8r4d Day One of the pre-summer #disney2024 vacation adventure. After an afternoon of travel and an evening of settling in, we’re off to the parks for a few days. We started with California Adventure because the Kid decided that was her happy place this time. Seems to be about right.

8r4d Drinks before #disney2024 begins in earnest.

8r4d #disney2024

8r4dsfeets Foot map! #disney2024

castironguy #disney2024

8r4dsfeets #travel #leavingonajetplane #disney2024

8r4d It’s a bird, it’s a plane… no really. It’s a plane. #travel #disney2024 begins…

8r4d When you are relegated to the back seat you get to deal with your anxiety by taking pics of the crazy #weather

pixelazy Not sure what this little #insect is (some kind a #spider from the leg count) but she was on the raspberry bushes and posed for a half a second for a #macro before hopping into the shadows.

8r4d They say never pick a fight with a #magpie but how about a family of five who are trying to eat your #garden and built a nest in the neighbours tree? I enlisted a small army to help. I thought I’d put my art skills to the test and painted eyes on a variety of objects like rocks, wood discs, and clay pots in an attempt to give the little birds the creeps when they contemplate their next visit. Will it work? Who knows. The worst case scenario is that I have a dozen little garden critters painted in the yard. Best case, my carrots might actually make it to harvest.

pixelazy I think maybe that today is the last day of #spring so it might be worth a new #sky shot with a bit of #sunset glow, huh?

adventuredog Another #spring day sitting by the lake in the morning listening to #birdsong as #summer just hours away creeps into view.

castironguy I may have decided that eating a bowl of supremely sour #haskapberry was a little bit of a waste if we wouldn’t actually enjoy them, so instead I bought some pectin and made a single jar of #jam

8r4d The outdoor chores payed out this week as I was doing some minor #yardwork trimming the shrubs in our front yard. A bit of paper caught my eye and it turned out to be a bit of #cash under the hedges. This five dollar bill has seen better days and apparently some little animal had a snack leaving about only four bucks behind in the mess, quite a feat considering that these modern bills are basically sheets of plastic. I did some online research and learned I can send this in to the Bank of Canada to have it replaced (as I’m sure it wont pass muster at the local Starbucks) but by the time I do the paperwork (yeah, really) then spend the stamp and wait the eight weeks for the government to do its thing, it might be more interesting just to keep the bill as a souvenir.

castironguy It was at least a dozen years ago when I first planted a pair of #haskapberry bushes in the backyard #garden and in that time the productivity of the crops has varied widely. Often we miss the harvest entirely and the birds chomp down on these tart little berries. This year I spotted a few purple glorbs catching the afternoon sunlight and realized that there was a small bounty of berries ready to be picked. These are rare little fruits that I’m sure have some storied history and lineage dating back to how they found their way into my yard, and I know it has something to do with adaptive breeding at the University one province to the east, but beyond that they are rarely anything more for us than bird food. Not this year, I guess.

8r4d The new #keyboard arrived in the mail sometime this morning after a string of email notifications that I’d signed up for last week when I got the original shipping notice. So that’s that then. I’m one of those guys with a fancy retro keyboard and no more excuses not to get lots and lot of words onto paper. I think I’ll be heading over to a cafe of some sort this afternoon just simply to make up for lost time and get some #writing done. One of the nicer features of this device, and I’m sure it is pretty much standard on any old keyboard these days anyways, is the multi-device functionality. That means with the press of a key or two I can flip between typing on my iPad (serious writing) and typing on my phone (for text like this.) I could go through a lot of rigamorole with the old keyboard unpairing it, repairing it and then back and forth that way, but it was a real big pain. It may not be something I ever use, or it could be exactly what i needed to get some more extensive posts going on here. Who can say? [read more...]

pixelazy Wild #flower pics in the dog park

8r4d Dad & Daughter #walk on Father’s day

8r4d Father’s day #running #trails with the #runcrew as they train for their mountain race in a few weeks. #rivervalley #sundayrunday

8r4dsfeets yet more muddy #running #trails

8r4d The baby #magpie chicks are learning to fly in our backyard this morning. It’s a bit of a party. #birdsong

pixelazy Moonrise on a Thursday Afternoon

pixelazy Bumbles in the raspberry bushes #insect #macro

8r4dsfeets #running #trails in the mud