Oh, I forgot to mention, Rat Snake not rat \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Thursday was a very hot day with no breeze. Despite that, Jim and I worked on our tree removal project for about 1 1\/2 hours in the morning. I followed that by doing lots of dishes in the sink with a bucket or two of water. It reminded me of many of my visits to the Great Gull Island Common\/Roseate Tern project. The only water they had was rainwater collected in huge rubber vats. For three decades plus they survived without refrigeration, but quite a while back they got a small refrigerator and a small generator. Next was a cooling and relaxing 48-length swim. <\/p>\n
Jim drove me into town to have TJ work on my back — my shoulders have been feeling great with the manual labor stuff. But not my lower back. Using Active Relief and more standard chiropractic techniques, TJ McKeon is a miracle worker. While I was with TJ Jim filled our gas cans. <\/p>\n
Once we got back to ILE Jim drove back to Melbourne for a short visit. I napped and then did some more yard work. That followed of course by a 40-length swim. One mile in all total. <\/p>\n
My son-in-law Erik Egensteiner visited us again. We are dog-sitting for Olivia and each time he visits he shows up bearing wonderful gifts: gas cans filled with gas, fans, and extension cords to name a few. Thank you, Erik. Our new generator is doing great running one freezer and one large fridge and lots of little stuff. It seems that I was in error when I thought that we might have electricity fairly soon. The power\/telephone poles and lines are still on the ground in my backyard and we have not seen any crews visiting the site. I would guess that we might get power back in a week or two at best. I hope that I am wrong. <\/p>\n
Early evening thunder storms cooled thing down for sleep last night but Friday dawned clear and dead-still with the promise of another day of scorching heat …<\/p>\n
Today marks fifty-two days in a row with a new educational blog post — Irma be damned! This one took about two hours and a half hours to prepare over the course of two days. I finished it up just before 7am on Friday, September 15, 2017. With all of my upcoming free time (or not …), the plan right now is to break the current record streak of (I think) four hundred eighty something … Good health and good internet connections willing. <\/p>\n
Everybody’s buying and selling used gear on the BAA Used Gear Page. Sales recently have been through the roof. Selling your used (or like-new) photo gear through the BAA Blog or via a BAA Online Bulletin is a great idea. We charge only a 5% commission. One of the more popular used gear for sale sites charged a minimum of 20%. Plus assorted fees! Yikes. They recently folded. And eBay fees are now in the 13% range. The minimum item price here is $500 (or less for a $25 fee). If you are interested please e-mail<\/a><\/center> with the words Items for Sale Info Request cut and pasted into the Subject line :). Stuff that is priced fairly–I offer free pricing advice, usually sells in no time flat. In the past few months, we have sold just about everything in sight. Do know that prices on some items like the EOS-1D Mark IV, the old Canon 500mm, the EOS-7D, and the original 400mm IS DO lens have been dropping steadily. Even the prices on the new 600 II and the 200-400 with Internal Extender have been plummeting. You can see all current listings by clicking here<\/a> or by clicking on the Used Photo Gear tab on the right side of the yellow-orange menu bar at the top of each blog post. <\/p>\n