A writing prompt and current construction events!
Category: North Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
This question screams GOTCHA… sigh. Fortunately, WikiVoyage is a thing.
Act locally!
Unwanted animals make the worst pets!
Cats, dogs, tropical fish.
Humanity and goofy pets.
Gravity is the LAW.
Slinging tobeycookies!
Don’t let the rain keep you away!
https://blackdogbiscuits.ca/2024/03/09/why-i-would-go-to-owen-sounzd-farmers-market-2/ Visit our neighbour at the market… $5 papusa! Here’s a fellow vendor I want YOU to support. Latino Ranch, tel. 519-387-5280. Link.
Take care of my soil!
Soil science and protecting our biodiverse property.
SCREWING UP & RECEIVING KIND FEEDBACK
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Make mistakes? Yep. Been chided for it? Damn. Get indifferent responses? Those are awful. Meh… relieved to be out of the full-time classroom. CURRENT EVENTS Adding value to our rental home.
Nope!
A more accurate question should be, “ do I regret taking early retirement from the school board?”
Mister Neem, you are not a high school science teacher anymore!
Daily writing promptDescribe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.View all responses TS driving us through Wiarton, ON. TS getting us underway. For over 20 years, I was a high school science teacher in the York Region and Toronto. I left while the leaving was at its best. Now I have … Continue reading Mister Neem, you are not a high school science teacher anymore!
Oh gawd… well there’s THAT
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? And that. And this. And especially, this and THAT. https://blackdogbiscuits.ca/2024/02/24/we-are-on-the-scene/ Location: 88 Eight Street East, Owen Sound, Ontario! Want to pick this album up. great horns!
Coffee. Tea. Coffee + Chocolate.
Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite drink?View all responses I'm a simple human. Coca? Tea leaves? Caffeine? Turbinado sugar (for coffee)? White sugar (for tea)? Yep! Infrared Critter Cam, Rabbit! Infrared Critter Cam, Fox! {{Click on the night-image to view details; the fox showed up when it was cold; the same rodent checked out the … Continue reading Coffee. Tea. Coffee + Chocolate.
Cutlery!
Share one of the best gifts you've ever received. My very first full-tang camping knife set me on a path of cutlery collecting (thanks again, ZP & GP). Sharpening. And whittling… providing lot of collected wood chips for tinder. SNOW CLEARING AT OUR TRANSITION HOME Before After PN trying to keep up with TS!
The adventures of a technophile, gentleman forester, aspiring divemaster, and cat fancier.
Daily writing promptIf there was a biography about you, what would the title be?View all responses . This writing prompt took a couple of days to work on. I know what TS' bio would be titled, "Oy, Fuck"... that's what she mutters a lot as we tromp through our woodlot. Me, with my daddy-longlegs... I … Continue reading The adventures of a technophile, gentleman forester, aspiring divemaster, and cat fancier.
Washing windows & clipping house-panther claws.
Something on your "to-do list" that never gets done. I’m optimistic that once our off grid home goes online, I can get into the habit of squeegee-ing the PV panels. Let those photons do their thing! Clipping cat claws and brushing the THINGS. Sigh. The more I procrastinate that ordeal, the worse it is for … Continue reading Washing windows & clipping house-panther claws.
Snowshoe-ing! Pet grooming! Woodlot hiking! Gardening!
Bloganuary writing promptWhat are your favorite sports to watch and play?View all responses TS and I verbify team-sports... just like how it's done on the (occasionally NSFW) internet cartoon, The Oatmeal. Sportsing. Or, sportzing (i.e., I sportz. You sportz. We are not sportzing). I grew up immersed in hockey, elementary school volleyball, and navy cadets. … Continue reading Snowshoe-ing! Pet grooming! Woodlot hiking! Gardening!
Puttering. Strolling. Meditating. Sharpening. Cat Shnorggling.
Bloganuary writing promptList five things you do for fun.View all responses PUTTERING. I cannot let good-enough alone. If I can mess around with electronics, plumbing, woodworking, home electrical, workshop organization, handtool maintentance... then I will find time to do it. When I was still working in school boards, that meant setting up science labs with … Continue reading Puttering. Strolling. Meditating. Sharpening. Cat Shnorggling.
“I am NOT ripping your claws off… you are sticking to everything and everybody… they will grow back.”
Bloganuary writing promptIf you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?View all responses Snip. Snip. Snip. I trim your claws, while you are wrapped up as a spicy purrito. You spit. You hiss. I use clippers that DON'T pull. I remove claw until 0.5mm from the nailbed. I cut into your … Continue reading “I am NOT ripping your claws off… you are sticking to everything and everybody… they will grow back.”
Cats, dogs… and whatever’s distantly related to them!
Bloganuary writing promptWhat is your favorite animal?View all responses TS made an amusing, and perceptive, comment about the crew that did the demolition on our condominium suite -- they have cats in their homes. That makes sense to us. Felines are downright little bastards that cause havoc and mayham in a home. One is never … Continue reading Cats, dogs… and whatever’s distantly related to them!
Most memorable road trip? Why, driving down from Tobermory (via our first trans-Canada trip) to visit my mother-in-law!
Bloganuary writing promptThink back on your most memorable road trip.View all responses At least 25-30 years ago, TS and I traveled from the Lower Mainland (British Columbia) to North York. We were going to stop in Tobermory for the night (after our ferrry trip from Manatoulin Island), but we decided instead to make the run … Continue reading Most memorable road trip? Why, driving down from Tobermory (via our first trans-Canada trip) to visit my mother-in-law!
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