I spent the entire day bringing up this website to potentially replace my existing blog site. Problems with image uploading have persisted there for a week and Google has done nothing to address the issues. It took a few hours to select an appropriate hosting service, a few more to select and learn an appropriate web design program (WordPress), a few more to import my existing blog, a few more to settle on a design layout I liked, and a few more to test with different web browsers. It was 1:30am before I was sufficiently satisfied with this site before going live. Work will continue on the site over the comings weeks but I hope to keep the basic blog operating as it has in the past.

This winter has been one for the record books. Just when we thought it was behind us we got what is hopefully a final reminder that nature defines her own calendar. Fortunately the wet and heavy snow quickly began to melt and it was not necessary to take the snowblower out of summer storage. On the positive side, the wet snow made for beautiful snowscapes as it clung to the trees.