Sunny Sunday Funday Sorta
Apr. 26th, 2015 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoSo there are five days left in CampNano and I have about 4900 3023 words left to reach my quota. Should be easy, one would think, for someone who has completed the full Nano several times and that requires a rate of 1667 words per day for 30 days straight. I'm up to the easy part of my story, where I know what comes next and how to say it.
But. There's always one of those isn't there. It's a nice sunny day outside and I want to start garden work. Keeping myself from doing that doesn't hurry the other stuff along.
Another but. Many weeks ago I ordered the newest model of Raspberry Pi single board computer, an amazing little power pack of a machine on a single card about 6x9 cm in size. It finally arrived yesterday and of course the US Mail had flattened the package so I had to make sure it is undamaged. Fortunately, it remained unscathed and I am writing this post on it without difficulty. Unlike the original Pi, of which I also have one, this tiny machine pretty much measures up to my standards for a usable laptop or desktop computer. Other than a bit of difficulty getting my cheap wifi dongle to work (something I never did achieve with the older Pi) there have been no real glitches. The wifi does work, the printer works, web browsing and sound are fine, too.
Husband is working on a term paper for a graduate school class. All of six pages. And he's making it sound like it's just killing him to do it. Of course, it's due tomorrow apparently. Six pages? I don't remember anything that short even being called a "term paper." Those were more often 20 pages in high school and longer in college.
Meanwhile, I'm still not getting my own writing quota done.
The maple trees are finished blooming and starting to produce those little winged seeds. Oaks and wild cherry haven't started yet, but I think the willows and birches are blooming now. Daffodils are just passing their peak. And I have 44 working days left until retirement, which means I also need to do some paperwork for insurance and stuff. Can't put that off much longer.
Right now, though, I need to stop watching birds outside the window and work on this CampNano project.
But. There's always one of those isn't there. It's a nice sunny day outside and I want to start garden work. Keeping myself from doing that doesn't hurry the other stuff along.
Another but. Many weeks ago I ordered the newest model of Raspberry Pi single board computer, an amazing little power pack of a machine on a single card about 6x9 cm in size. It finally arrived yesterday and of course the US Mail had flattened the package so I had to make sure it is undamaged. Fortunately, it remained unscathed and I am writing this post on it without difficulty. Unlike the original Pi, of which I also have one, this tiny machine pretty much measures up to my standards for a usable laptop or desktop computer. Other than a bit of difficulty getting my cheap wifi dongle to work (something I never did achieve with the older Pi) there have been no real glitches. The wifi does work, the printer works, web browsing and sound are fine, too.
Husband is working on a term paper for a graduate school class. All of six pages. And he's making it sound like it's just killing him to do it. Of course, it's due tomorrow apparently. Six pages? I don't remember anything that short even being called a "term paper." Those were more often 20 pages in high school and longer in college.
Meanwhile, I'm still not getting my own writing quota done.
The maple trees are finished blooming and starting to produce those little winged seeds. Oaks and wild cherry haven't started yet, but I think the willows and birches are blooming now. Daffodils are just passing their peak. And I have 44 working days left until retirement, which means I also need to do some paperwork for insurance and stuff. Can't put that off much longer.
Right now, though, I need to stop watching birds outside the window and work on this CampNano project.
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Date: 2015-04-27 02:40 am (UTC)Good to hear that things are going well, that you're still writing and enjoying, and that you, husband, farm, and all seem to be having a decent year. I am, too, on many levels!
Here's hoping it continues to be good to us and to everyone.
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
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Date: 2015-04-27 10:57 am (UTC)On the whole, you're right, though. We have more to be thankful for than to complain about so far.
Hugs to you and yours.
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Date: 2015-04-27 09:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-04-27 10:54 am (UTC)Mostly the grass isn't tall enough to mow here yet, except for some areas of the pasture. I don't usually mow. In fact, I haven't done that at all since we bought the new lawn tractor about six years ago. That's Gary's job, the tractor is his toy. So far he hasn't even shown me how to operate it. (And I'm fine with that. I hate the noise and smell of those infernal combustion things.)
The new Raspberry Pi is amazing to both of us. How can a thing the size of a large postage stamp have more computing and storage power than the building sized mainframes we worked with back in the 70s and 80s? The mind boggles. It doesn't even get warm.
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Date: 2015-04-27 11:09 am (UTC)...and don't get me started on radio. ;)
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Date: 2015-04-27 06:32 pm (UTC)We planted clumps of daffodils all over the front lawn, and they're doing well and spreading. Not exactly "wildflowers" but pretty while they bloom and OK to just mow down when they're done.
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Date: 2015-04-27 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-04-27 06:31 pm (UTC)We have a more practical problem with it though. Our maples are silver maple, not sugar maple. They have sap, but it's not sugary enough to make syrup from probably. There are sugar maples growing in the area, but not on our land. And I won't be planting them because the leaves and bark are toxic to horses. :(