I’m back in the swing of it all, with my shiny new, curved, 32″ monitor.
These things have to be seen in action to be believed. The actual curve of the monitor took some getting used to, just because it’s visually unfamiliar, but once I did .. wow!
What a difference it makes to the far left and right of any images/print/video I’m looking at. I don’t have anywhere near the same feeling of eyestrain that I did with my flat screen … and this thing is 12cm (5″ bigger!)… sheer decadent indulgence, for the price of an average indulgence … I’m a happy camper!
This picture really doesn’t do it justice, but you get the, ahem, picture. 🙂
I still haven’t been able to find an adaptor for my old monitor at a price I’m prepared to pay, to even be able to find out whether the problem was with the adaptor or the monitor. So, for now Old Faithful is back in her box, and off to the storage unit she will go.
I had wanted to do a couple of posts videos and pictures about the wave after wave, after wave, of snowstorms followed by rain/ice storms we’ve had recently, but it seems that the modern world refuses to even to speak to my old computer which runs on Windows 7 … c’est la vie.
So I decided I’d just post a few of my favourite photos from the bunch of ’em … and unless something impressive happens, I’ll keep the rain/snow/mud slushiness currently surrounding us to meself.
I hope 2022 has been kind to you thus far, but I also hope you’ve got your seatbelt fastened … just in case.
Mrs Widds Vs the mountain
-15C, not counting the wind-chill, and I’m widds-cicle
Ice-crystals on the INSIDE of the window
45 cm of snow, and our poor long-suffering pontoon is iced in
The other end of the lake – through the truck window
Ice floes on the Fraser River
Widdershins Worlds 
Amazing photos! Such snow. Trade you for our fog…
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Lovely photos! Trade you for our fog!
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Funny thing … when I got up this morning we were shrouded in thick fog … thanks! 🙂
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Couldn’t make it up! Enjoy…
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Those pictures are brilliant!
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Alien to Human: ‘Your species is entirely dependent on H2O, where do you get it all from?’
Human to Alien: ‘Oh, it just drops from the sky on a random basis and lies about in puddles.’
Alien to Human: ‘One more flippant remark like that and I am going to use my ray gun. I ask again – where do you get your essential supplies of water from? And no more of this “oh it just falls out of the clouds rubbish”…’ [Takes safety catch off Ray Gun]
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Hah! Love it! 😀
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Love your screen, I didn’t even know curved screens were a thing! Happy 2022
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They have been for a little while now, and I really didn’t see what the hype was, but I sure do now. 😀
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I didn’t know either. Definitely going to have to save up for this one!
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It’s such an eye-opener. 🙂
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lol – I knew a lot of techies used two screens, but I’ve been lagging in the tech dept and had no idea curved screens were even possible!
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Wonderful pictures. We have a telly screen like that, but not a computer. It is amazing to watch
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Aren’t they great! 😀
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Sure is gorgeous where you live!
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Thanks 🙂 It sure is. 🙂
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Love seeing photos of snow. That’s a great screen ❤️
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It’s my new best friend. 🙂
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😊
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That was the snow of my childhood! That’s how winters were when I was young. Now they are gray, brown and green. And I am so not complaining!
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Hahahahaha … I’ll toss a few shovelfulls in your honour next time I go out. 😀
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The world has gone mad. It’s 4°C here in sunny California right now. Good thing I haven’t been out of the building in weeks due to omicron, but this is ridiculous. We left New Jersey to avoid cold!
My monitor isn’t quite as big as yours, and isn’t curved, but it’s amazing to have such a ginormous screen compared to the laptop. Enjoy!
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I’m wallowing! 😀 … and I’m going to feel entirely deprived when I have to use the 24″ one when we’re travelling around later this year
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You poor thing. 🙂
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😀
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You’ll be upsetting all those Flat Earthier’s!
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Bwhahahahaha! 😀
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Photos are great – looks very cold though
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It’s warmed up a bit now … 0-3C on average. 😀 … it’s all relative in’it? 😀
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For sure 😁
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Well, here’s the warm-up: In Adelaide, Australia, yesterday was 40C, and today is 38C. We’re wearing almost nothing when necessary, nothing at other times.
Your pictures were cooling, and I put them in front of the fan.
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Heh, I hope they helped. I sure don’t miss those Aussie summers. Mind you we didn’t do too badly over here either.
It won’t be too many summers where it will be physically impossible to be outdoors in summer. 😦
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And too soon, I’m thinking.
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Yeah, I am so not looking forward to the next El Nino event. 😦
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Gorgeous pictures (even though living with that snow is no picnic!) We’re getting yet another atmospheric river right now. Our snow is just a lingering memory.
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I’ve been watching it on the weather radar. Looks like a huge amount just got dumped on your neck of the woods. (7.45pm) … our snow’s starting to look a little forlorn around the edges too.
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Isn’t that radar great? Around here we’re always talking about green blobs and yellow blobs. 😃 Right now it looks like we’re about to get a bit of a break. Hope it’s not too wet in the valley. You guys have had more than enough!
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Heh, yeah, a break would be good. 🙂
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Ice crystals ON THE INSIDE!
Wow, that’s cold 🥶
Fab photos, thank you for sharing 🙏🏼
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Yep, t’were a bit nippy. 🙂
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My monitor is so old it curved the other way. The words cathode rays come to mind…
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Heh 😀 … I remember those … when you really did need a ‘screen saver’ to save your screen. 🙂
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Yes. Very easy to destroy when IT became frustrating
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Nice monitor and great pictures. I purchased a curved television and it’s the best investment I have ever made, simply stunning. Have a great day.
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I love it. 😀
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Wow…just wow, Widds!?! Those pics are incredible, especially the ice crystals inside, and the ice flows. I mean, I know you love snow and all that, and I know Canada is big on snow, but is this even close to normal?
Oh and I’m drooling over your new monitor. I’m imagining myself playing one of my games on it…. -cough-
Btw what is the pic featured /on/ the monitor? It looks like a combination mansion and hobbit house rolled into one.
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Certainly not normal for a temperate rainforest, that’s for sure … on the other hand nothing’s normal anymore is it? 😦
The wallpaper pic is something I got off the net yonks ago. I can send you a copy if you’d like a closer look. 🙂
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No, normal ain’t normal any more. 😦 And yes please re the wallpaper!
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Slight hiccup. I don’t have an email address for you. If you send me a message through the ‘contact me’ bit on my ‘About me’ page I’ll get right on it. 😀
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On my way. 😀
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Done!
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😀
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Happy 2022 to you! Way to go on getting on it! Your new monitor looks amazing. For the ice on the inside of your windows, do you have single or double paned glass? I’ve not seen ice build up inside like that. Very curious.
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They’re not double pane windows, but window openings with two windows in them, one behind the other. I have no idea how this wee cottage ever passed inspection when it was built. I suspect shenanigans. 😀
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LOL! I suspect that as well. It’s amazing what gets past. I hope you have a good furnace or wood stove. Stay warm, my friend!
Alisen
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I love that screen! How cool. And it looks soooo cold. Brrr. Stay warm. 🙂
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Considerably warmer now, even though we’re still in single digit temperatures. 🙂 … it’s all relative. 😀
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