Hooray for Technology

Team Savvas is experiencing a sweeping, mass upgrade in technology! Add one new digital camera (early christmas present for the wifey) and one new computer (supa fast and large-screen enhanced) and one halloween party (cavers and ancillary Ian-and-Jessica-got-married party)and that means new pictures for the blog! And new photos on Flickr, too, so check out My Photos at the link to the left.
We've had beautiful weather, much cooler... and all the critters have gone into hiding or slowed down considerably. I had to poke at a grasshopper twice today to get it to hop. We had a small spell of rain, but it is very dry. Caldwell county has had a fire (small, eventually contained) once a day for the last several. The grass and the trees are all turning brown and leaves are crumbling to the ground. There is barely anything blooming except for some fleabane-looking flowers. The ground is hard as a rock. Luckily we were able to get the internet cable moved, and the lines for the propane to the kitchen in the ground before it got too hard to dig. I really enjoyed using the pickaxe for that. Most of my time lately has gone to setting up the new confuser and I have recently excavated my sewing machine from storage to put it to good use. I made all of Charley's "leather" accessories for his 300 costume! I have a few other Solstice gifty projects going, and have all but forgotten my embroidery by the wayside. All in good time... Well, enjoy the pictures! I can promise more blog entries in the near future with the ease of use of the new machinery (and, I've been handing out my new moo.com minicards with my blog address on it, so I am feeling the prods of the masses... er, of the few)