Vacation

I am on vacation this week and spending it at home. This is a good thing. I am trying to get to some tasks I just haven't had time to do, for example, I just finished securing the track for my train to the self I have running around my breakfast nook. It is about 90 degrees today. It is very much hotter up on a ladder close to the ceiling tacking down the track. (I been working on the railroad.) But, I really love this! And it is so much cooler when you can hear the whistle and see the smoke.

Summer

Just taking a moment to observe the Solstice.

Television

I'm thinking about getting a new television set.

I told myself I would not buy a new set until I was forced to by the change to high definition, but that seems to be ever moving into the future.

I don't have cable and don't really watch many programs - my few tv obsessions are private, or at least the subject for a different post. My television is really a vehicle for playing tapes. So, I am pretty much a Luddite regarding medium.

But, the on/off button on my set is broken - actually, I managed to poke it into the tv cabinet and it broke off entirely and the remote control is no longer working. I have found I can turn the set on and off by fiddling around in the on/off hole with a wooden chop stick. I don't think this is a good idea.

So, my problem now is what to buy - or not.

Think I'll go window shopping online.