Is there anything more badass / sexy than a lady out walkin’ her dog in sweatpants and her Caterpillar sh*t kickers? | |
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Tell me they don’t SCREAM attitude… LoL!!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Skyin’ |
2019 | I Hope He Has A Lot Of Room Down There |
2018 | What Time Is It? |
2017 | Gifts |
2016 | 30 Seconds |
2015 | Success |
2014 | Create The Fact |
2013 | Overpowering Curiosity |
2012 | On Planning The Invasion Of Iraq… |
2011 | This And That |
I’m Bettin’ On The Bible | |
Archive for the ‘Pictures’ Category
Shapely Ankles
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, Walking, tagged Caterpillar Boots, Family, Pictures of Hil on February 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »
You Need Me On That Wall
Posted in Family History, Movies, Pictures, Quotes, tagged A Few Good Men, Colonel Jessep, Family History, Jack Nicholson, Picture of Teddy, Quotes, Winnie the Pooh on January 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
A while back, I mentioned my wife still has her childhood teddy-bear: “Teddy”. I also mentioned I think of Teddy as guarding our bedroom / bed during the day. The other day, I was making the bed (well, straightening the bed) and my thoughts wandered back to the court scene from the movie: “A Few Good Men” and Colonel Jessep’s (played by Jack Nicholson) lines: “You want me on that wall. You need me on that wall!” I chuckled to myself as I put “Teddy” on station. | |
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Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. | |
— Winnie the Pooh | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Precious Life |
2019 | Nothing Is Too Difficult For Me |
Patterns Of Caring | |
2018 | And May Never Be |
2017 | Don’t Forget |
2016 | I Was A Percentage Man |
2015 | It Waits Patiently |
2014 | Unknown |
2013 | Explaining Love? |
2012 | Echoes of 1% |
2011 | Salaam, Egypt!! |
Where Do You Learn? | |
DIY: Outdoor Gym Modifications (2)
Posted in Boxing, Family and Friends, Health, Pictures, Sports, Workouts, tagged Backyard Gym, Boxing Station, Bungee Cords, Double-Double-End Balls, Double-End Ball, Family, Health, Pictures, Triple-Double End Balls, Workout Station on January 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
My “Do It Yourself” (DIY) efforts on setting up a home workout station are proceeding. Below are some images of the yesterday’s progress… | |
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Yesterday, I assembled my “double-double”. Basically, it’s two striking targets attached at two ends. The bottom target is roughly the height of a body shot (waist to lower ribs). The top target is roughly the height for head shots (chin, front and side of the head). You may notice a few things: | |
1) the top attachment is vertical while the bottom is horizontal. The bottom target would normally be either fixed to the flooring below or (using some type of rope or bungee) attached to a weight to stabilize the target and limit random / excessive swinging movement. In this case, I had to work within the “command structure” of: “I don’t want any of your weights damaging my concrete!” So, I used a horizontal bungee (with a loop to keep the rope from sliding left and right). The practical limitation to this setup is I cannot work around the target; I am limited to the 180° on the front side. Still, I can live with it… | |
2) less obvious until you start hitting the targets… They are not “fixed” within the netting. There are gaps above and below the balls where they can move when struck. The practical effect of this is they are not staying in the same place in the netting when you try to do a double-up punch (like two jabs to the head). I will try to correct this by tying rope / paracord around one end of each ball / net to “lock” them into a more standard position within each net. | |
3) FAR less obvious, (but which I have learned from recent experience,) is that these targets hit back at you – and from unexpected angles (at least up to now unexpected). In my initial setup (prior to my wife’s objection), I had the bottom ball / net secured by weights. This tended to produce reaction motion for both balls in a relatively circular motion around a vertical axis (much like an up-right cylinder). After the modification to the bottom to include the horizontal bungee, a solid right punch to the bottom target resulted in a solid left hook by the upper ball to the right side of MY head. My wife started laughing and said: “It hits back!!” (Note: Not “Are you okay, dear?“) As near as I can tell, this is due to the back and forth (back to front) motion of the lower horizontal bungee and the circular (like a vertical cylinder) motion of the upper vertical bungee. My response: “I’m gonna need a head-guard.” Her reply: “You sure are!“, still giggling. Fortunately (for me), there wasn’t sufficient mass / speed in the basketball to knock me out, because it certainly struck me full on the side of my head at roughly temple / cheek height. | |
My next brilliant (okay, obvious) idea was to attach the original horizontal double-end target (“bag”) and see what that felt like. To my surprise, a “triple-double” and it is terrific! I now had a target (the bottom ball) for body shots, a target (the middle ball) for upper-cuts and body jabs, and a top target (the top ball) for chin and head shots. The only trick now is to find a way to attach the original double-end to the double-double which keeps them together (when used together), but which also easily separates so I can continue to use the single-double on its own. The original horizontal “single-double” works as a “slip-rope”. A “slip” is when you move your head side to side (like a metronome) to avoid an incoming punch. It is frequently accompanied by a “bob” (up and down head movement). Together, they are referred to as “bobbing and weaving”. Basically, I stand next to one post and move to the other ducking under the rope with each step to the side. When I get to the middle, I release an upper-cut. I then continue to the opposite post. When I reach the post, I turn around and start back, trying to time the steps so my next upper cut with be with the other hand. (Always try to practice every punch with both hands.) Anyway, there is still some tweaking to do… | |
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The next image is what’s happening in the background. I attached a “hook-screw” to the back post and then I just swing the weighted chain up to it and hook onto it. The lat-pulley set up is then out of the way for the boxing. It is adjustable for more clearance, but because of the angles, it (the chained weights) doesn’t have to be as far back as I initially expected. | |
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And, finally, here’s an image of the “normal” lat-pulldown. We timed the set up and take down and it takes under a minute to set up or take down! It takes longer to put on a single boxing hand-wrap than it does to set up the station for boxing. | |
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And so the adventure continues… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — KMAB] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
DIY: Outdoor Gym Modifications
Posted in Boxing, Health, Pictures, Workouts, tagged Backyard Gym, Boxing Practice, DIY, Do It Yourself, Fitness, Health, Lat Pulldowns, Latissimus Dorsi Muscles, Outdoor Gym, Pictures, Total-Gym on January 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Some of you regular readers may recall I had a pull-up rack set up in a corner of my backyard. Image below… | |
I was always intending to use the setup as a multi-function station for working out going forward. My initial modification was the addition of two “eye-screws” to setup a horizontal double end punching bag. As you see, I made it out of an old basketball, a basketball net and a couple of bungee cords. This has worked out reasonably well… | |
The “main” goal of the setup was to have a pull-up station. Unfortunately, it turns out I am FAR too out of shape to hang from the bar, let alone try to do a pull-up. In my first (aborted) attempt, I nearly pulled my arms out of their sockets “trying” to hang. I was able to hang for just long enough for me to remember my age before letting go (aka: “falling”). Also, despite my interest in adding “DIY” boxing options, I will NOT EVER be boxing / sparring. I have a heart condition and am on blood thinners which (technically) make me a “border-line” hemophiliac (a “bleeder”). The boxing options are only for their fitness / exercise value. | |
To make a longer story short, I scavenged some parts from my old “Total-Gym” and have now set up a “Lat – pulldown” system which I can use to build up my strength until I can hang from the bar and try another pull-up. Image below… | |
A “Lat – pulldown” is an exercise which concentrates on the latissimus dorsi muscles. These are the muscles used to pull something down from above your head or to pull your head and body up to something which is above your head / shoulders. In this case, I am using four(4) ten pound weights. At the moment I have completed day four(4) of a 30 day challenge to do five(5) sets of fifty(50) “reps” (repetitions). After each set, I turn 45° and do a cross-body pull down Left to Right (50 reps) and then Right to Left (50 reps). In all, 250 reps of the double and 250 reps per side. As I get stronger (and less sore), I hope to get up to 10 sets per day. Hopefully, by the end of the 30 days I will be able to suspend myself in a hanging position for a few seconds. Then I can proceed to descending pull-ups, which will lead to actual “up” pull-ups. | |
I have an additional five(5) modifications under consideration: 1) adding a “slip bag”; 2) adding a “heavy bag”; 3) adding a vertical “double-end, double bag”; 4) adding a “speed bag”; and, 5) adding a two-grip, low level pulley systems to create a “rower”. | |
So, that’s the progress. And, that’s the future plans… (Oh, yeah. The posts and the rest of the back fence have to be painted / stained to help reduce / prevent weathering.) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Still Crazy After All These Years… |
2019 | 20 / 20 Foresight |
He Knew Damned Well… | |
2018 | Be Someone’s Kindling |
2017 | When The Moment Comes |
2016 | Changed Clothes Lately? |
2015 | Like Stone |
2014 | Resistance Is Futile |
2013 | Subtle Humor |
To Look Behind Green Eyes | |
2012 | The Path Is Endless |
2011 | Happy MLK, Jr Day!!! |
A Factor Of Ten | |
Better Late Than Never? | |
Whoops! | |
Acceptable Beginnings | |
Slow Progress | |
Useful Confrontation | |
When Phenomena Are Different | |
Creative Avoidance | |
Thinking | |
Fast And Flexible | |
Surrender Certainty | |
Techniques | |
Vive La Difference | |
Destiny | |
Completeness | |
Art | |
First Hammock Hang Of 2021
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged Backyard Hammock, Family, Picture on January 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Apologies to all of you putting up with less than ideal weather conditions… Here in the San Francisco Bay Area it’s a comfortably warm 72°… In other words… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Still Crazy After All These Years… |
2019 | 20 / 20 Foresight |
He Knew Damned Well… | |
2018 | Be Someone’s Kindling |
2017 | When The Moment Comes |
2016 | Changed Clothes Lately? |
2015 | Like Stone |
2014 | Resistance Is Futile |
2013 | Subtle Humor |
To Look Behind Green Eyes | |
2012 | The Path Is Endless |
2011 | Happy MLK, Jr Day!!! |
A Factor Of Ten | |
Better Late Than Never? | |
Whoops! | |
Acceptable Beginnings | |
Slow Progress | |
Useful Confrontation | |
When Phenomena Are Different | |
Creative Avoidance | |
Thinking | |
Fast And Flexible | |
Surrender Certainty | |
Techniques | |
Vive La Difference | |
Destiny | |
Completeness | |
Art | |
A Soul Passing
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, Family History, Pictures, tagged 378777, Attitude, Beierly Family, Ceal Beierly, COVID-19, Faith, Family and Friends, Joseph Beierly on January 12, 2021| 6 Comments »
As of today, there have been 378,777 COVID-19 related deaths in the United States. This post is about one of them… | |
Last week, while we (the nation) were going through a violent civil insurrection in the nation’s capitol, Joseph Beierly was engaged in his own personal “insurrection” battle. Sadly, he lost his battle. | |
I met Joe back in 1962, through his older brother, Ralph Beierly who was in my grammar school class. Ralph had five brothers (in order: Dave, Frank, Ray, Ralph, Joe and George) he lived with and two half-brothers who were already grown up and no longer living at home. Joe was the second youngest of those still at home. Joe / Ralph’s parents took me under their wings and it was not unusual for me to have dinner at their house more than once a week. | |
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At some point, you realize the older and younger siblings of your friends (like your own brothers and sisters) become “real” people, instead of “big” or “little” brother / sister of… (whomever). Sometimes this realization is sudden. Frequently, it is not. For me, this happened with Joe while we were on a “road-trip” to Canada. Joe and I had gone up to Lake Shasta to water ski and hang out on another friend’s pontoon houseboat for a week. Unfortunately, my other friend had a family emergency and had to secure the houseboat and return to the Bay Area, so Joe and I were left high and dry for the remainder of the week. | |
At the time, Joe was working for a telephone manufacturing company which was doing something in Canada and offering U.S. staff the opportunity to relocate if they wished to. Joe asked if I would mind spending the remainder of the week driving up to Canada to “check out” the new location to see if he was interested. With nothing else to tie us down, I agreed to split the costs and off we went. | |
Joe drove up to Seattle and then we boarded a ferry to Vancouver. That’s pretty much it. We saw a lot of greenery. Joe and I rode our first car ferry. (Why a car ferry? Just because neither of us had ever been on one. We drove back.) We listened to a lot of music during the drives. A couple of nights we camped and a couple we stayed in “inexpensive” (cheap) motels. We mostly did just enough to keep the trip going. Then we’d park and chill. Did I mention we brought along seven cases of beer for the week we expected to stay at Shasta? As I recall, we got through five of them and I let him have the remainder when we got back to S.F. | |
What did I learn about Joe? Mostly he had grown up to be his own man while I was away in the Army. He was a bit of Dave (he enjoyed working with his hands). He was a bit of Frank (he could be a charmer when he wanted to be). He was a bit of Ray and Ralph in music tastes and how he treated other people with respect – irrespective of their job / station. Like his dad, he had a way of looking at things logically and figuring them out. Like George, he had a “little brother” attitude: “You may be a bit older, but I’m nippin’ at your heels, and I’ll catch up soon.” But mostly, what I realize now is that he had what I call the Beierly “give it try” attitude. “If it doesn’t work out, we’ll fix it or try something different.” | |
I’m not sure if Joe ever got offered or accepted that job in Canada. (I don’t believe he did.) The next thing I heard he was in the Navy. I was a bit surprised by that because Joe wasn’t one to take “instruction” from his older brothers (a mind of his own), but he took to the Navy like a fish to water. Joe got married (to Ceal, the proclaimed love of his life). He made a career of service. And he raised a family which he openly cherished. We were both raised Roman Catholics. I’ve tended to fall off the wagon periodically, but Joe became a working Christian (“by their acts you shall know them”). Unfortunately, with my living in Europe and his living around the world (and / or way over on the East Coast), I never got a chance to ask him about that. I would check in with Ray before and after football season and Ray would tell me about Joe’s kids this and Joe traveling there and Joe helping these people with that. All the things “family” talk about when you’ve known each other long enough to not have to say anything and you’re sure there’s always time to kick-it again in a few months. | |
And now, Ray and Joe are both gone… | |
The world is a better place for them having been here. My world is a little less sunny for their passing. And once again I mourn the loss of a brother by another mother… | |
COVID-19 is just a virus. It doesn’t care about how many lives it takes or the families and grief it leaves behind. 378,777 of our fellow Americans have died… This post has been about one of them. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Implications |
2019 | Just To… |
2018 | Still Going… |
2017 | Great Risk |
2016 | Robbery |
2015 | Humanity Plus |
2014 | Dinner For Two? |
2013 | Exercise For Those Over 50 |
2012 | Tearful Joy!! |
Except When He’s Left | |
2020 Tree And Ornaments
Posted in Family History, Pictures, tagged 2020 Christmas Orniments, 2020 Christmas Tree, Family History, Hallmark Channel Movie, Peanuts, Pictures on January 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Each Christmas season, our tradition is to get our Christmas tree the first full weekend of December and to take it down the first full weekend after January 6th (aka: the “Feast of the Three Kings” or “Epiphany” or “Little Christmas”). We have a secondary tradition of purchasing a representative decoration for each year. Sometimes they are religious (angels, stars, etc.), sometimes they are Christmas but humorous and sometimes they are topical (StarTrek, StarWars, Harry Potter, Dr. Who, etc). Anyway, we are getting ready to take the tree down next weekend, so I thought I’d post a few pictures of this year’s tree and ornaments… (You can click on the image to see a larger version.) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Still Looking |
2019 | Too True |
2018 | Simon Says |
2017 | Next Cell |
2016 | Important Knowledge |
2015 | Are You Still The Exception? |
2014 | In Answer |
Days Are Passing | |
2013 | Opportunity |
2012 | Appropriate Qualities |
2011 | A Place To Hang My Hat |
Boxing Day 2020
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged Boxing Day 2020, Family, Pictures of Art and Me, Pictures of Carm, Pictures of Carm and Art, Pictures of Carm and Me, Pictures of Me, Pictures of Mom and Me on December 27, 2020| 2 Comments »
Here are some photos of our visit to my sister, her husband and my mom for Boxing Day… (for non-Brits: “Boxing Day” is the day after Christmas) | |||||||||||||
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2019 | Almost Soulful Pleasure | ||||||||||||
2018 | Cursive In The News | ||||||||||||
2017 | Coffee Crunch | ||||||||||||
2016 | Preparation | ||||||||||||
2015 | Scarcely Asked | ||||||||||||
2014 | They Resemble Us | ||||||||||||
2013 | Both | ||||||||||||
2012 | That’s Success! | ||||||||||||
2011 | Losing At Dominos | ||||||||||||
2010 | 1,001 | ||||||||||||
Boxing: Precision Target
Posted in Boxing, Health, Pictures, Sports, Workouts, tagged Boxing, Bungee Cords, COSTCO, Health, Images, Nylon Cord, Precision Target, Right Knee, Tennis Balls on December 9, 2020| 4 Comments »
No practice today. I tweaked my right knee walking our dog and then aggravated it more with a LONG walk around Costco (and unloading the car). | |
Instead, I’m posting an image of the “precision” target I mentioned in my prior post. | |
As you can see, it’s just two tennis balls strung up on a nylon cord with a bungee cord and a weight on the bottom end and more nylon cord (and rope) tying the top end to a hook in one of my rafters. Simple, yet effective. There are knots tied in the cord at either side of the tennis ball to prevent the ball from moving up or down the cord. The base weight is just so I didn’t have to make any attachment (damage) to the floor. The weight is just a single 10lb free weight. I tried lighter and heavier weights. Lighter (5lbs) and when the balls were struck, the weight moved and banged into things. Heavier (25lbs) was just too much of a hassle to move around to set up and take down. | |
This type of target is sometimes called a “double-end” target (“bag” when actual punching bags are used) or a “kangaroo” target. My modification to the basic target was to add a second tennis ball. This gives me a target at roughly chin height and one at roughly rib / solar plexus height. This is the target I was using when trying on my gloves every couple of days. Although it was “safe” in this location, it wasn’t particularly useful as I could hit it without “it” hitting anything else, but I couldn’t move around much (at all). Now that I think about it, this was probably one of my earliest lessons: “punching” is hitting things; “boxing” is hitting things while you move around so they don’t hit you back. (LoL) Yes, I still learn the hard way every time! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Yet We Should Keep Trying |
2018 | Let Us Dare |
2017 | Two Good To Be Real |
Secrets | |
2016 | Learning Subtle Differences |
2015 | Dog Eat Dog World? |
2014 | And Sometimes Blogs About It |
2013 | Outside-In |
2012 | They Are All Perfect |
2011 | Delegation – The “How-To’s” |
2009 | Diet Update and Other Bits & Bobs… |
You Be The Judge
Posted in Boxing, Health, Pictures, Sports, Workouts, tagged AFib, Boxing, Health, Mid-Life Crisis, Pictures, RDX F12 Training Boxing Gloves, Second Childhood, Sports, Sweet Science, YouTube on December 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
My wife isn’t sure if I’m having a mid-life crisis or just going into my second childhood… | ||||
This year I’ve been watching A LOT of YouTube. Well, okay… It started last year, but that’s just a detail. | ||||
I was viewing a bunch of videos on working out and I found myself going through reams of “30-Day Challenge” videos. Of course, I decided to give one a shot. My choice: the “30-Day / 100 pushup per day challenge”. | ||||
Day One (Test): Zero. That’s correct. I could not do a single pushup from the floor. I could get into a plank position, (with effort,) and lower myself to the floor, but not get back up off the floor. | ||||
Obviously, some modifications would be necessary… Inclined pushup from the back of the sofa. Five. Okay. It’s a start. First day: 20 sets of five, spread through-out the day (and evening). | ||||
Days 2 and 3 were more of the same. Day 4, I was able to do 10. So, 10 sets of 10, spread through-out the day. | ||||
To make a longer story shorter, about day 10 I was finally able to do ONE pushup from the floor. By then, I was doing five(5) sets of 20 inclined. At the end of 30 days, I could do 5 pushups from the floor. (And shorter again…) At the end of 60 days, I was able to do 15 pushups from the floor. By way of comparison, Google says an “average” 65 year old man should be able to do between 6 and 16. In other words, I went from abject failure to the top end of “average”. | ||||
And then I got hurt… (But that’s another story.) | ||||
While browsing YouTube, it started feeding me boxing and martial arts videos (over and over again). So, (of course) I started watching them… Because I wasn’t able to do much other than walk, I started shadow-boxing in front of a mirror… And then I bought gloves… And then I bought hand-wraps… And then I bought focus pads… And then I started making home-made (read: inexpensive) boxing targets. It turns out YouTube has videos on how to jury rig most of the expensive kit you need to practice boxing. | ||||
Here’s some pictures of my gloves… They are RDX F12 Training Boxing Gloves (16oz.) | ||||
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And, after trying them on a few times a week for the last month or so… Today I did my first “workout” with the gloves. | ||||
Now to be fair, I did actually try them on and use them for a few minutes when I would set up a new target and once for a few minutes of shadow-boxing in front of a mirror, but until today, my wife had put it down to another one of my “phases”. When approached on the possible purchase, she did insist on a $50 limit on my gloves because she was convinced they’d be gathering dust by now. So, yes, they’re an inexpensive pair. Not “cheap”, just inexpensive. And, no, they are not leather. They are “engineered” leather. (LoL!) | ||||
Today’s workout was about 45 minutes long, sweaty and exhausting. But, it was loads of fun and I felt terrific after my hot shower. Tired and relaxed and starting to get sore in strange (and not so strange) places, but all things considered – terrific! | ||||
I’m really not sure if this is a “phase” or not, but I’m going to put up a post every now and then about this “journey”. I’ll try to come up with a way to let you know in the “post” title when I’m on this topic as I have no idea how many of my blog followers have the slightest interest in this side topic. | ||||
A final note (reality check): I am a 65 year old man, morbidly obese, with a heart condition (AFib) and on blood thinners. So, NO, I will NEVER be in a fight or EVER sparring. This is just a way to try to add some fun to my efforts to raise some sweat (and maybe learn a bit about the “sweet science” while I’m at it.) | ||||
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On This Day In: | ||||
2019 | I Think I’m Repeating Myself | |||
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like X-mas! | ||||
2018 | No Reason To Turn | |||
2017 | Talking Knuth | |||
Seeing It Through | ||||
2016 | Hoping For The Best Come January | |||
2015 | Adaptive Security | |||
2014 | Wants | |||
2013 | Side Effects | |||
2012 | Just Trying To Earn A Living | |||
2011 | Productive Worry | |||
Just Dessert
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged 2020 Thanksgiving Dessert, Family, Images, Pictures, Trifle on November 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The photo above is a snap of the trifle dessert my daughter (Sarah) made to compliment our Thanksgiving day dinner. You can’t tell from the image but it was about ten(10) healthy servings – divided among the three of us. (LoL!!) It lasted until Black Friday dinner afters… And, then there was none. 😦 Trust me. It was even better tasting than the picture looks… 🙂 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Happy Thanksgiving (2019) |
2018 | And Smiles… |
2017 | Or Savor A Little Longer… |
2016 | Sometimes I Just Want To Smell The Flowers |
2015 | One Truth – Done Well |
2014 | Now In Imagination, On The Other Hand… |
2013 | No Plan, No Map |
2012 | Singing About Love |
2011 | The Awesome Power Of Truth |
Above Her Sink
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Humor, Philosophy, Pictures, tagged Family and Friends, Humor, Images, Philosophy, Quotes on November 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »
You can tell a lot about a person by the things you see laying about their house. This item on my sister’s window sill above her kitchen sink for example… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | #DullDonald |
2018 | And Start With Charity |
2017 | First Things First |
2016 | Why Would We Expect Truth From A Liar? |
Unknown Fear | |
2015 | Something Pagan |
2014 | A Note To Self |
2013 | Determining Our Degree Of Freedom |
2012 | Journalism And Fantasy |
Known Knowns | |
Jerk, n. | |
2011 | Love Questions |
Remembrance Day – 11 November 2020
Posted in Family History, History, Pictures, tagged Bronze Medallion, History, Pictures, POW Camp, Remembrance Day, The Great War, The War To End All Wars, World War I, WWI on November 11, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We remember… | |
The two images below are of mementos from my wife’s family side. The medallion was given to her family for her father’s uncle who died in World War I (“The Great War“, “The War To End All Wars“). The second image is of a Christmas card from 1917, which Hil’s grandfather (her mum’s dad) sent home while he was a prisoner of war (POW) in a German camp. | |
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A token of service for a life given and a signal of life for continuing hope. | |
Sacrifice and service… We remember… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2019 |
2018 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2018 |
2017 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2017 |
2016 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2016 |
2015 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2015 |
2014 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2014 |
2013 | Veterans Day – 11 November 2013 |
2012 | Monkey Business |
Veterans Day – 11 November 2012 | |
In Others | |
2011 | Veterans Day – 11/11/11 |
Deeply Confused (Still) | |
2010 | We are not from fearful men and I Am Not Afraid!! |
Veterans Day – 11 November 2010 | |
2009 | Narrowly missed first weight goal, but still happy… |
Backyard Narcissus
Posted in General Comments, Pictures, tagged Daffodils, Narcissus, Pictures of Backyard Flowers, Pictures of Home on February 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
And here is a photo of the Spring blossom of our backyard daffodils (Narcissus)… These are the miniature variety.
Backyard Daffodils
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