Here's something you don't see very often, a helicopter spray rig. He's returning to Louisiana from NE IA and IL.
I like all these angles.
Michael Phelps won his record 8th gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, in swimming. Haven't been so emotional about the olympics since the Americans beat the Russians in hockey, must have been in the 70s. We jumped up & down on the furniture, it was so much fun!
Full moon, composite of two photos. Munar eclipse?
Air Tractor returning to Louisiana from Iowa, job finished.
Nice colors in the sunset tonight, after a day of low clouds and sprinkles. The sun's moved, not only a tree width in distance, but moved a whole forest in distance to the south since the first of August. Days getting shorter, anybody noticed?
Thought I was through for the day. Blast! it began raining hard at 11:52 p.m., so that qualifies for today's photographs. If I'd gone to bed instead of watching Michael Phelps win his seventh gold medal at the China Olympics, I'd have missed the rain on the parade. By the time I had edited the picture and loaded it to 335, the rain had quit. And yes, I fussed with the colors and contrast.
LAD was running the calculator, maybe they'll make some big $$$ this year!!!
Arnie & Dave
Arnie & me
The view is spectacular, the ride is awesome!
Thanks, Arnie
Air Tractor arrived under 200 ft. ceiling. When he left, he was churning up the air. From south Arkansas, headed for Des Moines west.
Steve raked hay, churned up the dust, Roy baled. They'll move bales tomorrow, then it's done.
Highway Patrol came in late, churned up the air some more.
And, Fonda, I have invented the dual monitor setup. Where's my Nobel prize? Egad, where have I been hiding? Lightroom, Google Maps, Google Earth, Photoshop, all on the same screen. Not any mooorre!
Well, Smudge had to have his Pringles this morning, then some lap time. Biggest feet on the planet! Now, here's Bitty Dainty Feet War Kitten...
Briggs brought Bitty a present today, and she lost it in the hangar somewhere.
I stirred the dirt in a big flower pot this evening and out popped these potatoes, and a cluster of onions. Save the root end of onions from the store, push them into the soil, and they grow a new onion.
Nibbling on the last of the blueberries. That's a fruit leather, made from blackberry mash I saved in the freezer. Lots of seeds, but good flavor. I've been too lazy this summer to pick fresh blackberries. Well, really haven't taken the time, and don't need any more chigger bites,
already have plenty, thank you.
Here are a few pictures that didn't get posted while I was in MO & IA shooting corn fields. That's Randy & Fonda & Lad on the ramp at Boone.
And, hey, there's Grant! Oh, it's Grant, Iowa. There's a Fonda, Iowa, also, but I couldn't find it.
Sam has a complete collection of crocks, and a very organized collection of license plates. Ole Ted, just keeps pumping that gas. It was very hot those days at Marshall.
There are wind farms going up in northern MO, and in IA.
Got out of Iowa just in time.
Larry and Juanita manned the airport at 1MO while I was gone.
The brown recluse was in the shop sink this morning.
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