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| There is a Daily View archive of images over the past few months also available. The Daily View images are produced by an iSight camera attached to an Apple PowerBook G4 running EcoCam image capture software and controlled daily by iBeeZZ. |
Welcome to View to the Woods -- thoughts on northwest island living, solitude and a simpler life.
Each day we received two sets of images from View to the Woods from which we select the best and add to a daily archive.
It has been interesting to see the change in light as we move toward the shortest day of the year.
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We have added a meditative thoughts site. Take a look and let us know if you have a thought to add.
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Summer has flow by—it is the middle of August and it is just a matter of weeks until school starts. We have been here for nearly 8 weeks and enjoyed every day.
When we arrived, it was light until nearly 10:00pm. Now, by a few minutes after 9:00pm, night has set in. We have watched as a young osprey learned to fly. We saw whales in the straight and discovered several tree frogs living in our plants.
Although we already knew a few folks here, we have met some wonderful people who confirmed our feelings about the islands as an extraordinary place to live and visit. We also had an encounter with a ferry worker who suggested that we go back to California—alas it takes an array of people to make up a community.
We ventured into the world of Washington healthcare as I continued my chemotherapy. Although we miss our team at Kaiser, we found the staff and doctors to be compassionate, talented and very capable. We found taking the ferry to and from treatments to be workable, although we also discovered the San Juan Eagles who provide flights to the mainland. I had the privilege of their service for a CT scan. Hard to compare 11 minutes by plane to an hour-and-a-half by ferry, plus the waiting in the ferry line.
While at first we may have felt in the company of strangers, today, we feel very much at home. What started as an idea—“maybe we could spend the summer on the island”—ends with “yes we did.” In the course of these weeks, new friends were made, old acquaintances reaffirmed, and our fondness for the islands has grown deeper.
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With the new site, server and software powering View to the Woods, we thought we would try adding a daily view from the woods near us.
With some software and a bit of messing with a PowerBook, we should be able to have a daily view uploaded to the server.
For those who are interested in the details:
We selected EvoCam image capture software. Connected the iSight and added controls from iBeeZz, a very cool utility for turning on and off an Apple machine, we seem to be in business.
The plan is that each day, at a given time, the PowerBook powers itself up and 5 minutes after start-up, the EvoCam software is launched captures three images, uploads and e-mails them. About 25 minutes later, iBeeZz turns off the PowerBook till the next day.
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Welcome to View to the Woods. At present, the site is in transition, so please come back soon.
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