Jan 26, 2024
It’s been a while since I last made red beans & mite.
—orc Fri Jan 26 19:03:46 2024
Jan 22, 2024
Behold the adorable floof!
—orc Mon Jan 22 23:31:41 2024
Jan 19, 2024
The ornaments were made in New Jersey (in 1959 or 1960; as far as I know you can’t get American made blown glass baubles anymore). The Dust Mite, on the other hand, is an undocumented immigrant from 2005 or so.
—orc Fri Jan 19 21:52:48 2024
Jan 12, 2024
There were show flurries this afternoon (as part of the temperature crashing down into the low teens (around -9C; 16°F in imperial units) – more snow is expected to follow tomorrow, when the temperature’s gonna get down to -11C, which will be just grand for this particular patch of allegedly temperate land) and Dust Mite wanted to pose for a portrait in the snow.
Look carefully! There were actually a few snowflakes scattered around!
—orc Fri Jan 12 21:19:59 2024
Jan 05, 2024
A newly wrapped scratching post awaits the safety inspector’s verdict.
—orc Fri Jan 5 23:29:31 2024
Jan 03, 2024
I may not be fit enough to take the GT up to Ripplebrook this month, but it can serve the equally important job of taking returns to the post office & UPS.
—orc Wed Jan 3 20:35:21 2024
Jan 01, 2024
I took the Traditional Randonneuse out for a 10 mile loop this afternoon, and managed to successfully not freeze my fingers and toes off.
—orc Mon Jan 1 22:48:13 2024
Apparently ex-Union Pacific SW10 #96 was the motive power for this year’s Holiday Express (Polson Logging’s vest-pocket mikado #2) was on the other end of the train, but was running along with a clear stack, even when going upgrade.)
—orc Mon Jan 1 22:43:05 2024
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