Still Raining

A rainy morning

It was a rainy morning here. The Weather Service got it right this time. The Fuzz took Young Daughter out to the Waffle House for breakfast. It was still raining. When they came home, the dog pissed on the floor. It was still raining. Latter The Fuzz discovered this same dog in the "Dog Box" chewing Young Daughter's gum. It was still raining. They are calling for rain tomorrow. I wonder if this means the drought is over. It is still raining.

Mystery Pix Revealed

Ok, We've had some good guesses on this *Mystery Pix", and some strange ones. But unfortunately no correct ones. No, it is not the "Virgin Mary" or even " Picasso".
The Canuck was the closest with the "handle" part.
But the Fuzz said it was time to end all this suspense and show everybody the undisguised object itself. We found this fairly common item on our recent trip out into the wide world, but it could be found in many picnicy places. So here it is, our latest Mystery Pix, revealed!
Here, we're getting ready for a rather cold, wet weekend. So, no motorcycling I think, but a good time to hole up at the house.


*Found at Kinda Fuzzy, "Un-Snow Day", 3/9/09.

Snow Pix

Not much going on so The Fuzz wanted me to share these pix of our recent Snow Day.

Here's a look over across the railroad by the house.

Here's an early morning look at the snow on the trees.
The Fuzz and his Sweetie were out for a morning walk.

Still no luck on our Mystery Pix.

Gardens and Other Stuff

The Greentent

We finally got some spring planting done. This is our famous Greentent, used to give things a bit of a boost. It also keeps some of the hungry critters away.
The weather has been nice the last few days, hot even, but that is fixin' to change they say. Well it was nice to have a taste of Spring for a bit.
There was a bit of lull on our trailer project.
1 The Fuzz's truck was acting up.
2 The weather, of course.
3 We were out of town for a bit to take that College Student back to school. This also included a visit to Dental Victim Daughter. Unfortunately, The Fuzz is familiar with that sort of thing himself. Such is life.
But the truck is hopefully back in action and we expect to get back to work out there. The Fuzz's Sweetie has already started. Today we got our first mail out there. Still no mailbox, but the Mail Lady caught her out there. I guess now we'll need a mail box.
Tonight, we plan to watch "Gone With the Wind". That should pretty much keep us occupied 'till sometime tomorrow.

And don't forget about our Mystery Pix. There's still no winner yet.

Un-Snow Day

Last week we had the Snow Day.

Today, The Fuzz rode his motorcycle to work and was walking around in cutoffs, barefoot.
Ya gotta love it.
And now we present our latest
Mystery Pix.The Fuzz says he hopes this is sufficiently confusing.
I guess we'll see.

All About Navel Lint

Revealed: The secrets of belly button fluff.

This just in-

"After three years of research, Georg Steinhauser, a chemist, has discovered a type of body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and draws them into the navel.

"Dr Steinhauser made his discovery after studying 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button."

It seems this has to do with Furry Tummies. If your twisted enough, you can avoid this curse of navel lint by shaving the belly. Apparently Body Piercing also works-

"...with belly button rings particularly effective at sweeping away fibres before they lodge."

You can read all about it here.

Fuzzy News, we report, you decide.

Snow Day

It was a weather situation. The North Wind was blowing. Then it rained and rained. Next it switched to snow. Then it got even colder.

This is the morning after. The Fuzz and his Sweetie took a stroll out there to enjoy the fluffy white sights. We don't see much of this around here. Of course there was no school, and no work.

You can see how the wind plastered the snow on this post. You may also notice the power lines back there. They weren't doing us much good at that point though. The power went out around 5 AM. The Fuzz called his Boss Man and was told not to bother coming in. He was satisfied to hear this and stayed in bed a bit longer.

After a walk in all this frosty beauty, it was time to think about some breakfast.
With our more modern kitchen equipment out of action, it was time to resort to the Old Wood Stove. Some folks claim food cooked on a wood stove tastes better. I don't know if this can actually be proven, but I will testify that breakfast was delicious. Later in the morning, the power came back up.

For some reason our internet was still down though, which is why we had to wait 'till now for this Exciting Post.

And regarding our latest Mystery Pix- Congratulations to "woodie" who seems to have hit it dead on. It is in fact a watering can. Many thanks to all who participated in our latest Mystery Pix.

Latest Mystery Pix & Misfortunes

It's finally here, our latest Spaced-out Mystery Pix.

So, all you spaced-out Mystery Pix fans, have at it.
And always remember, no cheating!

And now for the bad news.
First, let's go back, way back, to the inception of this amazing blog, all the way back to August, 2006. Back then, The Fuzz was struggling in a mechanical morass involving a malfunctioning mazda. After literally months of frustration, he thew in the grease rag, and towed the thing to the shop. And there, the repairs were made (at considerable expense).
But now, this very vehicle, is once more beginning to act in the same suspicious manner. There were the unexplained skips and misses, the same lack of power and the same sinking feeling.
A couple days ago, The Fuzz stopped at the auto parts store for a quart of 30 weight motor oil. In the next parking space, was a man pouring oil into a similar truck with a similar motor. This naturally led to a conversation regarding these delightful vehicles. When The Fuzz broached the subject, it was discovered the same repairs had been made as on this sister ship of ours. It would seem that this is a common failing of this particular arrangement of mechanical components. This other fellow had gone through the same frustrating process and arrived at the same conclusion, computer failure. The Fuzz's mechanical training is from the era of breaker points and carburetors. If this is, in fact, the situation, it is beyond our skills.
The Fuzz is not optimistic about this state of affairs. This is not a good time to have to deal with equipment failure on this scale. The weather is cold and our wood supply at the house is limited. It's not very pleasant riding a motorcycle to work this time of year, in fact, there is a call for snow tonight!
And so, that is how things stand here. We'll see how things go, or don't go as the case may be. Maybe we can get lucky yet.
But for now, enjoy our new Mystery Pix!

More Digging

Spring is on the way.

So it's time to get started on a spring garden. When The Fuzz got home, His Sweetie put him to work with the tiller. That stuff out there in the middle is some leeks that overwintered. She's hoping to get some Snow Peas in, maybe tomorrow. The Red Maples have already been blooming. And here are some buds on our Nectarine Tree.
We do realize that it's not springtime yet. In fact, there is a chance of snow this weekend. But it won't be long now, and we need to get ready.

Digging Some Dirt

A view, looking across our immense drain field.

All these modern conveniences come with a lot of work. When the Septic Tank Guys did all this, they graded a lot of the "yard". This has a good side in that now we'll have a place for a level lawn (if we can get grass to grow). This way we can get exercise mowing it.
Unfortunately, when they leveled this out, they used a lot of the dirt needed to fill the place where the pipe was exposed (necessary for inspection). And so The Fuzz had to come up with a way to fill this no longer desirable, hole. But since we had also had a well dug, there was this large pile of dirt from the deep. But it was in the wrong place. Here we see how The Fuzz handled this difficulty using this simple equipment.
The fill dirt doesn't exactly match, but he covered it with some of the red dirt he did have. The next big job will be the underpinning.

Daffy O Dills

This is that time of year when we are getting tired of all that grey.

So it's always nice to get a bit of Color!
And that's when the Daffodils come in,
Right on time.
And so for your enjoyment, The Fuzz presents this colorful collection of Daffy O Dills.

A short note here-
It may appear that The Fuzz has too much time on his hands. We assure you, this is not the case. He and His Sweetie have been quite busy these days, with just the complexities of ordinary life. Trying to stay warm, fed and working for a living can fill the days. Of course there are those moments of relaxation. We watched "The Bicycle Thief"from Netflix the other night. The Fuzz highly recommends it if you want to get bummed out and depressed.

Powered Up

Yes!

This is what it looks like.

We now have power. That's our new motto, "Power to the people!", the "people" in this case, being, us.
Admittedly, it is "temporary" power, but just as hot as the real stuff.
The Fuzz rode out Friday to check things out (and grab some firewood) and there he found this Brand New Electrical Meter. Now we can pay not one, but two power bills each month. That won't be all that much fun, but, now we can also use Power Tools! Power tools are always fun, and the thing is, they get the job done. And it is still a big job. But has been wisely said, "One foot up, and one foot down, that's the way to London town". Not that we plan on making that trip, but you get the point.

Thinkin'

I know I'm not a young man
-and that time is passing by
And soon I'll go to heaven
-or maybe not and fry
But there's one thing that I'm thinkin'
-and I'd really like to say
That the moon is gonna fall down
-on us all one of these days

I'm thinkin' 'bout that moon
-that God put up in the air
I'm thinkin' 'bout that moon
-and I hope it stays up there

There's nothing holds it up there
-it's really plain to see
And if it doesn't fall
-it may get stuck up in a tree
But if it doesn't fall
-I think it's really for the best
That it keeps on rising in the east
-and goes on setting in the west

I'm thinkin' 'bout that moon
-that God put up in the air
I'm thinkin' 'bout that moon
-and I hope it stays up there
Oh the moon is just a chunk of rock
-if what they say is true
Floating in the sky
-way above the blue
But if something would happen
-to that light up in the sky
It would really make me sad
-and I think I'd start to cry

I'm thinkin' 'bout that moon
-that God put up in the air
I'm thinkin' 'bout that moon
-and I hope it stays up there.

Flashbacks

On that recent "Tour de Big Cities" we were confronted with that Hippie Van. Here it is again.
The Fuzz thought this alteration might be appropriate. But it did bring back memories of a time back in "the days", when these (young) "Hippies" drove their own Micro Bus. We were able to dig this old picture out of the archives.
Unfortunately, this particular Micro Bus was lost in New Mexico due to some mechanical difficulties. But these people did go on to bigger and better things.

Those old VWs were kinda cool. They tended to sound like a bunch of loose stuff in a bucket. But they were fun to drive. Now they have these silly pseudo bugs. But these are not real VW Bugs, not really.
The real VW was Hitler's idea, sort of a poor mans Porsche, maybe his only good idea. But we won't go there today.

Red Alert

Red Alert
It has been brought to our attention that some folks have had difficulty in reading this blog. In an attempt at some variety, and just for fun, The Fuzz had experimented with a Different font.
We have not had any trouble reading it here using Firefox or Safari, but will go back to the old font.
The Fuzz is sorry for any inconvenience.

Plumbing Problems

As Harvey Pekar has pointed out,"Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff". The Fuzz has found this to be true.
Take this situation for example. We have posted here, from time to time, updates, in the continuing saga of our Move to the Woods. I believe it was mentioned, back when we were involved with those exciting Mystery Pix, that we were anticipating the installation of a brand new Septic Tank. Well, it was installed, almost.
It seems that the Septic Tank Installer Guys are no longer allowed to actually hook up this important part of our new lifestyle. Something to do with licences or something. But since this is The Fuzz's own trailer, he is allowed to make this vital connection. And so, he was given detailed instructions and some pipe and stuff to accomplish this. Imagine his surprise when having completed this, he was told by the building inspector, it was just plain wrong. Now this inspector is not some heartless bureaucrat, but actually a reasonable person. He kindly explained what was wrong and told The Fuzz what to do to fix things. And so, that is what he is attempting to do.
Note in the above picture the presence of this "wrong fitting". In the picture below, you will see what is hopefully, the "right fitting"at "C". This fitting is supposed to be less subject to to being clogged up by nasty toilet paper and related matter. This is probably a good thing.
At "B" you will see the necessary "Purple Primer". It seems the old clear stuff is rather passe. Despite what he was told, gluing the pipe to the trailer is a no-no. At "A" we see the proper flexible rubber connection. To round things out,"D" points out the pipe to the Brand New Septic Tank.

We will get the inspector guy to come back and hopefully, this time, things will be OK and we'll move on to the next step.

Death on the Highway / Snack Time

On their way out to work on their new place, The Fuzz and His Sweetie saw all these birds gathered on the side of the road. Here they are up in this tree, waiting. And "waiting for what?" you might ask. Well in this shot they are waiting for us to move on. These are not just any birdies up there, they are those nasty Buzzards. And "What's the big attraction?" you may ask. In a word, Bambie.
It would seem that "Bambie" screwed up again. He must have been getting pointers from his little Possum friends, a very bad idea.
If you are the soft hearted type, or just have a weak stomach, you may wish to skip the rest of this post. But if you are into natural phenomenon, and the "cycle of life" (and death), you may find this interesting. And so The Fuzz is pleased to present-

Snack Time

Tour de Big Cities- continued

After all the excitement in this Big City (which is also a State Capital!) we headed off to visit School Teacher Daughter and her Literary Husband. After some more time on the highway, we made it to the next Big City, the current home of this happy couple. There we cooked those fishes, drank beer and just had a pleasant visit. As we were leaving town the next day, The Fuzz's Sweetie pointed out this Cool Hippie Van.
It was too good to resist a shot of it, so now you get to see it too.
Then it was back to the Big University to deliver the Care Package that somehow had been left in the car. But this was on the way to our next visit to the home of Famous Artist Daughter.
There we enjoyed a refreshing visit over a leisurely meal.
And once again, it was time to hit the road.
The trip home was thankfully, uneventful. The one noteworthy thing was that we got to avoid the last Big City by using the New Beltway. Thing like that are always nice.
And for one last picture, we present, Famous Artist Daughter's Kitty Cat.
This unfortunate Kitty used to be an Inside Kitty, but due to some bad habits now resides "inside" this cat carrier on the back porch. So Kitties take note, our Patience has it's limits.

Tour de Big Cities

First, let's congratulate "vi" for correctly identifying that troublesome Mystery Pix.
It is in fact, only a lowly Lego.

But many thanks to all who used the imagination and came up with so many great guesses. We must admit, we did not intend for it to be easy. And so it is time to move on.

On the road again

It seemed like a good time for some visiting. So we loaded up the car and hit the road. We knew this trip would involve Big Cities and that sort of thing, but we can take it. We hit the first Big City, not for a visit, but a stop at the Overseas Market there for some fresh fish and other overseas stuff. Then with our fish on ice in the cooler, it was back on the road.

The Big City has lots of big buildings. This building was across from the Bookstore.
This was where we met up with College Student Son, School Teacher Daughter and that Dangerous Daughter with the battle ax in her bedroom.
They also got to meet that Silly New Puppy.
But note here in this picture, the little sign that caught The Fuzz's Sweetie's eye. That's right, a whole bunch of 10 cent Books. This is the sort of thing that can not be passed up! So we did spend some time here. But it was OK cause they did have "facilities" there. (And since that subject came up, The Fuzz wanted me to mention that this was the only "bathroom" he had ever seen where the walls were covered with books.)
After the bookstore, we headed down the street for some lunch. Said Son had participated in some sort of insane "Doughnut Challenge" where they run 2 miles, eat an even dozen doughnuts and then run the 2 miles back. Fortunately, he had gotten his apatite back by now.
After a tasty snack (although not without complications) we took a stroll around the campus and narrowly avoided being run over by these weirdos hurdling down the hill on some sort of strange contraptions.

We'll have more on this exciting trip later.

Last Chance

OK.
We'll try it one more time.

Yes, this is the same Mystery Object know as the "Mystery Pix". The Fuzz says he can't believe no one has got this yet. Think back, way back, to happier days, those carefree days, when life was simple. We don't want to say too much more, or it would be a giveaway!