September 1, 2012 -- Slow and soaking in!

Three days of slow soaking rain, thanks to Isaac.
Anybody want to make some red clay pots?

4 Aug., 2012 -- Rain! Somebody did the rain dance!

Inch and a half tonight, downpour and wind, 36 mph. But hey, it's RAIN!
It was 99 degrees today. Relief!

3 Aug., 2012 -- Ok, so here's how it works

The gobbler lowers the tail end, digs in, starts to churn and crawl forward,
then spits it all out into a dump truck. Mtn. Grove Airport is officially chewed up.
The asphalt will be recycled when the runway is ready to be paved.
Next week the crews start digging up the base.

Not enough for a truckload

Closing up shop for the weekend.

2012 August 1 -- Perfect flying things

Asphalt flying into the dump truck.

1MO on August 1, 2012

1MO on August 3, 2012

Found this perfect feather in the driveway.
We should all have such perfect feathers for flying. OSH was perfect, too.

20 July, 2012 -- Happy Birthday, Grant

Grant and Bradley always had a car or tractor. Wheels!

Hairdo gone bad.

Grant and Billy, Aug. 1987 day before senior year

VW, Volvo...

Senior Prom, 1988 Those shoes are PINK.

Then there was the airplane! Love those wings!

Happy 40-something! It's nice to be the younger one.

15 July, 2012 -- Happy Birthday, Fonda

College, University of Missouri, Columbia 1993

14 July, 2012 -- it IS rocket science

Picture a 6 year old teaching me Pokemon. It IS rocket science.

At the Des Moines Science Center... it really IS rocket science.

Geocaching isn't rocket science, but we only found 3 of the 5 we hunted.

10 minutes in the pool at the end of the day!

2012 July 2 -- a little rain

First little rain in weeks.
Really little sprinkle.

2012 June 20 -- Ain't supposed to happen

Amaryllis is for winter and Christmas. Ain't supposed to bloom in June!

Bud on grapefruit tree sprout, in a pot. They ain't supposed to bloom.

Little plants, seeds from grapefruit we buy at the supermarket.

Where'd he go??? He left me behind! It ain't supposed to happen!

Lloyd leaving Wednesday morning, headed for summer's work.

2012 June 15 -- Excitement at the Tri-County Fair

Exciting... antique tractor pull... lots of putt-putt and bu-bu-bu-rrrrr and the crowd goes wild!

Exciting... Nice dairy cows all lined up in a row... lots of munch-crunch and the crowd goes wild!

Exciting... Lots of kids on the rides... and the crowd goes Ooooooh!