Friday, January 09, 2026

Good bye my friend. I love you and will miss you.

I'm dying right now. I just had to let a family member and best friend go. I had to let Puddin go this afternoon after 12 years together; he was 2 when I got him. Good bye my friend. I love you and will miss you.

I have a heavy heart; I feel so bad. Puddin would sleep on my lap and watch TV with me. He would tuck me into bed at night and wake me in the morning. Puddin was a very sweet kitty and I miss him dearly.

I will get his ashes back and his paw prints in clay. I will keep them on the fireplace mantle or on the knickknack shelf.

I will get another cat but first I'll have the house professionally cleaned then replace the litter box with a brand new one.

FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

When iPhone eMail keeps opening to an old eMail

On my iPhone 8+ the email app will occasionally get confused such that it keeps opening to an older email message. When this happens I have to press the Back link to return to the inbox. It's annoying when it happens. It doesn't happen all that often, but often enough.

To fix the issue on my iPhone 8 Plus:

1) Open the email app and navigate back to the Inbox.

2) Simultaneously press and hold both the Home button and the Boot button (on the right side,) hold both buttons for a few seconds.

3) Simultaneously let go of both buttons. This should cause the email app to minimize and run in the background. If it doesn't, repeat step 2 until it does. It should not take a screen shot.

4) Press and hold the Boot button. Swipe right when prompted.

5) Wait a few seconds before rebooting the phone.

6) Give the phone time to reconnect to WiFi and to your cell provider.

7) Open email and see if that fixed the problem. It works for me on my iPhone 8 Plus, IOS 16.7.11.

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Last weeks painting

This is last weeks painting. I took the photograph of the Colorado National Monument outside of Fruita, Colorado on October 2, 2016. I did the oil painting on June 11, 2025.