Tales from FAR Manor

…when the daffodils start blooming. This clump is just across the driveway from the front yard. A good reminder that winter doesn’t last for...

 …and when I say over , I mean over . I launched the drone, high (23m, according to the flight log) above the trees to get an unobstructed v...

Mason is in Cub Scouts (Tiger) now, and there are a zillion activities happening all the time. We went on his first camping trip over the we...

Mason continues to be one of Charlie's favorite people, as you can see here… "Are you fighting a… a Diamond Ender Creeper?...

It’s unusually warm for the bottom of the year on Planet Georgia. Our high today was around 72°F, a good 20 degrees above normal. So, when I...

Winter #3 took up pretty much the entire second half of February. And two weeks of winter on Planet Georgia is about as much as anyone can s...

Winter #3 brought snow and a little ice to FAR Manor, and a recurrence of the winter congestion that lingers for weeks. About the time the s...

Yesterday dawned bright and sunny, and warmed up rapidly. The snow began retreating right away. But I could not tarry to enjoy the dawning o...

So everyone has heard about the debacle that was Atlanta traffic on Tuesday afternoon by now, right? Seriously, people who don’t live on Pla...

Image source: openclipart.org So I missed blogging about Winter #1, when it hit −1°F for the first time since the 1980s. The outdoor dog...

Whoever coined the phrase, “Here today, gone tomorrow” must have been talking about winter on Planet Georgia. Or what passes for winter here...

This “winter” has been one long November on Planet Georgia. The mini-winters that make up the season have been few and far between so far. I...

As always, winter on Planet Georgia is confused: it’s warmest out when it’s cloudy. After a couple chilly nights during the week, temperat...

One thing you can say about the snow: it gave me the opportunity to get all the extra people at FAR Manor together in one shot! From left...

But first, Andi asked me to get a shot of Mason and me out in the snow. Daughter Dearest took the shot, I fixed the tilt in Photoslobber. ...

First one in over 45 years! The weather peeps said it was coming in at 1 a.m., but I guess it got hung up at the airport. It started at 9...

The nearer your destination The more you’re slip-sliding away… — Paul Simon Yesterday’s drive home was one I would prefer to not repeat for…...

Winter #2 arrived last night, after a very nice send-off from Spring #1 on Wednesday. We’ll be back in the cold soup for a while, judging fr...

Between working at home as usual on Wednesday and Thursday, and icy roads on Friday keeping me here, I’ve mostly been cooped up in the Manor...

There were a couple of milestones this week. The biggie was me & Mrs. Fetched being married 25 years as of Tuesday. Doesn’t seem that lo...