June 14, 2020 In many ways, having time to work on my web redesign and to go through my 4+ terabytes of photo and video, is the silver in the lining of otherwise cloudy pandemic time. I started going through my captures today, deleting the ones I’ll never use, flagging others for their potential with …
Author Archives: Ross Dickinson
Cabin Fever #5
May 19, 2020 – May 21, 2020 We’ve been having wet weather for the past few days. I’ve been focused on upgrading Backlight to version 3. I’ve upgraded https://rossdickinson.com to the new software. Still a little fine tuning, but I’m very pleased with the upgrade. I need to decide on a strategy for going through …
Cabin Fever #4
May 16, 2020 A Saturday Surprise is always a special treat. This one was recommended by a childhood pal, Tom Hampson. He recommended taking the backroads from Keating, OR to Medical Springs, OR, then going on to Catherine Creek. We spent several hours exploring these area This is one of the many ranches along the …
Cabin Fever #3
May 7, 2020 I got stared on preparing a 30′ flower bed along my fence. I have 10 bareroot King Edward VII Flowering Currants to plant, one per ~3 feet. The hopeful result is a flowering hedge to attract birds. There are three windows on this side of the house. Living Room, Exercise Room, and …
Cabin Fever #2
May 2, 2020 I’ve resumed work on the web portion of my journey. I’m upgrading my web photo sharing software to Backlight 3. This is a huge IT project. My work history is very helpful here. Today I got SSL running on my website. SSL are needed to install and run a shopping cart. Multiple …
Cabin Fever
April 18, 2020 Cabin Fever is best ignored by keeping yourself busy. I’ve been learning to use WordPress’ Gutenberg editor. The best way to do that is tell a story with pictures. Relocating to Baker City has provided a lot of new territory to explore. The COVID -19 virus pandemic has limited what we can …
The Journey of a Sojourner
As journeys go, there are always lots of things to see and do, dreams to be felt. Goals to be set and met! Always regard life as one incredible learning experience. Be a life-long-learner. Be joyful with change and keep on learning! We are busy getting the new office/studio organized here in Baker City. As …
Changing times!
It has been over three years since I became a widower. I finally got the home cleaned and repaired and on the market. The property sold and will close on December 13, 2019. I purchased a new to me home in Baker City. The new home will close on December 20, 2019. Of course a …
Another “Month or So”…just slipped by without notice.
I haven’t been faithful about sharing my life with my friends. Lots of things are happening. The painter that is painting the interior of my house had a bad car accident, broke his hip/etc and is rehabing. Since I’m not in a hurry, I’m waiting to see if he can rehabilitate enough to finish the …
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Another long time between Blogs. Still smiling.
The process of emptying every room in the house to have the walls and ceiling painted has been a daunting task. I’ve had very capable help moving things from room to room and back. I’m down to the “cross member” for the H, which joins each parallel side of the structure. The formal dining and …
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