Smart watch died, part 5 - 6 March 2025

Credit to Google, the replacement Google Pixel smart watch has arrived.  We now repeat the set-up procedure with the new watch. I will be more observant with the charging process to avoid a repeat of the original problem.  The set-up procedure is taking several minutes; I assume there is a download and update in progress.  There is no indication of what is going on, just "connecting to your watch".  Oh! and something failed, so we are resetting and restarting.  Oh! and again something failed in the set-up process.  Looks like the third time is the charm as I got to the signing-in stage.

This replacement process started on or about 23 February 2025 and completed 6 March. I say on-or-about because I went on vacation in January and I was planning to take the watch.  I went to put on the Google Pixel watch and it was exploded.  I chose not to take the exploded watch on vacation.

As to the photo, we had a dead tree taken down; it had been assaulted during the Seattle Heat Dome a couple years ago.  I hoped it would survive, but not so.  After felling, it became clear that there were internal problems in the tree with bugs and rot, so it is now cut up for firewood.  I did a deep crosshatch in the stump to accelerate the decay process.  Some advise the liberal application of epsom salts but I have not done that.  I am hoping that water, weather, and bugs will complete the process through the added access that I have provided.  I am not sure what the tree was; evergreen, certainly, and coniferous, and the general shape of the trunk suggests a Noble Fir.  It is now a face-cord of firewood.