Vincent Grovestine
@vincent.grovestine.com
Middle-aged pet parent. // Higher-ed IT systems analyst. // Weather enthusiast. #NSwx // https://vincent.grovestine.com
Yay, new floor. (Baseboards and cabinet toe kicks pending.) It ain't perfect, but it's a far cry better than the old 1990s-vintage yellowish beige peel-and-stick vinyl tiles that were there before. Glad it's done. One less home job to worry about before Xmas! 📐🔨😮💨
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yay, new floor. (Baseboards and cabinet toe kicks pending.) It ain't perfect, but it's a far cry better than the old 1990s-vintage yellowish beige peel-and-stick vinyl tiles that were there before. Glad it's done. One less home job to worry about before Xmas! 📐🔨😮💨
Ticks as a possible avian flu vector? Oh joy! 🙄 (via Reddit r/H5N1_AvianFlu www.reddit.com/r/H5N1_Avian...)
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ticks as a possible avian flu vector? Oh joy! 🙄 (via Reddit r/H5N1_AvianFlu www.reddit.com/r/H5N1_Avian...)
One sherpa blanket, two chihuahuas.
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
One sherpa blanket, two chihuahuas.
Who has room for a bonded trio of elderly chihuahuas? Get yourself in contact with the Oromocto NB SPCA, damnit! 🐾🐾🐾 m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Who has room for a bonded trio of elderly chihuahuas? Get yourself in contact with the Oromocto NB SPCA, damnit! 🐾🐾🐾 m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
Holiday Pop Tarts... High quality as always. 🫠
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Holiday Pop Tarts... High quality as always. 🫠
Newest addition to our outdoor Xmas menagerie: a snowman rubber duck 🎈⛄🦆
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Newest addition to our outdoor Xmas menagerie: a snowman rubber duck 🎈⛄🦆
ACTION! 🏃🐾 (It's the first morning in weeks that it hasn't been damp and dreary. A certain chihuahua took advantage.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ACTION! 🏃🐾 (It's the first morning in weeks that it hasn't been damp and dreary. A certain chihuahua took advantage.)
New t-shirt for Mondays c/o my other half. 👕🦆☕
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New t-shirt for Mondays c/o my other half. 👕🦆☕
Pre-xmas #BakingLikeIts2020 (-ish) underway with a batch of slow cooker party mix. Cookie doughs to freeze on tap next.
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Pre-xmas #BakingLikeIts2020 (-ish) underway with a batch of slow cooker party mix. Cookie doughs to freeze on tap next.
Got a bottle of VooDew 2025 (Mountain Dew, Canadian version). I'm torn between white Freezie and Popsicle rocket (the tri-color one) as its mystery flavour.
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Got a bottle of VooDew 2025 (Mountain Dew, Canadian version). I'm torn between white Freezie and Popsicle rocket (the tri-color one) as its mystery flavour.
If we lose our gourds and get a friend for Charlie 🐾 someday, his name shall be Roger in honour of the Wibbly-Wobblies. #AreYouBeingServed
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If we lose our gourds and get a friend for Charlie 🐾 someday, his name shall be Roger in honour of the Wibbly-Wobblies. #AreYouBeingServed
Chihuahuas are environmentally friendly dogs and recharge with solar energy. 🐾💤☀️
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Chihuahuas are environmentally friendly dogs and recharge with solar energy. 🐾💤☀️
A reluctant Mike & Sully... 🎃🐾
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A reluctant Mike & Sully... 🎃🐾
🎃🎅 This year's Halloween "protest" is underway: Broke out the xmas shirt and made gingerbread coffee. This evening, we crack into the xmas movies while hiding in the basement. Nothing against Halloween; it's just not my thing (even as a kid). And having chihuahuas, trick-or-treating is a bark-fest.
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎃🎅 This year's Halloween "protest" is underway: Broke out the xmas shirt and made gingerbread coffee. This evening, we crack into the xmas movies while hiding in the basement. Nothing against Halloween; it's just not my thing (even as a kid). And having chihuahuas, trick-or-treating is a bark-fest.
Thoughts of a chihuahua (or two): "What the heck is that orange thing? And why are you forcing us to sit for a picture with it?" 🐾🎃
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thoughts of a chihuahua (or two): "What the heck is that orange thing? And why are you forcing us to sit for a picture with it?" 🐾🎃
On a lighter note... (pun intended)
Hey Nova Scotia Power: Notice that the power pole is still upright and lines appear to be intact quite near a landfalling category-5 hurricane. Yet, a sneeze on a calm sunny day will can knock us offline?! *hint hint*
Hey Nova Scotia Power: Notice that the power pole is still upright and lines appear to be intact quite near a landfalling category-5 hurricane. Yet, a sneeze on a calm sunny day will can knock us offline?! *hint hint*
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
On a lighter note... (pun intended)
Hey Nova Scotia Power: Notice that the power pole is still upright and lines appear to be intact quite near a landfalling category-5 hurricane. Yet, a sneeze on a calm sunny day will can knock us offline?! *hint hint*
Hey Nova Scotia Power: Notice that the power pole is still upright and lines appear to be intact quite near a landfalling category-5 hurricane. Yet, a sneeze on a calm sunny day will can knock us offline?! *hint hint*
Latest update following the most recent hurricane hunter flight puts Melissa at 896mb with maximum sustained winds of 180mph/290kph. And then there's the elevation and windward slope effect of potentially +30% that was warned about in yesterday's discussions--230mph/390kph. Just...yeah... 🌀🙈
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Latest update following the most recent hurricane hunter flight puts Melissa at 896mb with maximum sustained winds of 180mph/290kph. And then there's the elevation and windward slope effect of potentially +30% that was warned about in yesterday's discussions--230mph/390kph. Just...yeah... 🌀🙈
Courtesy of chatter in Reddit /r/TropicalWeather: "2pm advisory has the winds bumped up to 175mph (280kph). ...wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains could be up to 30 percent stronger (~225mph/360kph). That doesn't account for the 15-30 inches (380-760mm) of rain..." 🌀😲
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Courtesy of chatter in Reddit /r/TropicalWeather: "2pm advisory has the winds bumped up to 175mph (280kph). ...wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains could be up to 30 percent stronger (~225mph/360kph). That doesn't account for the 15-30 inches (380-760mm) of rain..." 🌀😲
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
October 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Anyone want some fish? It was only a few months ago that we had three. Then...nature. 🐠🐠🐠👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Anyone want some fish? It was only a few months ago that we had three. Then...nature. 🐠🐠🐠👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶
From a former "Cocoa" to your new Cocoa... Honourary chihuahua? Otherwise, I'm going to have to think of a new moniker because I've been referring to you offline as the "Truro chihuahua lady" since forever.
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
From a former "Cocoa" to your new Cocoa... Honourary chihuahua? Otherwise, I'm going to have to think of a new moniker because I've been referring to you offline as the "Truro chihuahua lady" since forever.
Temperature bottomed out at -0.7C (8:05am), switched the heat pump from AC to heat last evening, and just a few days removed from 30C records. Autumn in Nova Scotia, huh?! ~~ Obligatory Billy Idol meme today. #NSwx near #Kentville
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Temperature bottomed out at -0.7C (8:05am), switched the heat pump from AC to heat last evening, and just a few days removed from 30C records. Autumn in Nova Scotia, huh?! ~~ Obligatory Billy Idol meme today. #NSwx near #Kentville
We've discovered a new nemesis in the neighbourhood during our walk before the rain arrives this morning. #ChihuahuasFirstHalloween 🐶📣💀
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We've discovered a new nemesis in the neighbourhood during our walk before the rain arrives this morning. #ChihuahuasFirstHalloween 🐶📣💀