The Wonderful World of Quincy
I know the site seems dead. Well it isn’t – just behind. Quincy and I also do Tweets from him too. You can follow him @Quinnrock or just check the homepage here for new tweets. It is easier than using the old timeline. We can tweet anywhere we have wi-fi.
So, here’s the January photo roundup. We had a lot of snow and time off from school.
With an expected 10-18 inches of snow, Quincy is bracing for the impact of yet another storm, dismissing schools early and declaring a snow emergency to run from noon today until 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Early dismissals will vary, depending on the school, but range between 11:05 a.m. and 12:50 p.m.
Despite snow, City Hall and the Thomas Crane Public Library are scheduled to remain open throughout today.
The snow emergency does mean parking restrictions will apply – something many city residents haven’t been abiding by, Quincy police said.
In the last storm, police towed 86 cars, a low number compared with storms prior, where over 100 cars were towed off main roads.
Parking rules will continue to be enforced for this storm. As before, no parking is allowed on either side of emergency arteries.
Residents on side streets are allowed to park on the even-numbered side of the street.
According to the city website, “vehicles in violation of winter parking rules will be towed at owner’s expense. Also, if your vehicle is hampering snow removal operations (i.e. parked too close to an intersection, etc.) it will be towed.” Towing fees run upwards of $125 per offense plus the cost of storage.
Now that I have almost finished the redesign of Quincy’s site, I can go back and see what photos I was missing from October. Turns out the entire month was lacking. So, I had uploaded a bunch of photos for the month of October.
There are photos of Quincy playing in a leaf pile at home, a couple of him in his soccer uniform and the most are from the AWANA Harvest Party at church.
Here’s the quick link to jump right to the images.
As you know, Quincy’s site has been dormant for a while. I always wonder how best to make use of it. Now that Quincy is older, he likes to be more interactive with the computer and such. He likes to type emails, for example.
So I decided to get the redesign up and running as quickly as I could. I settled on a “travel” theme mainly because I thought it looked neat, but also because I figure it will be a good way for Quincy to learn about where he’s been, etc.
I also activated Quincy’s Twitter feed on the site too. Now that he can verbalize his own thoughts, what better place for him to type them than Twitter? You don’t even have to have an account, since his site pulls in all his latest Tweets.
If I forgot to put some content up that you miss, let me know, but so far, I’m liking the new look.