Speedy the cat always knows what is going, she watches you watch her! Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Caterday Pic Post, Cute, Speedy the cat
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Dead Wild Roses: Welcome Winter…
Ah… the first arctic high pressure system off the season has descended from the North. Overnight temperatures have descended to a frosty -35 degrees Celsius. Time once again to embrace hot chocolate, snow tires and multiple layers of clothing. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Edmonton, Winter, Woo-Haa
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: On ads that autoplay
If you’ve visited the site recently and been subjected to a blaring ad in the sidebar that launched by itself and wouldn’t shut up, I apologize sincerely. That’s not supposed to happen. I’ve checked the settings in my account at the ad server’s site and autoplay is disabled so there’s a glitch somewhere at their end. Trust me when I say that I hate those as much as anyone can. I’ve removed that particular "ad zone" from the front page and the most recent entry pages until I can find out what’s going on. If I can’t use this particular ad server without subjecting everyone to ads like that then I’ll have to make some other arrangement to try and cover the hosting bill. Up with this I shall not put! Carry on….
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Vivaldi – Winter.
I think winter has finally arrived for me. Listening to the radio, they were talking about -16 degree windchill and snow at the International Airport. Today, I may have to put the shorts away. Although I am not ready to concede to closed toe footwear yet. In light of such momentous weather news, let’s start […]
Housekeeping Note: Commenting
Yo, FYI: I’ve changed the commenting format to “threaded”, so commenters may reply directly to each other. If you want to reply to a specific comment, just click on the “Reply” link found in the bottom right corner of that comment. So far, I have sometimes used it and sometimes not… admittedly not a very […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Arbourist’s Kaslo Summer Vacation – The Pictures
Summer vacation is never complete without a trip to Kaslo British Columbia. Packing up the fiance and parental unit we embarked on the 12 hour car trip(Oh, and a stop off at Radium Hotsprings as well) to the funky/quaint town known as Kaslo. It is a week of intensive learning, singing and general revelry. This […]
Dead Wild Roses: Harmony – Doing it Right.
Ah, if politics for us humans could be just as easy… Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Animal Harmony, Cats & Dog, Cute
Dead Wild Roses: Cat Blogging – Sisters sharing some down time.
Cats at the parental unit’s house. They have a rough life indeed. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Cats, Cute
Dead Wild Roses: Another year over – end of school melancholy
Recent cutbacks have curbed my employment at the school that I teach in. So today was my last day. Some days you feel like a song. Today I feel like this… Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Anecdata, Endings, Loss, School Days