Not sure why it always works out to have 25 pics, but it does! The
25th was a Friday this month, so just another work/school day for LAD
and I. I walked at lunch and got a few flower and bug pictures. LAD
and I visited Hardware Hank's after work/school to buy a new mailbox.
Ours took a beating this past winter and is falling apart. We got a
bargain, a dented one at 50% off. Who cares, it's going to get
whacked by the snowplow this winter anyway! Later we made chocolate
pudding. See my blog for more details about this event. Then later
playing and reading before bed. Not really a very eventful day.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
25 from the 25th
25 July, 2008 -- Marshall & back
I drove my vw towing the tow dolly, to Marshall to retrieve the boys'
van, as they abandoned it there when they moved the cropdusting
operation to the Ames, Iowa area on Wednesday. This old restored car
pulled out in front of me and I couldn't catch up to identify it.
Air conditioner has quit again in the vw, so by the time I reached Marshall, I was soggy. I dried out on the way home under the air conditioner in the van. Ted, the Marshall airport honcho for today, helped me hitch up the rig, and I visited a few minutes with Dyer the Flyer before he took up another load. He said he wished the boys were still in Marshall, as work just keeps coming in!
You know, we never had air conditioning, back in those years when my dad drove our Nash Rambler all over the west on our two-week vacations, at 45 mph, camping out in makeshift tent/leanto against the Rambler. He always favored Ramblers because the seats laid down for beds at night. We NEVER spent a night in a motel. My sister and I would stick our legs and arms out the windows draped with wet washrags as we drove along. Those were the good old days... (???) (Maybe). Of course, the humidity out west was only about 10 percent on a very humid day! I don't remember my clothes ever being wet unless we stood out in the rain, or dipped
into the Pacific, or jumped into a lake in Idaho, or the Crystal River in Colorado, or the water hose in Las Vegas.
I intended to get a lightning photo tonight, but it just sprinkled a bit and the lightning quit. Don did airport duty this afternoon, and Ben gathered the war kittens before dark. I set the alarm & closed the gate. Guess I'll hit the hay.
Friday, July 25, 2008
24 July, 2008 .. Thursday, I think...
And you thought your life was complicated...
Smudge has such a complicated life. Whaaa ??? ..
Leaking nozzle, Neil to the rescue. He never fails.
Golden flowers, golden friends.
G'ma Airplane, Cluck cluck... Thanks, Jan, for the supper
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
23 July, 2008 .. Morning Dew
The zinnias have bloomed, the Gerber Daisy, too, with drops of morning dew. The little flower garden is overflowing now.
Fueled up but not overflowing, headed for Ohio. And, haven't I seen this airplane before, too? I think he just goes out and taxis around.
Hellooooo? Come on out, here's food!
LAD's handprint didn't quite work out right. Wrong kind of plaster, overnight in the dehydrator. Glue will fix it.
The boys are moving the motorhome and Ag Husky from Marshall to Iowa today.
G'ma Airplane, still home alone
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
22 July, 2008 -- Business as Usual
Ercoupe enroute to Oshkosh, from Texas, outrunning the hurricane coming ashore at Brownsville. He had to maneuver around rain storms after lunch. We only got a little sprinkle now and then.
Grandma Airplane made an effort (Monday) to determine the volume of fuel
remaining in the tank, clumbed the wall, and stuck the tank. (Fonda, if
you use this photo on your blog, I'll ... well, uh, ok, uh, never mind.)
LAD and Harry-cat and Fonda returned to Iowa, too, loaded with
blueberries and peaches, (which added only a tiny amount to the load in
the Honda.) Why is everybody going to Ioway...
Hey, I've seen this airplane before...
335 as the crow flies... isn't that supposed to be in a straight line?

Monday, July 21, 2008
21 July, 2008 -- Buggy
LAD colored airplane pictures for his Dad. Fonda colored Grant's picture for ... (payback for the sliding van door incident?)
We have had a big day with LAD, Jamie & Jared, Jan, Mommy and Ma in the swimming pool (Jody got wet, too). I can't catch up with all the photos we've taken lately.

G'ma Airplane, end of the day
Sunday, July 20, 2008
20 July, 2008 .. 38, Happy Birthday, Grrraaack
Just a couple of pictures tonight, will post the rest tomorrow. Grant's
bunch and Billy's bunch got Young Eagles plane rides today! Weather
cooperated, and the kids (and parents) really enjoyed the ride.
G'ma Airplane