Ipod birthday

Monday and the spine of winter has been snapped again. The now over the garden retreated today. The air is filled with the calls from sandhill cranes and geese. The smells of winter carnage an astringent reminder of the costs in this cycle of life we're bound to.

My shop is once again free from long metal spiral shards. I'll have to break with the machining for a while. Other jobs are piling up behind me at a frightening rate. I haven't felt so empowered in my work in a few years. It's only necessary to remind myself that this is work and not entirely fun one in a while.

BBQ salmon in my mouth for lunch. Cold and still as rich as ever. It's not the premium product of my west coast friends, but there was sockeye in the house last night. It went first which isn't too surprising. PU has finally taken to fish once a week. 21 years and I finally get a bit of fish regularly.

My middle brother gave me a 30gig Ipod for my birthday. He's human, but sometimes it hardly shows. We have music in common and have had for years. He's not a CBC radio fan, but I am so although we have a similar and broadly eclectic tastes, we come at them from different and complimentary sources.

When I unpacked this little gem, he had loaded it with nearly 3800 songs that celebrated our common love of music. Two feature films were included, Snatch and Casino Royale and numerous music videos. Too bad one can't listen to the radio and an Ipod at the same time. I'll likely stick to my radio routines, at least until broad band is in place here and likely beyond. I don't like disengaging with my surroundings and the Ipod makes me feel that way. I can see using a light weight nano type Ipod for long runs maybe, but we'll see if that even works. Our eldest has a nano that's never worked. I'm going to grab it and see if I can help it along now that I sort of know my way around my little beast.

My knees haven't forgiven me yet. I need to build up my quads. In my spare time... Mother in law is out for a few days. I love spoiling that woman. She's so easy! :D

Back to the grind.