Showing posts with label Pictures I Took. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pictures I Took. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

My Own Little Paradise


I recently got my hands on an awesome little woodlot.
I took this first pic a few weeks ago. The snow was still way too deep to venture in,
so I snapped a shot off the neighbor's land.

Last Friday I decided to strap on my snowshoes...

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

My Lucky ~ Horse?


Yep, that was him a few minutes ago...
Now he's all pooped ;-)


Notice his faithful hard-as-a-rock
frozen tennis ball by his front paws.
Aka "Chewing Gum"

Saturday, February 14, 2015

A Valentine's Day Wish :)


Roses would still be nice :-)


Although...

Will You be Mine??... Shhh ;-)

Happy Valentine's Day <3

Friday, January 16, 2015

My Equinox Lives Again !!


My battery died a few days ago. It wouldn't hold a charge so I needed a new one, no biggie... 'till it was time to take it out. I worked on many older cars before, but never one this new. They like to hide shit under plastic these days. I mean this should be obvious, right? Well at first, it wasn't :/

Now that I went through it, I wanna roll my eyes at how simple it was. I admit it, I went online for some tips on how to get the battery out. And I found nothing really useful about my specific vehicle. So I figured it out on my own. Which brings me to the following issue. Since no one has posted much of anything worthwhile about this "simple" task, why don't I do it ;-)

So I took a couple picture of my Equinox's engine bay. Then scribbled a few things on them in a way that I would have loved to find, when I looked for some online help. So here it is, in laymen's terms... available to anyone searching for help on such a "trivial" task.

2011 Chevrolet Equinox Battery Basics 101
If you need clear information on the following issues,
inspect the pictures bellow.
Battery Location
Jump Starting Terminals
Battery Removal


Click the pictures for a better look.


2011 Equinox Battery Removal Steps:
1~  Slide off the plastic computer cover exposing 3 large wire connectors.

2~ Unclip the 3 connectors from the computer, label if needed.

3~ Remove the bolt that was hiding behind the middle wires. You can access this bolt if you have the right tools without unclipping the connectors. I took them off because it was very cold (-20C) when I did this. I did not want to put extra stress on the wires. It was easier to take the computer completely out of the way.

4~ Slide the computer off the metal tabs and put in a safe place.

5~ Remove the 2 bolts holding the metal bracket in place. The one towards the firewall is easy. The second one, is harder to get at since it's hiding under a plastic panel. Pop out the plastic faster indicated on the picture to lift the panel just enough to slide your ratchet or wrench in. If I recall correctly, you need 8mm all around.

6~ Remove the battery cables and voila!

7~ Reverse the steps to re-install.

If you find this information helpful, let me know ;-)

Monday, January 5, 2015

No Escaping It...


Dropped my daughter off to school this morning.
Figured I'd give y'all a glimpse ;-)

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Oh My God, This is sooo Good...

Took a carving brake to make myself a sammich...
Figured I'd wing it, and this is what I came up with :-)


Fresh, thick cut pork tenderloin steak, pan fried in soy sauce and butter, with sweet raw onions and havarti... I was right, it's fucking good ;-)

Sunday, September 28, 2014

My Lucky Dog ~ Right at Home

Chewing gum amongst the weeds ;-)


so I figured I'd share a current one, doggy drool and all...

Ain't He Handsome :D

Monday, September 22, 2014

My Lucky ~ The Bratty Years ;)


It's my baby's Birthday today, well the 21st. He turned 8.
And he's still as naughty as ever, in a good way :-)
He's awesome, and really big :D

He kinda makes me feel like this... ;-)

Lucky ~ My Little Horse <3

I wanted to post some of his puppy pictures,
but the old computer is not hooked up yet.
When I get to it, I will share some :-)

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Good Morning :)


"The Lake" is real nice this time of year... ;-)

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Happy Hump Day!

Yep, they are pilling up. Pretty soon they'll be
snow covered, not sure I'm ready for that.

Spend part of the day yesterday fixing up the wood stove. I had to replace some parts of the stove pipes that were simply to risky to use one more year. It's always tricky to play with since nothing is properly aligned in this house. Got her all up and running and the house is warm again. 

So here it is, meet my Redneck Stove.
No, it's not made out of a washer ;-)

Friday, October 18, 2013

Update to My Fire Pit Post :)


3 of you guessed right... it's a ~beeeep~ 

I ain't gonna tell you that right here, but if you wanna see what it looks like in the daytime, I posted another pic.

You can scroll down to find the post or just click here and I'll take you there ;-)

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Speaking Of...

Playing with fire & keeping warm....

This is My Fire Pit, à la Canadian Redneck.


Can anyone guess what I used to make it?
I may have said in a comment somewhere ;-)

Well you guys figured it out,
Daytime pic below...

Thursday, October 3, 2013

MissK's Pussy ;)

Snatched this interesting gadget post over at Wirecutter's.
Gave me an idea for a post. Sometimes I get my inspiration from the weirdest places, no offence WC ;D


Been wanting to introduce My Pussy for a while now,
and I thought this was the purrrfect way to do it ;-)
So here she is, My Mama Cat....
Basking in the sunlight on my kitchen floor. 


She's a good kitty, and since we live out in the country,
she does enjoy the occasional "crunchy" snack.  Personally,
I like the hands-off-use-a-pussy-for-best-results approach
much better then Wirecutter's little toy.
But hey, boys do like their toys ;-) 


Back to My Pussy now... ;-)
Like I said, she does great work...

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

~ My Saturday ~

I was a Tint Virgin, Never done it before ;-)


So I looked up a few videos online. Watched the best one a couple times. Good thing, because I really had no idea about the ins and outs of getting it done like a pro.  Still talking about window tint here... ;-)

Just being silly :-) I did the back 3 window, and I think I did a pretty good job, especially since this was my first time and all... ok I'm gonna stop talking now....

I took a pic if you wanna see :-)

Saturday, August 31, 2013

~ Bacon Day ~

I was sure Bacon Day had already been Celebrated this year... 
But it turns out it was Pig Day, back in March. Figures that Bacon would need more then one Holiday a year... ;-)


So in honor of Bacon Day, 
I offer you a Visual Bacon Tour for your taste buds... 
Heck, pretty much all your senses
Enjoy ;-)

Friday, July 19, 2013

All Kinds of Awesome!! ;)


Snatched from Coop @ A Father of Four :-)

This would come in very handy at my house....

We have to watch for run away caps. My dog Lucky likes to grab them so he can barter for treats. He's a sneaky fellow, but it's easy to tell when he's got something "he knows" he shouldn't have. He'll come around the corner, stand in the doorway, and just look at me from a distance till I notice he's there. Then as soon as I move, he turns around and walks around the island in the kitchen, staying far enough away, just in case I try and catch him. The house is not that big, so it's really funny watching this big dog maneuver around the furniture. There he is laying in between the Island and the kitchen table with his "Please Feed Me" look.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Just For Fun... :)

Thought I'd share a little something I made a couple years ago. And yes, I do realize I was suppose to start with a black square. My bad :P


I was planing on retouching where the tape let in a little white over spray, especially on the bottom squares, but then I figured... Fuck it! It's mine like that, so I left it... 

It's the inside of garage door number 2. The outside of the building looks old and beaten down... Perfect place to hide the cars, Incognito Style... ;-)

Monday, July 1, 2013

My Rainy Day Drive ~ Part 2

Here's a few pics I took the other day, 
when we went for That Drive...
Just to give you a little idea of what the scenery looks like.
I forgot my camera, so I took these with my phone.


Friday, June 14, 2013

A Little Scenery Close to Home :)

A really good look a the River I keep mentioning. US soil to the right :-) 
Not a cloud in the sky, and the river is very calm. 


There's usually a few duck families around, but that day it was loons. 
Pretty cool to see them dive, and not come back up... or so it seems ;-)

Friday, June 7, 2013

My Fallen Trees....

Here are the pictures I took of the two trees that fell in the storm last Sunday. Turns out we had Tornado Warnings in the area. That doesn't happen a lot around here. We lost power till later that night, why I made a Post from My Phone, my first ever. So there's a bit more detail there and in Monday's Good Morning Post

Without further ado... Here are My Trees...
and a peak at what it looks like in my parts :-)

It was still very windy when I took this pic, notice the smaller trees swaying in the back. By the way, the hillside in the background is American soil. At the base of it is the river that separates us. Yes we are that close :-) It shows up better in some of the other pics. Notice how dirty the river is too, because of the flash floods we got that day... washing out whole driveways  and destroying freshly planted farmer's fields.


This is the first one to fall, the second is right behind it. The tops laid on either side of the ditch blocking off the driveway. You can see the power lines above, where the first tree hit. At the end of the post I have a couple pictures of the trees that I took a few years ago. It gives you a much better idea of the live power cables, that are higher then the ones you see here. And of course, what the trees looked like before last Sunday.