- So, if cleaners put a big neon “In by 9, out by 5″ sign in their window, how come they act so surprised when you actually need your shirt back at 5?
- I’m madly ripping my old home movies (digitized a couple years ago by Lisa – thank you!) to play with them in iMovie.
- This Mac thing is pretty darn fun.
- After the wedding, I’m going down to the Apple store for some One To One learning.
- It’s so easy, I can learn a ton from them.
- We’re packing for the trip, and I wonder how little I can get away with. Will I really miss my knitting if I don’t bring any? After all, I will have things to do.
- I want to plant some lettuce, but keep holding back thinking about it’s maintenance.
Archive for May, 2010
Wednesday, random style
19
May
Saturday sky
15
May
It’s beautiful here, sunny and about 70F. Though everyone else here is wearing sweatshirts.
On second thought – It’s closer to 60F than 70, and I’m off to unpack my sweatshirt.
Truly portable
14
May
I’m blogging tonight from the iPad. I’m not as entranced by the thing as I was in the first couple of days – mostly because I haven’t imported my bookmarks, I guess. And the MacbooK has been getting overtime duty as I slog through years of knit swatch photos.
Note to self: there Is no reason to keep thousands of blurry shots of swatches and ribbing.
So it’s been a long slow week at work. Paul came down to see the ‘rents, put up a retaining wall, and take me out to dinner (Shane’s Rib Shack in Clifton Park, decent food, outdoor tables which are surprisingly uncommon here).
After dinner we went exploring, and happened upon the Vischer Ferry Wildlife and Historic preserve. Theree is a 150 year old iron bridge, the old Erie Canal, and the oldest settlement in Saratoga County. Plus the most vicious swarms of bugs I’ve seen in ages. A nice walk, though.
One week until the wedding! It’s hard to believe that it’s almost here. Everything is in order, all we need to do is enjoy. I can’t wait.
Fat and happy
11
May
Just got “home” from Tuesday night family dinner with Nancy, Don, Sue, Sue’s friend Terry, and Liz, plus delicious salad, pizza, pasta, ribs and squash, something for everyone. These dinners are the hub of my weeks here, a meal I can count on, with people I care about. The tradition of gathering around a shared table is so foreign to my life these past few years. It feels good.
I’ve been musing about creativity lately. This new computer is tickling my brain, calling to me to write something. Odd, how a visual machine like the Mac is inspiring me to be verbal. With luck, and without the antidepressants, I hope I can string three or four words together coherently.
Maybe not tonight, though. Too much pasta, pizza, ribs and salad.
Wild and breezy
08
May
Being plugged in has its benefits. My phone, iPad and MacBook have all been warning me of today’s wind warning. And no surprise, here it is.
Brought to you courtesy of Apple
02
May
At last, I’ve gone over to the other side – I got a Mac. (And an iPad, but that’s a story for another day.)
Rock cress
Setting up the new machine, and playing with years of digital memories in iPhoto, has gotten my creativity raging again, and since the weather is so incredible, I’ve been out in the garden. NOTE: “Setting up the new machine” actually consisted of copying my photos, music, and knitting patterns.
The rock cress, phlox and late primroses are in full bloom. I love the carpets of color in the rock garden! Everything now is in shades of pink and purple, except for a few tulips hanging on. I’ll never be rid of the grape hyacinths – they’re pretty, but there are so many of them.
The daffodils are nearly all gone – it’s time to clean up the spent blossoms. Our tiny azalea is showing some magenta, though it looks dead 11 1/2 months of the year. The roses are budding, and wisteria is blooming. Though nearly every lilac in the city is in full bloom (today 
is the best day to visit Highland Park, but the Lilac Festival isn’t until next week) ours is at least a week away.
Yesterday, we went south to Cumming Nature Center in Naples, NY. The boys had fun herding snakes, tracking muskrats in the pond, and generally horsing around. The place is a bit meh, though the location is interesting – there’s a beaver pond, a stand of Norway pine, wetland, grasses, and more. A woodpecker (or yellow-bellied sapsucker? don’t know, never saw it) was working away somewhere in the treetops, and a pair of Canada geese were having some kind of debate on a log in the middle of the pond. The beavers moved on decades ago, but we spotted a muskrat building his cattail lodge.
Today is heavy, waiting for the rain. We’ll be visiting Corrie & Bowden later this afternoon, and Staffan is rehearsing his newscast for homework. Meantime, I’ve got Faces to confirm.
