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Post by l3800 on Apr 15, 2021 13:24:00 GMT -5
Now that there is little to ruminate on for a few months, I wonder what people here do in their spare time. For myself I have a Kubota tractor and have been using it the last couple of weeks to do some seriously overdue replantings. The deer were especially hungry this winter. btw who said they don't eat Rhododendrons? I also have several video cameras in the woods to record the various wildlife here. There is an active fox den about 30m from the house. I was sure the newborns were dead as I have recently captured 2 coyotes going in there. Turns out I was wrong  Today they made their entrance to the world known. In this clip papa is bringing home a delicious breakfast meal. You can see the little ones after he delivers it. Best viewed in full screen & HD Foxes |
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Post by bulkey on Apr 15, 2021 13:30:57 GMT -5
Very cool! Don't know if Chappy would want this as a separate thread or as part of the now somewhat slow, post-vaxx, daily check in thread. But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. But a couple of them are threatening to stay with us this summer, so either I have to: 1. rent a Porta Potty in our backyard for them, 2. send film out for professional work, or 3. plumb my basement. I'm thinking either 2 or 3 is going to win with the family.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 13:37:18 GMT -5
Now that there is little to ruminate on for a few months, I wonder what people here do in their spare time. For myself I have a Kubota tractor and have been using it the last couple of weeks to do some seriously overdue replantings. The deer were especially hungry this winter. btw who said they don't eat Rhododendrons? I also have several video cameras in the woods to record the various wildlife here. There is an active fox den about 30m from the house. I was sure the newborns were dead as I have recently captured 2 coyotes going in there. Turns out I was wrong Today they made their entrance to the world know. In this clip papa is bringing home a delicious breakfast meal. You can see the little ones after he delivers it. Best viewed in full screen & HD FoxesThat's fantastic!!! There's a lot of positive to be said about nature and you don't need to be Henry David Thoreau to appreciate a forest or wildlife! For the longest time I've wondered what it would have been like to have visited this continent 500+ years ago? Books and movies depicting the era and New England are great, but I want a damn time machine to go back there for real......where's my Delorean!! 'Changes in the Land'.....is one of my favorite books examining early New England: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changes_in_the_Land |
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Post by doggydaddy on Apr 15, 2021 13:37:43 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Apr 15, 2021 13:57:01 GMT -5
Now that there is little to ruminate on for a few months, I wonder what people here do in their spare time. For myself I have a Kubota tractor and have been using it the last couple of weeks to do some seriously overdue replantings. The deer were especially hungry this winter. btw who said they don't eat Rhododendrons? I also have several video cameras in the woods to record the various wildlife here. There is an active fox den about 30m from the house. I was sure the newborns were dead as I have recently captured 2 coyotes going in there. Turns out I was wrong Today they made their entrance to the world know. In this clip papa is bringing home a delicious breakfast meal. You can see the little ones after he delivers it. Best viewed in full screen & HD Foxes'Changes in the Land'.....is one of my favorite books examining early New England: Mine, too. In some ways, I even prefer it to Nature's Metropolis. Bill Cronon originally wrote Changes as a graduate seminar paper! |
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Post by swash on Apr 15, 2021 14:19:37 GMT -5
Very cool! Don't know if Chappy would want this as a separate thread or as part of the now somewhat slow, post-vaxx, daily check in thread. But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. But a couple of them are threatening to stay with us this summer, so either I have to: 1. rent a Porta Potty in our backyard for them, 2. send film out for professional work, or 3. plumb my basement. I'm thinking either 2 or 3 is going to win with the family. My friend Scott, in Middletown, has you completely covered. You will not believe some of the options LOL. Seriously, he is a great guy if you ever actually have such a need |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 14:21:05 GMT -5
Very cool! Don't know if Chappy would want this as a separate thread or as part of the now somewhat slow, post-vaxx, daily check in thread. But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. But a couple of them are threatening to stay with us this summer, so either I have to: 1. rent a Porta Potty in our backyard for them, 2. send film out for professional work, or 3. plumb my basement. I'm thinking either 2 or 3 is going to win with the family. My friend Scott, in Middletown, has you completely covered. You will not believe some of the options LOL. Seriously, he is a great guy if you ever actually have such a need He really knows his schitt..............................  |
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Post by UConnChapette on Apr 15, 2021 16:29:01 GMT -5
What I want to do and what I need to do are very different things.
I want to do more reading, and find a hobby I can really enjoy. I used to do counted cross stitch a lifetime ago. I should pick that back up.
For the time being, we have a bit of a mouse problem so I am going to start cleaning out the basement where the critters may have made a home amongst all the clutter. Until I come across the first mouse, at which time the basement cleaning becomes the hubby’s chore. I have a completely irrational fear of those little boogers. I am literally the “woman standing on a chair screaming” type.
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Post by UConnChapette on Apr 15, 2021 16:29:24 GMT -5
Very cool! Don't know if Chappy would want this as a separate thread or as part of the now somewhat slow, post-vaxx, daily check in thread. But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. But a couple of them are threatening to stay with us this summer, so either I have to: 1. rent a Porta Potty in our backyard for them, 2. send film out for professional work, or 3. plumb my basement. I'm thinking either 2 or 3 is going to win with the family. Perfectly fine here. |
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Post by l3800 on Apr 15, 2021 17:45:55 GMT -5
. . . But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. . . Hmm too late  I gave away my darkroom gear - included a 4X5 B&W enlarger, a Bessler 23C, several lenses and everything that goes into a darkroom - including the timer, chemicals and a load of paper. I almost got royally screwed by a local camera store on my film gear. I had all Nikon and in 2000 decided to switch to digital and Canon. I took all my 'stuff' to a camera store to see how much they would give me in trade towards new Canon lenses and a body. His offer? $300 I went on Ebay and sold it piecemeal for over $6K. An unused F2 finder (no meter) I found later brought in $600 - go figure. |
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Post by pinotbear on Apr 15, 2021 17:51:45 GMT -5
1. Golf. 2. Golf 3. Golf . . . . 100. Golf Don't be quite so modest, here, DD: golf is my focal point too, but, it comes with lots of related benefits. Out here in New Mexico, I see ravens, lizards, coyotes, eagles...I see the change of seasons (the cottonwoods have just exploded in the last week). I see the snow retreating on the Sandias, the ground squirrels emerging from their burrows. Just this morning, a partner and I were discussing the clouds rolling in, both height and appearance pattern. A couple a' times per season, I have to remove a gopher snake to a safer location, and, twice, western diamondback rattlesnakes have checked in to make sure that my cardiac health was sound. Lots of migratory birds along the Rio Grande, lots of waterfowl in the water hazards. Golf ain't just golf! |
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Post by bulkey on Apr 15, 2021 17:54:30 GMT -5
. . . But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. . . Hmm too late I gave away my darkroom gear - included a 4X5 B&W enlarger, a Bessler 23C, several lenses and everything that goes into a darkroom - including the timer, chemicals and a load of paper. I almost got royally screwed by a local camera store on my film gear. I had all Nikon and in 2000 decided to switch to digital and Canon. I took all my 'stuff' to a camera store to see how much they would give me in trade towards new Canon lenses and a body. His offer? $300 I went on Ebay and sold it piecemeal for over $6K. An unused F2 finder (no meter) I found later brought in $600 - go figure. I've pretty much given up on digital, even though I still have too many (including--gulp!--2 Leicas). I'll probably sell most soon. You'd be shocked at how rapidly film cameras--particularly medium format--are increasing in price. This is a boom time for film. You'd be sick to learn how much you'd get for your cameras now. |
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Post by huskymaniac on Apr 15, 2021 18:06:07 GMT -5
Tinkering with and driving the car in my avatar.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 15, 2021 18:15:03 GMT -5
Tinkering with and driving the car in my avatar. sorry, I'm not a car person: what kind is it? |
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Post by samanthabrown3 on Apr 15, 2021 18:48:47 GMT -5
What I want to do and what I need to do are very different things. I want to do more reading, and find a hobby I can really enjoy. I used to do counted cross stitch a lifetime ago. I should pick that back up. For the time being, we have a bit of a mouse problem so I am going to start cleaning out the basement where the critters may have made a home amongst all the clutter. Until I come across the first mouse, at which time the basement cleaning becomes the hubby’s chore. I have a completely irrational fear of those little boogers. I am literally the “woman standing on a chair screaming” type. I got into cross stitching again a couple of years ago when a friend asked me to finish (ha--she had about 10% of it done) a project she was working on for a gift. Eighteen count black Aida cloth, lots of detail, metallic thread, top stitching, and charms. I figure I'll be at it for another couple of years, but I so look forward to working on it every day! But, like you, it's limited by what I have to do. Glad I don't have mice. Call an exterminator. Work overtime if you have to. Or get a nice cat. |
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Post by UConnChapette on Apr 15, 2021 19:07:40 GMT -5
What I want to do and what I need to do are very different things. I want to do more reading, and find a hobby I can really enjoy. I used to do counted cross stitch a lifetime ago. I should pick that back up. For the time being, we have a bit of a mouse problem so I am going to start cleaning out the basement where the critters may have made a home amongst all the clutter. Until I come across the first mouse, at which time the basement cleaning becomes the hubby’s chore. I have a completely irrational fear of those little boogers. I am literally the “woman standing on a chair screaming” type. I got into cross stitching again a couple of years ago when a friend asked me to finish (ha--she had about 10% of it done) a project she was working on for a gift. Eighteen count black Aida cloth, lots of detail, metallic thread, top stitching, and charms. I figure I'll be at it for another couple of years, but I so look forward to working on it every day! But, like you, it's limited by what I have to do. Glad I don't have mice. Call an exterminator. Work overtime if you have to. Or get a nice cat. We have three cats. A little over a week ago between the three of them they caught and killed (or mostly killed) four mice. In ONE evening! None since then. But you have to figure there are more...they just went into the rodent protection program. |
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Post by huskymaniac on Apr 15, 2021 20:59:56 GMT -5
Tinkering with and driving the car in my avatar. sorry, I'm not a car person: what kind is it? Ferrari 348ts |
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Apr 16, 2021 0:29:39 GMT -5
Very cool! Don't know if Chappy would want this as a separate thread or as part of the now somewhat slow, post-vaxx, daily check in thread. But besides my writing (which is accelerating now that classes are over), my real passion is film photography. So far, I've used the kids' bathroom as my darkroom. But a couple of them are threatening to stay with us this summer, so either I have to: 1. rent a Porta Potty in our backyard for them, 2. send film out for professional work, or 3. plumb my basement. I'm thinking either 2 or 3 is going to win with the family. My father had a dark room in the basement. He somehow got a sink that was like 7 or 8 feet long, which was very useful (he put trays of chemicals in the sink, then dumped them there). He had running water, but the drain had to be manually connected to a sewer drain in the floor of the basement. |
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Apr 16, 2021 0:36:45 GMT -5
I keep busy, somehow. Watch a lot of TV, my wife tapes and I watch with her. I like to read, play some computer games, hope to resume some more activity soon.
We are "half vaccinated" but are going to have our first (outside restaurant) meal with a fully vaccinated friend somewhere in the Phoenix area. Of course, we do want to be sure that they are following protocols, it makes us nervous, but I think is ok.
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Post by vtcwbuff on Apr 16, 2021 7:54:28 GMT -5
1. Golf. 2. Golf 3. Golf . . . . 100. Golf So sad. I've gone from 3 rounds a week to unable to swing a club in just the last few years. We are planning to make up for the pandemic limited travel this year, but golf clubs won't be in our luggage. We lost them in the fire and opted not to replace them. |
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Post by chicagogg on Apr 16, 2021 8:39:33 GMT -5
1. Golf. 2. Golf 3. Golf . . . . 100. Golf Guess bowling league season is over??? |
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Post by chicagogg on Apr 16, 2021 8:49:17 GMT -5
Just going in to our busy season at work, so summer is not my leisure time. We are going to the Berkshires next weekend for our anniversary, and then off for our Spring Maine trip in Mid May for a week. After that, the work deluge. Hope to get out to see the family in Iowa now that all of us are fully vaxxed. Pining to go back to the UK, if Boris ever lets us in again. A week in Ireland would be pretty nice as well. Not to mention favorite nephew and family just relocated to the Netherlands for work... Oh well, car trips for now!
In terms of reading, I have been working my way back thru all of The John McPhee books in our shelves at home. Also Sarah Wheeler. Eying my Noel Perrin stash as well.
AS for wildlife, at work we have a fox den full of kits that are often spotted romping about. The Red Tail Hawks have re-established their nest and seem to be brooding. Guys at work are busy building an Osprey Habitat, so we have hopes for them as well. Have seen quite a few over the CT River. Maybe we can get some to do a relo.
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Post by samanthabrown3 on Apr 16, 2021 9:00:44 GMT -5
I got into cross stitching again a couple of years ago when a friend asked me to finish (ha--she had about 10% of it done) a project she was working on for a gift. Eighteen count black Aida cloth, lots of detail, metallic thread, top stitching, and charms. I figure I'll be at it for another couple of years, but I so look forward to working on it every day! But, like you, it's limited by what I have to do. Glad I don't have mice. Call an exterminator. Work overtime if you have to. Or get a nice cat. We have three cats. A little over a week ago between the three of them they caught and killed (or mostly killed) four mice. In ONE evening! None since then. But you have to figure there are more...they just went into the rodent protection program. Get a better cat. |
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Post by samanthabrown3 on Apr 16, 2021 9:01:37 GMT -5
Now that there is little to ruminate on for a few months, I wonder what people here do in their spare time. We watch videos of Husky games, of course! |
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Post by bulkey on Apr 16, 2021 9:27:02 GMT -5
Just going in to our busy season at work, so summer is not my leisure time. We are going to the Berkshires next weekend for our anniversary, and then off for our Spring Maine trip in Mid May for a week. After that, the work deluge. Hope to get out to see the family in Iowa now that all of us are fully vaxxed. Pining to go back to the UK, if Boris ever lets us in again. A week in Ireland would be pretty nice as well. Not to mention favorite nephew and family just relocated to the Netherlands for work... Oh well, car trips for now! In terms of reading, I have been working my way back thru all of The John McPhee books in our shelves at home. Also Sarah Wheeler. Eying my Noel Perrin stash as well. AS for wildlife, at work we have a fox den full of kits that are often spotted romping about. The Red Tail Hawks have re-established their nest and seem to be brooding. Guys at work are busy building an Osprey Habitat, so we have hopes for them as well. Have seen quite a few over the CT River. Maybe we can get some to do a relo. Happy Anniversary! We go to the Berks a lot, too. We might miss this year; really slow to emerge....First trip is likely California in October for a wedding. |
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Today they made their entrance to the world known. In this clip papa is bringing home a delicious breakfast meal. You can see the little ones after he delivers it.
