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Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie

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Time for the bloggers to turn the camera onto ourselves?

Here’s where I routinely spend time and money: at my dentist office. My dentist is Dr. Butcher. One time I suggested to him that he move to Slaughter lane so he could be Dr. Butcher on Slaughter lane. Ha ha ha, right?

Turns out his family used to live on Slaughter lane when he was growing up. And one brother is also a dentist and one is a veterinarian. So three Dr. Butchers used to live on Slaughter lane.

At the dentist office getting a crown

With all these crowns, I should be Queen by now.

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And then without people’s hands in my mouth:

At Old Stage Coach Park

Waterfall

Tower Power

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Here is the eastern horizon at dawn, viewed from my back yard. See that little tower off to the left? That belongs to our Internet Service Provider. We were happy when they built a tower closer to us, as that would give us a better signal.

Three towers on the horizon

Tower, not so much power

And it does . . . sometimes. Right now, no. The tower, as they say, “has issues” and we have been without our normal Internet access for a week.

Which means I haven’t been posting to my blog, haven’t been checking basketball scores or the weather first thing in the morning. No YouTube videos of Storm Trooper dance routines. No email, no Metropolitan Museum of Art. I’m feeling culturally deprived.

We are using a hotspot as a workaround, and now it’s time to catch up on my blog posts. Sorry for the delay.

Just In Time

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I was rummaging through a box of papers and found this: my IBM flow charting template. Looks like I bought it from Wallace’s book store for $1.25. Wallace’s was on The Drag, if I remember correctly. (The Drag = the local name for the portion of Guadalupe Street that is across from UT Austin.)

Whew! I found it just in time! Just in time for the 80s, that is. Where are you 1984?

Flow charting template; cost $1.25

Requires a sharp pencil and big eraser

Every Summer, Every Winter

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Every summer, when the temperature climbs above 100 degrees and the humidity is about 90 percent (and stays there for weeks), I consider relocating to a place where it doesn’t get so hot. North, then. The mountains of New Mexico loom in my mind: high altitudes, low humidity, cool breezes in the trees; so dreamy.

Snow 24 Jan 2014

Snow 24 Jan 2014

All it takes to rid me of that fantasy is the first cold snap of the central Texas winter. Our cold extremes last only a few days, but even before then I’m looking at the map to see where I can move to where the winter weather is milder. South, then. Brownsville, maybe? Unfortunately, I veto any place with “Hurricane Evacuation Route” signs.

That means that I’ll be staying right where I am and make the best with what I’ve got.

Frozen water in the yard

Frozen water in the yard