by simpleDesigns | May 11, 2008 | Birding, Family, Personal
Today is May 11th, and I realized that I haven’t posted anything since April 30th. Where has the time gone and why is it moving so fast? Last weekend, Tina and I got away to Frontenac, MN for a 2 day Yoga retreat. Virginia, (our teacher) and her husband hold a...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 30, 2008 | Home, Landscape
Another project that is in the works, is the creation of a new landscaped backyard. We plan to build a bird/wildlife friendly area full of colors, scents and bird feeders. This week, we finished the layout with rocks, mulch and a new patio extension. Now we start...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 30, 2008 | Family, Personal
For several years, I have wanted to find a cool online way to track family genealogy, both forwards and backwards. My son Jeff reminded me of a site titled Geni.com, that is quite cool and does a fairly good job of laying out genealogy. Last night I dug out a book of...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 26, 2008 | Web Fun
We’ve been out walking and shooting more pictures of birds this April than I can possibly ever use. I am using a new beta version of Adobe Lightroom to manage the files and displaying some of the better ones in our Picasa Web Albums. As I collect shots that...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 25, 2008 | Family
Friday was grandparent’s day at Zander’s Montessori school. That meant I was able to visit class from 9-11am and spend some time watching Z in his school environment. We spent time reading, building, meeting the class Gekko, visiting with classmates and...
