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March 24, 2005
Flake Me, Baby
The snow I mentioned in the previous post is here at my current location -- in Pennsylvania. I was long overdue for a few days in this neck o' the woods! Even though the weather forecast had been for rain, I needed to get out of dodge and... (drum roll please,) DUST MY BRAIN. :-)
Other than the usual routine when I'm here, (feeding the deer, getting more wood for the fireplace, reading, hiking in the woods, etc.) the snowfall gave me the opportunity to test my digital camera in wind-blown and somewhat whiteout conditions. I attempted some photos last night, and the result was nothing more than sharp backgrounds and big white dots (duh. It was still snowing when I did this.) Why should I be surprised by the result? After all, I'm a flake and of course my flakiness would show up as big flakes in my photos. (I'm laughing right now.) I digress.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled diatribe. (wink)
It goes without saying that the laptop travels with me, unless I'm so sick of it that I opt to leave it home. Not this time. Hanging out around these parts means dialup. Yippee! NOT. So there I was... sitting quietly at the laptop, tapping on the keys and waxing poetically about some sort of nonsense when there was a bit of a power surge. You know what happens with power surges and computers, right? Without a surge protector in sight, I'd say that my reaction time was stellar... the minute the lights flickered and the television went *poof* was more than enough prompting for me to unplug the laptop. Phew! Of course being the flake that I pride myself in being, perhaps I overreacted. Maybe nothing would have happened to the laptop after all. Then again... history has it that just a sip of tea will wreak havoc on any computer within my reach. Better safe than sorry, I suppose.
And that's about all the flake you're gonna get out of me for the moment. I'm waiting for the sunrise, as I plan to extend my flakiness by taking early morning photographs. If any turn out decently I'll return here and post them.
Cindy
Comments
how are the deer ? i need new glasses - i can barely read your teeny, weeny font. actually, i think i need glasses full-time and i'm so vain that of COURSE, i'll opt for contacts.
coloured or not ? ;)
hope you're having a lovely time and happy easter to you!
xxx
Brain matter deposited by: zed on March 24, 2005 1:45 PM
Sounds good, actually, except for the snow part. I can skip the snow part.
Happy Easter. :o)
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on March 24, 2005 4:50 PM
Zoe, There's a way for you to increase the font size. Just ask Andy. p.s. Happy Easter!
Kat - Happy Easter!
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on March 25, 2005 7:07 PM
I adore snow!
Being a wee Highland boy, I grew up with the snow and have enormously enjoyable memories of snowmen, toboganning, snowball fights etc... Ho hum.
No surge protector? *laughs*
Dial-up *laughs even more*
*runs*
Brain matter deposited by: Piggy on March 26, 2005 2:42 AM