So, the hunt for the Christmas tree skirts continued, but no luck in finding them. The wife is concerned about getting them in place so if any ornaments fall off the tree they’ll have some… 

Among other things today, I did a bit of gardening. The wife bought a bunch of tulip bulbs, so today was the day to get them planted. The weather wasn’t too bad, around 45 deg… 

Happy Thanksgiving to you, my Hordeling! Well, if you’re in the United States, that is. If you don’t celebrate the holiday I hope you had a great day. Ours went fairly well. Go to sleep… 

So, we’ve had some nice weather over the last week or two. We’ve had decent temperatures around 50 deg F (10 deg C) and generally sunny days. We had a day or two of winds… 

Since we got married, the wife and I have gone out to eat for Thanksgiving dinner. One year we went to a friend’s house, the other times we went to a restaurant. For the last… 

This is Thanksgiving week here in the States, and on Thursday people will be gorging themselves silly on turkey, stuffing, and all the fixings. Some might watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or a lot… 

“I claim the Law of Nap!” Let me back up a bit. As noted previously, we’ve been watching The Witcher. There’s a curious custom within the series called the Law of Surprise. It seems that… 

It was early morning. I put Sirocco in his harness and left for our walk. The sun had just peeked over the horizon a few minutes earlier. The air was cool, very little wind blowing.… 

We started watching The Witcher (currently on Netflix) and we finished the first season. The overall story is a monster-hunter-for-hire, Geralt of Rivia, played by Henry Cavill (he of Superman fame, having been in Man… 

So, we went out to run errands and decided we’d leave the dogs in the backyard while we were out. The weather was nice, and we figured they’d rather be outside where they could run…