15 Jan., 2011 -- T.O., LD... T.O., LD... T.O., LD

Ben and Zack practiced Take-Off, Land... Take-Off, Land... Take-Off, Land this morning after breakfast at Willow. Was a nice morning, especially for January! (yes, his prop is really spinning.. how's that for stop action? well, the prop in the air is, but the one on the ground isn't.)

Hey, we got broadband at the airport! Wireless! Get aboard! We're in the cloud! (Whatever that is in the internet world).
I thought it would be as simple as the house setup, but it wasn't, so had to call in the pro from the local tele office. Took him an hour, so I guess I wouldn't have ever got the job done. Tomorrow I will test out the range of the signal. Hey, we're modern! Now we've got to get LD computerized and internetized... oh, dear. And protect the keyboard from kitty tracks, make sure they don't run off with the mouse.

My dad Thad was a lineman, too, climbing poles in Las Vegas and Aspen and Glenwood Springs and Denver. He would have loved this digital battery powered age! In fact, his nickname was "the battery man", and that was back when a D-cell weighed ten pounds. His grandson Grack has inherited that electrically-driven passion... NO, Grack... don't stick your fork in there!!!!

10 Jan., 2011 -- Stuff

What is this stuff???

7 Jan., 2011 -- Images

UFO? Rocketman? You tell me. First What's-it for 2011.


Joyce has a month-long photography show at the Obelisk Home Art Gallery in Springfield, featuring her images of the vineyard. Wow!


Is that another UFO, or is it really Black Bart?
John braved the wind yesterday, then sort of wished he hadn't after he did.
Better yesterday (26mph) than today (34mph)!

1 Jan., 2011 -- one one, two o one one

Snoop bobblehead waded around in the driveway, tried to keep up
with Snoop the seaplane pilot (they are just not very bright fellows).
Hey, fellas... it's January!



And it's January... a long long time ago. One one, onenineninethree.

31 Dec., 2010 -- The last what's-it for 2010

What's-it?

30 Dec., 2010 -- Happy Birthday Val

Happy Birthday, VLA

What did you do with your shoe??? Kick a cow and lose it??? Naaa, you'd never do that!

27 Dec., 2010 -- Told you I'd be in Kansas

Found a geocache just before dark, it's only a couple of miles
from MO to Pittsburg. Shot pics all day, and will go again tomorrow,
unless it clouds up, which it might.

Pittsburg's main street is almost as good a light show as Las Vegas!

26 Dec., 2010 -- A little snow, a little ice

A little snow, a little ice, a little cold... hey, it's winter and almost a new year.
Little tiny icicles on the bamboo made sparklies in the setting sun..


Tomorrow is Monday, and it's back to the office. Kansas, we'll be in Kansas, me 'n my office.


Snoopy got out the cross country skiis, but there wasn't enough
snow to go anywhere. So he just sat in the driveway and dreamed.
Winter's not over... give it time.

25 Dec., 2010 -- Merry Santa Clause, y'all !

Christmas banquet.





Jewel orchid

The setup...


The setup for taking close-ups. Three tele-extenders for the auto-focus lens.
Or just use the old 50mm macro lens (on the right) and use manual settings.
Throw in a toolbox fluorescent light, a can of mixed nuts, butter containers and a loaf of bread.
That's all it takes!

Speaking of toolboxes, what's in yours? Here's mine.




Oh, here's the tools!


Our little bit of winter, so far, in the Ozarks.

24 Dec., 2010 -- Merry Christmas, y'all

Hope everybody enjoys Christmas Eve.
We have a skiff of ice on the ground, just
enough to call it a White Christmas. Neighbor
Inda brought us fresh fruit and canned applesauce
(I don't think that's red plum!)

The Christmas cactus popped out just in time, but the jewel orchid
didn't quite make it. Maybe in the morning.