And what about our final family member, Miss Photon? She went to camp, too! During vacations past she stayed at home with a dog-sitter, but despite excellent care and many walks (thank you David!) she was pretty bummed out with “her people” not being around. According to what I’ve read, some dogs do far better …
Category Archive: Cool Stuff
Sep
08
Our summer adventure, Pt. 3
Camp Merrywood At Camp Merrywood I went canoeing, kayaking, and sailing. I had a picnic in the canoe. For sports and games I played wheelchair basketball and T-ball. In arts and crafts I made masks. I made beeswax candles and pottery. My favourite thing to do at camp was sing songs at the campfire. When …
Aug
29
Our summer adventure, Pt. 2
with a few bits by Continued from Pt. 1 Vienna: City of Mozart Our train pulled into Meidling station mid-afternoon. This was a temporary arrangement while the usual station (Südbahnhof) was closed for renovations, so it was a bit confusing at first (all the tourist info sites/books listed directions to downtown Vienna from Südbahnhof). As …
Aug
23
Our summer adventure, Pt. 1
with a few bits by If you’d been following our Twitter posts you’d have figured out why we haven’t been posting here for awhile: We’ve been getting ready for, experiencing, and recovering from, our latest adventure. This adventure comes courtesy of very generous gifts from Grandpa S. and Nana Tara, and Grandma—Thank you, thank you …
Jul
07
Heat wave coping strategy
Peter’s mom sent this to us today. At first I casually glanced at it and said “awww, baby raccoons in a fridge—how cute”; then I noticed that the butter dish looked awfully familiar—holy cow, it’s the fridge at the family cottage! Grandma reports that the raccoon family (mom + three kids; only two pictured here) …
May
19
My new espresso machine
What, another post about espresso? Well until something truly earth-shattering happens chez PLJ, this’ll have to do! I’ve owned a decent Krups espresso machine for the past three years or so, but lately I’ve become dissatisfied with the quality of espresso it’s been making. Researching the topic, I’ve found that the main reason for my …
Apr
16
Fun with Nature, Part #3007
When, in a single 24 hour period, I receive (via Twitter) not one, not two, but three interesting animal clips via different people, clearly they were meant to be posted. First, @philnelson posted a story about the weasel cousin you don’t wanna meet in a back alley: Then @zefrank changed the tone this adorable little …