Well, this post is a little late but… another 2010 goal (5000 puzzle pieces) was achieved! I started the vintage puzzle but couldn’t finish it due to my allergies kicking up. I’m allergic to some cats and apparently the previous owner of that puzzle had such a cat. The final 1000 pieces were completed using a couple…
NOTE- this post was originally published on my other blog, EnjoyTimeOutdoors.com, on 14November2010. —- The third jigsaw puzzle for 2010 is complete! This brings the progress towards the 2010 goal to 3000 pieces. This puzzle was started back in March and sat idle for most of the summer and early fall. Thanks to Lisa’s continued…
With Christmas and the new year quickly approaching we finally finished the fourth puzzle of 2010. Though I’ll count this puzzle as 1000 of the 2010- 5000 piece goal, the completed puzzle consisted of only 999 pieces. This was likely the result of kitty’s help. The puzzle was Thomas Kinkade’s Nature’s Paradise. A wonderful depiction of a rustic log cabin…
Last night when I was checking out some of my old posts I was surprised at what I found. Advertising! There are Google AdSense ads on many of them. These ads are not placed, nor endorsed, by me. I realize that this is a small price to pay for the two years of free hosting here at WordPress.com, and I am…
With summer drifting into autumn the days are shorter, the nights cooler, and the pace of life seems a little more relaxed. This IS my favorite season! After taking a break from puzzling for the summer, autumn reinvigorated my interest to complete the 5000 piece goal I set for this year. Puzzle three, which was…
Just a quick post to announce that I’ve officially launched my new blog site https://enjoytimeoutdoors.com . It is still in its infancy but will continue to expand in the very near future. I will continue to post at both sites for the foreseeable future.
I’m back to flats- after a failed clipless experiment. First off, let me state- I’m no pro MTB rider, nor do I claim to be. I’m a weekend trail rider who, up until the last few weeks, didn’t do much core/ interval or mountain bike skill training, other than occasional trail or road riding. I always had a bad habit of…
The Ambient Weather WS-1080 weather station has been operational and gathering data for several days now. So far I’ve been very pleased with the unit. Living several miles north of Fort Wayne, we often have slightly different temperatures and weather conditions than those reported by the television stations and weather websites like weather.com or wunderground.com. It’s…
With the spring cleanup of the landscape underway, I’ve realized that there is an abundance of good fire starting tinder all around. The river birch out front drops a lot of small twigs all winter (actually year round). It also provides an amble supply of loose birch bark which I can save for months worth…
I’ve recently stumbled upon another really cool podcast, Outdoors Aloud! The podcast is available on iTunes or via the Woods Monkey website. This is a relatively new podcast, with just eight published weekly episodes (at the time of this writing). The podcast is hosted by Garrett Lucas of Woods Monkey.com and Adam Francis of Equip2Endure.com. They have…