfeb
- 6 — Fun fact: for the first 40 years of my life I was a teetotaler, but I eventually changed my policy, and 10 years ago today I had my first alcohol ever: half a glass of this NZ wine. #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — The word for day 6 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “plant”. Here are some daffodils starting to sprout, amongst the first flowery plants emerging as we head towards spring. #mbfeb
- 5 — A couple bonus “hide” photos: the hidden path by the pond, from the recent snow day. #mbfeb
- 5 — The word for day 5 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “hide”. Here’s Poppy hidden under the stacked deck furniture in our gazebo. #mbfeb
- 4 — On the homestead blog: staining and installing the greenhouse shelving. 🔨
- 4 — The word for day 4 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “spot”. I’ve added a few more stickers on my 16” MacBook Pro, and it’s becoming increasingly hard to find a clear spot. (New ones are Daring Fireball, Hypercritical, and Turn Touch.) #mbfeb
- 3 — On the homestead blog: let’s take a stroll around the property and look at the snow this morning. ❄️
- 3 — Another “reflect” picture, this time from today: snowy trees reflecting off our pond. #mbfeb
- 3 — The word for day 3 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “reflect”. This is one of my favorite photos of Crater Lake in southern Oregon, with a mirror-like reflection (actually taken in 2009). #mbfeb
- 2 — The word for day 2 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “sight”. Cats have excellent night sight. Here’s Bella and Poppy by the breezeway shelter, looking alertly after hearing something to disturb their snuggles. #mbfeb 🐈
- 1 — I post a photo every day anyway, but thought it could be fun to participate in the Micro.blog photo challenge too. The word for day 1 is “open”. So here's an open flower from last summer. #mbfeb
- 1 — On the homestead blog: experimenting with multiple GIFs in this week's cat update. #Caturday 🐈
January (41)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update includes a peek inside the chicken coops at night, and an animated GIF of the ducks. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 30 — Another stop on our way up the coast in April 2001: the giant redwoods (including the Drive-Thru Tree). #ThrowbackThursday
- 29 — With the recent 10th anniversary of the iPad introduction, I was just thinking about my current one, the first generation iPad Pro 12.9", purchased in November 2015 (along with the Logitech keyboard case).
- 29 — One of the two stone bridges over our backyard stream. The pump is currently switched off for the winter.
- 28 — Nice, Dejal Time Out is currently included in the top feature in the US Mac App Store, along with three other great apps to help you focus and de-stress.
- 28 — A recent pizza I made featuring leftover roast potatoes, Canadian bacon, and sour cream. Very tasty. 🍕
- 27 — On the homestead blog: building the right-hand shelves for the greenhouse. 🔨
- 26 — On the homestead blog: added top feeders to all beehives. 🐝
- 25 — On the homestead blog: this week’s cat update is a bit different: in addition to the usual selection of interesting pictures and comments, it includes an animated GIF of all photos captured this week. Check it out, and let me know if you like that. #Caturday 🐈
- 24 — On the homestead blog: this week in the flock update, chickens in the veggie garden and coops, and ducks in the pond. You know, the usual. Plus a bonus Rory sighting. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 23 — Continuing my throwback story, we stopped in San Francisco on our way up the coast in April 2001, and did touristy things like riding the cable cars. #ThrowbackThursday
- 22 — There was some recent conversation on Micro.blog about the trees on the east side of our property. Here’s a view from near our boundary, looking up the hill at some of the trees.
- 21 — Happy to see our bees out and about (and still alive) as the weather warms up a bit. 🐝
- 21 — On the Dejal blog: introducing the r/Dejal subreddit.
- 21 — Listening to the Release Notes podcast, I was sad to hear @DazeEnd and @joec say they don’t plan to hold another conference this year (and possibly ever); I really enjoyed attending last year. But I totally understand their reasoning.
- 20 — On the homestead blog: starting building greenhouse shelving. 🔨
- 19 — On the homestead blog: now that it’s all gone, some pictures of our recent dusting of snow. ❄️
- 18 — On the homestead blog: your cat update this week includes the trials and successes of Bella, birds making poor life choices, and cold wet stuff. Read the post for more! #Caturday 🐈
- 17 — On the homestead blog: this week, the ducks get to practice walking on the ice again, and more snow, in your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 16 — After moving to the US in April 2001, we got a rental car and drove from LA up the west coast, visiting Hearst Castle on the way. #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — On the homestead blog: added a new cat shelter in the breezeway. 🐈
- 14 — For the past four nights, I made small individual pizzas for my dinners, from the amount of dough I’d normally use for one pizza, but split into four portions. 🍕
- 13 — I usually add a Dejal sticker or two on my devices, but decided to add a bunch more on my new MacBook Pro 16”. Included here are SheetPlanner, Dejal, Time Out, The Incomparable, Upgrade, Alt Conf, Micro.blog, and ATP.
- 12 — I’m taking a break from Facebook at present (for the last week). I still go there to cross-post my Dejus posts, since I’m not aware of a way to automatically do that (like I do with Twitter via Micro.blog), but not reading anything there. While it is the main channel for news from family, I just got sick of the ads and other sketchy content, and felt I needed a break. I’ll probably resume at some point, since I don’t imagine I can convince my family to move to a more pleasant social network like Micro.blog.
- 12 — Rory and Pippin by the fireplace. 🐕🐈
- 11 — On the homestead blog: using the cat house a bit more, Paladout becoming accepted, Pumpkin and Bella not so much, a little snow, and more in your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 10 — I just made my first banana bread loaves, including chocolate chips. Turned out alright for a first try, though there are definitely things I could improve. 🍌🍞
- 10 — On the homestead blog: treats and snow in your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓❄️
- 9 — It wasn’t in the forecast, but last night we had a little preview of snow, that is still lingering this morning. Expecting more next week. ❄️
- 9 — In April 2001 Jenn and I moved from NZ to the US. We landed in Los Angeles, so of course we had to visit Disneyland. #ThrowbackThursday
- 8 — For the first time leaving the homestead this decade, I had a dental cleaning, then dropped off a package at the UPS store, Subway for lunch, feed store for chicken/duck/bird food, gas store for the truck’s food, and the post office to clear out the junk mail from the PO box. That’ll do me for a month or so.
- 7 — A small Japanese lantern by the small pond, with the cat house in the background.
- 6 — On the Dejal blog: Dejal 2020 vision (sorry not sorry).
- 6 — Think I have enough screens? In the back, old iMac showing cameras, new iMac with Xcode, and Jenn’s iMac; in front, iPad Pro with social media (Micro.blog here), old iPad mini with another camera, iPhone Qi charger, and MacBook Pro with OmniFocus notes.
- 5 — Paladin alertly watching from on high; his perch above the kitchen cabinets. 🐈
- 4 — On the homestead blog: some more back door tweaks in your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 3 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 2 — I sell my Dejal Time Out app via a supporter model, and like to help support other creators that I enjoy.
- 2 — Something a little different for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday: some of my favorite photos from 2019. I have picked one photo from each month; sometimes just because I like it, sometimes as a reminder of a trip, or other reasons.
- 1 — On the Dejal blog: Dejal decade in review, 2010-2019.
- 1 — Happy New Year! 🥂🎊🥳🎉
2019
December (39)
- 31 — On the Dejal blog: featured blog posts of 2019.
- 31 — A Christmas present from Jenn, a router table, to make it easier to do fancy beveled edges and such in my woodworking projects. 🔨
- 30 — On the way home yesterday, hundreds of Canadian geese having a pitstop on the side of the road.
- 29 — Heading home with non-stop panting from the back seat. 🐕
- 28 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 27 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 26 — Our first Christmas tree, in 1994. 🎄 #ThrowbackThursday
- 25 — Merry Christmas and happy holly-days! A holly shrub near our pond. 🎄
- 24 — On the homestead blog: adding a back door to the cat feeder. 🔨🐈
- 24 — Some funky frost spires in a patch of dirt on the lawn. ❄️
- 23 — Spinning garden art (animated GIF).
- 22 — My no-knead bread recipe:
- 22 — Somewhat misshapen, but tasty bread from last night.
- 21 — On the homestead blog: some drama and changes in your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — That was quicker than predicted… the power is back on again, an hour and a half after going off. 🔌
- 20 — I feel powerless... in an electrical sense. Shortly after publishing my Flock Friday post, we lost power. I'm more surprised that it lasted that long, with all the wind we've been having. There are a lot of trees around us, with overhead power lines, so a tree falling on a line takes it out.
- 20 — On the homestead blog: an assortment of ducks, chickens, and hummingbirds in your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 19 — On the Dejus YouTube channel, a slow-mo video of eight hummingbirds at the feeders, plus one hummer using its beak and feet to dislodge two others.
- 19 — My last school photo, of the entire 7th form, from 1987. I’m in the middle of the second-from-top row (tap or click the photo to see full-sized). #ThrowbackThursday
- 18 — It’s below freezing overnight, so our pond is partially frozen. Here’s a peek from the secret path, plus a bonus shot of the ice from the other side.
- 17 — Oops… I noticed that the pipe for the deck mister froze and burst. I forgot to open the valve to let the water drain out when I turned off the water for the winter. I’ll have to replace that in spring before turning on the water again. Seems like an annual tradition to repair at least one outdoor pipe.
- 16 — Our clothes washer had multiple issues, so it was time to replace it. We got a new LG washer and matching dryer, plus a cute little second washer that goes underneath the main one like a drawer (and a regular drawer under the dryer).
- 15 — Friday’s pepperoni pizza, with a delightfully puffy crust. Preparing the dough the day before really helps. 🍕
- 14 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with a bunch of Pumpkin and Paladout. #Caturday 🐈
- 13 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update, with some chicken excitement! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 12 — To conclude my throwback series of pictures from living in New Zealand, here are some shots of the Auckland region from January 2001, shortly before we moved to the US. #ThrowbackThursday
- 11 — The almost-full moon rising over the trees.
- 10 — I set up the two holiday light projectors yesterday. They flood the walls of our house with red and green patterns. A simple but effective holiday decoration; much easier than stringing bulbs. 🎄
- 9 — With my new MacBook Pro 16”, I’m a part-time resident of Dongletown, so I got a dongle case to carry them.
- 8 — Today I got a powerful new feature working in my Dejal Simon app. Too soon to talk about it, but I was excited and wanted to share, even if as a vague-post.
- 8 — On the homestead blog: building a platform for cat cabins. 🔨
- 7 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with a new thing for the cats. #Caturday 🐈
- 6 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update, with some sad news. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — In October 2000 we sold our NZ house in preparation for moving to the US, and temporarily moved into a small apartment on Prince’s Wharf. We quite enjoyed the downtown lifestyle for those few months. (Our apartment didn’t have a water view, though; it was in the middle of two buildings). #ThrowbackThursday
- 4 — A little festive cheer in the living room.
- 3 — The sun peeking over our white gazebo.
- 2 — My shiny new MacBook Pro 16” just arrived! 💻
- 1 — (Since this is the first non-themed day on my blogs since Thanksgiving, here goes:) our Thanksgiving feast, with fancier tableware than usual, and plenty of tasty food. We’ll be eating the leftovers for a while yet.
- 1 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Ducks On Ice. The ducks sliding around on the frozen pond, inside their house, and swimming in the non-frozen water by the fountain pump. ❄️🦆❄️
November (37)
- 30 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 29 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Ducks walking on and falling through ice. Our pond mostly froze today, and our ducks walked on the ice for the first time, with mixed success. ❄️ 🦆❄️
- 29 — I pulled the trigger on the MacBook Pro 16” plus an assortment of dongles. I hope I don’t regret it!
- 29 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 28 — Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for lots of things, including my blog followers, customers, friends, and family. It’s still a Thursday, so here’s our turkey from 2015. #ThrowbackThursday 🦃
- 27 — The weathervane on top of our chicken coop.
- 26 — I feel my resistance breaking down... I am very tempted by the MacBook Pro 16”, and today my aging non-retina MacBook Air (2014) was starting to act flaky... and Jenn keeps saying I should buy the 16 for our big trip next year. I’m feeling a big purchase on Black Friday is increasingly likely. I use an iMac as my main machine, so don’t really need a powerful laptop most of the time… but it would be a nice upgrade for those times I do.
- 26 — Rory is at daycare today, getting a bath and playtime. Here’s her from evening rounds a couple of days ago, when she saw a deer. 🐕🦌
- 25 — Installed new under-cabinet lights in the kitchen, to replace the older light strips that kept cutting out.
- 24 — A bunch of tiny mushrooms growing in the grass.
- 23 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 22 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 21 — A high school photo from 1986. I’m in the middle, next to my best friend Donald (with his eyes closed). #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — Peeling bark.
- 19 — Shiny boiled eggs, fresh from our chickens. 🥚
- 18 — Paladin didn’t realize that Jenn’s iPhone uses FaceID, not PawID. 📱🐈
- 17 — Barcode doormat.
- 16 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 15 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 14 — A more recent event for this week’s throwback: three years ago we bought our truck, a "2016 Chevy Colorado 4WD Z71 Crew Long Box, V6 Automatic in Laser Blue”. It’s been very handy for hauling lumber, feed supplies, furniture, and more. #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — Congratulations to Jenn for passing her exam (with 99%) and meeting the other qualifications. She is now a certified Apprentice Beekeeper!
- 13 — The gray ones on a gray rainy day. 🐕 🐈
- 12 — On the Dejal blog: SheetPlanner 1.2 is now being beta tested. Want to help?
- 12 — A mossy rock by our pond, with a duck in the background.
- 11 — Flowergirl fountain statue glowing in the sun.
- 11 — Added support for system dark mode on the Dejus blog, thanks to a prompt by @yorrike. It isn’t perfect, but seems a reasonable start. Let me know if you spot any egregious issues.
- 10 — Another thing we did yesterday was go to IKEA to buy a new bed or fold-out couch for Jenn’s office, to replace an uncomfortable couch (that the cats helped us remove). We ended up getting a nice daybed, so we now have a king-size guest bed in there.
- 9 — Wine tasting, antipasto platter lunch, and club pickup at Marchesi Vineyards!
- 9 — On the homestead blog: a Caturday from the road. 🐈 #Caturday
- 8 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update, with the chickens in the veggie garden and more! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 7 — So, remember my Throwback series of low-res photos of our New Zealand house? Here are some real estate pics from a few years ago, showing how much it changed since then. Subsequent owners removed my pond, but check out the size of those palm trees! #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — On the homestead blog: wading in the pond to clean the fountain pump.
- 5 — Shady overflow channel at the back of our pond.
- 4 — Ceramic pukeko garden ornaments. (Made by Kevin Kilsby in NZ.)
- 3 — This morning I whipped up a dirt sifter out of a 2x4, a bit of hardware cloth, and other scraps of lumber, to enable things like more easily harvesting potatoes. 🔨
- 2 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with the return of the old shelter, and more! #Caturday 🐈
- 1 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. The key to posting every day is a routine! #mbnov #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
October (54)
- 31 — A special throwback for Halloween: carved pumpkins from 2002, with my old Dejal logo, and Jenn’s Jidabug face. 🎃 #ThrowbackThursday
- 30 — It’s below freezing overnight now, so I’ve put out the hummingbird feeder heater, the heated dog bowl, and the heated cat bowl. Plus the chickens and ducks have water heaters, too, all to prevent the water from freezing. ❄️
- 30 — On the homestead blog: added a couple more project summaries, about the greenhouse and trees.
- 29 — A bee. 🐝
- 28 — Fascinating patterns of frost on the car this morning. ❄️
- 27 — Sunny weather yesterday, then clouds rolled in, a rainbow, a crash of thunder, hailstones, and heavy rain. This morning, below freezing and clear. ☀️🌈⛈❄️
- 26 — Another bonus Caturday post of a goofy Paladin. 🐈
- 26 — Bonus Caturday post with closeups of Pippin. 🐈
- 26 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 25 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 24 — For the final post in my throwback series of low-res pictures from our NZ house, some front yard landscaping from the year 2000, putting in flowerbeds, and replacing the grass with more beds and paths. #ThrowbackThursday
- 24 — On the homestead blog: I couldn’t resist; I made a new animated GIF of four cats outside.
- 23 — Using a pond rake, that has a float attached, to scoop out a bunch of leaves from our pond. Leaves are a natural part of the ecosystem, but they reduce the oxygen in the pond as they break down, which isn’t great for the fish.
- 22 — Silhouetted trees at sunset. 🌲🌅🌲
- 21 — A deer enjoying the grass behind the workshop.
- 21 — On the homestead blog: another animated GIF, this time of three cats in the feeder.
- 20 — Rory and Paladin, watching hummingbirds out the window. 🐕🐈
- 20 — On the homestead blog: an animated GIF of last night in the cat shelter, with Poppy, Bella, and Pumpkin.
- 19 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with some unusual photos. #Caturday 🐈
- 19 — It’s rainy, so back to cooking pizzas in the indoor oven. 🍕
- 18 — On the homestead blog, I make a totally shocking confession in your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 17 — For the penultimate post in my throwback series of low-res pictures from our NZ house, some backyard landscaping from the year 2000. #ThrowbackThursday
- 16 — On the Dejal blog, a new Time Out tip: adding a break to the calendar.
- 16 — Back of the pond, with more fall foliage, and ducks. The pond gets covered with leaves at this time of the year. 🍂🦆
- 15 — Fallen leaves. 🍁🍂
- 14 — The pool deck extension without the swimming pool.
- 13 — On the Dejal blog: just published issue 78 of the DejalNews newsletter.
- 13 — On the homestead blog: measuring tree heights. (Here’s the spreadsheet; see the post for an explanation and pictures of each of the trees.) 🌲🌳📐
- 13 — On the Dejal blog, a Time Out tip: how can I stop the window appearing after restarting my Mac?
- 13 — Fall leaves by the pond. 🍂
- 12 — Another weekly tradition on the homestead blog: checking in on the feral cats we care for, in your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 11 — For those new to following me, every Friday I do a post on my homestead blog with several pictures of our ducks and chickens (and sometimes wild birds): your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 10 — Continuing my throwback series of low-res pictures from our NZ house: I’ve always been a fan of ponds and waterfalls, and built one at our first house in 1999. #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — Much appreciation to the best mother-in-law in the world for taking care of our house, Rory, Paladin, Pippin, the feral cats, the ducks, and the chickens while we were away in Cancun. As much as we enjoy caring for all those animals, they do make travel difficult, so we’re very thankful Mom was able to help us.
- 9 — Nothing says welcome home from Cancun like a hail storm.
- 8 — See all of my posts related to our trip to Mexico for the Release Notes conference, in order.
- 8 — To complete the set on our trip to Mexico for the excellent Release Notes conference, the last dinner at the resort, plus Margaritaville beverages at the airport, and business/first class airline food on the way home.
- 7 — Alrighty, one last post from Mexico before heading home: some towel and rose petal art.
- 6 — We spent the morning in a cabana at the beach again, sipping tasty beverages, then relaxed on our room's balcony, coincidentally when it started raining. The sky is sad that we head home tomorrow, and so are we.
- 6 — Via @DazeEnd, a great turnout at the Micro.blog meetup during the Release Notes conference.
- 6 — Oh yeah, we're also in Cancun for the Release Notes conference. Here are yesterday's excellent speakers, plus the closing dinner. Definitely the most relaxing conference I've ever been to, with fascinating talks and interesting conversations with successful and beginning developers, writers, and others in our industry.
- 6 — Memo to self: just because we didn't have problems with mosquitos last time we were in in Cancun, doesn't mean we won't another time. Everyone has been suffering lots of bites.
- 6 — Some breakfasts at the resort.
- 6 — Me enjoying a beverage in our private rooftop pool, plus the view of the beach, and a couple of sunsets.
- 6 — Some wildlife seen at the Cancun resort: an iguana, plus frigate and grackle birds.
- 5 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, recorded before heading to Cancun. #Caturday 🐈
- 4 — Last night, the Release Notes conference started with an opening reception, followed by a marshmallow "bonfire" on the beach. Then three interesting talks today, with plenty of time for chatting with others, and a group lunch and (soon) dinner.
- 4 — Yesterday we spent most of the day lazing in a cabana on the beach, with periodic delivery of margaritas and lunch. Such a tough life.
- 4 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update (previously-scheduled, while I'm attending the Release Notes conference and relaxing in Cancun). #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 3 — Tapas for dinner followed by relaxing on the roof lounger last night, and room service on the balcony for breakfast. Yep, I'm going to do lots of short posts during this trip.
- 3 — Our room at the resort; two stories, with a pool on the roof.
- 3 — We're now in Cancún for the Release Notes conference, with a vacation day on either side. Yesterday was the travel day, starting by waking up at 01:30 to head to the airport for about 7 hours of flights. But first/business is the way to go.
- 2 — Hello Cancún.
- 1 — A young apple tree in our field, with its first two small apples.
September (45)
- 30 — Pack has gone dark; Dejal Pack 2.1 supports iOS 13 and dark mode, plus tags improvements.
- 30 — This morning was cold enough to turn on the gas fireplace for the first time this season. Really looking forward to Cancún!
- 30 — In a couple of days Jenn and I will be heading to Cancún for the Release Notes conference put on by Joe and Charles! Not too late if you want to attend. Say hi if you see me there, and I'll give you Dejal stickers; just look for the beard.
- 29 — Daylilies.
- 28 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 27 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 26 — Another picture from our NZ house: me mowing the front lawn for the first time, in 1998. Plus a bonus pic of bringing a tree home, sticking out the sunroof of our car, from 1999. #ThrowbackThursday
- 25 — Following up from yesterday’s picture, here’s the swimming pool liner folded up on the cart, about to go away in the workshop. See you in July!
- 24 — Goodbye swimming pool.
- 23 — On the Dejal blog, a Time Out tip: using a fixed image or blog for a break theme.
- 23 — Bees in the top feeder. Check out that tongue! 🐝
- 22 — Summer’s over; time to drain and put away the swimming pool. Didn’t get very many swims this year; seemed like a brief and cool summer, with only a few hot days.
- 21 — New glasses, who dis?
- 21 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 20 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 20 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Hummingbirds and a wasp: standing outside a couple of feet from a popular hummingbird feeder, that was also being visited by a wasp. Listen to the hummingbird chirping.
- 19 — Some more low-res pictures from our NZ house: landscaping in 1998 and 1999. #ThrowbackThursday
- 18 — A grasshopper on the window.
- 18 — On the homestead blog: Added cat house, electrical, shop, beekeeping, plumbing, and chicken run project summaries. Check them out for a quick way to see pictures and info about each of my homestead projects.
- 17 — A bunch of apples on one of the two big apple trees behind our shop. 🍎🌳
- 16 — The first day of fall (autumnal equinox) is officially in a week, but some trees are already doing their thing. So I put my homemade netting cover over the small pond, to stop it filling up with leaves. 🍂
- 15 — On the homestead blog: beehive inspection cloths. 🐝
- 14 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 14 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: chicken chase; one of our chickens, Kiwi, finds a slug, and the others chase her around the chicken run for several minutes. (No sound.)
- 13 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 13 — On the Dejus YouTube channel, a video of our young chickens curiously clucking. 🐓📹
- 13 — Waking up at 05:00 to confirm the Upgrade Program preorder of my iPhone 11 Pro Max (256 GB, midnight green) is much easier for me than midnight. I often wake up at 05:00 anyway. But hey, noon would be even better. Anyway, done; delivers Sep 27 - Oct 1.
- 12 — On the homestead blog: Greetings, your majesty: an animated GIF of the marked queen bee from our yellow hive.
- 12 — Three shots of the Auckland Sky Tower nearing completion, from 1998. #ThrowbackThursday
- 12 — Great news! Dejal Time Out is now included in Setapp, the Netflix for Mac apps. Check it out!
- 11 — Something fun: I captured 38 pictures of the inside of the cat house last night, and stitched them together into an animated GIF, somewhat like a time-lapse (but the intervals between each frame aren’t evenly spaced).
- 11 — Daylily.
- 10 — A teaser for Flock Friday; look who visited our pond.
- 9 — On the homestead blog: honey extraction, comb honey, and chunk honey. 🍯
- 9 — Today I learned: “malacophily” is apparently pollination by snails. Who knew?! I discovered that thanks to the “Random Word” theme in my Time Out app, which shows a different word and definition for each break.
- 8 — Deck lights at sunset.
- 7 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 6 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 5 — Continuing my Throwback Thursday series on the house we had built in NZ in 1998, an old map of Albany that doesn’t have the subdivision (house location marked with an X near the center) or other developments, plus a news article and aerial shot of the area. #ThrowbackThursday
- 4 — Paladin being cute in his crinkle tunnel. How shocking. 🐈
- 3 — On the homestead blog: two years ago, surprise kittens (more pictures in the post). 🐈
- 2 — A little update of Dejal Time Out, to version 2.6.1.
- 2 — Tonight's pizza in the Ooni oven.
- 2 — Me using Rory as an ottoman on the deck. As far as she is concerned, all pats are good pats.
- 1 — Yesterday we attended the Oregon State Fair. We’re not into the rides, but enjoyed looking at the animals and crafts, and eating bad food. Didn’t have anything fried on a stick, but I did have a dubious “pizza cone” and curly fries, and we shared a sundae. Here are a bunch of pictures from the fair.
August (51)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 30 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 29 — Some more low-res pictures of the house we had built in NZ: driveway and patio construction from 1998. #ThrowbackThursday
- 28 — This morning’s harvest: the first of the roma tomatoes, plus cherry tomatoes, lots more strawberries, and some corn. 🍅🍓🌽
- 27 — Last night we enjoyed sitting on the new pool deck with our feet in the pool. It hasn’t been swimming weather for the last few weeks, but with it heating up again, we’re looking forward to another swim.
- 26 — On the homestead blog: honey processing, top feeder, queen cage, nucs. 🍯🐝
- 25 — Harvesting the everbearing strawberries; still going strong. 🍓
- 24 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
- 23 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 22 — I haven’t posted a school photo in a while. Here’s one from 1985, when I was about 16. I’m the one with glasses in the back row, second from right (and my best friend at school, Donald, is on the left of that row). #ThrowbackThursday
- 21 — On the homestead blog: a post summarizing summaries of projects. Want a convenient place to see my various construction projects? Enjoy!
- 21 — I run our portable generator for a little while every three months, to keep it in working order. We’ve never used it during a power cut, but it’s nice to have, just in case.
- 20 — I feel like I’m always posting pictures of Rory and Paladin, but it’s been almost two weeks since the last one… so here are three: Rory and Paladin looking the same size, dainty puppy, and enjoying a sunbeam. You’re welcome. 🐕🐈
- 19 — Tonight’s pizzas out of the Ooni Koda pizza oven: a margherita for me, and a pepperoni for Jenn. 🍕
- 19 — On the homestead blog: beehive inspection, harvest, treatment, requeening, an epic three-hour (plus half hour the next day) session at the hives to collect lots of honey, inspect, treat, and replace a couple of aging queen bees.
- 19 — Congratulations to @aleen for the release of the App Launch Map Field Guide! I’ve been in the app development business for a couple of decades, but this was still an insta-purchase for me; I can always use more help in getting the word out about my apps.
- 19 — The everbearing strawberries keep on coming. Plus a bunch of zucchinis (gave some bigger ones to the chickens), and some cherry tomatoes buried at the bottom. The roma tomatoes are starting to ripen, too.
- 18 — Congratulations to Stephen and Myke of Relay FM on their five year anniversary! My favo(u)rite podcast network; I listen to numerous of their shows, and am a member (highly recommended, if only for all the bonus content).
- 18 — I’ve decided to stop using the #dejus365 hashtag on my daily photo posts, since hashtags are a bit out-of-place on my favorite social platform, Micro.blog, and I don’t see sufficient benefit in using it. I still plan to post at least one photo every day.
- 18 — Our deck at dusk, with the movie screen (pretty much only used during our annual party), new gazebo, new pool deck extension, swimming pool, and various lights and lanterns. #dejus365
- 17 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 16 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 16 — Apple now supports reading their feature stories on the web, so I can link to their story on my Time Out app. (It may still open the Mac App Store, if viewed on a Mac, but the full story is also visible in the web page.)
- 16 — A fascinating and insightful discussion on the Tumblr acquisition by Automattic on one of my favorite podcasts, Core Intuition. I recommend giving a listen if you're interested.
- 15 — For day 11 of @macgenie’s photo challenge, and Throwback Thursday: gratitude for the beauty of nature. Here’s Crater Lake in southern Oregon from 2009. The bluest blue you’ll ever see. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 14 — The Paladin Sentry System is always on guard. 🐈👮♂️
- 14 — Paladin in a tunnel toy, looking like some sort of sci-fi spaceship controller or something. #dejus365 🐈
- 14 — For day 10 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: shadows of Jenn and her friends hanging out together in 2003.
- 13 — Some veggies harvested from the garden this morning: strawberries (still going), blueberries, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes (just starting). #dejus365
- 13 — For day 9 of @macgenie’s photo challenge, the persistence of weeds growing in any crack in the driveway. Spray them or pull them, they keep coming back.
- 12 — Spotted our snake friend on the path to the duck house again. #dejus365
- 12 — For day 8 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: the happiness of contented cats, and the happiness seeing them brings me. 🐈
- 11 — A potting shelter we inherited on the property, near where we put our beehives. One of my upcoming projects is to enclose it to turn it into a bee equipment shed. #dejus365
- 11 — For day 7 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: high-relief and bas-relief carved cat house signs, from prior to installation. (I’m sure that’s not the kind of relief she had in mind, but it’s fun to do my own spin on the theme!)
- 10 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 10 — For day 6 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: the Dejal Time Out support page!
- 9 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 9 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Ducks Swimming Underwater; a couple of clips from our pond cam of our ducks swimming under the water, and flapping their wings.
- 9 — For day 5 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: the determination of a raccoon visiting the cat feeder each night.
- 8 — For day 4 of @macgenie’s photo challenge, and Throwback Thursday: our NZ family, from shortly before Jenn and I moved to the US in 2001. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 7 — On the homestead blog: building a pool deck extension. #dejus365 🔨
- 7 — Day 3 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: relaxation of Rory and Paladin.
- 6 — On the homestead blog: deck gazebo. #dejus365
- 6 — For day 2 of @macgenie’s photo challenge: movement — a GIF of a cat scratching a tree this morning. (Does a GIF count as a photo? What better way to show movement.)
- 5 — Waterfall and cascade for the pond, with a temporary bridge on the path to the duck house. #dejus365
- 5 — Patience: cats waiting for breakfast this morning. //cc @macgenie.
- 5 — Ironic: the “Don’t Keep Us in Suspense” episode is stuck at “downloading… 100%”.
- 4 — Tent camping in our grove for the annual summer party. #dejus365
- 3 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 2 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 1 — Some more low-res pictures of the house we had built in NZ: kitchen stuff. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
July (51)
- 31 — Rory and Paladin enjoying a sunbeam together. #dejus365 🐕🐈
- 30 — On the homestead blog: a few pictures of our flowerbeds. They’re looking quite nice at present. #dejus365
- 29 — Pippin enjoying scritches on my lap. #dejus365 🐈
- 28 — Wild poppies. #dejus365
- 27 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 26 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update, with the ducklings first swims! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 25 — Some more low-res pictures of the house we had built in NZ: bathroom stuff. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 24 — My old flag light died, so I replaced it with a new LED one. Should be more reliable and efficient than the old halogen one. It’s controlled by a sensor to turn on at dusk, and off at dawn. #dejus365 🇺🇸
- 23 — Happy 6th birthday to Rory, our big goofy girl. #dejus365
- 22 — The swimming pool is set up; now we just need more hot days to warm up the water via the solar heaters. #dejus365
- 21 — On the homestead blog: added a ramp to the duck house.
- 21 — A snake hanging out on the path to the duck house, draped over a hose. I don’t see snakes very often around here, but have seen this one a couple of times. I’m pretty sure it’s harmless. #dejus365
- 20 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! Warning: sensitive readers may want to skip this post. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 19 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 18 — Three more low-res camera captures, and one better photo featuring me, from the construction of our New Zealand house in 1998. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 17 — This morning I brought the swimming pool components over from their off-season home in the shop. I’ll assemble the pool tomorrow. #dejus365
- 16 — Now that I’m home, it’s back to the usual pictures around the homestead. Here’s our pond, looking across to the duck house. I’ll add a ramp and let the ducks out soon! #dejus365
- 15 — Home now. We picked up Rory from the pet resort on the way. She always pants so much in vehicles. 🐕
- 15 — Possibly the best fries I've ever had, and a tasty burger. At the Parrott House in Roseburg, on the way home.
- 15 — A GIF of the creek from Ashland Creek Inn.
- 15 — Last breakfast at Ashland Creek Inn before heading home. Until next year!
- 15 — The classic architecture of the Ashland Springs Hotel (where we haven't yet stayed; one day we'll try it), and the sun-dappled hills beyond Ashland. #dejus365
- 14 — An enjoyable dinner at Hearsay for our last evening in Ashland (for this visit; we'll be back!).
- 14 — Sketching in Linea while sitting on our room's deck, overlooking the rushing water of Ashland creek.
- 14 — Excellent half BLT, truffle fries, and margarita at Louie's on the Ashland creek. And ice cream dessert.
- 14 — Starting the day off right with another great breakfast at Ashland Creek Inn! #dejus365
- 14 — What did people think of my flood of posts yesterday? (A lot for me, anyway.) I thought I'd try doing several short posts, rather than a daily summary or single trip summary post, as I have done in the past.
- 13 — I'm not usually a fan of Japanese food, but Jenn is, and I found some pretty tasty options. At Umami in Ashland.
- 13 — It's a nice day for wine tasting in the Applegate Valley, at Troon Vineyard.
- 13 — Jenn.
- 13 — Very nice lunch at C Street Bistro in historic Jacksonville.
- 13 — A very tasty breakfast at our favorite place to stay, Ashland Creek Inn. #AshlandCreekInn
- 13 — We're on vacation in Ashland. Last night, we went to one of our favorite restaurants here, Plancha, which features tasty Mexican food and beverages.
- 13 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 12 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 11 — Time Out 2.6b2 is now available for your testing pleasure.
- 11 — Construction of our NZ house begins, from 1998. (Sorry about the low quality of the pictures; they’re from low-res captures of an old video camera tape.) #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 10 — Climbing roses. #dejus365
- 9 — Paladin curled up in one of his favorite spots. #dejus365 🐈
- 8 — Our pond and duck house through the cattails. #dejus365
- 7 — We took Rory to the vet for routine bloodwork and shots a couple of days ago. As usual, she was panting like a steam train. #dejus365 🐕
- 6 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 5 — A beta update of Dejal Time Out version 2.6 is now available. It adds a much-requested option for fixed-time breaks, plus the ability to have zero-length breaks, breaks that occur every few seconds, and other enhancements.
- 5 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 4 — Happy Independence Day! To mark the occasion, a throwback photo of the top of a Disneyland riverboat festooned with flags, from when Jenn and I moved to the US in 2001. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday 🇺🇸
- 3 — A fawn on the driveway. #dejus365
- 3 — Another Dejal consulting project, SheetPlanner, has been updated to version 1.1, and is available on the Mac App Store and Setapp.
- 2 — NewsBlur for iOS version 9 has just been released, including full screen, autoscroll, customizable story titles, story change highlighter, and return to last read story. Lots of great enhancements. This is one of my Dejal consulting projects.
- 2 — I posted a similar picture of Rory & Paladin about a week ago… but I just can’t help myself, here are two more, from different occasions. #dejus365 🐕🐈
- 1 — On the homestead blog: honey harvest. #dejus365 🐝
- 1 — A short video of honey being harvested from our Flow hive, pouring out like a tap.
June (39)
- 30 — I’ll do a homestead blog post about today’s beehive inspection (and honey harvest!) another day, but for today, a bee suit selfie. Yeah, tucking my beard in there isn’t easy, but catching it in the zippers is worse. #dejus365
- 29 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 28 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 27 — For last week’s throwback I showed the house plans; this week, here’s me standing on the empty lot where our NZ house would be built, when we got possession of it in 1998. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 26 — Floyd the koi eating some fish food in the pond. Floyd is at least 7 years old… and may be female. #dejus365
- 25 — Replacing some rotted boards on the deck. #dejus365
- 24 — On the homestead blog: bonus duckling pics. 🦆
- 24 — Rory & Paladin doing their cute thing. #dejus365 🐕🐈
- 23 — Since Costco is 45 minutes away, we only go every couple of months, and stock up, with a cart and flatbed of stuff. #dejus365
- 22 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 21 — On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #dejus365 #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 20 — In 1997 we purchased an empty lot in Albany, Auckland, New Zealand, and started planning to get a house built. These are the faxed plans of a base layout with many customizations (as indicated on the third image). #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 19 — Gotta get gas for the mowers. #dejus365
- 18 — Deer by the beehives. #dejus365
- 17 — On the homestead blog: Flock Monday? #dejus365 🦆🐓
- 16 — Just sent a DejalNews newsletter: Pack 2, WWDC, forums phasing out.
- 16 — Rory enjoying her deck cot. #dejus365 🐕
- 15 — Four days after harvesting the everbearing strawberries, there were a few more to harvest. 🍓
- 15 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 14 — On the homestead blog: introducing a new weekly feature, Flock Friday! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
- 14 — Brace for more chick & duckling pics later… but in the meantime, sunset by the duck house. #dejus365
- 13 — It’s been a while since I did a throwback post. Here’s the Auckland skyline, with the Sky Tower under construction, from 1996. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 12 — WWDC week recap: Six Colors, Connected, Breakpoints
- 12 — On the homestead blog: chicks and ducklings again?! #dejus365 🐓🦆
- 11 — WWDC week recap: Micro.blog, The Talk Show
- 11 — On the homestead blog: chicks & ducklings first treats & swim. #dejus365 🐓🦆
- 11 — Harvested a bunch of strawberries from the veggie garden. #dejus365 🍓
- 10 — WWDC week recap: sjMacIndie, AltConf, ATP Live, Loop Bash
- 10 — Wild poppies. #dejus365
- 9 — On the homestead blog: ducklings and chicks update. #dejus365 🦆🐓
- 9 — I’m suffering WWDC-crud currently; I thought I’d done a good enough job avoiding it, but alas. Feeling very weak and sore throat at present.
- 8 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 7 — Planes fly directly over downtown San Jose when coming in for a landing. I'll be getting on one in a few hours. Goodbye WWDC! It was great to chat with lots of other developers, and see fun evening shows. #dejus365
- 6 — A very amusing Relay FM Connected podcast live show last night in San Jose. #dejus365
- 5 — Last year I happened to see Jason Snell and Dan Moren recording their Six Colors secret subscriber podcast outside during WWDC. This year, they mentioned it in the member Slack half an hour before doing so, and five people (including me) turned up to watch. #dejus365
- 4 — Scoot scoot. I've been using the Lime electric scooters between my hotel and the conference area (about 1.6 miles), and all over the place. Fun and useful. #dejus365 🛴
- 3 — "Dub Dub" facade at WWDC19 in San Jose. #dejus365
- 2 — Hello San Jose! #dejus365
- 1 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
May (45)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: ducklings! #dejus365 🦆
- 31 — Heading to San Jose for WWDC week next week; say hi if you see me, and grab a card and stickers.
- 30 — Our flag was getting faded and worn out, so we replaced it with a new one. #dejus365 🇺🇸
- 29 — On the homestead blog: chicks! #dejus365 🐓
- 28 — On the homestead blog: preparing for chicks & ducklings. #dejus365 🐓 🦆
- 27 — We're home from Hawaii. But here's a hibiscus flower from our last morning. #dejus365
- 26 — On the way home from the Big Island of Hawaii. Sigh. #dejus365 ✈️
- 26 — Hawaii day 5
- 25 — Lū'au selfie. #dejus365
- 25 — Hawaii day 4
- 25 — On the homestead blog: a cat update written before we left for Hawaii. Wouldn't want to miss out! #Caturday 🐈
- 24 — Hawaii day 3
- 24 — Road trip around the island: black sand beach selfie. #dejus365
- 23 — Birthday dinner cruise selfie. #dejus365 🎈
- 23 — Hawaii day 2
- 22 — We are spending the day in a quiet little spot at the edge of the resort in Hawaii. The beach is rocky here, but there are fewer people, plus a turtle swimming about. #dejus365
- 22 — Hawaii day 1
- 21 — On the way to Hawaii to celebrate my 50th. #dejus365 ✈️
- 20 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection with a new queen spotted, along with emergency and swarm cells. #dejus365 🐝
- 19 — Rory & Paladin. #dejus365 🐕🐈
- 18 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 17 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a slow motion video of bees flying around and drinking from the small pool we provide for them. 🐝
- 17 — On the Dejal blog: announcing Dejal Pack 2.0: a complete rewrite, and now completely free! Download the app from the App Store.
- 17 — I run our portable generator every three months, to keep it operational. We typically just wait out the occasional power cut, but it’s reassuring to have this in case we ever have a really long cut. #dejus365
- 16 — A trip to Wellington, NZ back in 1996. Photos of the cable car, Beehive parliament building, the city from a hill, and me and Jenn dressed up in Grandma’s house. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — On the homestead blog: bee water pool. #dejus365 🐝
- 14 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: slow-mo Rory slobber (CONTENT WARNING). 🐕
- 14 — Rory can be very compact (for a Great Dane) when she wants to be. #dejus365 🐕
- 13 — Spring violas. #dejus365
- 12 — On the homestead blog: planting veggie garden. #dejus365
- 11 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 10 — Stocking up at the feed store. Medicated feed for chicks, non-medicated and oats for ducklings, layer feed for the old chickens, sunflower seed for birds, pine shavings bedding for chicks and chickens, straw for ducks. Phew! #dejus365 🦆🐓
- 9 — It’s been a while since I posted a school photo. Here’s my third-form class picture from 1983; my first year at Long Bay College in NZ; what is called high school in the US. I’m in the top-right. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — I think my fridge must have heard the Reconcilable Differences episode on John Siracusa’s fridge, as it decided to fail: the fridge part is no longer getting cold. Should be repairable, though.
- 8 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection, with a possibly missing queen, and a marked queen. #dejus365 🐝
- 7 — Just released a second beta of Dejal Pack version 2. It fixes deleting, disables the Done button if the item name is blank for a new item, and starts editing the name field automatically when adding a new item. Want to help improve it? Join the TestFlight.
- 7 — On the homestead blog: duck house installation! #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 6 — My simple packing list iPhone app, Dejal Pack, has been completely rewritten and modernized for version 2, now in beta testing. Want to help improve it? Join the TestFlight.
- 6 — On the homestead blog: pond edge tweaks & duck house floor joist installation. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 5 — Second pizzas in the new Ooni Koda pizza oven. #dejus365
- 4 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 3 — Ooni Koda pizza oven
- 3 — On the homestead blog: landscaping for the duck house. #dejus365 ⛏🦆
- 2 — In 1995, while renting our second flat in NZ, the owners let us put in a little garden. And so began our decades of gardening projects. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 1 — Another view of the backyard stream, and one of its stone bridges. #dejus365
April (32)
- 30 — Part of the artificial stream in our back yard. #dejus365
- 29 — A bee on the outside of a hive box. #dejus365 🐝
- 28 — Rory enjoys her new dog couch… except when Paladin co-opts it for a sunbeam. #dejus365 🐕🐈
- 27 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 26 — On the homestead blog: new bees. #dejus365 🐝
- 25 — Happy 2nd birthday to Paladin. Here are a couple of pictures from when we adopted him from the Cat Adoption Team shelter in 2017. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday 🐈
- 24 — On the homestead blog: fish & raccoons in the pond. #dejus365
- 23 — On the homestead blog: vinyl tiles in the duck house. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 22 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection & treatment. #dejus365 🐝
- 21 — I cleaned out the small pond and its pump, and turned it on. It’s nice to have that waterfall and stream active again. Here’s the view from the top, looking towards the cat house and white gazebo. #dejus365
- 20 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 19 — On the homestead blog: fixing burst pipe for taps. #dejus365
- 18 — Jenn with our first car, “Katie” (1995 - 1998). #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 17 — On the homestead blog: duck house electrical & floor joists. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 16 — Dusting the chandelier in the chicken coop. #dejus365
- 15 — On the homestead blog: duck house roofing. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 14 — On the homestead blog: hardware for the duck house. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 13 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 12 — Pippin. #dejus365 🐈
- 11 — A few months after we got married, Jenn and I moved to a new flat (in July 1995). A little larger, but still very basic. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 10 — It’s always nice to get the zero-turn riding mower back from servicing; the brief window of time when it’s actually clean. Now we just need to wait for the rain to stop for a couple of days so we can do the first mow of the year. #dejus365
- 9 — Tree blossoms. #dejus365
- 8 — Lots of rain in the last few days, so our pond is at capacity and overflowing. Nice to have it full again. #dejus365
- 7 — Anniversary trip to the Oregon coast
- 7 — A pleasant weekend at the Oregon coast to celebrate our anniversary. #dejus365
- 6 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 5 — On the homestead blog: painting the duck house. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 4 — Cutting our wedding cake, which had Mac-shaped bride and groom toppers (we’ve always been such geeks!). #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 3 — Daffodils and raindrops. #dejus365
- 2 — Today is my and Jenn's 24th wedding anniversary. Love you! ❤️ #dejus365
- 1 — Look who’s back at the pond, yesterday and today. #dejus365
- 1 — I booked the tickets, resort, and airfare for my wife and I to attend the Release Notes conference in Cancun, Mexico in October. If you’re into the business of the Mac/iOS tech community, check it out. Looking forward to it!
March (36)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: transplanting fir trees. #dejus365
- 30 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 29 — Every feed store needs a resident cat to help when checking out. #dejus365 🐈
- 28 — I manually uploaded the image for today’s photo post, so I wouldn’t miss a day. I still need to figure out what is up with WordPress, though.
- 28 — Me, Jenn, and my mother at Long Bay beach in 1995, near the spot where Jenn and I got married, soon afterwards. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 28 — I can’t get images to upload to my site currently, and don’t have time to investigate further now, so may have to miss my daily photo for the first time in over a year. Sadness.
- 27 — On the homestead blog: finishing the construction phase on the duck house. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 26 — On the homestead blog: wild ducks in the pond, and more wading. #dejus365 🦆
- 25 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection and treatment, with a sighting of the queen on one of the hives. 🐝
- 25 — My birthday isn't until May, but Jenn got me an early birthday present of the new Oona Koda gas-powered outdoor pizza oven. I'm looking forward to using it when it gets a little warmer outside. #dejus365
- 24 — On the homestead blog: pond pump tweak. #dejus365
- 23 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 22 — A small crumbling figure hidden amongst the trees and rocks by the pond. #dejus365
- 21 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Some clips from the pond camera: a heron visited the pond (and ate a frog), a raccoon went for a swim, and koi swam about.
- 21 — A picture from early 1995 of me, my mother, and my two cats, Pandora & Piwhacket, a bit older than last week’s photo of them. Also a photo of Jenn and me in the background. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — On the homestead blog: heron and more in the pond. #dejus365
- 19 — On the homestead blog: first beehive inspection of the year, and installing temperature sensors. #dejus365 🐝
- 18 — On the homestead blog: building duck house doors. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 17 — Made some traditional Irish soda bread for St Patrick’s Day dinner. Hopefully it’ll be edible. #dejus365 ☘️🥖
- 16 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 15 — Buffy peeking out of a nesting box in the chicken coop. #dejus365 🐓
- 14 — I mentioned last week that our first flat in NZ was tiny; so much so that our bed touched three walls in the bedroom. We also got a couple of kittens from my brother Neville’s cat: Pandora and Piwhacket. Happy Pi day! #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — Apparently Facebook is down at present. I only noticed because I got an error trying to manually cross-post my daily photo there, for friends & family that haven’t seen the light of Micro.blog.
- 13 — A western scrub jay taking off in front of the cat house, with something in its beak. #dejus365
- 12 — I showed cats playing around the base of the fountain as my Caturday photo; here’s the top of the fountain, with a flower girl figure. This fountain doesn’t work currently; we’re thinking about replacing it. #dejus365
- 11 — Trees reflected in the glassy pond, with a couple of koi visible. #dejus365
- 10 — Paladin & Rory like hanging out together. It’s so cute! #dejus365 🐈 🐕
- 9 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 8 — On the homestead blog: chicken treats in the snowy veggie garden. #dejus365 🐓
- 7 — After Jenn moved to NZ in 1994, we got our own place, a tiny and dingy flat in Mairangi Bay. But that was fine; we didn’t have much stuff back then. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — A tasty but greasy burger & fries at the “local” saloon, before picking up chicken & bird food at the feed supply store the other day. #dejus365
- 5 — Dusty garden equipment awaiting collection for servicing: our zero-turn riding mower, push edger, and chainsaw. I get the mower serviced each year, and occasionally add other equipment, as needed. #dejus365
- 4 — On the homestead blog: building tweaks and trim for the duck house. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 3 — Some deer in the field. They were eating from the bird feeders, before Rory chased them off. #dejus365
- 2 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 1 — Paladin is such a basket case. #dejus365 🐈
February (36)
- 28 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a video of some feral cats playing in the snow.
- 28 — A photo from 1994, soon after Jenn’s arrival in NZ. Left to right: Jenn, me, my brother Neville (in front), my mother, brother Gavin, and Nev’s then fiancée Karan, plus a couple of their cats. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 27 — Checking the gauge on the house propane tank. We have a 320 gallon tank, used for the oven and fireplaces. #dejus365
- 26 — Last night’s homemade pizza: about ¾ margherita (sliced mozzarella, tomato, basil), ¼ “frou frou” (marinated artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, feta). #dejus365 🍕
- 25 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out tips about the Dock icon and status item.
- 25 — On the homestead blog: building the duck house walls and roof. #dejus365 🔨🦆
- 24 — On the homestead blog: a couple more inches of snow. #dejus365 ❄️
- 23 — On the homestead blog, your weekly cat update, including Pepper the shop cat. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 22 — On the homestead blog: new chicken and duck cameras. #dejus365
- 21 — When Jenn moved to NZ in 1994, she just had two bags of clothing and such. Hard to imagine that now! #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 20 — An old hollow apple tree. #dejus365
- 19 — On the Dejal blog: DejalNews #75: Time Out tips & supporter poll. Vote in a poll asking for interest in an optional auto-renewing Time Out supporter purchase.
- 19 — A view of the pond deck across the frozen pond, from next to where the duck house will be installed. #dejus365
- 18 — Pippin intently watching a taunty bird out the window. #dejus365
- 17 — On the homestead blog: bonus snow. #dejus365
- 17 — On the homestead blog: Retrobatch to the rescue!
- 16 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. Goodbye snow! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 15 — A 1936 vintage Underwood Noiseless Portable typewriter I bought for as a gift for Jenn in 2012. #dejus365
- 14 — Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ Back in 1994, the wilderness months came to an end when Jenn moved from the US to NZ to be with me. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 13 — On the homestead blog: starting building the duck house by cutting the floor and wall pieces. #dejus365 🦆🏠
- 12 — On the homestead blog: chickens in the snow. #dejus365 ❄️🐓
- 11 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out lifetime supporter?
- 11 — Happy birthday to my wonderful wife, Jenn! I believe this photo was her last birthday in NZ, in 2001, shortly before we moved to the US. #dejus365
- 10 — On the homestead blog: updated duck house plans, including a couple new drawings. #dejus365 🦆
- 9 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat post, with snowy cats. #dejus365 #Caturday ❄️🐱
- 8 — My wife just mentioned a discussion on one of her knitting forums of someone knitting sweaters for a naked guinea pig, and of course I thought of @macgenie and the many other guinea pig enthusiasts on Micro.blog.
- 8 — On the homestead blog, a delayed post about finishing the berry cage. Flash back to the ancient days of last weekend, without snow! #dejus365
- 7 — On the homestead blog: sunny snow.
- 7 — During the wilderness months between my visit to the US and Jenn moving to NZ, I surrounded myself with photos of her. Also, check out that fancy Mac IIx, modem, and magneto-optical drive. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 6 — On the homestead blog: my hacky hummingbird feeder heater. #dejus365
- 5 — On the homestead blog: more snow pics, with Jenn and Rory, during a power outage. #dejus365
- 4 — On the Dejal blog: a Time Out tip to get frequent reminders to blink for dry eye sufferers.
- 4 — On the homestead blog: first snow of 2019. See the post for more photos. #dejus365
- 3 — Today is the 25th anniversary of Jenn and I meeting in person, having originally met online using the pre-web internet. To mark the milestone, a photo from my visit to the US in 1994. #dejus365
- 2 — Something a little different forthe cat update this week: sequences of images. Here’s a sample; see the post for more. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 1 — A defunct boat we inherited in a corner of the property. Sometimes I think of putting it by the pond as a decoration, though it’s kinda ugly. #dejus365
January (42)
- 31 — You may remember I mentioned my visit to the US; this was one final hug before I boarded the plane back to NZ for the difficult months apart. The story continues next Thursday! #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 30 — A whirligig in the garden, that spins in opposite directions in the wind. #dejus365
- 29 — Sunrise over our frozen pond. #dejus365
- 28 — On the Dejal blog: resuming the DejalNews email newsletter after a year hiatus. Sign up to get the latest Dejal news in your email inbox each month (or so!).
- 28 — On the homestead blog: berry cage roof wire. #dejus365
- 27 — The ceiling of Costco seems to recede to the horizon. #dejus365
- 26 — Your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐈
- 25 — An old bird nest that fell out of a tree. #dejus365
- 24 — Today is the 35th anniversary of the introduction of the first Macintosh. So it seems only fitting that today's photo of the day is of my Mac Plus, from 1989. Not the original model, though the same shape. But I did use the original in school. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 24 — Yay, a power outage. Probably a tree fallen on the power line. Do I work on my laptop, or just noodle around in Linea Sketch some more?
- 23 — It feels like I’m always posting pictures of Rory & Paladin, but it looks like it’s actually been several months since the last one. Time flies, I guess. Oh, and speaking of previous posts, I still enjoy the Everyday Selfies video I posted last week, in case you missed it.
- 23 — Rory & Paladin. #dejus365 🐕🐈
- 22 — A koru art sculpture in our garden, representing a fern leaf unfurling. A very Kiwi theme, by a Kiwi artist. #dejus365
- 21 — On the Dejal blog: #10YearChallenge of Time Out.
- 21 — On the homestead blog: chickens vs grass. #dejus365 🐓
- 20 — On the homestead blog: we’ll be getting ducks! So of course I have to build a duck house for them. #dejus365 🦆
- 19 — On the homestead blog, your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 18 — Near the pond and orchard, our white gazebo. #dejus365
- 17 — Yesterday I posted photos and a YouTube video of 8 years of selfies; today, let's go back 25 years to 1994. Not actually a selfie; taken by Jenn during my visit to the US. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 16 — Since my post with the link to the YouTube video doesn't count as my daily photo, here are four pictures from my Everyday selfies, from 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. #dejus365
- 16 — Everyday Selfies. Since 2011, I have taken a selfie with much the same framing, using an iPhone app called Everyday. Though I didn't necessarily take the shots every single day, and there are some gaps. Witness eight years of my face, and the growth of my beard, compressed into about a minute....
- 15 — Another angle of our pond, with a mossy rock, slushy ice, and the pond deck in the background. #dejus365
- 14 — On the Dejal blog: looking ahead for what's in store for 2019.
- 14 — On the homestead blog: building a new gate between the veggie garden and chicken run (with bonus glimpses of the chickens!). #dejus365 🐓
- 13 — A different view of our pond. #dejus365
- 12 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 11 — Who wants more chicken pictures? Wait till you see what they've done to the veggie garden! #dejus365 🐓
- 10 — Dejal Time Out is the top featured app this week in the Mac App Store!
- 10 — Jenn and I met via the internet, using command-line email etc, before there was a web. I was in NZ, she in the US. I visited her in February - March 1994, staying in her dorm room for about 5 weeks. This pic is from a photo shoot we did then. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 9 — A month's worth of chicken and bird food from the feed store. #dejus365
- 8 — Snuggles with Paladin. #dejus365 🐱📷
- 7 — A second Dejal blog post today — Dejal year in review: 2018. My annual summary of the state of my macOS and iOS apps, and consulting projects.
- 7 — On the Dejal blog: featured blog posts of 2018, highlighting some interesting posts last year on my macOS & iOS software company blog. Not as busy as my personal one!
- 7 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a video of our chickens exploring the veggie garden. 🐓🎥
- 7 — It's garbage day! Cardboard recycling bundled up and ready to take to the curb. #dejus365
- 6 — On the homestead blog: a bunch of photos of our chickens in the veggie garden. #dejus365 🐓📷
- 5 — Lunch at Bridgeside restaurant, on the way to Marchesi vineyards.
- 5 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 4 — On the homestead blog: a couple more gates for the berry cage project and veggie garden, plus bonus chickens! #dejus365
- 3 — Time for another school photo, I think. Here's my first year at Northcross Intermediate School, in 1981. Form 1 was equivalent to sixth grade in the US. As usual, I'm the goofy looking boy in glasses. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 2 — Icicle from the drain hole of the old fountain in the front lawn. #dejus365
- 1 — Happy New Year! 🎉
2018
December (38)
- 31 — Heading home from Mom's place, down I-5, with Rory panting away in the back seat (she isn't fond of traveling). #dejus365
- 30 — Beard ornaments for (delayed) family Christmas at Mom's place. #dejus365
- 29 — On the homestead blog: the last cat update for 2018. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 28 — The slowly disintegrating veggie garden door. #dejus365
- 27 — My very first Christmas, in 1969. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday 🎄
- 26 — I usually like receiving Mac App Store reviews for my Dejal Time Out app, since they are almost always ★★★★★, and say nice things, which I greatly appreciate. But I particularly enjoyed the latest one, which was a bit more succinct than usual. Title: "Amazeballs"; body: "wooooooo". Thanks, ThePresianPrince!
- 26 — Must-see cat TV: Paladin sitting on top of the laundry basket, watching the dryer spin. #dejus365 🐱
- 25 — We are celebrating Christmas with our 15th annual "Hobbitfest": watching the extended editions of all three Lord of the Rings movies; 12 hours total, plus intermissions. Along with snacks and feasting. Merry Christmas! #dejus365 🎄🍿
- 24 — Merry Christmas to my NZ family and friends, and happy Christmas eve to others in the US etc, or whatever holiday tradition you celebrate. We will be doing something a little different this year: our annual Hobbitfest tomorrow, and family Christmas next weekend. #dejus365 🎄
- 23 — On the homestead blog: building a gate for the berry cage project. #dejus365
- 22 — Your weekly cat update, with a bonus visit to the shop. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 21 — Apples left on the tree... kinda like holiday ornaments. #dejus365
- 20 — Christmas firsts in 1994: the first Christmas together (in person) for Jenn and me, in our tiny first flat, with my family cat Buffy that we were borrowing until we got our first cats. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 19 — On stormy winter days, we can lose power due to trees on the power lines (fortunately not all that often). But when we have no power, we have no water, as we're on a well. So big jugs of water are useful for such situations, and for disaster preparation. #dejus365
- 18 — A little hard to tell the floating leaves from the small fish in our pond. (Photo from Nov 1; the fish are hibernating in the deep part now; likely won't see them again till March.) #dejus365
- 17 — For my photo(s) of the day, four stills from my latest YouTube video, The Squeaky Cat Gets the Licks. #dejus365 🐱
- 17 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: The Squeaky Cat Gets the Licks. Porcini is vocalizing and stretching, and gets licked by Pommie, then sits on Poppy, who isn't entirely thrilled, but then they snuggle happily. Just another day in the feral cat shelter. 🐱
- 16 — On the homestead blog: a little more progress on the berry cage in the veggie garden. #dejus365
- 15 — The moment you've all been waiting for, your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 14 — Tonight's pizza. Jenn was so in love with the crust, she had to go back for another slice. Guess I'm doing it right. 🍕
- 14 — Rory's bed in the office is also not really a cat place, but Paladin enjoys it. And Rory is willing to settle for a smaller cushion; she knows who's boss. #dejus365 🐱🐶
- 13 — I just remembered that my main iMac still wasn't being backed up by Backblaze. I had originally figured that pretty much everything is replicated on my second iMac, but for the additional peace of mind, the extra less than $4/month (when paying for 2 years) is peanuts, so now they both are.
- 13 — An assortment of old CD-ROMs: CodeWarrior dev tools, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma), 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard), and iLife '04 and '05. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 12 — Paladin on top of the kitchen cabinets... not an approved cat place, but he doesn't care. #dejus365 🐱
- 11 — I'm enjoying that Dejal Time Out is currently being highlighted in two places in the Mac App Store: on the home Discover page under Apps and Games We Love Right Now, and the Work page under Master the Menu Bar. Nice!
- 11 — On the homestead blog, something a little different: cam pictures and photos of the chickens this morning. (See the post for more pictures.) #dejus365 🐓
- 10 — The fall leaves are almost all gone, but here's one last picture of them for this year. #dejus365
- 9 — Today is the 12th anniversary of the first Dejal blog post, and creating the Dejal forums. I seem to have gotten out of the habit of blogging regularly there. Perhaps the homestead and personal blogs fulfill that need, though I want to get back into that for the app company too. And I'm thinking of shutting down the forums, due to spam attacks, and decreasing usage; most people prefer to contact me directly.
- 9 — Our pond froze in the cold weather this past week. #dejus365
- 8 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday #dejus365
- 7 — On the homestead blog: finished building the berry cage poles and rails. #dejus365
- 6 — For #ThrowbackThursday, a couple of pictures of my childhood bedroom bookshelves, in 1989 and 1993. Most of it sci-fi books, but a lot of uni textbooks too. Fun vintage things: classic Mac graphics, After Dark screensaver boxes, my first US dollars, VHS & cassette tapes, MacUser poster, dot matrix printer. #dejus365
- 5 — I'm working on building the berry cage in the veggie garden every other day this week, instead of weekends, since the weather is fine (but cold) this week. Here's a shot down a pole from the top of a ladder. #dejus365
- 4 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Portabella Playtime. One of the feral cats, Portabella, plays around inside the shelter, and gives an opportunity for an instant replay. 🐱
- 4 — Interesting frost crystals. #dejus365
- 3 — The weather wasn't great over the weekend, but nice this week, so I time-shifted my work on the berry cage to today and the next day or two. Here's a just-above-freezing building selfie from this morning. #dejus365
- 2 — Felt like making pizza twice this past week: Wednesday and Saturday pizzas. #dejus365 🍕
- 1 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
November (36)
- 30 — A little holiday festivity. #dejus365
- 29 — Another old school photo: Sherwood Primary School, 1980. Again, I'm the goofy-looking kid with glasses. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 28 — On the Dejal blog: introducing SheetPlanner for Mac, a powerful new app that combines an outliner, todo, spreadsheet, timeline, calendar, and more. Written by me as a consulting project. Try it for free via the Mac App Store!
- 28 — On the homestead blog: more pictures of the cat twins, Pommie & Spud. Can you tell them apart? #dejus365 🐱
- 27 — I didn't realize my driveway was in Canada.... #dejus365
- 26 — On the homestead blog: more progress on building the berry cage in the veggie garden. #dejus365
- 25 — About the only time our indoor cats Pippin and Paladin can be this close is when eating breakfast. #dejus365 🐱
- 24 — On the homestead blog, your weekly cat update. Can anyone tell Spud & Pommie apart? I can't. #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 23 — For Thanksgiving I made sweet corn bread pudding, as Jason Snell recommended on The Incomparable's Thanksgiving draft podcast episode. I didn't have an oven-safe skillet, so used a cast iron Dutch oven, which seemed to work fine. We agreed it was better than stuffing. #dejus365
- 22 — Happy Thanksgiving! For #ThrowbackThursday, here's a traditional NZ pavlova dessert that Jenn made and I decorated for one of my first US Thanksgivings, in 2004. #dejus365
- 21 — A fun sticker on my AirPods case from one of my favorite podcast networks, Relay FM. #dejus365
- 20 — Got the screen in my truck fixed today. Nice to have that working again. (I also just noticed that I have to rearrange my CarPlay icons again, though I really only use Maps and Overcast.) #dejus365
- 19 — On the homestead blog: a bunch of photos of building stuff in the veggie garden. #dejus365
- 18 — Another tasty Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza for Friday dinner, and cold leftovers for weekend lunches. 🍕 #dejus365
- 17 — On the homestead blog, nothing too dramatic at the cat house. #Caturday #dejus365 🐱
- 16 — On the homestead blog: pictures of some of our chickens. #dejus365 🐓
- 15 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Taunty Spider at Cats Breakfast. All five of the feral cats turn up for breakfast, and some of them notice a spider on the wall.
- 15 — Childhood cats from 30 years ago: Cassie (left outside), Buffy (right outside), and Scruffy (inside). #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday 🐱
- 15 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out tips on lunchtime and night breaks.
- 14 — Feeling cold this morning. #dejus365
- 13 — Fall leaves by our pond. #dejus365
- 12 — On the homestead blog: starting a new project, a berry cage in the veggie garden. #dejus365
- 11 — A bucket of water timers, removed for the winter, when the garden water was shut off to avoid burst pipes. #dejus365
- 10 — On the homestead blog, the moment you've been waiting for: your weekly cat update! #dejus365 #Caturday 🐱
- 9 — Getting chilly overnight; in the 20s (°F), and ice in the hummingbird feeders. I may have to add the feeder heater soon. #dejus365 ❄️
- 8 — I've just added a SSL certificate to the dejus.com site, like all the cool kids are doing nowadays (even though this blog doesn't really need it, other than to avoid scary warnings by some dodgy browsers). Go secure!
- 8 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Cats Playing in the Sun; a silent video of one cat playing with the decorative wagon wheel on the deck, then a couple on top of the awnings and another on the deck, enjoying a bit of warmth from the sun.
- 8 — Back when I was attending Auckland University around 1990, I worked on weekends in the private library at the Adis International HQ, photocopying drug articles, filing medical journals, and working on their minicomputer and IBM PC. #ThrowbackThursday #dejus365
- 7 — On the homestead blog: a simple repair of the chicken grazing box. 🐓 #dejus365
- 6 — I recently replaced the halogen bulb in my flag light with a high-power LED bulb, which works really well, and should last much longer. #dejus365
- 5 — I want to do a big order from Home Depot for Express Delivery, but I get these error messages when checking the zip code. Not a good look; I want to order online, not have to have a call. Been like this for months.
- 5 — Added a motion-activated LED light in the workshop, to help Jenn get in the car in the dark. (There's also an eero mesh network router there; nice to have WiFi when working in the shop!) #dejus365
- 4 — Putting away deck furniture. Bye till spring. #dejus365
- 3 — On the homestead blog: your weekly #Caturday update. 🐱 #dejus365
- 2 — My last two posts showed Rory and mentioned my truck... so here are both together. (The truck repair is still ongoing; awaiting a part to fix the stereo, so back to the dealer next week; yay.) #dejus365
- 1 — I just dropped off my truck to the dealer for a repair, so for today's #ThrowbackThursday it seems only appropriate to show this old family car from around 1988. I'm not a car guy, but I think it's the Mitsubishi Lancer that I learned on and drove? A bit of a clunker. #dejus365
October (43)
- 31 — Maximum tongue for Rory's bi-annual oncology checkup. Still doing fine; been a tripawd longer than not. #dejus365
- 30 — Full moon rising through the clouds (taken last week). #dejus365
- 30 — New video on the Dejus YouTube channel: All five of our feral cats turned up for breakfast at the same time a couple of days ago (which is unusual). Plus a bonus breakfast rush from this morning. 🐱
- 30 — Watched the Apple Mac & iPad event this morning. That'll eventually be an expensive event: I want a new 12.9" iPad (with keyboard & Pencil), Jenn wants a new 11" iPad, she also wants a new Mac mini (to replace her aging iMac), and I want a new MacBook Air (to replace my old one).
- 29 — Some hail yesterday, before a thunderstorm. ⛈ Winter is coming. 🐺 #dejus365
- 29 — I just backed an Indiegogo campaign for BroodMinder-T2 sensors, to monitor the temperature inside beehives. That should be very useful in helping keep an eye on the health of our hives.
- 28 — On the homestead blog: greenhouse potting bench and shelving. #dejus365
- 27 — On the homestead blog: two weeks worth of cat photos for your #Caturday enjoyment! #dejus365 🐱
- 26 — Truck service time; thank goodness for my AirPods to drown out the inane TV in the waiting room. #dejus365
- 26 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: More Cat Snuggles, another moment of cuteness: three feral cats in their shelter, another joins them, then a couple snuggle together. 🐱
- 25 — Sherwood Primary School foundation year, 1976. I'm the kid wearing glasses in the middle. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 24 — Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza I made last night. Not everyone's fave, but one of mine; to each their own. #dejus365 🍕
- 23 — I voted. #dejus365
- 22 — Pippin. #dejus365 🐱
- 21 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection; passing of purple. #dejus365 🐝
- 20 — Still at the Swift by Northwest conference. Last night ended with the developer-themed songs of James Dempsey and the Breakpoints. #dejus365
- 19 — At the Swift by Northwest conference. Many fascinating talks, plus chats with other developers in the breaks between. #dejus365
- 18 — I'm heading to the Swift by Northwest conference this afternoon, so for #ThrowbackThursday this week, here's the swag from the previous iteration of this conference that I attended, CocoaConf in 2015. I do hope the new conf has a similar mug; it's my favorite. #dejus365
- 17 — Selfie while assembling the greenhouse over the weekend. #dejus365
- 17 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Stretched & Vocal Cats. Two sleepy feral cats in their shelter, when a third arrives with some cute meows (unusual for feral cats), and interacts with them. 🐱
- 17 — Time Out has gone dark: Dejal Time Out 2.5 is now available, with Mojave dark mode support, a new option to limit breaks to certain days of the week, and other improvements. Check it out:
- 16 — On the homestead blog: assembling a greenhouse. #dejus365
- 15 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update post. #dejus365 🐱
- 14 — Fall leaves. #dejus365
- 13 — I mentioned last week that we just finished a Doctor Who weekend morning marathon of all episodes. Well, today we started our next one: Star Trek, from the TOS pilot. That'll keep us going for a few years. #dejus365
- 12 — Took Pippin & Paladin to the vet for their annual checkup. But the car trip was the worst part. 🙀 #dejus365
- 11 — To followup on the #ThrowbackThursday last week, this time here's the first Mac I owned, the Macintosh Plus, around 1989. Initially only with dual floppy drives. #dejus365
- 10 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: cute cat snuggles; three feral cats snuggling overnight in their shelter. 🐱
- 10 — Large pumpkins in our veggie garden. #dejus365
- 9 — The sun shining through Fall leaves above the pond pergola. #dejus365
- 9 — Attending Swift by Northwest conference in Portland
- 8 — Perhaps a sign of how dry the ground was before the current rain, there are bubbles coming from a small crack in the driveway. #dejus365
- 7 — On the homestead blog: cat snuggle piles. #dejus365 🐱
- 7 — This morning we finished an epic weekend mornings viewing of the Doctor Who TV series, that we started around 2006: watching every episode from the very beginning, including all the reconstructions of missing episodes. Just in time for the new season.
- 6 — Last night's pizza, with bits of leftover bacon as a bonus topping. #dejus365 🍕
- 6 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: four cat snuggle fail. 🐱
- 5 — Half of the roma tomatoes harvested from our garden over the past couple of days, that Jenn is turning into homemade tomato sauce. #dejus365
- 5 — iPhone purchase do-over
- 4 — My computer desk in 1985, with my SpectraVideo SVI 728 MSX computer, greenscreen monitor, floppy disks, dot-matrix printer, etc. And lots of Mac screenshots on the wall, since I was dreaming of owning a Mac at that stage. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 3 — Today I found this small Christmas ornament from a previous owner, buried in ash at the bottom of the burn pile. Amazingly intact. #dejus365
- 2 — On the Dejal blog: Time Out 2.5b1 released, including Mojave dark mode support.
- 2 — You know, technically this is one of Rory's dog beds. #dejus365 🐱
- 1 — On the homestead blog: cat update, with a new visitor. #dejus365 🐱
September (43)
- 30 — Comparing iPhone cameras
- 29 — A small green frog I encountered while taking down the swimming pool. #dejus365
- 28 — Summer is over, so time to drain, dismantle, and put away the swimming pool for the winter. #dejus365
- 27 — Oh great, now my old iMac is kernel panicking repeatedly on startup. I’ve shut it down for the night. It’s a 2011 model, that I just use as a second screen, so not worth repairing if it is a hardware issue (again).
- 27 — Since I just got my new iPhone XS Max, for #ThrowbackThursday this week I thought I'd compare it to my old Apple Newton, Palm V, and my first iPhone, the 3G. #dejus365
- 26 — On the homestead blog: measuring tree heights. #dejus365
- 25 — At the feed store, getting chicken & bird food. #dejus365
- 24 — On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with various visitors. #dejus365 🐱
- 23 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection and purple problem. #dejus365 🐝
- 22 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Feral cat breakfast; a short crudely cut-together video from three camera views of a couple of our feral cats reacting to the food being dispensed, and going to eat breakfast.
- 22 — My shiny new iPhone XS Max, in gold. It's a very subtle color, quite nice. Yay for the iPhone Upgrade Program; this is a minor update on my iPhone X, but I like the bigger screen and better camera. #dejus365
- 21 — Getting lots of roma and cherry tomatoes recently. Some for me (for burgers and sandwiches), some for the chickens (to turn into eggs). #dejus365
- 20 — Oh, and speaking of old things, nobody cares but me, and I don't care all that much, but today is the 27th anniversary of founding my macOS & iOS development company, Dejal. Back in 1991, I wrote utilities for Mac System 5 and later. Such classics as Say It FKEY, that spoke text on the clipboard; QuickEncrypt, an encryption tool; SndConverter Pro to convert batches of system sounds to other formats; and many more.
- 20 — Since I released Dejal Simon 4.3 yesterday, and posted a screenshot, it seems appropriate that the #ThrowbackThursday post this week be of Simon 2.3 from 2007, running on my old MacBook. #dejus365
- 19 — Announcing Dejal Simon version 4.3, which includes Mojave dark mode & compatibility, a new meta refresh option, and many other improvements.
- 19 — On the homestead blog: replaced the old chicken coop pop door opener. #dejus365
- 18 — On the homestead blog: I wrote an article that appeared in the October/November 2018 issue of Backyard Poultry magazine, describing the chicken coop I designed and built last year. #dejus365
- 18 — It does mean that I have to wait for watchOS 5 too... but I can live with that. (So far I'm resisting upgrading my Watch... but I may eventually cave on that, since I keep reading & hearing how much of an improvement the new one is.)
- 18 — So far I've resisted installing iOS 12 on my iPhone X, since my shiny new iPhone XS Max will arrive on Friday. A new OS will make the S-year phone more special. Plus just seems kinda pointless hassle; I can wait a few days.
- 17 — I just made a donation to St. Jude to help the fight against cancer, as part of an annual fundraising campaign by one of my favorite podcasters and bloggers, Stephen Hackett. I encourage everyone else to support this worthy campaign.
- 17 — On the homestead blog: cute cat pics. #dejus365 🐱
- 16 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection, second treatments, and mowing. #dejus365 🐝
- 15 — Getting out of BBQ season... but if it's not actively raining, I can at least cook a burger outside, then bring it inside to eat. #dejus365
- 14 — By the way, in my previous post of Rory & Paladin, that isn't a well-timed action shot. Paladin lays on the chair, then stretches out and stays like that for a few minutes, until he slowly oozes off the chair. He's the strangest cat ever.
- 14 — Sleepy Rory & liquid Paladin. #dejus365
- 14 — Woke up just before midnight to complete the pre-order of an iPhone XS Max 256GB Gold, on the iPhone Upgrade Program. Went very smoothly this time. Scheduled to arrive next Friday.
- 13 — Browns Bay Primary School photo, 1975. I'm the kid wearing glasses. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 12 — I've pre-pre-ordered (i.e. pre-approved for the upgrade program) an iPhone XS Max in gold. The most stupid iPhone name ever; I really don't know what they were thinking. But I'm sure it'll be a great device. I haven't had a gold phone before, but like to change colors to make the new phone feel more new.
- 12 — On the homestead blog: a possum and raccoons have an encounter at the cat house, while a cat sleeps. #dejus365 🐱
- 11 — Oh, also, I frequently cross-post my homestead blog posts to my personal blog (and thus to Micro.blog, Twitter, & Mastodon), but I should also cross-post my Dejal posts, as rare as they are. Like this: Dejal Simon 4.3b1 released, with Mojave dark mode and other improvements.
- 11 — Today's homestead blog post covered three topics... so I'm thinking maybe I should have done three separate posts, instead of saving them up for a weekly post. More frequent posts is supposed to be better for building an audience, not that I'm actively trying to do that.
- 11 — On the homestead blog: sad news on a visiting cat, new cat feeder, and lots of cat cuteness. #dejus365 #cats 🐱
- 10 — I haven't done any food pics in a while... so here's Sunday's tasty breakfast, raisin French toast with butter and powdered sugar, plus bacon. #dejus365
- 9 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection, removing honey supers, adding treatments. And a bee suit selfie and sting. #dejus365 #bees
- 8 — On the homestead blog: planting flowers and shrubs. #dejus365 #landscaping
- 7 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: hanging out with the bees, shortly before removing the honey supers for fall. #dejus365 #bees #video
- 6 — Continuing my mini series on childhood homes, here's where I lived from about 15 to 24 years old, during the last years of high school, university, and where I was when I met Jenn via Usenet. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 5 — We love living on rural property. Something that urban & suburban people don't need to worry about is septic pumping. 💩 Only has to be done every 5 years or so, though. #dejus365
- 4 — Sunflower. #dejus365
- 3 — Pizza dough. #dejus365
- 2 — I just listened to The Incomparable members bootleg of Action Castle III. It was a hilarious adventure of suspenseful technical difficulties, mayhem, confusion, and beatboxing. I assume the edited one would be missing the best bits! Once again, totally worth the membership.
- 2 — On the homestead blog: one year of feral cats. #dejus365 #cats
- 1 — For #WorldBeardDay, here's a selfie of me and my majestic beard, after dropping off treats for the chickens. #dejus365
August (39)
- 31 — Berry-like fruit of a dogwood tree. Kinda reminds me of the lightsaber training droid thing from Star Wars. #dejus365
- 30 — Auckland, New Zealand, taken January 2001. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 29 — Sunrise through the trees this morning... with some deer demonstrating why we have a high fence around our veggie garden. #dejus365
- 28 — I know I posted a picture of BFFs Rory & Paladin a couple of days ago, but I just can't help myself. Here's them snuggling in a sunbeam this morning. So cute! #dejus365 #cats #dogs
- 27 — Yesterday I added some bark around trees near the white gazebo, to make mowing around them easier (used to have to mow around each tree individually). #dejus365 #landscaping
- 26 — Since it's national dog day, here's our tripawd Great Dane, Rory, along with her BFF Paladin. #NationalDogDay
- 26 — On the homestead blog: a cat house update. #dejus365 #cats
- 25 — I tend to cook mostly outdoors (burgers and such) during summer months, and I don't (yet) have an outdoor pizza oven, so it's been about seven weeks since I last made a pizza. But the weather has cooled off a bit, so last night I made one again. Tasty as ever. #dejus365 #pizza
- 24 — Following up from yesterday's post, here's Paladin now, trying to decide between his two favorite red toys. #dejus365 #cats
- 23 — This weekend marks the one year anniversary of adopting Paladin from the Cat Adoption Team (CAT) shelter in Sherwood, Oregon. It was love at first sight on both sides. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday #cats
- 22 — Pick your view: the Dejus blog, on Micro.blog, on Twitter, or on Mastodon. Or I suppose Facebook. #dejus365
- 21 — I post a photo each day, and since I promised cat pictures, here's one of a feral cat running, with the cat house I built in the background. #dejus365 #cats
- 21 — Yay, that worked. You can now follow me on Mastodon as @dejus@pdx.social to get the same thrilling content (let's admit it, mainly cat pictures) as on my blog, on Micro.blog, and on Twitter.
- 21 — Hmm, that previous post didn't get cross-posted to Twitter (yet, anyway). So let's try again, with an image this time (of a feral cat playing).
- 21 — I've signed up on Mastodon as @dejus@pdx.social, and used Moa.party to link my Twitter and Mastodon accounts. So if that works, posting to my blog (as I'm doing now) should be picked up by Micro.blog, cross-posted to Twitter, then to Mastodon.
- 20 — This summer the wasps have been particularly bad, to the point where we're reluctant to sit on the deck. So I've just got a screen for the umbrella to try to improve that. Hopefully this will help. #dejus365
- 19 — On the homestead blog: cat feeder modifications. #dejus365
- 18 — Paladin is such a basket case. #dejus365 #cats
- 17 — Well, that was a bit of a shock... I was just looking on Google Maps Street View at old houses (for reasons), and saw that my first Auckland childhood home (as recently shown on my blog) is no longer there. Looks like just a hole in the ground now.
- 17 — A bee emerging from one of our hives. #dejus365 #bees
- 16 — Another childhood home in Auckland, this time from about 10 to 15 years old, as I recall. Downstairs started off as a game room, but ended up my parents' bedroom, after my youngest brother Gavin was born. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 15 — On the homestead blog: a summary of building the new cat house, with links to the original posts. A clip show! #dejus365 #cats #building
- 14 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: Rory is really bad at catching popcorn. She's so funny! #video
- 14 — A small decorative Japanese lantern by our small pond. #dejus365
- 13 — Another beard tie, a bit more hipster... so my hipster hat to go with it. #dejus365 #selfie
- 12 — I've just updated all of the posts on my Dejus blog to include tags, to make it easier to find relevant posts, e.g. all pictures of cats.
- 12 — A couple of bumblebees on a zucchini flower. #dejus365 #bees
- 11 — We don't just have feral cats; happy birthday to the old man indoors, Pippin, who is now 11 years old. #dejus365 #cats
- 10 — On the homestead blog: feral cat feeder cam. #dejus365 #cats
- 9 — Me and Jenn in 1994, dressed up for a play, while I was visiting the US. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 8 — Trying a beard tie (actually a ponytail tie, but close enough). Doubt I'll use it often, but sometimes my beard can get unruly. What do you think? #dejus365 #selfie
- 8 — Feral cat pole dancing. #cats #gif
- 7 — On the homestead blog: yet more pictures of the feral cats. #dejus365 #cats
- 6 — The traditional outdoor movie at our party, for the people staying overnight. On the deck this time, which was much more convenient. #dejus365
- 5 — Beverage and movie options at our annual friends party. #dejus365
- 4 — Who's ready to party? We are! #dejus365
- 3 — Some Costco trips are a bit larger than others, particularly before our annual friends party. #dejus365
- 2 — A childhood home in Auckland, NZ, from when I was 5 to about 10 years old. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 1 — A month of feed for chickens and birds. #dejus365
July (32)
- 31 — On the homestead blog: changed the website theme.
- 31 — Potatoes fresh from our veggie garden, roasted outside on the grill. Yum! #dejus365
- 30 — Pippin watching the feral cats on the video playback. #dejus365 #cats
- 29 — On the homestead blog: bee tweaks. #dejus365 #bees
- 28 — Paladin helping me change the bed sheets. Always such a fun cat game. #dejus365 #cats
- 27 — A bumblebee on the lavender. #dejus365
- 26 — Me as a young kid, at Grandma's house in Wellington NZ, probably late '70's? #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday
- 25 — A new bar and stools for the deck. #dejus365
- 24 — On the homestead blog: more pictures of the feral cats. #dejus365 #cats
- 23 — Happy 5th birthday to Rory. She'll always be our goofy puppy, even as she gets more gray. #dejus365 #dogs
- 22 — On the homestead blog: bee successes and failures. #dejus365 #bees
- 21 — Corn growing tall in the veggie garden. #dejus365
- 20 — On the homestead blog: feral cats using the new cat house. #dejus365 #cats
- 19 — On the homestead blog: photos of our chickens (click the link for more). #dejus365 #chickens
- 18 — A photo from the sjMacIndie event before WWDC last month, showing me, Manton Reece of Micro.blog fame, and others. More photos on the sjMacIndie site. #dejus365 #wwdc
- 17 — It's PRIME DAY! #dejus365
- 16 — An unusual view of our pond, from the deep end. #dejus365
- 15 — On the homestead blog: finishing and installing the cat house! #dejus365
- 14 — Cute decoration on the cat house deck. #dejus365 #building
- 13 — Sleepy gray ones. #dejus365
- 12 — Who wants a swim? The pool is now set up, filled, and operational. Still very cold (58°F / 14°C), but a few 90°F / 32°C days will fix that. #dejus365
- 11 — Rory in the back seat of the truck. I don't think the seat cover anticipated a Great Dane. #dejus365
- 10 — The temperatures are warming up, so I'm starting to set up the swimming pool for the summer (it is dismantled and stored in the shop for most of the year). #dejus365
- 9 — Heading home, but I'll conclude this trip with photos of the excellent breakfasts at our favorite place to stay, Ashland Creek Inn. #dejus365
- 8 — A gastronomic exploration at MÄS in Ashland. #dejus365
- 7 — A very tasty dinner at Coquina in Ashland. #dejus365
- 6 — In Ashland for a bunch of plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. #dejus365
- 5 — On the homestead blog: cat house windows, doors, signs, and feeder. #dejus365
- 4 — Happy birthday, America! #dejus365
- 3 — Growing veggies. #dejus365
- 2 — Using an AR app on my iPhone to help visualize a new position for the cat house. #dejus365
- 1 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a mostly silent video with some clips of bees arriving and departing, including slow-mo. #dejus365
June (33)
- 30 — On the homestead blog: roofing the cat house. #dejus365
- 29 — Took Rory to the vet for her annual checkup this morning. All good, though she's a bit of a drama puppy about it, especially checking her ears. #dejus365
- 28 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: feral cats grooming in the sunshine. #dejus365
- 27 — Dogwood blossoms. #dejus365
- 26 — On the homestead blog: bees at the fast food restaurant. #dejus365
- 25 — That's not a cat; a nocturnal visitor near the feral cat feeder. #dejus365
- 24 — On the homestead blog: finished painting the new cat house. #dejus365
- 23 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: a moment of burbling water at the small pond. #dejus365
- 22 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: feral cat watching hummingbirds. #dejus365
- 21 — My youngest brother Gavin just had a birthday. Here's a photo I took of him back in 1983 on my first color camera. #ThrowbackThursday #dejus365
- 20 — Having just caught up with the horrors on Twitter, here's a link to a video of a much-needed moment of tranquility by the pond. #dejus365
- 19 — I usually don't do grocery shopping, so when I do, I tend to come home with stuff not on the list. Sometimes I make bad choices... sometimes I make great ones. You can decide which this is. #dejus365
- 19 — Video: Bees heading off to work.
- 18 — On the homestead blog: bee inspection and second harvest. #dejus365
- 17 — Nice warm sunny day this morning; I added some tree irrigation, brought over deck furniture, and we did a bee inspection & honey harvest... then all of a sudden we have nearby lightning strikes and really heavy rain! Might not be BBQ weather after all. #dejus365
- 16 — Our favorite vineyard. #dejus365
- 15 — On the homestead blog: five years at the homestead. #dejus365
- 14 — A couple of photos by Jeff Watkins from the Micro.blog meetup in San Jose: a photo of me chatting with Ken Case, CEO of The Omni Group, and the group photo. See Jeff's Flickr gallery for more.
- 14 — On the Dejus YouTube channel: slow-mo hummingbirds. #dejus365
- 13 — WWDC week in San Jose
- 13 — Homemade butterbeer. We enjoyed the taste so much at Universal Studios, so Jenn made some that tasted just as good. #dejus365
- 12 — On the homestead blog: painting floor & roofs. #dejus365
- 11 — On the homestead blog: starting painting the cat house. #dejus365
- 10 — Hummingbirds. #dejus365
- 9 — A little bit of thunder, so Rory tried to hide under the desk. But Paladin was already there. #dejus365
- 8 — Heading home from San Jose. It was great to see everyone. Let's do this again next year. #dejus365
- 7 — Today I took a pilgrimage to the mothership, or as close as I could get: the Apple Park Visitor Center. #dejus365
- 6 — Did a little walking and Bird scooter riding tour of downtown San Jose today, in between conference sessions, including the famed San Jose drainage ditch (aka Guadalupe River Park). #dejus365
- 5 — These Bird scooters are everywhere in San Jose. I rode this one; it was fun and useful. But I know the service is controversial, so I wouldn't be surprised if they're not still here next year. #dejus365
- 4 — In San Jose for WWDC week (attending AltConf and evening events). #dejus365
- 3 — Heading to San Jose. #dejus365
- 2 — Packing for San Jose. #dejus365
- 1 — Diner. #dejus365
May (35)
- 31 — I will be in San Jose next week, during WWDC. I won't actually be attending WWDC itself, but will be at AltConf and other events that week. Say hi if you see me, and I'll hand out stickers. More info. #dejus365
- 30 — Last night's puffy-crust Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza. #dejus365
- 29 — From our Orlando vacation, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. #dejus365
- 28 — On the homestead blog: first honey harvest. #dejus365
- 27 — Home again now. Here's a view of Mount Hood from shortly before we landed at PDX last night. #dejus365
- 26 — On the way home, at a stopover in Denver. Just got off the plane on the right, and will be boarding the plane arriving on the left. #dejus365
- 25 — Universal’s Islands of Adventure
- 25 — We got a bit wet today, via a couple of water rides, and some rain. #dejus365
- 24 — Universal Orlando Resort
- 24 — Harry Potter stuff at the Universal Studios theme park. #dejus365
- 23 — At PDX, waiting for my flight to join Jenn in Orlando. #dejus365
- 22 — Rosebud. #dejus365
- 21 — Got some Dejal Time Out stickers via Sticker Mule to give out during WWDC week in San Jose. I also seem to have started adding stickers to my iPad Pro (I blame @imyke). #dejus365
- 20 — On the homestead blog: irrigation & bark. #dejus365
- 19 — Installed a cat door into the bedroom, so we can keep the door closed for better AC management. The cats aren't so sure about it yet. #dejus365
- 18 — Poppy... the flower, not the cat. #dejus365
- 17 — The very first photo of me, at one week old. #ThrowbackThursday #dejus365
- 16 — I've recently posted a number of photos of Rory, Paladin, and the feral cats... but haven't done one of Pippin, our 10-year-old indoor cat, for a few months. Here he's enjoying his heated doughnut bed. #dejus365
- 15 — Rory & Paladin. #dejus365
- 14 — New built-in microwave, after two weeks without one, including a failed install. #dejus365
- 13 — Shoveling a couple yards of soil into the veggie garden beds. #dejus365
- 12 — Last night's pepperoni & pineapple pizza. Double the dough for an extra puffy crust. Very tasty. #dejus365
- 11 — On the homestead blog: a video of Poppy, Porcini, and Portabella being snuggly by their shelter. #dejus365
- 10 — Dogwood blossoms. #dejus365
- 9 — On the homestead blog: an update on the feral cats with some more fun photos. #dejus365
- 8 — A video from the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon (FCCO) featuring our feral cats.
- 8 — I baked some tasty Hawaiian buns on Sunday. #dejus365
- 7 — On the homestead blog: adding honey supers to our beehives. #dejus365
- 6 — To mark the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the iMac, here's mine. #dejus365 (Learn more in the excellent linked article on @512px by @ismh.)
- 5 — A mowing selfie from a couple of days ago (as seen on the homestead blog). #dejus365
- 4 — On the homestead blog: turning on the garden water. #dejus365
- 3 — Cleaning out the masses of leaves from the small pond, preparing to turn on the stream pump. #dejus365
- 2 — Like our new microwave? Isn't it nice? It would be, if the installer hadn't stripped the mounting thread. Now we have to wait for a replacement. #dejus365
- 1 — I used Apple Pay for a contactless payment from my Apple Watch today for the first time ever. I live in a rural location, and don't get out much, so haven't really had much opportunity. It was like magic; I wish everyone supported it.
- 1 — Continuing the theme from yesterday, here's a blurry shot of Pansy, the other feral shop cat, taken from a security camera (the only time I see her). #dejus365
April (38)
- 30 — One of the shop cats, Pepper (as mentioned on the homestead blog; see yesterday's post), activating laser vision. #dejus365
- 29 — On the homestead blog: faking board-and-batten siding on the cat shelter, with a preview of the signs. #dejus365
- 28 — Trying Blue Apron again; last night was a very tasty "Florentine Roast Pork & Salsa Verde with Sautéed Vegetables". #dejus365
- 27 — Flowering cherry tree. #dejus365
- 26 — Birthday boy: Paladin turned one year old yesterday. #dejus365
- 25 — Got some nice @dejal stickers via @stickermule, that I'll give out during WWDC week in San Jose. #dejus365
- 24 — Someone brazenly stole our recycling bin yesterday. I have to wonder about some people. (Low quality zoomed security cam shots.) #dejus365
- 23 — On the homestead blog: building the facades for the cat house. #dejus365
- 22 — Bee inspection time (blog post some other day). #dejus365
- 21 — New willow tree in the field. #dejus365
- 20 — It was a sunny day yesterday (and today), so I got Rory's deck cot out of storage. She loves laying in the sun. #dejus365
- 19 — Flag half staff. #dejus365
- 18 — Best buds Rory & Paladin. #dejus365
- 17 — For my photo of the day, I'll just repost the last shot of last night's pizza post. Mmm, tasty pizza. #dejus365
- 16 — Pizza
- 16 — Facade progress. #dejus365
- 15 — Doing a little more work on the cat house. #dejus365
- 14 — I spotted one of the new queens while examining the bee photos from yesterday. It's hard to find queens, so exciting when one does. #dejus365
- 13 — On the homestead blog: new beehives. #dejus365
- 12 — Installing a second beehive stand. Tomorrow we'll pick up bees for two new hives! #dejus365
- 11 — Daffodils. #dejus365
- 10 — One of our feral outdoor cats, Porcini, peeking around the corner of the shed. #dejus365
- 9 — For better photos of our Cancun vacation, check out Jenn's Flickr album.
- 9 — A platter we bought in Mexico, during our excursion to Chichén Itzá. #dejus365
- 8 — The downside of spending time in metal tubes with the unwashed masses: I am sick. #dejus365
- 7 — Paladin is happy to have us home. #dejus365
- 6 — Cancun vacation, day 6
- 6 — On the way home. #dejus365
- 5 — Cancun vacation, day 5
- 5 — Last day in paradise. #dejus365
- 4 — Cancun vacation, day 4
- 4 — Chichen Itza. #dejus365
- 3 — Cancun vacation, day 3
- 3 — It's a hard life. #dejus365
- 2 — Cancun vacation: day 2
- 2 — Kiwi margarita by the Caribbean. #dejus365
- 1 — Cancun vacation: a long travel day
- 1 — Heading to Cancun for a vacation. #dejus365
March (33)
- 31 — A self-seeded pansy growing in some moss on the driveway. #dejus365
- 30 — Pizza dough. #dejus365
- 29 — Been a while since I posted a burger photo (been a while since I made one, for that matter), so here's what I made for lunch yesterday. #dejus365
- 28 — Last night Jenn and I saw an obscure little play. You probably haven't heard of it. #dejus365
- 27 — Me and a snuggly Paladin. #dejus365
- 26 — An experiment: an animated GIF of an iOS Live Photo of Paladin & Rory in front of the fire. Does it animate? Let's find out!
- 26 — Rory's pretty new collar; goes really well with her name tag. #dejus365
- 25 — I feel like someone is peeking in the bathroom window. #dejus365
- 24 — On the homestead blog: a bit more snow. #dejus365
- 23 — Been a while since a pizza pic... so here ya go. Pepperoni with olive pollution on Jenn's portion. #dejus365
- 22 — Mr Duck eating fish food. He's been in our pond for days, so we think Ms Duck is nesting under one of the bushes. Exciting! #dejus365
- 21 — At the dentist. Leaving the house two days in a row, how unusual. #dejus365
- 20 — Truck service time. #dejus365
- 19 — On the homestead blog: second beehive stand. #dejus365
- 18 — A bit of bread baking: my first focaccia bread, and my first traditional Irish soda bread (for St Patrick's day yesterday). Neither was perfect, but they turned out well enough, and were tasty. #dejus365
- 17 — Booked a nice Airbnb for my San Jose WWDC/AltConf trip (instead of a kinda dodgy-looking hotel I originally booked). Conveniently near a light rail line. Also signed up for Lyft (thinking of @lyft_shifts) for some travel. Looking forward to it!
- 17 — Happy St Patrick's Day! Here are a pair of ducks visiting our green pond yesterday. #dejus365
- 16 — On the homestead blog: collecting eggs. #dejus365
- 15 — On the homestead blog: pond fountain & salamander eggs? #dejus365
- 14 — Exciting news: I will be attending AltConf in San Jose this year, during WWDC week. Flights, hotel, and conference booked! I hope to see others in the Apple community there. #dejus365
- 13 — On the homestead blog: gas holder & feed store supplies. #dejus365
- 12 — Reverse angle from yesterday: mowing selfie. Yes, it was a little breezy. #dejus365
- 11 — Mowing the field, for the first time this year. #dejus365
- 10 — On the homestead blog: new field trees. #dejus365
- 9 — Me in 1993, sitting in my bedroom in my comfy rocking chair, wearing my New Zealand Macworld Expo shirt. #dejus365
- 8 — We took Rory to the vet for a routine checkup yesterday. Check out that tongue! #dejus365
- 7 — A week later, the last of the snow pile is almost gone. #dejus365
- 6 — Inspired by @ismh on Micro.blog, I took some photos of my old iBook (purchased back in the year 2000). #dejus365
- 5 — On the homestead blog: cat house sliding maintenance door. #dejus365
- 4 — New beehive boxes etc prior to being painted. #dejus365
- 3 — Picking up more lumber and other stuff for the cat house from Home Depot. #dejus365
- 2 — Got my zero-turn riding mower back from its annual servicing... a brief window of time when it's actually clean. The grass doesn't need mowing over winter, but is starting to think about growing. #dejus365
- 1 — Eggs. #dejus365
February (32)
- 28 — Is it a snowy mountain? No, a pile of shoveled snow, as it all slowly melts. #dejus365
- 27 — Snowy weathervane on the chicken coop. #dejus365
- 26 — On the homestead blog: roof & trim for the cat house. #dejus365
- 25 — Guess what I did this weekend. #dejus365
- 24 — One year of blogging on the homestead blog. #dejus365
- 23 — Snuggly buddies Rory & Paladin. #dejus365
- 22 — Icicles against the sky. #dejus365
- 21 — On the homestead blog: more snow. #dejus365
- 20 — Snow on the frozen pond. #dejus365
- 19 — On the homestead blog: several inches of snow. #dejus365
- 18 — On the homestead blog: feeder walls, awning, and platforms for the cat house. #dejus365
- 17 — A small stone jammed in the kitchen waste disposer. Took ages to unwedge it. #dejus365
- 16 — It's been a month since my last pizza photo, so time for another: last night's effort, that turned out pretty nice. #dejus365
- 15 — Jenn's old Palm-powered flip phone (from 2001) and my Palm Vx PDA (purchased in 1999). #dejus365
- 14 — Snow! #dejus365
- 13 — I posted a pic of the feral cats as my photo of the day, but decided to add a couple more on the homestead blog: feral cats enjoying the sunshine.
- 13 — A couple of the feral cats enjoying the sunshine. #dejus365
- 12 — Day star & stripes. #dejus365
- 11 — A fun birthday gift for Jenn from my NZ family: adult sippy cups. Happy birthday to the love of my life! #dejus365
- 10 — Gazebo. #dejus365
- 9 — On the homestead blog: building the cat shelter walls.
- 9 — The compressor for my air nailers. Much easier than swinging a hammer! #dejus365
- 8 — Tasty burger. #dejus365
- 8 — On the homestead blog: tweaked cat shelter plans.
- 7 — Once upon a time, I wrote an app for classic Mac OS called QuickEncrypt, which was localized for Japanese and sold as boxed software, complete with a floppy disk and manual. #dejus365
- 6 — On the homestead blog: building a cat shelter floor.
- 6 — First sighting this year of the young koi in the pond (and a couple of the older ones in the foreground). #dejus365
- 5 — And so it begins: delivery of materials from Home Depot for the cat house project (and some other projects and spares). #dejus365
- 4 — Ham, cheese, and tomato omelette plus crispy bacon for Sunday breakfast. There's a fine art to making an omelette that doesn't suck, and I think I'm getting closer to that ideal. #dejus365
- 3 — On the homestead blog: plans for building a cat shelter. #dejus365
- 2 — A couple of the feral cats we house and feed, Spud and Poppy (plus a couple more eating). #dejus365
- 1 — Our beehives seem to be surviving the winter so far. I just refilled their feeders (2:1 sugar syrup), which supplements their stored honey if needed. #dejus365
January (36)
- 31 — Snuggly Paladin. #dejus365
- 30 — Deck furniture stored in the back of the workshop, waiting for summer. #dejus365
- 29 — Garbage day. #dejus365
- 28 — On the homestead blog: feral cats back in their routine. #dejus365
- 27 — I enjoy making bread, each one a unique blob of crunchy crust and bubbly softness. #dejus365
- 26 — 80 lb of black oil sunflower seeds for the bird feeders; we go through about that much each month. #dejus365
- 25 — My first computer, the Sinclair ZX81. The circuit boards, manual, and some cassettes; missing the outer case. A massive 1 KB RAM, with 16 KB expansion card (that crashed the computer when bumped). #dejus365
- 24 — Every chicken coop needs a chandelier. #dejus365
- 23 — Rain on the pond. #dejus365
- 22 — Best buds Rory and Paladin. #dejus365
- 21 — Peanuts for the birds (mainly jays). We'll find peanut shells under trees all over the property, but they do enjoy them. #dejus365
- 20 — Chicken feed. #dejus365
- 19 — On the homestead blog: Trap-Neuter-Return of feral cats. #dejus365
- 18 — Listening to podcasts. #dejus365
- 17 — Pippin is ready for his close-up. #dejus365
- 16 — Chipmunk in a tree. #dejus365
- 16 — Pizza toppings
- 15 — Paladin and his favorite ball. #dejus365
- 14 — Sunday breakfast: scrambled eggs (fresh from our chickens), hash browns, bacon. #dejus365
- 13 — We live on about 5.33 acres; about 2 acres of it is landscaped, 1.3 acres is an open field, and 2 acres is wilderness, like this. #dejus365
- 12 — Pippin watching a feral cat on the camera viewer app. #dejusbonus
- 12 — On the homestead blog: pre-baiting feral cats: #dejus365
- 11 — I just posted a chicken video over on my homestead blog. 🐔
- 11 — Pepperoni pizza. Not my best work, but it tasted fine. #dejus365
- 10 — Rory, our tripawd Great Dane. #dejus365
- 9 — “His Master’s Voice” — a replica gramophone in our parlor. #Dejus365
- 8 — Paladin enjoying the fireplace. #dejus365
- 7 — Our car was rear-ended before Christmas, so had to have the bumper (and tow receiver) replaced. Which means it needed a new Apple sticker. #dejus365
- 6 — I enjoy making (and eating) pizza. Here’s a recent Canadian bacon & pineapple one that turned out pretty nice. #dejus365
- 5 — The remains of a cat toy ball that Paladin destroyed. #dejus365
- 4 — My Turn Touch remote; a beautiful wooden device to control lights and more. #dejus365
- 3 — Continuing my daily photos: a tasty burger I made for lunch today. #dejus365
- 2 — I’m going to try to post a photo each day. Yesterday I started my new Dejus blog with a pic of me and a baby chick. I’ll probably post lots of photos of our kitten Paladin, but let’s not forget our 10-year-old cat, Pippin. #dejus365
- 2 — Three blogs
- 1 — I’ve just created a new blog for random topics at dejus.com, and hooked it up to Micro.blog. If it’s set up correctly, this post should be automatically cross-posted to Twitter and Facebook, too.
- 1 — Hello World!
