Picnic-Kitting Caddy Hacks with Plastic Jugs and Cut-off Bottles

With gettogethers indoors or in yards or other outdoor venues, use plastic milk and water jugs to create caddy containers. Organize plasticware and containers to hold them. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

OEMnMs--Initials Inspired By OEM

Fiddling around with OEM while thinking of terms for elderly, I came up with Officially Elderly Man and Ma'am. ... I thought about using OEM, a common term WRT manufacturing, for roll-off-the-tongue reference for "older" folks. Read the entire article about my journey researching what "elderly" can mean. and comment there, please.

Reusing/Repurposing 2-Liter Soda Bottles--Self-wraparound Tubes

Economical! Easy! What kind of uses? What's special about common 2-liter soda bottles? Read the entire article and comment there, please.

More Ideas For Reuse/Repurpose of Cut Plastic Bottles and Milk Jugs

 

Recently, I'd blogged about reusing and repurposing plastic bottles and plastic milk jugs. ... As of late, I've accumulated more empty plastic containers and ideas, broadening uses. I hope the images on the video title page and thumbnail pique your interest. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Gingered Cat Dream

The video represents my autumn 2018 sessions of recording Ginger, a calico cat that probably inspired my recent vivid dream earlier this month. The Ginger video I had uploaded then covered only September encounters--Eye-caught Snippet, Calico (male, I've been told)". Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Painted Rocks Borderline, Rock Star Treatment

The video is star-studded with previously encountered painted rocks. The rock star treatment includes starshape outlining of the 48 rocks and two limestone path enders. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Icy During January-end of 2026

Brrr! What a cold several days starting with Sunday, January 25! I recorded the whiteness (mostly ground level) in the morning after the previous night's sleet.... My first recording shows Sunday, January 25 at 7:32 AM. It was 17 degrees. Read the entire article and comment there, please. 

Revisiting Century Plant Triplets, Weekly Shots Over 16 Weeks

In 2013, I'd taken pix near the time the century plant stalks started their phenomenal growths. At the time, my camera was a Kodak that shot only stills  (1760x1168 resolution). This time, I re-viewed my original shots, culling, editing, and organizing them to create a time-lapse slide show. Read the entire article and comment there, please. 

Reusing and Repurposing Plastic Milk Jugs

 

My emphasis is on half-gallon and gallon jugs. I hope the video inspires you to try to reuse and repurpose such jugs. ... Wonder about the common jugs used for milk these days? Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Raking Leaves N Breaking Up Song Parody 2025

My video evolved as a hybrid of "Raking Leaves Ain't Hard to Do (with scrolling lyrics)" and "DIY Plywood Presser Pusher For Leaves" video and article. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

DIY Plywood Presser Pusher For Leaves

Autumn! Good time of the year for improved leaf tasking! My blog topic is a DIY plywood leaf pusher. It's related to my raking leaves blog articles and parody videos (widescreen, scrolling text). My inspiration for my leaf aid is "How To Rake (Bag) Leaves - the EASY WAY!", startin just before the 5-minute mark, ... Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Laptop Screen Too Bright During Night Sky Session?

If you do night sky observing or astrophotography, you learn that your eyes adapt to the night sky, but bright lights quickly thwart the vision. Using red lighting is suitable for seeing objects and retaining the night vision. Use a clear plexiglass sheet over a laptop screen to achieve a night-sky user friendly interface. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Planisphere, Star Atlas, Stellarium, Oh, My Stars!

Starting out viewing the night sky? This article briefly describes three items recommended for beginner astronomers (recent astronomy club presentation Navigating the Night Sky). Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Forgotten Fotos of Americana Century Plant (2009)

My previous topic was a New Mexico century plant, a peewee compared to the Americana this time around. I took the Americana pix in 2009 starting from the end of March to end of June, mostly weekly. The first eye-catch was the stalk starting to grow upward. The plant had reached about 10' high already. By early May, it already reached 20' and displayed branches and flower clusters. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Forgotten Fotos of New Mexico Century Plant (2012)

During my recent file manager tour, I ran across a series of pix of a smallish century plant that inspired me to make it this month's topic. It already showed its stalk pointing upward from its base of leaves, aka rosette. The stalk's branches and bloom clusters progressively grew in quantity and size. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Sky Objects, Mostly Moon Shots

The pix in my YouTube collection are from having used mostly two point-and-shoot cameras. Incidentally, smart-phone cameras also have capabilities for taking similar sky pix.

For people who haven't considered photographing sky objects, look, up in the sky. It could be Supermoon! Build your own pic collection for day or night moons! Also, pick other sky objects that catch your fancy. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Followup Raspberry Cake, Fluid Deconfusion

A mysterious title, eh? The cake is a followup to "Raspberry Con-fusion Cake". I "deconfusioned" by using the amount of gelatin fluid I intended originally—1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of milk into a bowl with a small packet of sugar-free raspberry gelatin. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Hearting Valentine Times in 2025

 

I missed putting out a Valentine item in February. March roared in like a lion. ... My journey in creating the Valentine blog theme started out small, but became gargantuan when I collected hearty items to group together, created kid-like artsy photographable items, and integrated videos in my mix. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Astro Imaging Session Piques Three-item Topic

What arose when the sun set down at the dark site we went to? Dark skies and objects (constellations, star clusters, nebulae, ...) that don't show up well in light-pollution, densely populated areas. What three items am I talking about? A TV tray table, a transparent cookbook stand, and a thin, portable gaming monitor. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Raspberry Con-fusion Cake

I wanted to Kool-Aid my cake using Raspberry Kool-Aid, but the supermarket didn't carry that flavor. I thought about using Jello, ... My con-fusion with this cake resulted from using the amount of fluid called for if making a small gelatin batch. For integration into a cake, I needed to put in only half the fluid. Read the entire article and comment there, please.