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Another Try

I am going to switch to Wordpress eventually, but in the meantime I need to find ways to deal with Blogpad Pro’s growing bugs. I suspect the problem with Blogpad Pro is that it has not been updated to keep up with iOS changes on the iPad. The developers took their money and ran. I the meantime I will do my editing in Notepad and then past it into Blogpad Pro. That way I will not lose text. Photos are another issue and I will have to live with those problems. 

In the blog post that vanished on upload yesterday I wrote about how ColbyJ’s Ramblings sometimes reminds me of an old Road & Track column that I enjoyed for years; Miscellaneous Ramblings. That’s what I do in this blog, ramble about miscellaneous thoughts.

In mid-April I bought an Amazon Fire 10 when they were offered at $40 off. $109 down from $149 was a deal I couldn’t pass up. Since then I have been learning to use it and filling it up with music and books. I have also been learning its uses and limitations. It is not a tablet for multiple uses such as an iPad. Stick with books, music, and videos and you have a really good tool. Not so much for other things. A number of available apps just don’t seem to work on the Fire 10. For example, OneNote from Microsoft. Just doesn’t work, though it is great on my iPad. I think the lesson is to stick with the iPad for “serious” needs and use the Fire 10 for music, reading, and video.

Well, Blogpad Pro did it again, uploaded a blank page to Blogger. Arggggghhhh!

Miscellaneous Ramblings

Damn Blogpad Pro. Four paragraphs and about an hour VANISHED.

Beautiful Spring

A beautiful spring day here in Longmont and we had a wonderful day. Sharon sprayed weeds in our yard with here mixture of salt and white vinegar, I did some pre-packing for our trip (and found two shirts in a suitcase I hadn’t used in two years.) Then we showered and headed off for brunch/lunch at Longs Peak Pub and Taphouse. I had a really tasty breakfast burrito and Sharon had wings and fries. Both were very good and washed down with a beer and a margarita.

Then it was off on errands. The biggest one was finding a swimsuit for Sharon. First we picked up some earrings at a local jeweler. Sharon wanted to replicate some she had lost years ago. She designed them with the jeweler and picked them up a couple of weeks ago but they weren’t quite right. Back to the drawing board and this version is working for her. Then it was off to Boulder. We both had things to pick up there that they held for us and charged when the latest sale started. Pretty handy. While there I found a pair of shorts and they left the store with us. Then off to Nordstrom Rack, but that was a bust. Next door to Nordstrom Rack was a BC Surf and Sport. Sharon looked for swimwear there but struck out. I on the other hand found another pair of shorts. Score! Next was Changes in Latitude - a travel store. Sharon didn’t find a swim suit but did score a couple of tops and some leggings. I got a belt and a couple of luggage tags. And, they told us where to go for swimwear just a short ways away. We hit the jackpot on swimwear and Sharon found a really nice outfit. I found some new flip flops! 

This day was on top of getting together with friends the afternoon before for happy hour at 95a Bistro. We had a great time. Last night and today were were enjoying top down weather in the Camaro. Right now I am enjoying a Negroni as I type this.

 

A Bunny Drinking At Our Pond

 

Ducks On Our Patio

 

L.C. On The Patio

 

What We’ll Be Doing Soon

 

 

Travel

”Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” 

 Mark Twain from Innocents Abroad

The Winds Came

Yesterday the winds came to Longmont. We had sustained winds of around 35 mph and gusts to 62mpf. Everything was blowing, including our furniture and grills. Our Weber grill left us twice and I turned it upside down next to the house out of the wind. The Traeger was upset and pused into the gas grill. We had to tie it to the pergola. The gas grill was up against the back door and blew to the 2x4 I had bolted to the concrete. We have seen high winds here before but not as fierce as yesterday. Trucks were blown over, trees were downed, and it was generally uncomfortable outside chasing items.

Yesterday morning before the winds Sharon and I each spotted our first yellow headed blackbirds. They were back today and they are pretty things.

       

 

   

Springing In Longmont

Today was lovely in Longmont. Mid 60s and sunny. Sharon sprayed weeds with salt and vinegar and I pulled some. I trimmed and pruned plants and cleaned up the pond. We visited new neighbors and generally had a very nice day, though Sharon is in pain from a combo of her workout at Orange Theory and pumping the weed sprayer. I worked on my tan and read

The ducks were swimming and dining in the pond. Hopefully they were dining on algae and not young fish.

In years past I would have been finishing my tax returns this weekend. Not this year, filing was simple and easy. No rental property, no business income, only lived in one state, one job, no estimated taxes, easy peasy. Filed over a month ago and even got refunds. No payments to make. Life is good.

Three weeks plus a couple of days and we will be in Sitges!

 

Ducks Came To Visit

 

And A Rabbit

 

Sitges