Saturday Duck And Zoom DND

Imp's Busy Day

Today I worked on relaxing around the house. I'd gotten my periodic work review in the mail, signed and scanned it, and then pondered what to do. When I get back to work, I'll bring it in, I guess.
As usual, it was a fine review. Maybe I'll get a bump while we're all off work? At some point, I'm going to have to start using vacation time!

Downsizing the Chalkboard

Some things you just can't give away (like William Nute's bag of music books from a smoking home) but the chalkboard went instantly to my friend Alex (via Buy Nothing). It took a few days to arrange delivery, because she and her husband are working extra shifts as nurses or some other form of  medical professional. Today I drove it and the remaining kindling over, and was rewarded with chat and a visit with their ducks. Their daughter instantly set to work drawing a heart on the chalkboard, which her father pronounced a perfect depiction of an enlarged ventricle!

Neighbor Ducks Like Their Garden Lettuce

In the evening, there was D-and-D. This campaign is going well, although I am still puzzling over how to connect the DNDbeyond website with the Roll20 Virtual Tabletop. I am enjoying playing a halfling rogue, something very far from my IRL self, as it has many opportunitists for humor, initiative and roleplaying. Communicating with other people only by voice and icons on a tabletop is not the same as in person but it's good enough.

End Of Week Misc

At VAPSHCS I met Cyril, Nate and Al (whose last name I forget) at Director Taddich's office to discuss issues. I confirmed that magazine donations could resume at Stage 3 (but had to take home the ones I'd brought.) Going into the hospital required screening and they gave me a wrist band to show I'd passed.
Leigh at FEEST sent me a consent form so that the donor PCC could use the photo of us in their materials describing their charitable work. Fun! although that was in the pandemic's early days, so I think I had a bandanna mask with rubberband earholders; I hope I had my "Hold Fast" gloves too!
I attended the Lo Bono Section roundtable. I introduced myself with the billing story of Mary's case, with the moral "I wished I'd kept track of my hours better!" which got a big laugh and a long discussion of methods. Most of the meeting was discussing the LLLT sunsetting; my contribution was to describe how it might have gotten tangled up with the 2014/2015 Sections cash grab debate. I have a lot to learn on the rest of the subject, since those present felt that a skilled LLLT was a big asset at a good price. The medical profession has a spectrum of professional skills, so why not the legal profession? The problem of funding implementation is knotty. Discussion to continue since the sunsetting is a reality but the need may continue.
In the evening, several of us tried zoom gaming as a way to get together. This worked pretty well. Originally we were just practicing gaming as an exercise to liven up next week's Time Bank meeting, but it turned out almost everyone who wanted to practice couldn't make the Time Bank meeting, so we decided just to have the practice for fun. It turns out Codenames via Horsepaste works well. As when playing in person, my team won most of the time but I made a few hilarious missteps.

Front Yard Rose And Pal

Bird House Tree

High Density Bird Housing

Horse Flower

Joyful container flower garden

Little Free Library of Simple Design

House Painted To Match Little Free Library

Tiny Red Survivor House

Milk Jug Slow Watering Device

Walk And Peas

Today after the usual morning walk, I had the 3rd and last WSBA Section Leaders zoom meeting. These seem very productive.
WPTL Executive Committee came to a resolution on a response to ongoing racial tensions and demonstrations. We settled on sending an email with links to resources to our members, rather than the press release that the Civil Rights Section did. I thought we should have also endorsed that press release, but that didn't fly and probably would not make much difference anyway.

BLM House, West Seattle

I love this front yard of flowers

Cool Salish design stained glass garden shed

Another Little Free Library

At home, I did a little gardening, as I try to do every day

Mulching Apple Tree with grain hulls

Dragon Fly On Ladder

Yay Pea Flowers

My row of peas rocketing up to the lines

It's Always Today

Cool Steps

Sadly Closed Little Free Library

Great Bumper Sticker

South West Seattle

Rare West Seattle Flamingoes

I had not heard where I was shopping for FEEST, until on inquiry I got a message to go to McPherson's. The traffic was backedup to Highland Park Way - no way was I getting there soon, so I texted an apology. Soy said it was ok, I could skip today.
I went to the dollar store to get some gardening tie-up and with it and the crooks from the raised garden got my pea plants sorted. I was around the house after that

Bee working the Red Hot Poker Plant

Arthur Just Hanging Out

Tuesday

Seen on our morning stroll 

Blue Fairy Camp

Busy Yard

Organized Apple Trees

Snail On Sidewalk

Umbrella Lady Back There

Very Busy Art Wall

Rocks On Drain

You Look Kind Mirror

Much of the day I spent loading the many PLI free COVID19 CLEs into 4freeCLE.
The FEEST shop did not come off; the team lead didn't noticed I'd signed up.
In the evening we had our final Executive Committee meeting for the Toastmasters year, for Club 832. Next week we'll have an officer changeover and commemoration of awards earnd this year. I volunteered to help with the slideshow; Laura T volunteered to do it; aren valunoteered to provide the list of names; it has to be done by Tuesday of course!

A Garden Walk

We walked this morning around the 7500 block of SW California, and points south.

Bread

We decided to go ahead and back our bread this evening - each of us in our own home. My loaves were not perfect balls; the last fold pulled over the top kept springing loose, so instead when I scored the top, I tried making a face. Here's the result: Hannah recommended that we wait til tomorrow to taste, but as soon as the call was over I pulled off some of the part that stuck out and tried it: first plain, then with butter, then with marmalade. Delicious every way!

As I catnapped in the afternoon, Carlos came by. He thanked me again for holding on to the chickenhouse which he said he'd come by and get soon, and then explained he'd been kicked off Facebook for a while and asked if I'd take a photo of a picture by a young artist he'd given some money.

I am continuing to have issues with accessing the internet through my laptop. It frequently reports DNS errors. The cellphone and the TV do not have such problems, although occasionally the TV locks up. My current theory is that the laptop, which is 2 years old, is encountering the usual anti-technology field I have with personal computers and will soon be unusable. I have tried in the past various solutions - different anti-malware software, deleting stuff, even taking it into a shop - but the answer always seems to be to just get another machine every couple of years. It is annoying. The good news is that I won a drawing in Reema's Zoom Zumba classes! My t-shirt will be coming soon!