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Jan. 3rd, 2006 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidSunday I got to walk along the Wachusett Greenway, a part along the Quinapoxet River in Holden. It was beautiful in a monochromatic way, with the snow, the dark trees, the water with lighter swirls where the rocks made whitewater. It was also a bit treacherous, with solid ice under much of the snow, especially as we walked under Rte 190. I want to go back in some other season, to take the time to read all the markers about the mill complex that used to be there. (There were also many cross-country skiers; I should go back with skis.)
I finally replaced the two doorstops that had broken off. Now I need to pretty-fy where the old ones used to be.
Thanks to Queue, I learned how to make an RSS feed. Now I can read the Virtual Tourist and Breeding Imperfection from the comfort of my own friends page.
Sidenote 1: Blogspot makes me really appreciate LJ's threading of comments.
Sidenote 2: Pedometer travel can get you everywhere, like from Hobbiton to Rivendell (link courtesy of Aliza250).
Last minute overnight guests can provide the necessary impetus to get a lot done around the house. They can also inspire more cooking than originally planned: yesterday I ended up making roasted potatoes, sauteed gai lan with ginger and spicy sauce, sauteed eggplant and potato, and sweet potatoes with greens (chard and arugula) and spicy sausages. Hooray for leftovers, too.
This weekend in Houston there's going to be a three-day auction of stuff from Six Flags AstroWorld. Some interesting items, including a carousel with wooden animals that date from 1895, some other rides, and "what every home needs — a waist-high double ketchup dispenser on wheels." In the discussion of what one-of-a-kind items might bring, one auctioneer mentioned selling a parking space for a year for $500.... it took me a while to realize that that was supposed to be an absurdly high price. Ah, Boston.
Getting rid of excess stuff out of the apartment is good. Getting rid of it to someone who will use it is even better. I've got a lot more to divest, but going slowly gives me more chance to get it to the right place.
I finally replaced the two doorstops that had broken off. Now I need to pretty-fy where the old ones used to be.
Thanks to Queue, I learned how to make an RSS feed. Now I can read the Virtual Tourist and Breeding Imperfection from the comfort of my own friends page.
Sidenote 1: Blogspot makes me really appreciate LJ's threading of comments.
Sidenote 2: Pedometer travel can get you everywhere, like from Hobbiton to Rivendell (link courtesy of Aliza250).
Last minute overnight guests can provide the necessary impetus to get a lot done around the house. They can also inspire more cooking than originally planned: yesterday I ended up making roasted potatoes, sauteed gai lan with ginger and spicy sauce, sauteed eggplant and potato, and sweet potatoes with greens (chard and arugula) and spicy sausages. Hooray for leftovers, too.
This weekend in Houston there's going to be a three-day auction of stuff from Six Flags AstroWorld. Some interesting items, including a carousel with wooden animals that date from 1895, some other rides, and "what every home needs — a waist-high double ketchup dispenser on wheels." In the discussion of what one-of-a-kind items might bring, one auctioneer mentioned selling a parking space for a year for $500.... it took me a while to realize that that was supposed to be an absurdly high price. Ah, Boston.
Getting rid of excess stuff out of the apartment is good. Getting rid of it to someone who will use it is even better. I've got a lot more to divest, but going slowly gives me more chance to get it to the right place.