September 2020

On the homestead blog: measuring tree heights. Every year at around this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown. 🌲🌳📐

2020-09-30 · trees

On the homestead blog: day 50 of the ducklings; the big 5-0, and start of week 8. No summary GIF today; I took relatively few pictures, due to being busy with other stuff. But still some fun shots. 🦆

2020-09-30 · ducks

On the Dejal blog: Introducing the first beta release of major upgrade to Dejal Simon, the website and server monitoring app for macOS: version 5.0b1, with the ability to sync between multiple Macs, check all links on a web page, and much more.

2020-09-30 · dejal

On the homestead blog: the ducklings are seven weeks old today, which means they could be eligible to go in the pond any time now. But I think I’ll give them another few days; they aren’t all fully feathered yet. 🦆

2020-09-29 · ducks

Video: I put a handful of raw whole peanuts in a tray for the wild birds every day. The Steller's Jays and Scrub Jays love them, hardly waiting for me to leave before diving down and grabbing one or two. 🥜🐦

2020-09-29 · birds · video

On the homestead blog: more duck(ling) names. It’s time to reveal the names we’ve chosen for the new ducklings, and the answer to the mysterious duck! 🦆

2020-09-29 · ducks

On the homestead blog: since @macgenie mentioned it, I included a GIF of me shoving Gimpy yesterday. Or more charitably, gently introducing a reluctant duckling to the concept of swimming, in a safe environment. Yeah, that sounds better. 🦆

2020-09-28 · ducks

Mask selfie when going to the post office and feed store today. Looks kinda silly with my beard, but it’s the way of the world nowadays. Wear a mask, people. 😷

2020-09-28 · david · selfie · vehicles

Video: a demo of how the coop pop door opener works, and the innovative way I have it mounted on a door so I can access it from inside the coop, and have the cord go straight down from the opener to the pop door. 🚪🐓

2020-09-28 · chickens · technology · video

Top Four podcast 📡 #MediaMonday

2020-09-28 · MediaMonday · podcast

A fun podcast with Tiff and Marco Arment, where they try and rate all sorts of weird and wonderful things, including breakfasts, dog breeds, emoji, waters, and most recently scented pencils.

On the homestead blog today: a mystery, shoving a duckling, showing off feathers, and another GIF summary of 75 pictures. Yep, I took a lot today. But first, 13 pictures of note. 🦆

2020-09-27 · ducks

On the homestead blog: not sure exactly which day I’ll let the ducklings out into the pond, but it’ll be coming up soon; maybe Wednesday? 🦆

2020-09-26 · ducks

Another sign of fall — our swimming pool is full of leaves, so it’s time to take it down. Today I started the many-hours process of draining the pool, and will disassemble and put it away tomorrow. 🍂

2020-09-26 · pool

Video: I just refilled the hummingbird feeders, so the one by the house was still swaying, but that didn't put off a hungry hummer. Plus more on the other feeder. 📹

2020-09-26 · birds · video

On the homestead blog: rainy weather makes the feral cats want to stay home, warm in their heated cat house and cabins. So brace for some snuggly cuteness. #Caturday 🐈

2020-09-26 · cats · Caturday

Oops… I should have used a larger jar when feeding this sourdough starter clone. 🍞

2020-09-25 · bread · food

On the homestead blog: last night the maintenance door of the duck house didn’t latch securely, and a duckling pushed it open when squeezing past the waterer. 🦆

2020-09-25 · ducks

On the homestead blog: a big Flock Friday today, with 33 photos of ducks and chickens, plus a GIF with those and 31 more at the end. I took lots of nice shots of the ducks, so wanted to share them. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓

2020-09-25 · chickens · ducks · FlockFriday

On the homestead blog: the ducklings are in their last week in the duck house and run. 🦆

2020-09-24 · ducks

More from our trip to Hawaii in 2005; we enjoyed a rainbow by the Diamond Head volcanic cone before celebrating our anniversary at a resort restaurant, and bringing back a chocolate Diamond Head dessert. #ThrowbackThursday

2020-09-24 · david · Hawaii · jenn · ThrowbackThursday · travel · vacation

On the homestead blog: just three pictures of the ducklings today; I’ve been too busy with other stuff to spend much time with them. 🦆

2020-09-23 · ducks