11 Dec., 2009 -- Happy Birthday, LAD #4

Happy Birthday, LAD

Skipper

Ron and Joe in the Skipper.


Yesterday morning we had this. But Iowa had this! And this!

8 Dec., 2009 - Oh, bull... no bull.

Bull from the east invades middle ground. Runs out on road,
gets chased back into middle ground, and sent home.
Uphill both ways, barefoot, in annoying cold rain.


Bull from the east hears bellowing from bull from the west.
Bull from the east crosses middle ground again, faces off
with bull from the west. Huff huff.

Oh, come on, boys. Is all this noise really necessary?

Bull from the east gets chased home again.
Bull from the west wanders away to nibble on grass with
his girlfriends, who are not very impressed with the whole thing.

Juanita sent me frost flowers from Arkansas.
The moisture in stems of weeds freezes and bursts through,
making ribbons. Aren't they wonderful!

6 Dec., 2009 -- slick sleet, say that three times.

Just a little sleet, enough to make it a little slick.

5 Dec., 2009 -- Christmas Parade

Christmas Parade in Mountain Grove... it was cold, but the
wind had died down, and it was a delightful collection of
kids, Santa, lights, big trucks & tractors, and a lot of fun.
They even drove a brand new school bus around the square,
and it was big and beautiful!



Jamie is in there somewhere, playing the flute.

The News-Journal building in the background is an old bank building,
where I worked for 12 years. That was my introduction to computers.
And the training to look for things to photograph...
I had good teachers... Lafe, Jackie, Orin, Sandy, and David who was a HS student!




The gal with the green hat riding the 20-something year-old bay is
one of my bowling partners. She was worried about him reacting to the
environment. He was calm, unlike the black that followed Santa
straddling two horses!


The McCune sisters warmed up the crowd before the parade
began. They are wonderful singers!


Found these ice crystals in some grass near Austin Lake, a
local Conservation Department fishing area.

Winner in the Whats-it 2 posting:
fsanders27 said...
Bucket! its a blue bucket!!!!!!

3 Dec., 2009 -- Whats-it 2 -- Winner!

fsanders27 said...

Bucket! its a blue bucket!!!!!!

We've got a winner!!! Now, I'll have to think about a prize.


Another easy one.

1 Dec., 2009 -- Flyer food

Our new bird feeder, from Larry & Juanita. Getting ready for
the upcoming snowstorm... due to blow in tomorrow afternoon!
Sooooo-eeeeee!!! Yo, birds! Come & get-it!


Larry drove Juanita & me around today to the junque shops!

This lamp has a hole that was carefully punched out in the glass globe, for pouring in the oil, and it has a hand carved wooden plug. Yes, it will be on its way to Arkansas.

Velma, owner of the antique shop, gives Larry some
information. Or maybe instructions?


This delicate looking lamp has a solid iron base.
It's not going to tip over!

30 Nov., 2009 -- Did it again, or not

Yes, I bought another one.

And a year ago, it did this! But this year, it did not do it again!

29 Nov., 2009 -- Thanks, y'all

Gloom, despair... and agony on me (from an older-than-me friend)


The horseradish/onion dip is delish. and the skyy's the limit.
No goom, despair or agony here!


Samantha made this one

It's been a great day!

Juanita and I went geocaching, then met up with Grant, Dev, Sam and Cam
and went to lunch. After that we went antiquing, and geocaching again!
Treasures all day long.


This was a "micro", Juanita spotted it "sticking out like a
sore thumb". It was wet inside, so we turned up the heater
and dried it out. Everybody who signs the logs has a code name.
Some of them are quite funny.



This next cache wasn't intended for short people! But Juanita dug
it out anyway. We took a travel bug rooster, and left the
travel bug elephant that I had picked up in Las Vegas, and
a little deck of playing cards.




Cam took the string of "bling", and we left
the travel bug rooster, and a sling shot airplane.


Cameron got busy with mathmania while the rest of us
roamed through the goodies in the antique mall.

Samantha found a tractor she just couldn't
live without. It's a little small, don'tchathink?


B & W tv... does double duty as a monitor for the parking lot.
Those're our rigs out front!


I don't think this MANnequin is wearing the right outfit.
Sure caught our attention, though.


Now, THAT's a pair of readers!


Bread dough maker. Grant wants it!

Elaborate tractor with bearings for wheels. Smooth!


If I didn't already have one, I'da picked this up.


If I didn't already have one...
This is cast iron. What about cold weather...
This is probably the most exotic, unusual thing
I've ever seen, anywhere.
Except for maybe this.