Looking for the Wi-Fi Chicken Doors?

Stay tuned... over the next few days I will be catch-up posting the Wi-Fi chicken Doors.

Oh... and my Wi-Fi Bird Feeder.

I'll be back...

Wi-Fi Chicken Door - Part 4

In this session we are assembling the frame.

 

Wi-Fi Chicken Door - Part 3

With the Wi-Fi Valve setup and operating we can start making the door frame and the actual door that will slide up and down inside a frame.

After rummaging through my limited timber supplies this should get us started.

Timber is so  expensive these days!

Wi-Fi Chicken Door - Part 2B

With the smart valve setup and operating we can start making the actual door that will slide vertically inside a door frame.

This is the desk return, to the left is the main desk with Lenovo AIO desktop with Canon printer plus other stuff. Made another higher stand to accommodate the Amazon Echo Show 8 on the left.

Wi-Fi Chicken Door - Part 2

The ZigBee Wi-Fi Valve has just been delivered by Amazon!

Ordered yesterday here today 

Wi-Fi Chicken Door - Part 1

Looking for a way to let the chooks in and out main chook run and the adjacent chook annex. With that in mind doing some research to come up with some ideas to make a wi-fi controlled chicken door that would sit inside the chook run gate, at the bottom and centered. 

 

The main reason for doing this is related to the morning egg laying ritual so I can remotely let the girls (at separate times) in and out too do their egg business. I am browsing Amazon looking for suitable wi-fi smart shut-off water valves (actuators) - compatible with Alexa.

The one above looks good with a choice of two Android apps, checkout the video!

Zia snoozing on desk.

  

Zia resting after solo zoomies.

Bailey - Morning sun

Moved Bailey's igloo to catch the morning sun.

Ruby & Rosie after treats.

 

The girls winding down with a pruning session after corn & rice treats.

Can you spot the chooks?

This photo to hard? try the next one

Windows Explorer crashing

I have been jousting with this for a while now! 

Explorer crashes if I try to copy a file or folder or right click to view file or folder properties - bugger!

I use WFE a lot to manage media for Facebook and blogging.

Tried all the usual things including running SFC to check for corrupt system files and finally started investigating shell extensions in particular third party shell extensions - Bingo!

Download ShellExView:

Extract and right-click run as administrator.

Extensions that appear in pink have been installed by third party applications.

You need to disable all of them and restart Explorer to check that it's working OK.

Then one-by-one go through enable only one and restart Explorer.

Repeat to find the shell extension that crashes Explorer.

In my case it turned out to be Format Factory, a file conversion programme.

Rosie likes this box.

Looks like Rosie is happy with the larger kitty litter tray - yay

 

The Bone Bus

Back home after a scan in the carpark at the local GP clinic.

The last one was 06-08-2018 - time flies!

 

Rosie roost - Version 6.2.1

Found another kitty litter tray the same size as the two below. Rosie decided the other tray was to small - it was. Looks like she's given this one the thumbs up! Also fitted a length of dowel (perch) to the top of the front pine edging.

 

Zia & Bailey on alert

Zia & Bailey on alert while ET feeds the birds.

Bin collection today

Yellow bin is recycle and Green garden & kitchen waste.

This week Yellow is chockers due mainly to the concurrent annual hard waste collection so I've been doing the rounds collecting whatever can go out.

Before the trucks come around council inspectors have been monitoring bin contents to check that residents are following the bin sorting rules - they are watching! Some neighbours have had their bins tagged warning and notifying to follow the rules.

Anyway... went out this morning with another hand full for the Yellow bin a we have - been tagged!

 Ruby & Rosie exploring the front yard.

Bailey demanding cuddles

 

Bailey demanding cuddles from ET.

(One of his human carers)

Remembering Pixie (i year on)

 

On this day 1 year ago we said goodbye to our beautiful Mini Pin.

RIP my girl.

Indian ringneck parakeet

 

Indian ringneck parakeet is back again today.

Ruby & Rosie modified roost

As usual Ruby is in first.

Bailey got overheated

After overheating on my lap with the heated throw rug Bailey moved over to Zia on Pixies bed.

Zia is up to no good.

Here Bailey has come to investigate what's happening in the bathroom.

She climbed the towel and pulled it down onto the floor/

Zia & Bailey sharing a chair.

They moved in on ET's balcony chair.

Bailey - Bring the heater closer.

 

Bailey reaching out to warm up a paw.

Bailey looking for a lap

Bailey again lap hunting-

 

He is very affectionate!

Workshop tower PC

Not spending much time in the workshop lately - TOO COLD - but I wanted to backup CCTV DVR recordings to USB stick. Did that and went to check the contents on the workshop PC.

Turned it on - loud rattling noise - turn off!

Zia window watching

Zia on the mini window platform

Kitties on cat tower

  

Bailey & Zia weigh-in for worming

 Bailey is 3.88k

Test - Three side-by-side images.

 If a deal to raise the debt ceiling is not reached immediately, America could default as soon as June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who said a default would cause “an economic catastrophe”.

    


If a deal to raise the debt ceiling is not reached immediately, America could default as soon as June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who said a default would cause “an economic catastrophe”.

Bailey and Zia

  

Bailey heated throw rug.

 Went to kitchen for a snack and lost my spot.

I was only away for a minute.

Zia - Various items are missing?

I recently posted about all the stuff she had stored under the lounge couch.

I just found more items under the wall unit in the kitchen meals area.

Al's Kitchen - Chicken Curry

Here we are boxing up a pot of Chicken Curry.

Tomorrow I'll do some Basmati Rice.

Watching TV with Bailey

 

Voltage transformers for diffusers

 The voltage convertor transformers have arrived for the 120V Feliway Diffusers - yay

I ordered two of them @ $35 total for the 2 x 120V diffusers that Amazon incorrectly supplied. They informed to keep them and provided a refund - happy with that!

Bailey feeling cold.

Bailey reaching out...

AFL On>Demand-replays

 

'Round 7 replays up already!

Zia & Bailey snoozing

Zia & Bailey snoozing on a balcony chair.

 

Zia playing with Piggy toy.

 

Zia playing with Holly's Piggy (RIP Holly)

Bailey & Zia in my study.

12.30am and down in my study with a cup of tea doing blog stuff on the desktop.

Went out for a smoke on the front porch and when I came back inside kitties have taken over my chair!

Zia & Bailey all lovey-dovey.

 

Speckles knows what's coming.

Speckles doesn't need weather radar she already knows what's coming

Bailey timeout in fav spot.

Under ET's chair after a playful morning with Zia.

Peace for niw.

Zia soozing on a balcony chair.

 

Speckles enjoying Autumn sunshine.

Speckles enjoying the sunshine in her fav spot under that Lilly Pilly.

Kitties sleeping in with mum.

Checking out the new day.

Checking out the new day after sleeping in after nine-o-clock.