Wow to the last post

 I just realized that my last post was 12 YEARS AGO!!!!!    It's not like nothing has happened, quite the contrary....  More details soon to follow to those that are interested, and hopefully new visitors,

Life changes

 My life has changed in many ways.  I am now living, tenuously, in Northern Ontario.  My father, 92, is living away from the family farm.  I am here and working on rebuilding after years of ...... 

Town of Messendorf Romania from church steeple

Rope Street, Brasov Romania

One week to go

As usual I have filled my life with excessive amounts of work before leaving on a journey.  What drives me to do this I wonder (only with half a mind, because I can figure out the details if I wanted too!!).  Shortly I will be in Romainia completing a course in Heritage Stonework and Restoration.  I hope to have internet access in the rural countryside, but, really, that is unlikely!  Romainia is a fascinating place, dependable infrastructure notwithstanding!

Simple fare...

I know this is cheesy and from bygone times, but it is one of those songs I think about on overnight trains from somewhere I just got to know to somewhere I've never been before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDe2IAaVKM

In a moment of calm amid the madness that is the Grand Bazarre in Istanbul this lone cat comes strolling by!

Mmmmm 9:41 am

Snow day breakfast 9:17 am

Bangles and beads

Almost perfect proportions and just enough detail

That time of year again

I love this picture.  One of my former careers was as a locksmith.  We used to joke that a lock was only as good as the door it was in.  This goes a step farther!  The door is only as good as the wall it's in!

Archita Romania, June 2010

Doors

Caru' cu Bere

I had heard about this place from an aquaintance in Bucharest.  It is an amazing pub/restaurant in the Lipiscani district, which is, I think one of the most interesting parts of of the city.  Interesting places to eat and drink abound here and this place was amoung the top.  All carved wood stained glass and tile work!  Beautiful.  Great beer selection too: http://www.carucubere.ro/en/homepage

The wonders of technology..... when it works

I finally have a computer back that works!  After returning from my trip I found my computer to be without vital signs,  no pulse, no heart beat, and for sure no brain activity! 

My problem with this resides with the issue of tools.  If I have a hammer that doesn't work properly (a rare sort of thing with a simple impliment of whacking) I would replace it with one that does what I expect.

Computers ,on the other hand, are nothing like this.  They function as a be all and END all (in my case) to rid the user's world (in this case mine, but not really) of pesky little details, like where things are and are you going to die.  Wait, I admit I should have been backing up things all the time, but I had been lulled into a false sense of security by years of trouble free whacking ability.

Well, no longer.  Now that I have a device (let's not say tool!) that is working, I will endeavour to back things up religiously every day.  well maybe not every day, perhaps every otherday...  Maybe not every other day but......................