Took down the dying Birches...
Our original three Gray Birches have been dying for years.
We kept them until the woodpeckers could no longer live in them.
This week we cut down the three and kept the smaller trees.
We kept the stumps for now to see if we can make a seat there,
This week we cut down the three and kept the smaller trees.
We kept the stumps for now to see if we can make a seat there,
so when the grands come they'll have a place to read or romp.
Good job. :)
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DeleteWe need to paint the tops of the stumps and figure out a seat top.
But it's good to have that taken care of.
Now we're replacing all the rails in our split rail fence.
BBC Worklife: Why ‘digital literacy’ is now a workplace non-negotiable [Click]
ReplyDeleteRussia-Ukraine war: explosions reported near Nord Stream pipelines as gas leaks into Baltic Sea – live [Click]
ReplyDeleteOhhhh nooooo!! The poor ecosystem!
DeleteEager to hear who's responsible.
At least it's gas, not oil.
Delete‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music [Click] “Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs and other DIY music formats.” Precisely the reasons I never went there.
ReplyDeletePutin’s regime may fall – but what would come next? [Click] I don’t think much of the writer’s crystal ball— he doesn’t consider the precedent of the Russian Revolution(s) of a century ago, among other things— but it seems significant that there would be public consideration of the question.
ReplyDeleteMaybe We Won’t End Up Like the Dinosaurs [Click] DART smashes into Dimorphos.
ReplyDeleteThe Russian Clocks Are All Ticking [Click] “Putin is running out of time.” Finally, a writer reaches back to not just Soviet, but to Tsarist precedent. But it seems to me that there is no precedent for the widespread foreign response with severe economic sanctions that we are now seeing.
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ReplyDeleteI take it no delivery of new DVD player today?
DeleteIt seems that the Ukrainians continue to break through the Russian front lines on the Kharkiv front, and are setting up a large advance. Vide this, for instance. [Click]
ReplyDeleteIt gets less coverage, but the Ukrainians also continue working on the Kherson front enough to make incremental gains, and to pin down the Russian troops there. Evidently Putin has forbidden any Russian withdrawal from the area, despite the fact they are running out of supplies--including food.
DeleteTalked with Cooter last night about my movie, and he said he often, when he gets up before me, watches it. So far mebbe ten, fifteen times. . . . Pretty sure he understands. . . .
ReplyDeleteSounds like it might be time for an intervention [grin].
DeleteMcConnell comes out in favour of electoral bill
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ReplyDeleteDVD player is here. Usually, I spend the days before the new chapter reviewing the old ones. That was a better plan.
ReplyDeleteSo, what's playing next?
DeleteJust four hours of outlander. Player seems broken. Waiting on the Kid's visit for a fix. . . . . So, am watching Guernsey
DeleteEnd of Putin; Frantic mobilization to spark demise of regime. “He’s clearly desperate.” Vladimir Putin’s decision to mobilize at least 300,000 conscripts for his war in Ukraine marks the beginning of the end of his regime. The announcement of a so-called “partial mobilization” on Wednesday caused a mass exodus of eligible men, as border routes to Georgia and Finland became choked with traffic. Demand for flights to countries which did not demand visas also increased, with a one-way airfare to Istambul rising from £350 to £2,715. “Putin’s speech heralded the beginning of the collapse of the Putin regime,” said Keir Giles, Senior Consulting Fellow at London-based think tank Chatham House. “Russia is now displaying all the symptoms of the early stages of the kind of crisis that has brought Russian dictatorships crashing down in the past— pursuing unfeasible objectives in unwinnable wars, and destroying the country, its economy and the lives of young men in the process.”
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Presumably "the kind of crises that has brought Russian dictatorships crashing down in the past" would include WWI and the Crimean War.
DeleteEnergy independence for Poland as Baltic Pipe becomes operational [Click] When at full capacity it will supply gas from Norwegian fields to Poland and thence to Lithuania and Slovakia. There is speculation that the evident bombings of the Nordstream pipelines might be a warning that Russia can do the same to the new pipeline. Over the years there have been several reports of presumed Russian submarines working in shallow waters bordering Sweden; one left Caterpillar-like tracks.
ReplyDeleteMysterious Fires, Explosions Inside Russia. Ukrainian Guerilla Campaign Amid Putin’s Mobilisation? [Click] Nah, just drunken Russian smokers. Move along, nothing to see here.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 6th Committee has postponed tomorrow’s hearing, due to Hurricane Ian
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