The Cottage story … a work in progress. The family cottage on beautiful Lake of the Woods was the brain child of my dad.
Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Just a fun loving guy who’s interested in technology, passionate about family, and a follower of Christ. The blog started a long time ago when we were family camping and I had an experience with one of my sons that made me realize how fast time is going by, hence the title, Tempus Fugit. I Read More ...
Hey! Welcome to the bigDadoo website. You’ve landed here for some mysterious reason only know to you but, thanks for dropping by. Most likely, perhaps, you were looking for my original blog? Well, you are there. If you were looking for my Journey blog, well that’s over here. If you are interested in some of Read More ...
In addition to this blog I have a presence on several other online services for some of my various interests. Photography. The bulk of my online photography is over on Flickr. For the family, there are a couple of special albums that are dedicated to the grandkids. Parker Easton Dane Clark Other album collections are Read More ...
The annual (sort of) tradition of making Rullu Pylsa is living on this year with a bit of a first ever twist. In late November we called Thor’s Meats in Selkirk, our normal supplier of boned lamb flank, and were told it was unavailable and we should have called in September to secure this hard Read More …
I’ve never attempted night photography or astronomical photography, until last night. A while back on Black Friday I bought an app that I’d had my eye on for a while. Its Photopills, a very cool tool to assist in planning all kinds of shots involving the sun, moon, milky way and meteor showers. I’d highly Read More …
These days I get asked how I’m feeling a moderate amount, most likely because some folks know about my health challenges I faced earlier in the year. I’m actually feeling quite well physically as well as most “other” ways, but this is about my current physical status. The way I’m judging my physical status is Read More …
We recently went to Cafe Carlo and had a fabulous time and excellent meal. However, it was very noisy! The food was so good that the noise level wouldn’t stop us from going back but, I’ll be using this app to give them a rating. At the end of the evening, when we stepped out Read More …
Not too much on the bleading edge but I jumped the gun and updated this site to WP 5 RC3 and I’m also posting from the iOS WordPress 11.4 beta app. So far nothing has fallen apart and the new iOS app handles media uploads into the RC3 Gutenberg format better that the old app.
Doing a little shopping for the 45th anniversary. So far, this one is the leading contender.
Well, 2018 is not quite over but they have produced some stats for the year. I’m feeling pretty good about mine…. …. and what’s happening around the world is amazing! YouVersion, The Bible App: End of the Year 2018— Read on share.bible.com/2018/
I’m awake in the early hours. Thoughts of all kinds are zooming around in my mind. After a while I get out of bed. It’s 5:00 am. After the usual morning routine I settle in with a coffee to read the Bible. Today is a bit of a big day for me, it’s day 365. Read More …
The end of the last verse of Psalm 142, “for You are good to me.” just rang so true for me today. Really caused me to stop and re-read it several times and reflect on God’s goodness and mercy towards me, especially over the last 10 months. So thankful.
Dane and Clark on a road trip to the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba