About 1/2″ of rain yesterday.

Enjoyed recording a new podcast this morning!

It’s called “MASKerpiece”. We all have masks that we use.

What happens when we totally change that mask? A new favorite. Click on the title and GROOVE!

Enjoyed eating lunch with Kathy, Ashley and Jesse at Kathmandu Grill in Clarkston. Man, I ate too much Chicken 65. It was really spicy. But super good.

Went to the Post Office to certify delivery of my taxes to my tax guy. Would hate for that to go missing.

Dropped off some clothes to a co-op.

Came home to finish up my Valentine’s Day project. The hearts!

Went by my office to check on the plants and pick up bills.

Went to the mission to help the kids with their homework.

I helped them make a string phone with two cups.

I’ve been buying some new games.

It’s great to see a stack of boxes at the door. Most of the stuff I get is just a few dollars. I love Amazon.

Tried to listen to Kevin Kelly over the web. It’s a new video chat interface. Didn’t work very well. Kept getting disconnected. That’s discouraging. Surely they’ll have recorded it so we can watch it.

Admin duties nowl.

I worked on my taxes this morning. Got all the material together and crunched numbers to send to our tax man. Sure am glad I don’t have to figure all that stuff out by myself.

Worked in my yard this morning. Picked up sticks.

Also trimmed a couple of small trees in the back yard.

Painted a chair.

Did the shopping at Walmart with Jesse.

Helped the kids at the mission.

Admin duties now.

Spent most of the morning and early afternoon working on the carpets at my house. Yes. Again. Kathy was trying to help and poured a bunch of ammonia on where the dog had peed. Made a big stain, so had to scrub and clean it again.

First is the pretreatment with the strong solution of Oxiclean. Deep scrub.

Fill up the container with the clean water and additives.

You hold a lever and water is sprayed out the front end. When you let the handle go, it stops spraying. It constantly vacuums. If you go over it four or five times, the carpet is nearly dry.

Used my new swiffer to clean the kitchen floor.
Like my rainbows?
Looks pretty good now.
After all that cleaning, I had old man’s hands.

Finally got lunch around 2:30pm. Enjoyed reading the new edition of Wired. I liked these bits from the articles.

Finished the Book Thief on Audible today. Over all I’d give it an 8/10.

Started this one.

Went to Decatur to look for a part that goes on the back of one of the drawers I have in our kitchen. I guess they just don’t make that kind any more. Not sure which direction I’ll go in now. Complete replacement of the system is what they advised. I liked this gas pump that was at the Ace Hardware.

Then on to Azalea to work with the kids.

After we finished home work with the kids, I vacuumed and cleaned the carpet in the main room of the mission too.


Mopped the kitchen at Azalea. I like my swiffer better.

Still not sure why I’ve suddenly gone so cleaning mad. I read a book about getting rid of clutter. I’ve been actively doing that. I feel better.

Went back to Lowes this evening to drop off the carpet cleaner. For $27 that’s a pretty good deal. The stuff that goes with it costs about $20 and it lasts three complete carpet cleanings. So that’s about $35. Cheaper, but a lot more work for me for sure.

I liked these upper level clouds. Did you know that con trails from planes play a big part in creating clouds?

Nice icebow today.

Smarter than a Second Grader?

I thought this tree looked like it was on fire.

Recorded a podcast Saturday morning.

I got it on line late Saturday night. It’s a fun one!

It will make you even more “Shiny!” Just click on the title and groove!

I enjoyed eating lunch with my family today! Sure do love my kids. And sweet K!

Came home to work on my art projects. Painting today.



I became part of the art.

Then went for a 2.71 mile run. Felt great.

Always beautiful things to see along the way.

I think this may be salt. If I was a real scientist, I’d give it a lick. However, the chance it could be excrement rules that out.

The burning bush.

This reminds me of dendrites.

I wonder if there’s a body in the trunk.

Sometimes this is good advice.

I’ve enjoyed looking through the Cool Tool book by Kevin Kelly. This was from the page on how to draw cartoons.

This is my newly cleaned and remodeled desk top in meat space.

I left this on the trunk of my car. It was there from when I was collecting snowflakes to look at under the microscope. Doubt it would have stayed on there for long.

In this picture there is actually a funeral procession coming from the West and a funeral procession coming from the East. Bizarre. I reckon a lot of old people died during the cold freeze.

I took place in a Skype call to the UK this afternoon. Some friends of mine had a discussion group and included me. We had some technical difficulties. This is the picture that Skype froze on for a while.

It was an enormous amount of fun with guys that I love like brothers.

I painted a section of wood that was left from the roof repairs. Had to wait for the weather to warm up to spray.


Fixed.

Enjoyed having supper with Jesse and Kathy. I’ve missed seeing J. He’s been at the mission. He said he had a lot of fun with the guys there. I’m glad about that.

People are really angry over the disaster on the Atlanta roads this week. Screw up at a massive level.

I can’t believe they let in Historical Smoking. Shocking.