Tempus Fugit

Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies

Author: garry.c.stewart

  • You say it’s your Birthday


    Surprised
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    You say it’s your birthday
    It’s my birthday too–yeah
    They say it’s your birthday
    We’re gonna have a good time
    I’m glad it’s your birthday
    Happy birthday to you.

    The Beatles – The White Album – Birthday

    That’s right it’s my birthday and I had a great dinner out with Shirley at 7 1/4 and then the kids came over to the house for Birthday cake (which was amazing and yummy!). I really enjoyed having all the family over and sitting around and just having fun together. Thanks for making my birthday a special day.

  • Getting ready


    Our Snowman Friend
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    On the weekend we set up the Christmas tree and put out all the Christmas decorations, including this guy.

    He was a gift from some friends who have since moved away and we’ve had limited contact with. When we received it I wasn’t too sure about it but, over the years I’ve come to appreciate the gift more and more. Our Snowman friend occupies a high traffic area at the foot of the stairs to the basement.

    Each time I pass, I think of our friends, and wonder how they are doing.

  • Vision of Vandalism


    Glass in Snow
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    I was out braving the crowds doing some Christmas shopping today and I stopped at a store on Academy Avenue to check out the Glitz store. As I was returning to the car I noticed a vandalized bus shelter where the glass had been shattered. I had the camera in the van so I came back to take a few shots. Check out the rest of the pictures here.


  • Photo Blog from Cell Phone


    Bench Shadow
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    I was just playing around with the ability to send a photo from the cell phone to flickr and then have it post a blog entry. Well, it sort of works. The photo shows up just fine, but my phone doesn’t allow a subject while sending the photo as an email, and the description text doesn’t get picked up either. This is most likely caused by the phone uploading the photo to an MTS server and then sending you a link to the photo as opposed to sending email with an attachment.

    Anyway, that shadow is me, a la Hitchcock, when I was geocaching in Vancouver a while back.

  • Geocaching Friends

    Geocaching Friends
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    I’ve got these guy sitting on the corner of my desk at the “home office” in the basement. The yellow guy, whom I’ve named “Medora Man” started off the collection when I picked him up from a geocache in Medora ND, while I was there on a mountain biking trip to the Maah Daah Hey trail.

    Since then I’ve been keeping an eye out for small, bendable plastic figures to add to the collection. I haven’t been out geocaching for quite a while and it snowed last night so that will make it a little more challenging. Time to get out there and do a little hunting. Maybe Eric will let me have some time off from the renovation project. 🙂

    Anyway, they remind me of some good times when work is not so good.

  • Sanding the front room


    Sanding the front room
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    Things are really moving along on Eric & Dez’s house renovation project. Lots of drywall finishing and painting happened during the week. This weekend I finished all of the wiring with the exception of some ceiling lights and some outlets etc. in the basement that are waiting for drywall. Eric and Doug put in the kitchen cupboards and Scott started the floor sanding. There have already been some long nights and I suspect that last night was a late one for Eric as he finished the sanding in order to return the rented sander by noon today.

    The sander rental was almost free in comparison to the sanding supplies. Wow, the sandpaper and backing pads were expensive and you need a lot ot them.

  • In the basement

    saw
    Saw by s2photography
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    This weekend the renovations focused mainly on the basement.

    During the week Eric & Dez finished the upstairs drywall and started mudding the walls. Currently there are a couple of coats in most areas and sanding should start during the week.

    On the weekend about 3/4 of the exterior basement walls have been studded and the utility room framed up. The perimeter wiring is in place and some insulation and vapor barrier is up on some walls.

    Several bits of plumbing have been capped off or moved, and some of the reconnections are proving to be a challenge. About eight 8′ lengths of framing for enclosing the heating ducts were assembled and are ready to attach to the joists. So, quite a bit of progress in the basement and it’s starting to look quite good.

  • Bathroom Wiring


    Bathroom Wiring
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    This afternoon, after church, I was helping Dez and Eric with their house renovations. Today, I was the electrician. We wired up a bathroom ceiling fan, replaced a bunch of wire, re-routes lights to different switches and roughed in the bathroom light fixture and a GFI outlet.

    Len, Darlene and Jared were there as well. Len and Jared completed the basement tile removal project and then demolished some storage cabinets at one end of the basement. Darlene had the job that everybody has done some of and hates, removing floor tiles. Ones that really didn’t want to come off at all.

    Doing the electrical work with Eric made me thing about doing the wiring at the cottage. I really enjoy electrical work, so it was lots of fun to help out. Next time, I think it’s back to drywallling.


  • Google Docs

    I’ve just noticed that Writely has been renamed and further incorporated into the Google camp and is now Google Docs. I think I could get used to living in Google, between Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, Calendar and Groups life is looking pretty complete. While I use Picassa on the desktop, I’m not yet a big enough fan of the web album to switch my 1,000+ flickr photo’s over any time soon. But, then again, Picasa is free. Hmmm.

    On a side not, I’ve written this in Google Docs and posted to my blog. The spell checker however thinks “Google” in not spelled correctly. Perhaps a dictionary update is in order.

    As yet another note, the Doc title doesn’t make the trip as the post title and Doc tags, don’t yet catagorize the post either. I guess this is one of the “beta” things. I had to touch up this post with my tried & true Performancing for Firefox.

  • Closing up


    Dock Shot #2
    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

    This photo says it all. The leaves are turning and falling. It’s the Thanksgiving weekend and we’re at the lake to close up for the season.

    The weather is very nice on Saturday, hitting 21C with a light overcast. After a couple of cups of coffee on the dock, we’re having breakfast with Scott & Mandi who are down for the weekend with Shirley & I. After breakfast we head back down to the dock to deal with the two new floating docks. In the end we decide to put the good one, the one that got renovated, in between to docks and leave the other one tied up parallel to the dock, pretty much where it’s spent the summer. Only time will tell if this was a good way to store them for the winter. They are just too heavy to get on shore.

    With the boat & dock work completed, we take the rest of the day off and head into town. Scott & Mandi do a little shopping and Shirley & I take a walk on the Tunnel Island trails. We rendezvous back at Ho-Jos for some Kenora Mist’s. After a great steak dinner, we play Tile Rummy and Mandi & I clean up.

    Sunday it’s all about putting the cottage to bed for the winter. Scott & I handle the outside chores and Mandi & Shirley pack up the kitchen & clean the cottage. By 1:15, we’re done and heading home. It was quite windy all last night and into the day. Thankfully, there was no rain we were sheltered from the west wind.

    Farewell to Kenora was celebrated by a stop at the Chip Truck and the Dairy Queen. It was a great summer at the lake.