Hic, haec, hoc, wheeze (huius), wheeze, wheeze….

I've always thought that the demonstrative pronouns in Latin sounded like a bad cold, which is what I have. I spent Friday night hacking, felt better Saturday and so ran around a Car Seat Clinic all day-long, paid for it that night and Sunday was a walking zombie whose husband let her go back to…

“Foolishness”…

…is being weirdly pleased that your Red Wag Platy just had babies (that's a fish, for you non-believers). "Sensibility" is being glad it wasn't you…. One example of the minute wonders is shown at left. Your other left. There were twenty more. They're each about 4mm long (less than 1/4", but slightly more than 1/8")….

Brigus Eye Candy

The forecast called for a reasonably good Saturday (cloudy with sunny periods) and a crummy Sunday (rain), so we high-tailed it out of town first-thing Saturday morning. We went to Brigus, a small, historic community in Conception Bay (population of around 784. Give or take.) Our plan was simple: pick a place with good colours…

Daylight Savings Bliss

There is a certain bliss in daylight savings time in spring. I am usually the only one who gets up in tune to the new clock settings. I have the house and quiet to myself for an hour. Time for a cup of coffee, a perusal of new photos, some quiet contemplation and relaxation. This…

Bloggin’ & friends

I sent this article by Doug Johnston of A Million Monkeys Typing off to a friend and then realised that it was more efficient to pass it along to a bunch of friends via the web. This is, after all, part of the basic point of a blog. Well worth a read! Speaking of reading…