As befits someone of my age and socioeconomic category who has raised children. The latest is a new bed frame for my younger son. Partially assembled: Now the drawers. Michael is our autistic son, and he sometimes bounces on his bed. This means the frames have to be replaced periodically....Read more

I anticipate a quiet New Year’s Day, 2019, at home: http://kgbudge.com/videos/NewYears2019snow.mp4 I tried embedding the video directly, but apparently that capability comes only with the Pro version of WordPress, for which I have to pay money. I actually understand and am okay with that, though I’m not ready to make...Read more

Christmas lights. Christmas tree. My children are now all adults now, who like sleeping in, so the great unwrapping of presents sometimes does not begin until after noon. Nathan is camera shy and more or less demanded that I put the camera away for the rest of the day. The...Read more

My friend Gary Stradling saw this at the Earth Treasures show yesterday, and he liked it enough (and his wife Rebecca liked it enough) that they decided to cough up the quatloos for it. Um, so to speak. Not as inexpensive as most fish tiles because of the unusual life...Read more

This was a weekend for treasures.Read more

The camera is back from the repair shop. Look like the autofocus is working again. It’s having some difficulty with the GPS lock, but I had that problem when I first purchased it; may be a matter of taking a long time to initially locate the satellites.Read more