HOUSE 2.0

 

Screaming Pines got a major upgrade.

If you've been reading posts recently, you are aware of the house remodeling project.

This post is for those interested in the details.

If you aren't, keep on keeping on and I'll see you later, gator.

The Monday of the year, 2026 edition

We are now well and truly into the new year.

Flip over the calendars, break out your new planners.

Get yerself into gear.

Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut

Near modern day Luxor is where Thebes, or ancient Waset, was located.

It is the former capital city of Egypt throughout the New Kingdom (c.1570-c.1069BC)

And it's where you'll find the Valley of the Kings.

Houses of the gods

There are temples all along the River Nile.

Egyptian temples were places to worship the gods, but they

were also considered to be where the gods lived.

So, if a god were to live there, it had better be exceptional.

Feed my Frankenstein! Feed it now! Do it!

You see this bird!

Leave her alone!

I am the Mouse Killer

 

I got this on a T-shirt.

I don't really do crack, I just thought it was funny.

Into Zimbabwe

 

Bright and early, before the sun rose, we packed up camp and

headed to the Zimbabwe border.

Our guide had decided for us to be there very early because sometimes

it can take a long time to get through border control and he didn't want 

to lose a lot of time.

Africa - Okavango Delta

 

I don't know how to start, after thinking about it for

a couple of weeks, so I'm just going to hit you with the good stuff right away.

Freakin Elf

 Last week I played in the pit orchestra for a production of

Elf: The Musical

It is, apparently, based upon the 2003 movie, Elf.
Which until a week go, I'd not ever seen.
I can usually suspend belief a bit for stage shows, 
it is, after all, just a show, and the rules don't really apply.
However, this show has many plot-holes that I couldn't ignore.
So, I present you, a numbered list of every plot-hole
that drove me batty over the course of the run of this production.

Guess My Name

I finally got a major project completed.

Check it out!

Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory

 After many weeks of listening to just about all I can
stand of conspiracy/mystery radio, I have finally been able to

put everything together.

I hope I didn't miss anything.

It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

 Recently I was looking for some good scary stories to
listen to while at work.
It's Halloween, so I was in the mood for some spookiness.

Though, to be fair, I'm usually in the mood for spookiness.

Then it was silent

     It's just after sunset when I get to my parents' house. The house sits on farmland, several miles from the nearest town. The sky is still blue, turning orange, and nearly cloudless when I arrive and find my father standing in the driveway, awaiting my visit.

Ver las ballenas - Addendum

We head back into civilization.

Farewells to the sea and the whales.

We have to go back.

But, first, a few more things.

Kittens Kittens! KITTENS!

RAINDROPS ON ROSES

AND WHISKERS ON KITTENS

Ghosts! For real?

It's the Spooky season.

Let's tell some ghost stories!