Today was a red letter day. No, not a "Scarlet A" branded on my forehead, but a day recognised the world over as the "1st Golf Lesson for me"!!
Since I won a free round of golf at a new course in Eastern Washington (the Columbia Point Golf Course) in Richland while I was in Arizona, which I decided to sort of share with my buddy Vince, I needed lessons. Today was the day.
At 9am I met the pro and he started me off with the "pitching wedge", then moved on to the 6 Iron and then the driver. He was patient and very good. He could see my bad moves and told me how to fix them. Which I tried mightily to do. Some success and a lot of balls going the wrong direction. Not behind me but way off to the right (fading) and often off to the left and a couple dribbling down the grass in front of me.
Today was an hour lesson with another hour and a half spent by myself practicing what he had shown me. I could sense when I did things right and I could also sense when I did something awful. Which was often. But I felt good about it. Will have four more lessons and lots of practice in between. All so I can play Columbia Point? Who knew?
Watch out Tiger!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
New Keyboard
Trying a new keyboard that more closely resembles the laptop keyboard. A tad smaller than old ergo keyboard but is the same shape as laptop so I do not have to relearn the keyboard every time. Has most of the same function of which I used maybe three. We shall see.
New keyboards come with their matching mice now. But I wanted to use the old Logitech mouse. I like its feel. Now I have another spare mouse. There is already one out in the garage. Oops gave away my secret. Well, it's not a secret, I just stuck it out there. Who knows when one might need a spare or two?
New keyboards come with their matching mice now. But I wanted to use the old Logitech mouse. I like its feel. Now I have another spare mouse. There is already one out in the garage. Oops gave away my secret. Well, it's not a secret, I just stuck it out there. Who knows when one might need a spare or two?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Spring and Cats
Well, we did have three days of spring with sun and warmer weather. Now we are back to gray. 500 shades of gray but gray nevertheless. But I don't mind. Being a webfooted native gray is a part of life here in the beautiful NW.
Tried to take Bitsy to the vet today. I thought she would hurt herself in her struggles when I tried to put her into the cat carrier, so I stopped trying to put her in. I hope she forgives me. Reason for the vet? She (the cat) has not eaten in several days. She took some water this morning but only sniffed at her food again. Thought sew was doing better yesterday when she took a few bites. It's as if she does not know what the stuff is.
The cat took off like a shot when I dropped her. I made the mistake of having the garage door open and out she went. Probably gone into hiding again as she did for a couple of days. Did not see her until she decided it was time for bed. Then she comes to the sliding door in the bedroom and meows. That is her usual mode of operation so she hasn't forgotten everything.
Yesterday in the nice warm sun I pruned some troublesome branches from our cherry tree. That tree sure has been abused in it's long life. It was here when we moved in and from what I know it was planted over 30 nyears ago. It usually has a lot of cherries though we don't many of them as the birds, Racoons and neighbors get most. The neighbors with permission so dont get excited about bad neighbors. Some say to put netting over the tree. I don't mind sharing the cherries with the critters in our yard. It is fun watching a momma racoon and her kits climb into the tree and try to get the ones on the ends of the branches. Sometimes they tumble out or mom has to come and rescue them as they hang onto the limb about three feet off the ground.
The other day we watched 5 eagles soaring and swooping down onto the water after fish. I assume it was fish they were after. Did not see anything on the surface. The eagles would hitr the water and fly up and come around again. Did not see any thing in talons. Could have been too small or they did not get anything.
I am still waiting for a whale sighting. They are down the island but only one sighting while I was gone was in our area. One must spend a lot of time looking out the window or working outside quietly. Quietly? Yes. So you can here the exhalation of the whale as it surfaces. Soon maybe? One lives in hope.
Tried to take Bitsy to the vet today. I thought she would hurt herself in her struggles when I tried to put her into the cat carrier, so I stopped trying to put her in. I hope she forgives me. Reason for the vet? She (the cat) has not eaten in several days. She took some water this morning but only sniffed at her food again. Thought sew was doing better yesterday when she took a few bites. It's as if she does not know what the stuff is.
The cat took off like a shot when I dropped her. I made the mistake of having the garage door open and out she went. Probably gone into hiding again as she did for a couple of days. Did not see her until she decided it was time for bed. Then she comes to the sliding door in the bedroom and meows. That is her usual mode of operation so she hasn't forgotten everything.
Yesterday in the nice warm sun I pruned some troublesome branches from our cherry tree. That tree sure has been abused in it's long life. It was here when we moved in and from what I know it was planted over 30 nyears ago. It usually has a lot of cherries though we don't many of them as the birds, Racoons and neighbors get most. The neighbors with permission so dont get excited about bad neighbors. Some say to put netting over the tree. I don't mind sharing the cherries with the critters in our yard. It is fun watching a momma racoon and her kits climb into the tree and try to get the ones on the ends of the branches. Sometimes they tumble out or mom has to come and rescue them as they hang onto the limb about three feet off the ground.
The other day we watched 5 eagles soaring and swooping down onto the water after fish. I assume it was fish they were after. Did not see anything on the surface. The eagles would hitr the water and fly up and come around again. Did not see any thing in talons. Could have been too small or they did not get anything.
I am still waiting for a whale sighting. They are down the island but only one sighting while I was gone was in our area. One must spend a lot of time looking out the window or working outside quietly. Quietly? Yes. So you can here the exhalation of the whale as it surfaces. Soon maybe? One lives in hope.
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