When taking a stroll I saw this family of Great Crested Grebes. I immediately ran home, grabbed the 150-600mm. It quickly became apparent that mommy and daddy Grebe mostly wanted to sleep, but little Grebe was full of energy and kept chirping.

The remains of the Värta Gas Works naphtha steam reforming plant that stood here until January 2011.

The ducks had kids, too.

A pair of great crested grebes have had additions to the family.

We've had some sunshowers lately.

After using coding assistants a bit, I think I know what they excel at, and what they do less well.

Everything old is new again.

The short summary of where AI is in its coding skills in mid-2026 is this: AI is like a junior developer. If you have use for junior developers, AI will help you; and if you don't, it won't.

A museum dedicated to the few and the proud.

The Great Falls of the Potomac River. Part of the Great Falls Park.

After the cherry blossoms, I popped down to the jetties for some reflections.

I was going to hit the gym, but got sidetracked. High clouds, starting to light up in color, cherry blossoms, in full bloom... and I knew I wouldn't be able to do a single rep unless I first grabbed my camera and photographed this.

Spring is here, and with that, early sunrises and birds.

A view down the staircase.

All the snow just melted over the last weekend, leaving us with that bare, raw springtime weather.

If you try to control Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 with the SendInput API, you may find that the key presses do not register. This is because they must have a non-zero duration. Insert a delay between the key down and the KEYEVENTF_KEYUP event. The same goes for mouse clicks - there must be a delay between MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN and MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP.