14 Oct., 2009 -- Grandparents' Day in Jeff City

Samantha and her friend Jediah escort me around the school.

Sure is a nice school!

Grant and Cameron work from home today. Well, Cam's supposed to be doing his online classes!

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Hangar doors arrived, in the rain.
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10 Oct., 2009 -- 4th Annual Fly-in Movies

10 Oct., 2009 -- 4th Annual Fly-In, Willow Springs

Experimental Aircraft Association, South Central Missouri, Chapter 1218
4th annual fly-in, Memorial to Jerry Smith and Jim Evertsen
Willow Springs, Missouri

9 Oct., 2009 -- Fly-in tomorrow

Open House and Fly In - Saturday, Oct. 10, Willow Springs.
There will be airplanes and people all over this place!
The new bridge will be dedicated to our friends Jerry and Jim.

8 Oct., 2009 -- Turning colors, turning pages

New bookstore in Mtn. Grove. Anna will trade, buy, sell... nice little shop getting started, on N. 95, next to Farm Bureau & a couple of new banks.

7 Oct., 2009 -- Remember ET?

Stuck at the crossing, I couldn't help remembering ET... good thing
my truck didn't start rattling and shaking! See those red eyeballs?
Beware... soon be the haunting season...

6 Oct., 2009 -- It's gonna be...

It's gonna be... JUICE.

Yeah, that's it, JUICE. Yeah, right.

5 Oct., 2009 -- Harvest

Joyce picking those yummmmmy Norton grapes ...


Volunteer tomatoes, and the ditch I've been digging to bury the gray water line.
The nights have been too cool, and the harvest is almost over for this summer.

Wind just keeps blowing.

3 Oct., 2009 -- OZ Festival, Willow Springs

The EAA chapter had a booth at the OZ festival in Willow Springs on Saturday, complete with a Red Baron/Snoopy mailbox raffle, and our flight simulator. It always draws in the kids!


Later in the evening, the old master inspects the Pietenpol project. The guys just got the wings attached this week.

At his company picnic, Ron smokes the ribs while the Porterfield stands guard. After it was all over, the Stearman gets pushed back into its hangar.