WARMER BUT GREY, GREY SKIES...
1.5 Mile Walk at Greece Canal Park
Saturday, November 30, 3013
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
THE COLDEST DAY OF THE SEASON SO FAR -
AND NO HEAT!
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Fortunately, all it took was purchasing and installing a new thermostat - but by the time I'd narrowed it down to that and made the trip to Lowes to get the new one - the time I'd planned to spend outside today was used up and it was time to get back to grading exams.
Still, I have to say I got off easy... it was a problem I could diagnose and fix, rather than something that would have required a visit from the fellow who installed the new furnaces and water heaters a few years ago.
But it would have been nice to get out in the sunshine for a bit, even if it was colder than heck with the windchill.
JMH
AND NO HEAT!
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Fortunately, all it took was purchasing and installing a new thermostat - but by the time I'd narrowed it down to that and made the trip to Lowes to get the new one - the time I'd planned to spend outside today was used up and it was time to get back to grading exams.
Still, I have to say I got off easy... it was a problem I could diagnose and fix, rather than something that would have required a visit from the fellow who installed the new furnaces and water heaters a few years ago.
But it would have been nice to get out in the sunshine for a bit, even if it was colder than heck with the windchill.
JMH
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
INTERNET SERVICE FINALLY BACK...
Friday, November 15, 2013
... after the DSL signal being out for the last two days. I spent a little while today trying to submit a repair request through Verizon's website - what a waste of time. The support/repair links shuffled me around in a perpetual circle... I was expecting to have to call the support line and deal with a bunch of frustrating nonsense when the signal came back on its own this evening.
At least it's finally back...
JMH
Friday, November 15, 2013
... after the DSL signal being out for the last two days. I spent a little while today trying to submit a repair request through Verizon's website - what a waste of time. The support/repair links shuffled me around in a perpetual circle... I was expecting to have to call the support line and deal with a bunch of frustrating nonsense when the signal came back on its own this evening.
At least it's finally back...
JMH
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Friday, November 08, 2013
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Saturday, November 02, 2013
Friday, November 01, 2013
LAST EVENING OF DAYLIGHT RIDING FOR A WHILE...
11.5 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Friday, November 1, 2013
... and even tonight I needed a light for the last 2 1/2 miles or so. But after we switch back to Standard Time early Sunday morning, I can expect about two months of doing all my after-work outdoor activities in the dark. Wahoo...
Today was atypically warm - almost warm enough that I could have ridden without a jacket - and after the storm blew through this morning we had lots of sunshine. Unfortunately by the time I got to the bike path there was only a little over half an hour until sunset, so I did most of tonight's ride in the dusk. Even so, it was pretty darn pleasant to be out on such a nice evening.
On the way back to the car there was a bird calling down in one of the marshy areas along the river... I managed to record it and after a lot of searching finally identified it as an eastern screech owl.
According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab, I recorded a screech owl's descending whinny used to defend territory (perhaps that's why the owl didn't respond when I tried imitating the call - or maybe I just make a lousy screech owl) with a bit of monotonic trilling at about the 50 sec mark.
JMH
11.5 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Friday, November 1, 2013
... and even tonight I needed a light for the last 2 1/2 miles or so. But after we switch back to Standard Time early Sunday morning, I can expect about two months of doing all my after-work outdoor activities in the dark. Wahoo...
Today was atypically warm - almost warm enough that I could have ridden without a jacket - and after the storm blew through this morning we had lots of sunshine. Unfortunately by the time I got to the bike path there was only a little over half an hour until sunset, so I did most of tonight's ride in the dusk. Even so, it was pretty darn pleasant to be out on such a nice evening.
On the way back to the car there was a bird calling down in one of the marshy areas along the river... I managed to record it and after a lot of searching finally identified it as an eastern screech owl.
According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab, I recorded a screech owl's descending whinny used to defend territory (perhaps that's why the owl didn't respond when I tried imitating the call - or maybe I just make a lousy screech owl) with a bit of monotonic trilling at about the 50 sec mark.
JMH
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