| 2012: The year of fog | Year | | [25-Jan-2012]
The fog has been really bad this month. Driving to work today it wasnt possible to see 4 blocks. It also lasts well into late morning rather than burning off just after dawn. The year Harry and Rachel got married there were a few days like this, notably the day we drove down south but this has been going on most the month now. |
| 2012: The year spring came in January | Year | | [25-Jan-2012]
Its mid January and flowers are blooming that should not be blooming till March. So far Ive seen apples, Chinese magnolias, Azaleas, redbuds and today a dogwood. Based on the weather this one will have updates as more stuff blooms out of season. |
| The Year the X Happened | Year | | [25-Jan-2012]
Every so often there are events that span a reasonable time span that make a year stand out. Like the year we had 4 hurricanes, or that one year when we had the fires. Im going to try and record those types of events. There probably wont be many pictures, or anything like that, just notes that X seems to be happening this year that makes it stand out from other years. |
| Geocache catchup | Main Page, Geocaches | | [24-Jan-2012]
I have been lax in adding geocaches. So this post is an attempt to catch up and correct my scripts.
Step 1 the errors: Its getting everything wrong. Coords are entered as 0, create date and visited date are also 0, and it always says the cache is not found. It is also not listing the cache at the bottom of the post like it should.
Mostly fixed. Still have to enter the last part of the coords and convert from the web site but at least it passes all the info now.
Did this cache when I went to the Hog butchering on Saturday.
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| Heartless | Books | | [19-Jan-2012]
Heartless by Gail Carriger.
Alternate Fantasy: 385 pages.
Volume 4 in the series The Parasol Protectorate.
This novel slowed down from the others. The threat never seemed major, and was resolved rather quickly. Vampires and Warewolves move around, Alexia established the Parasol Protectorate (a secret society) and has a child. Rating: 4 (out of 8) |
| Way to early | Plants | | [17-Jan-2012]
The tropical sweet apple on the west side of the driveway is blooming. Only 2 blooms, mostly because I pruned it Sunday. This is way to early. I have photos from 2007, 2008 and 2010 where it was blooming on Mar 15 when I took the yearly house photo. Not in January. This does not bode well for getting apples at all this year. |
| Cold work days | Main Page, Plants, House, Beekeeping | | [15-Jan-2012]
Mostly put in about 150 feet of irrigation for the new Pineapple Guavas and Mayhaw. Finally sited and leveled the beehive location. Prune the apple trees. Burned some stuff. Came home tonight and there were 3 cop cars blocking the drive way. Apparently some guy got dropped off, and went for a walk around everyones backyards. So they had K9 units out, and cops all over the place. No idea what the end result was they just left. |
| Backyard Beekeeping | Books | [14-Jan-2012]
by James E. Tew
Beekeeping: 46 pages
Very short and to the point but covers all the basics. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| Honey bees and beekeeping | Books | [14-Jan-2012]
by Keith S. Delaplane
Science: 108 pages
Shorter than the handbook but well written and packed with info. Stopped several times to note something I read. Seems more tailored for the south than the handbook but still covers northern issues. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| First Lessons in Beekeeping | Books | [09-Jan-2012]
by Keith S. Delaplane
Beekeeping: 166 pages
Nice color photos of just about everything including individual hive parts. Does a good job covering nectar plants as well as bee keeping itself. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
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