Baffling Squirrels: Squirrels 2, Lisa 0

It took only three days for the squirrels to figure out how to get above the baffle to our new bird feeder (we haven’t seen them do it yet, but I have my theories). Next step: buy a taller shepherd hook.

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Baffling Squirrels

We have already ceded the first bird feeder to the squirrels but want to save the second for the birds.

Lessons on Play from a Betta Fish

Recently I made a small change in my work that has resulted in an unexpected giant step in everyday enjoyment: I began to listen to music for a good chunk of the day, most of the time through headphones attached to my phone that also allow me to take hands-free calls. I’m not sure when …

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Darcy’s Excellent Adventure (new betta in his new home)

And now for something completely different. I tried to take a video of Darcy, our new betta fish (with whom I am already in love),  as soon as he was introduced into his tank, but not until the end did I realize that my phone was accidentally set to “time lapse.” The error was serendipitous …

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Making learning fun: Photo editing with Word 2013

Our family’s homeschooling experience taught me that the best way to learn something is to make it fun and meaningful, so when I wanted to get better at using Word 2013 to edit photos—see this Goodwill Community Foundation superb tutorial—I gave myself a project, something I think of as the Floyd Fotobomb Series. Falling in Love …

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