Posted in aquarium, family, miscellany, nerd on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
A landmark weekend at the Maison du Hobnottle: we’ve begun acquiring our camping stuff. Annual bonuses finally landed at work, and gearing up for family camping trips has been near the top of the to-do list for a little while now. So far we’ve acquired two (2) 6-8 man tents, dual-fuel stove and lantern, sleeping [...]
Posted in aquarium, family, miscellany on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Bleah.
The water heater started leaking over the weekend. Thankfully, it’s in the garage so all we’ve got is a trickling little stream that leads to the outside. I’d been eyeballing it for some time as the next likely failure, so at least I have the satisfaction of having been correct. Huzzah for me. It hasn’t [...]
Posted in aquarium, family, nature on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The caving trip was a lot of fun, though I picked up quite a few things that should serve us well next year, namely: bring an air mattress or two. The new foam pads were OK, but not great. I shudder to think of how bad it could have been without them. We camped out [...]
Posted in aquarium, brewing, family on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…will continue to be light.
I’m taking off early today to accompany our oldest son and the rest of his cub scout pack on an overnight cave trip, which should be a whole lotta fun. I’m not exactly relishing the idea of sleeping on the cave floor, but it’s only for one night, and we’ve got [...]
Posted in aquarium, brewing, family, nature on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night I started a batch of mead. I didn’t take pictures because, frankly, there wasn’t a whole lot to see. One pot of steaming honey/water mixture (the must), a few odds and ends disinfecting in the sink and, finally, a sealed bucket with a little water airlock thingie on top. Now we wait. The [...]
Posted in aquarium, family, food, nerd on January 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Warning: aquarium nerdspeak ahead.
I happen to glance to the right and notice that today’s saint is St. Ammonius. How apropos.
It’s been probably 20 years or more since I regularly kept an aquarium, and while I thought it would just all come back to me, I seem to have forgotten that it can take weeks rather [...]
Posted in aquarium, brewing, nerd on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
…and most have lived.
We lost one neon (within hours of introduction) and flushed a danio last night. Everyone else looks hale and colorful. Neons are wee, highly-strung little fish so I wasn’t too surprised to see one go fins-up. The danio had been a bit of an outcast for awhile. Anyway, enough about that. Our [...]
Posted in aquarium, books, family, photography on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The first residents of our new tank have moved in: five zebra danios which will kick off the first round of tank cycling. On deck: a small shoal of neon tetras, a pair each of dwarf flame gouramis and dwarf coryadoras. Once the tank matures a little, we’ll add a handful of ghost shrimp. [...]
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