Category: General
Madeline
Madeline recognised me instantly from past visits: “She who takes small Australian Shepherds for walks.”
Hollyhock
I saw this eight foot high hollyhock in Encino during my trip.
Happy Hour
Originally, the dog run extended all the way to the horse field. However, sharing a common fence line allowed the horses (primarily Smoke) and the dogs to spend far too much time entertaining themselves by fence fighting. In an effort to save our ear drums, and those of our neighbors, Jack put up the chain link panels creating what we call the “buffer zone.” Occasionally, we let the horses into the buffer zone to eat down the grass, and a good time is had by all.
Columbine
Yesterday, I planted this yellow columbine. The three that I planted last year have not yet completely bloomed, but two of them look close to doing so. I love columbines.
Spinach
I learned something very interesting today. If you put enough balsamic vinegar on it, even spinach becomes edible. I wonder if it would work for kale and collard greens.
Dudley
The first time I found Dudley in the bathtub I had walked into the bathroom without any lights and there was this large black thing in the tub. It was a bad moment. Dudley does large black thing better than any other dog we have ever had.
Time to find his wading pool.
Silly
So this is just plain silly 🙂
Tranquil
More on my move from MovableType to WordPress
My old Movable Type syndication feed is now working again, with the help of people from the IRC freenode #wordpress channel. Comments seem to be working as well, since Ralph of Makes me Ralph commented on my photo of oregano that I posted a few days ago.
It has been interesting watching the reactions to the new Movable Type (MT) licensing scheme. My decision to change weblog software was triggered by my web host deciding to no longer allow Movable Type. I like the stability and longetivity of my provider, and worried that changing providers would result in a much slower system. I also hated the idea that my new host might dissallow Movable Type at some point. However, I probably would have found a new provider, if I hadn’t read the MT 3.0 license (in its first incarnation) and decided that it was time to go with a GPL solution. When I first started using MT back in August 2003, I donated to the company and had a ball setting up a weblog for myself, my husband, and loading my site into MT and using it as a content management system.
I loved Movable Type, but I must be fickle: I love WordPress too. I like the fact that I no longer have to wait for long rebuilds of my database. I like the fact that I can change the underlying code legally. I like the user interface. I like how easy it was to install. I like the support on the forum and on IRC. Certainly, it has a few rough edges, and I would not recommend it for non-techies, but then I always thought that non-technies were better off with TypePad than Movable Type. I still feel that way.