Creek running through the southeast section of the city

A Small Glitch

Not far from the house is a park along the river.  I can cross the river by a series of footbridges.  I drove to the park today with the intention of taking photos.  It didn't go quite as planned as the SD card was jammed into the adaptor.  A friend asked me if I was "cross"   This was a glitch and I can try again tomorrow.  Have to be conscious of the time outside though as it is very cold.  The clipper coming down from the north has brought low temperatures and below zero wind chill.  

None of the fish have been eaten.  The woman at the fish shop told me to use a 5 gallon bucket and add 1/2 cup chlorine bleach to it.  Soak the rocks and other aquarium pieces for 1 or 2 days until the angel hair algae is dead.  Then rinse the pieces and add enough dechlorinator for 50 gallons.  Fish are extremely sensitive to soap and chlorine, so I have to be absolutely sure that there is no chlorine on the rocks.  

An Interesting Day

I was surprised to see snow on the car this moring as I got ready to go to work.  It was expectedly quiet as today was Inauguration Day and a National Holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr  Day.  Many businesses and schools were closed in observance of the holiday.  Never too early though to get ready for Valentine's Day, boxes and bows need to be made, paper collars stapled to keep roses from breaking, chocolate, cards and bears displayed.  Fortunately, I was not upstairs in the attic or in a windowless room because around 10:30, our store along with others in the area lost power.  It didn't come on, DTE told us that 20,000 people were without power, no idea the problem nor how long it would be out.   So we started making the collars for the roses...150 of them.  It was interesting, a woman came in and asked if we were closed, about 1 1/2 hours after the power went out.  She observed that it might be a bit hard to browse in the dark.  Just at that moment, the lights came back on.

Fish update...All the fish survived the first night!  The catfish did not eat the groupies or the blue fish, which is called a gourami--a truly beautiful fish.  I am having a problem with hair algae, nasty stuff really, so stopped back at the fish store to buy a clown pleco to gobble up the algae.  I also couldn't resist a male and female rosy barb.  And since my net is missing at the present, bought a new net.

Winter Playground

A Photo Uploaded From a SD card

 
 
 
 
 
              
I took two photos on this cold January Day.   I  managed to get home before either the camera or I   froze!  Unfortunately, the other photo had a ring in the middle!

Learning new things

Today I headed out into the cold with my camera to see if I could get some photos.  My intention was to play with the SD card and the Transformer Prime, and figure out how to upload them to various sites.  At first the camera would not go on.  Now, I prefer rechargeable batteries for the camera as I've discovered that I can take more photos.  However, time was of the essence and I didn't know where they were, so decided to use disposable batteries.  I played with those for awhile, and then figured out that the camera would not go on, because I was trying to turn it on with the wrong button.  Once I got it on, the screen displayed a "low battery" message  I finally found three batteries that would work.  I would have liked to go to the pond at the school, but I was limited on time as I had to open the flower shop.  I found a nice youtube video that told me about SD adaptors and micro SDs,  how to insert the card and most importantly how to find the photos in the files.  I watched it twice.   By some miraculous occurrence, I discovered that the photos were under the  heading 100NVTIM in the gallery, and from there, it's a piece of cake to upload, providing that I use one browser for photos and another for writing script.

Moving on....After work, Iwent to the fish store.  It turned out that the flourescent bulb was black at both ends and burnt out, an easy fix for the associate at the shop.  And as long as I was there, I decided to purchase some fish.  I had one lonely catfish, and feeling sorry for her, I bought her 2 friends.  The 3 catfish ate all my other fish.  Explaining this to the young man at the store, he suggested that I buy some groupies and a blue fish.  The groupies are fast and the blue fish is big, so hopefully they will not be sushi for the hungry catfish.

Very dear

I can't stop thinking of Kenny and Scott who passed this week.  Kenny and his sister were my best friends until my dad built a new house and moved our family.  We spent countless hours jumping rope and playing Red Rover.  Now he is gone, after fighting a brave battle with lung cancer.  And cancer claimed Scott too, at the age of 42.  He had taught for 18 years at the middle school near our house.  This summer, he was diagnosed with esophogael cancer.  He was in treatment and teaching, but died suddenly this week, leaving all who knew him in shock.  Shaun died from injuries in a plane crash.  I understand he was considering the purchase of a plane to fly to his cabin in Ontario.  And Autumn, my daughter's friend, was struck by a car crossing the street, and Peter, my friend's son died suddenly and accidently.  Too much to absorb in too short a time.

The store has been very quiet.  The mall across the street, the restaurant and drive through coffee counter, the coffee shop next to us furiously busy.  Trying to figure which kind of perishable product to bring in.  The customers have been challenging...the few that come in.  I finally figured out that the lady who came in carrying a planter, wanted to exchange it for a planter in a round ceramic container.  Unfortunately, we do not have any in the shape she would like.  And obviously, the person who started the conversation with "I've been having a bit of trouble with my credit card," had spoken to someone else at the main store.  After spending time with him and writing an order for tropicals, roses, candles, and plush, the credit card was invalid.  And the young man who called three or four times to place his order with the card message Dear X 3, 875, 321 090 because that is how dear she is!