37 and counting

miles in January.  I only walked 2 miles yesterday, but I picked up trash along the road all the way to the cemetery.  Helen and I have both picked up trash along the road here to Dan's recently so I was overly optimistic. I took 4 wally  world bags.  I had them filled before I got to the walnut tree no more corner.  I  started tossing cans into the road and bottles at the side of the road.  After I turned around at the cemetery, I called George to bring real trash bags.  We got it all loaded in the old truck, where it has stayed.  George will dump it today, but not along the road.

I am resolute.

I have read over half of Deuteronomy.  I read more of it than Leviticus and Numbers, but still scanned a lot of it.   I am thinking of starting on the New Testament and reading both on alternating days.  I have seen several plans on the net for reading that way, but in reading, I have to make my own way in all things.

I give up

on trying to get IE to behave like I want it to.  I searched this am to try to find out how to get the toolbars back on IE 11 with Win 8.1.  As is often the case, when I opened the link to microsoft  help that google returned for this search, I got a Win 7 help page with no help for 8.1.  I want a toolbar and a home button on my web browser.  So, I decided to download Google Chrome on this. Presto, after running Chrome and signing in, I had back the same toolbar and everything that I get on the other computer and even the one at work, if I sign in to Google.  What really, really irritates me about the whole Win 8.1 and IE 11 help thing, is that when you get to the Microsoft help pages they return help for Win 7.  I have used Chrome for several years now, and now since shortly  after I started to blogging with Patsy in 2006.

Another thing that irritates me about this OS is the way it treats pics.  When I put my SD card in the Win 7 machine, it scans the card and then offers to download the new pics to the machine, ignoring all those that I have already downloaded.  On this thing, it first takes 2 or 3 minutes to scan all the pics on the card, then offers to import the new pics.  So, just now I took the card to the other machine and erased all the old pics, 4 hundred and some odd pics.  Now, I have on this machine, these pics of Callens Branch little bit of water that got my feet wet yesterday.  If you zoom in, you can see a knob of ice in the mix.

I will not be walking this am, as it is 8 degrees now.  It is supposed to get up to the mid 30's late this afternoon, so that is when I will walk.

This is dog that followed me home from Dan's yesterday.  I think she belongs to the Mexicans at the Stone place.  She stayed last night, but she will likely be leaving as Tuffy will not let her eat here.  I think that is likely why Old Yeller would not stay here.  That is OK, one dog is enough for me.

I read and scanned through Numbers 9 last night.  Today, when I walk I need to take a trash bag and pick up trash if I want to be resolute this week.  I usually think of the bag when I see the first big bit of trash along the road.  Maybe I will put some wally world bags in my vest pocket, so they will always be handy.

Chrome is behaving more to my liking than IE 11.  So far, I have not switched default browsers, but that will likely be next. 

Days of rest

I do not have to go to work for 2 whole days and do not have anything I actually have to do this week end.  I am going to try to get stared on Numbers tonight, but maybe not.

I walked 5 miles.  I guess I should have worn my new boots tonight, as Callens Branch was flowing and I got my toes wet.  It was not that cold tho, and my feet did not get cold.  The water was less than and inch deep on the slab.

This week end is supposed to be pretty cold and I think rain for Sunday, but next week end is supposed to be nice.  I am ready for spring.

Truth in Advertizing

I have read the Bible through Exodus 25 and I am going to start looking at Numbers tonight.  I say looking at because from Exodus 25 to the end I scanned and read small parts.  I actually read very little of the last 15 chapters and I looked through Leviticus but did not read any of it.  Tonight, I plan on looking at Numbers, but I may not read much of  it either because the first chapter looks much like Leviticus.  Still, in Exodus I did read a few things that were new to me.  I had never actually read the about the Golden Calf in Exodus.  A few things about the story were surprising to me.  I did not know that Aaron actually made the calf.

I walked 4 miles tonight.  It was around 30 degrees at 3 when I started out, but I was all bundled up and did not get cold.  I wore my new boots.  They are much warmer than my sneakers.  This is the second time I have walked in the boots.  If it is not cold or wet, I will still wear my walking shoes.  I  also wore the warm leggings from Helen.  The fleece leggings are so much warmer than the others I have tried.

I fixed the distorted pictures on my blog.  I thought I knew what the problem was and I was right.  And, I have got the Bible App working.  I was trying to use the Windows 7 app and I needed the Windows 8.1 app. I would certainly recommend the Olive Tree Bible Study app to anyone wanting a Bible to read on the computer.  It works well enough, I may buy a reference ebook Bible from them.  But, I will settle for the free Bible for now.

Tomorrow is go home early day.

Here is a picture that is not distorted, and is in a folder all by itself on my computer so I do not have to search through several photos trying to decide which one is he one I had decided to post.  I could not figure out how to move photos in this tablet, but tonight I happened on the answer.  One of these days  I will figure out had to go back and froth between web pages like on a regular laptop.  For now, I just have to start all over from go, and usually cannot find my way back to the previous page, even though it is still open somewhere on this thing.

Still, I really like the table for playing on the web and reading books and the news. To read books I even fold it in an upside down tent like this ^  to read.  That makes it like reading a book propped up on a stand.  Works well for reading in bed.

Oh, and it was 2 degrees when I went to work this morning.

Tuesday, a beautiful day

But a tad bit cold.  It got to almost 40 today and the sun  was shinning brightly all day.  I walked about 6 miles today.  I walked over to Pedens and around their house to the next corner.  Yesterday I saw a couple of eagles at their chicken houses but today it was only a dozen or so buzzards.  They sold their chickens last Friday, so I am guessing they have a few dead carcasses in the field somewhere.

On the way back, at the blue gate, I decided to cut up over the hill instead of around the road.  The dog jumped a dear out of the woods at the top of the hill. 

This is the climb up the fence between the Old Stone place and the Old Hampton place. It was a steep climb from the road.  I stopped a couple  of times before I got to the top.  I thought  it had probably taken about 10  minutes to get up this, but actually, when I looked at my watch, it had only taken 4 minutes.

 

 

Hampton's barn from the top of the above hill.

 

 

Getting closer, to the barn and to home.

 

 

 

The road across the hill to home.

 

 

David's icy swamp on top of the hill.  Our land is just across the fence to the right.  This spot is almost directly across the hill from the cave.  About 15 minutes after this, I was home.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, back to work

But at least I got to drive the new truck. 

I walked 5 miles tonight, over to Pedens chicken houses.  I saw 2 or 3 eagles and a hawk by the chicken house, but did not get any good pictures.  I wore my new walking boots just to try them out.  They are really nice.

 

Helen took this as I started out today.

 

 

She wanted a close up of my getup.  I think she is wanting to get an outfit just like this.

 

 

I met a couple of trekkers on the road.  I think they are homeless wonderers.

 

 

This is Emmy's new puppy.  He is going to be a big dog, but he is cute and friendly.

 

I have read through Exodus chapter 15.

 

It was really a beautiful day this afternoon.  It was above 40 degrees when I started my walk about 3.  If I had known it was as warm as it was, I would have taken a nap in my new truck at noon.  It was bright and sunny for the first day in a very long time.   It is supposed to be colder tomorrow.  Oh Boy!