We recently met a couple who have lived in various places in the United States, from Texas to Arizona to New Orleans to Virginia. In recent years they have been traveling, and this summer they are exploring Canada. Well, Jan has a blog, Jalyss at… Read More
All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
Memphis had surgery today
A few months ago, our Memphis had surgery on her back right knee due to a ligament tear. Her right leg is doing well. Unfortunately, her left leg had the same problem. Today she had surgery on the left side. The surgery went well. She’s… Read More
Photo update
We were able to recover our photos using a program called iPhoto Library Manager. I now have them stuffed safely into a folder. I have no idea why they disappeared. These were all the photos Tuffy P shot in Buffalo at the Garden Walk. Watch… Read More
Ohhhhh Noooooooo….iPhoto ate our pictures
Tuffy P came back from Buffalo with over 300 photos on the camera. I dropped them into iPhoto on our computer, and looked through them there. Then I shut down iPhoto. Meanwhile, I took a couple photos in the garden on my phone, and when… Read More
Tuffy P is back in town….
Tuffy P just got back from the big garden walk in Buffalo. I said, hey check out the oxen yoke – I planted it in the garden. So out she went. Two minutes later, she came back in and said, oh I added a little… Read More
New addition in the back garden
This is an old oxen yoke (I think), which we found at Nice Old Stuff, in Jarvis Ontario. I planted it today with the aid of some quick-set post cement. The plan is to build something on top…perhaps it will be a gravity-defying imagination station,… Read More
Wildlife in the Garden
Banjo tricks and gun culture in old time music
I was surfing around the YouTube and came across this great footage of Uncle Dave Macon performing Take me Back to my Old Carolina Home… This jaunty tune, which comes complete with banjo tricks, has a violent heart – banga banga banga went my Gatlin… Read More
A backyard curiosity
There is an old apple stump out in our back yard. Today I noticed an unusual growth on it. This brown feathery growth is on the top and sides of the stump, which suggests the organism producing it has spread throughout the stump. I was… Read More
Just because I followed you on Twitter….
…doesn’t mean I want you to immediately send me a direct marketing message. Thanks just the same.