Just a quick note to say that since announcing my news recently, a rather irreverent post has emerged recommending I name the child Phil Horatio, or Patrick Henry, or Paige Henrietta–anything, really, to ensure the child ends up with the initials PHP. Pretty funny stuff.
Baby Peake On The Way Something happened about 20 weeks ago that I haven’t blogged about yet. But having seen the face of the being who, inshallah, will soon be my child–I felt the need to share. And, given I am entering a whole new chapter in my own life shortly, I added a new …
Thanks to a $4.49 CompactFlash-to-PCMCIA adapter, I was able to recover the photos from our trip to Australia and New Zealand that were previously stuck in the digital camera. The adapter arrived today and the PCMCIA device mounted up just fine, allowing me to import my photos into iPhoto and publish them to the web. …
Things have been pretty quiet around here for the past few weeks as I took a much needed vacation to Australia and New Zealand–without my laptop! Unfortunately, the only piece of gadgetry I did take was a digital camera which is now refusing to give up photos it is holding prisoner in a CompactFlash card …
We adopted the little sister of David’s new cat. How could we resist? She purs everytime you look at her, so we decided to name her “Miranda” (which means worthy to be admired or looked at in Latin). She has been settling in nicely to her new abode (our guest room) and is playing, flirting, …
click for larger version After a brief mishap with our drip system being accidentally closed down, it looks like the roses in our garden are responding again to the moisture. There is something about the light in this valley that constantly surprises me. It reminds me of the bay area of California, and in similar …
