“Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another’s appetite as to thine own.” – Sir Richard Francis Burton
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Bella Bog Wash
Here is Bella again. Actually, this post is just a test of linking to YouTube videos. But, it does get me thinking about spring and summer, weather warm enough to be barefoot, Bella's pool (and ours!)
Posted under: Dog Stuff • by Rick on 02/16/2013 at 05:55 AM
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
I Need Ideas
Okay. The new web platform is fully deployed. I focused on getting Lynne's blog up-and-running because people actually read it. Then, I turned my attention to enabling some really cool features on my site. Things like the Fancy Gallery, polls, tags, etc.
Now that it all seems to be working, I have nothing to say.
Wish I could think of a good blog topic tonight.
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 02/14/2013 at 07:08 PM
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
New Banner Photos
I've used the same set of banner photos on my web site for many, many years. So, over the past few days I've explored how to use the new web site software (we recently upgraded to) to rethink that banner. It used to be a bunch of tiny photos of things in my life: cooking, dogs, cats, the cabin, wildflowers, wild mushrooms, ...
Now, I have decided to use only five photos, and they are bigger so you can actually see what the subject is 
And, I can add new photos to the banner or rearrange their order easily. Keep an eye out for changing "themes". I'm starting with a winter theme and it seems to have lots of dogs, too. Lynne has said I can steal some of her photos for future banners.
Posted under: Site Announcements • by Rick on 02/13/2013 at 08:00 AM
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Friday, February 08, 2013
Another Hummingbird Post
Here is another movie of a hummingbird. This was also taken many years ago and the movie won't play in the original post. So, I'm reposting it and sharing it again. It was taken with a Phantom Miro eX4 camera at 1000 frames-per-second.
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 02/08/2013 at 05:35 AM
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Thursday, February 07, 2013
Old Hummingbird Movie
I had this movie from 4 or 5 years ago posted on my web site. But, the upgrade has broken the post, so I thought I'd post it again.
This is a couple of hummingbirds sparring. I don't know if this is mating behavior (one is male the other female), or competition for food. All this takes place in less than 2 seconds.
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 02/07/2013 at 11:55 AM
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