Saturday, July 26, 2008

25 from the 25th

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.

25 July, 2008 -- Marshall & back


Poor turtle, the flat one, ate breakfast, then fell off the edge of the concrete and flipped himself upside down. Before I could get the camera focused, he was almost upright again. Then he wandered off for the day.


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...




Well, blow me down again... NOT


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



Mississippi Air Tractor heading for Iowa (look out boys, competition!) Our boys are headed for Iowa, too, probably this week. Itinerants following the crops...

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

Funny, Buggy was my nickname in high school. Jamie & Jared gave me a bug catcher, so I caught a bug. Fonda's rolling her eyes, because I had to get out the big gun Nikon, then the lighting wasn't right so I got out a flashlight, etc. etc.

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

Happy 38th birthday, Grant.


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