Category Archives: Daily Drama

The recent tropical weather slows life down to a lazy amble here in the rolling hills of Virginia. This scene is reminiscent of a picture I posted last year, when I first began blogging.

It takes a real effort to work outside in this dogbreath weather, but evening eventually comes and brings cooler breezes with it.

When I go out to barbecue steaks for supper, our back lawn is usually filled with grazing deer. They look up with idle curiosity as we bustle about, but calmly begin grazing again within a few moments.

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I haven’t been blogging for a few days because I finally succumbed to the blandishments of Adelphia and signed up for cable access to the internet.

I am very glad I did. Cable access appears to be approximately twice as fast as DSL in this location, and at this time.

The only downside, and there always is one, is that my router is proving to be intractable and will not recognize the new modem. This means that for the time being, only one of our household computers will be able to enjoy the blazing speed of our new cable connection!

In addition, the router is now in a complete snit about being pushed and shoved into a forced introduction with the new modem. It has decided that it won’t work with any modem at all and has gone on a long tea-break. Thankyouverymuch!

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Our favorite arborist, Henry Chandler, came by today and agreed that the problem was due to our use of heavy birdhouses. We promised to put all bird houses on poles from here on out.

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I was greeted by this scene after this morning’s storm. The broken tree with it’s birdhouse head reminded me of a creature from a haunted forest. What concerns me is that this is the third tree to break this year … Continue reading →