Tempus Fugit

About a week ago, I went out to the Conservatory to take some pictures of the flowers with Scott and Shirley. When we arrived there was a lot more that flowers going on. There was a bride pulling up in a limo, to get married with a very emotional dad. This turned out to be just one of three weddings that we saw in our short visit.

But the best of all were these young ladies that I’ve dubbed Fairy Princesses. There were all dressed up in very fine attire and being quite attentive to the Queen of the Fairy Princesses, who was reading them a story and later singing and helping them with some craft work. It was quite a sight and never having had young daughters (yet) it was quite fascinating and heart warming to see them all having such a good time at what appeared to be somebodies very special birthday party.

We did get around to taking some photos of the flowers and Scott Orchid shot is excellent. Later we enjoyed a late lunch together at had a great afternoon.

Sandpaper Mystery
Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo

I was doing some work around the house the other day, fitting one of the new doors, and I needed some sandpaper. So, fishing around in the shop for a piece I come across this. I certainly don’t remember doing it. A perfectly good full sheet of sandpaper with a very precise, yet irregular shape cut out. Hmmm, I think I’ll need to investigate for Shop Elves. There seems to be some mischief afoot.

I’m taking some time off between Christmas and New Years so I’m spending some time around the house relaxing and getting some things done like replacing the interior doors and cleaning and organizing some areas of the house. Today was a cleaning and organizing day.

We have a storage room, which frequently turns into a dumping ground for all that stuff you want to keep, but just don’t want to take the time to store properly, with some sort of hope of knowing where it is when you want to get it back. The other storage area is under the stairs, the place where memories are stored.

OK, my memories are not really stored under the stairs, I haven’t totally lost it yet, but it is the place where we store some of the things that trigger powerful memories. You see, under the stairs there are several large boxes. These boxes contain photo albums. Not my photo albums, that’s another organizational story for another day, but the albums from my parents and grandparents. What will the digital generation do when it’s their turn to look through the “family album”? No technology problems here. Pictures from the ’20s and possibly older are ready to view at the flip of a page, and so many that I’d never seen before. Each picture a treasure and thankfully my Ama and Mom labeled and dated many of the photos so distant relatives, places and occasions can be identified. Photos of my Dad in England during the war, riding a motorcycle. I’d only heard a brief story of his encounter with a large pot hole which resulted in the end of his motorcycle riding career.

One album has wedding pictures of all my mom’s brother and sisters, the births of cousins, and growing up photos. So many of these photos trigger wonderful memories. There was also a sequence of photos when my Ama and Granddad moved into a new house on Oak St. I spend many wonderful hours in that house and it was fun to see it when it was new. And that was in just a couple of the dozens of albums not to mention a lot of un-filed photos in a box.

I think I may start to build a real photo album soon.

Coke Santa
Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo

Need I say more?

Blackberry Problem

Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo

I tried to replace this holster for my Blackberry a while ago mainly because I’ve never liked the burgundy colour, but because the 8703e is now an obsolete model, the holster is no longer (easily) available.

What to do? It seems like I’ll need to get a more current Blackberry to resolve this crisis. This is planned obsolescence to the max.

Lance is not the only one making a comeback one more time. So is Tina Turner at age 68! Rock on!

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It has been confirmed that Tina Turner at the age of 68 years old is going back on tour in October 2008. The opening night will be in Kansas City in America. We will be adding 6 – 8 more shows which will go on sale in September. The European leg of the tour has been confirmed and it’s without a doubt that Tina will also be visiting Europe.

Collapse of the BowFlex SelectTech Stand
Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo

This morning I was working out using the BowFlex SelectTech weights, which by the way I’m quite happy with, when the stand collapsed. Well, perhaps collapsed is not quite the right word but as I was gently placing one of the weights back in the stand, both bolts that hold the trays to the top of the stand sheered off!

Bolt Sheer
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In looking more closely at the design you’d think they would have spec’d stronger bolts. After all each weight is 52 lbs, plus the two trays, plus the forces exerted every time you replace the weights. I’m sure that some people probably drop them in harder that I do. That’s a lot of force for some low quality bolts. For sure I’ll replace the bolts with something of a more substantial quality and strength.

Contents Under Pressure Shirt

Tanning with Cooper
Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo

I’m enjoying the sun down on the dock and all of a sudden Cooper decides to make her self at home, on my chest!