About that Grass

I posted a note on seeding grass a couple of days ago. Then, it rained. A lot. My rain gauge holds two inches of water. It filled and overflowed. My best guess is that three inches of rain fell over 43 Carbutt. The old sump pump was going constantly. It still is, as that water percolates downward. Now, it's mostly sunny and things are looking up for the grass seed.

But, the rain also encouraged the weeds to flourish. Thistles are everywhere. Many of them are well over 12 inches high.

Happiness does not include weeding ...

Responsibility and Joy

The older I get, the more I feel good about my two children and my six grandchildren. When I was much younger, I was often too busy to show them my love. As they grew up, I grew up too. As I saw them become mature, decent, and caring people and then parents, I realized that I had a part in that and I became more proud of them and their achievements.

Time to Seed Some Grass

The Winnipeg weather forecast suggests we'll have some rain off and on this week so I thought I'd top-seed some of the bare spots in my backyard. The bare spots reflect the activity of two of our dogs who shall remain nameless.

The procedure is simple: rake the bare spots, spread some expensive grass seed, and re-rake the seed into the spots. Then, sprinkle the areas on those days that it doesn't rain. Two weeks from now, those spots should look fresh and green.

We'll see ...

Go figure ...

Speaking of my Flickr statistics, there was a recent and unexplained large number of views of a series of photos that I took of the River Run Floating Cottage in Ladner, BC. When I say a large number of views, I mean over 7000 views during a 1 week period earlier this month.

At first, I thought the images were shown on Flickriver or Explore, which thousands of people view on a daily basis. However, I could find no evidence of this.

Go figure ...

Cuddly Kittens

The popularity of my Flickr photo, called Kittens, posted in September, 2003, continues to amaze me. I was reviewing the statistics for my Flickr photos this afternoon and discovered that this particular photo has now had 4835 views.

I suppose there are many cat lovers out there that search for images like this one. Note, however, that the image of my best dog friend, Holly, is not nearly as popular. When it comes to cats, she'd prefer to chase them up a tree and bark her head off at them,

About Time

Yes, it is about time I posted something to my blog. Now that summer has finally arrived here in Winnipeg, It's good to get outdoors again. I've been busy with my camera, photographing flowers around the house. One of the other things I've wanted to photograph has been my 'new' 2011 Ford Escape. I can now replace the old red 2006 Ford Escape at the top of the page with my silver one.