A friend sent me a link to an account of the trip that he and his wife took around Australia. Jack and I visited with them on our trip to the Whitsundays in 1999. Another friend writes about touring South American in her aptly named weblog Connections.
Author: Elaine
Dinosaur chick
For a while, the adolescent chicks with their naked heads reminded me of dinosaur chicks. Now, only Cassie is still lacking feathers on the head.
Chicken wrangling
Yesterday, along with two other people, I helped my friend take her three chickens for a walk. And yes, Martha, the one at the bottom, really is that white.
DYMO LetraTag QX50
DYMO LetraTag QX50
I’ve wanted a label maker for a long time. While I was visiting my sister, I drooled over hers, which is a peripheral to her PC. I am currently doing a lot of organizing in the mudroom and garage, and decided to encourage myself by giving myself this little freestanding model. I paid way less than list price for it, though. The only thing I don’t like about it is the size of the print in the manual.
Pansies
A few pansies have managed to survive bunnies, torrential downpours, and even hail.
Office Depot Electronic Recycling
It is amazingly difficult to find places that recycle electronics. For the rest of the summer, Office Depot is offering to take certain items for free.
Open Office Templates
If you use OpenOffice.org, this site offers Off-the-Wall: Bullet Proof Templates.
Lily
The vet came by this morning to check Lily, who attempted to bow a tendon two weeks ago. We were all extremely pleased to see that the injured left leg, which has been in a gel cast for two weeks, is now identical to the perfect right leg. The vet couldn’t get even an ear flicker as she palpated the leg, so Lily is not feeling any tenderness. It couldn’t be better at this stage.
For three days we will keep her in her current tiny paddock (made by closing off the end of a long run) without any cast or other support. Then, if all goes well, she will be allowed into the larger ran. In ten days or so, I will begin handwalking her. Despite the good news, we still have a lengthy rehabilitation ahead of us.
Sunset
Firefox Extensions
I just uploaded to Firefox 9.1. Although most of my configuration came along for the ride, I had to reinstall my extensions. I had been using SwitchProxy and Web Developer. In the process of loading these, I discovered TextZoom, which automatically zooms the text when a new page loads.