tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360012134442805572024-02-07T05:18:27.774-08:00LELKO BLOGNever argue with an idiot; they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-79904183972569936352013-07-30T13:28:00.002-07:002013-07-30T13:33:31.480-07:00The Return of S*P*I*T*<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Special Bulletin</span>...</b> The S*P*I*T* Men Find SASQUATCH!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here we see SPIT members Lelko and Vega listening hard as they study a map of the terrain Squatch likely inhabits.</span><br />
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...But first the men had to dig their way through a mountain of ancient wrecks looking for the right mags for Vega's 64 and a half Mustang 289 'd' code auto-tranny with super tach headers and gt side exhausts .<br />
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After careful consideration the men make their fateful decision and grab destiny by the throat.<br />
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Somewhere in an abandoned horse camp on the Lewis River near Mt Adams the men begin their adventure...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here Vega shows the camera a severed human hand with a shrunken Squatch Head affixed</span> </div>
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Squatch is near. After howling madly into the woods, Vega's cries are answered by a mad cawing of Ravens and the giant crash of a monster tree brought to the ground by...<br />
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...something. Something that made these alarmingly virile men jump out of their tents and into the air!<br />
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After pulling themselves together, the ruggedly handsome men went on a many mile long search for the downed tree and any footprints that the angry Squatch may have left behind. What they found instead...<br />
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Clear Evidence that Squatch was near and crushing small flying insects (possibly with trees) gave these ravenously hungry guys all the nutrition they needed.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> The Ten Thousand Foot Falls our heroes were forced to go over while searching for the destroyed tree</span><br />
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Back at camp the S*P*I*T* fellas go over their story one last time. After assuring each other that they definitely were in the presence of the Squatch they decide to read Vega's favorite choose-your-own-adventure story before Lelko gets the fire started and prepares to eat Vega's legs.<br />
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Joel demonstrating just how big of a sissy I am to Jacob.<br />
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The weather has been unseasonably warm for the past few weeks so we've been able to enjoy some amazing sites that might otherwise still be snowed in, or at least a lot less fun to get to.<br />
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We rode this frog part of the way up the mountain!<br />
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Back at the old homestead Kenny's been sucking up those sunrays...<br />
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Joel is slowly turning into a Squatch, and Jacob has been busy making friends with a lady Squatch!<br />
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Please enjoy some of this amazing homemade Mayo from Honey Bunny. It's pretty awesome. While enjoying the mayo you could be wearing one of her head kerchiefs and scarfing down that epic egg, sausage and sweet potato mash.</div>
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Powell Butte is just about six miles from our house, and except for a very (and I'm talkin' VERY) short jaunt with my ma a few years ago, I never managed to get my ass out/up there, so a couple weeks ago we took a hike. For instance, here I am on a lovely trail with Mt. St. Helens blown off side in the background (and some other people but I don't know their names and frankly don't care).</div>
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This Is another of the five mountains in our general vicinity, and the closest to Portland...Ladies and gentlemen... Mt. Hood!!!<br />
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Powell Butte is, of course, built, or I guess un-built on some old homesteaders land. All that remains of that guys efforts are this old orchard of hazelnuts or some kind of nut. i could look it up, but so could you.<br />
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The below statement is irrefutably accurate.<br />
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Here's another epic shot of Hood.<br />
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Hey, check it out everyone, its Honey Bunny!<br />
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This is our pet slug Nixon<br />
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Ah yes. the Helicopter that air-lifted me out of Saigon way back in the day. Who could forget?<br />
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Our car is starting to look a little run down, but I think a paint job might take care of that...<br />
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Waiting for my release from Gitmo, Honey Bunny plans for the future.<br />
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...of her Kombucha scobies and thyme plants.<br />
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Meanwhile Me and Joel went on another hike, this time up to Table Mountain above the Bonneville Dam, searching for Bigfoot.<br />
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See ya next time with some more adventures of THE LELKO!!!!lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-28801809987314599622012-11-16T22:11:00.000-08:002012-11-16T22:11:00.965-08:00Happy Birthday Grampop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-82811933210555056872012-09-27T21:15:00.001-07:002012-09-27T21:15:16.040-07:00summer's gone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-79900952835022745792012-06-24T19:44:00.008-07:002012-06-24T20:34:18.214-07:00Back to...Astoria!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt3R7LxgkRNpcFrrXAXnAzwrbMLfEN8UpSIzvX9dAFuXm6sjSpBObtltRUXBLniVefxv6G7bOlWE39mdoGqU6lcSGd2cUzMkDLqmLBXDcFBxb6QqePnPcvdgnO1zRtREe-y3-zPHrxtkh/s1600/DSC_0151.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt3R7LxgkRNpcFrrXAXnAzwrbMLfEN8UpSIzvX9dAFuXm6sjSpBObtltRUXBLniVefxv6G7bOlWE39mdoGqU6lcSGd2cUzMkDLqmLBXDcFBxb6QqePnPcvdgnO1zRtREe-y3-zPHrxtkh/s320/DSC_0151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757803411215106626" border="0" /></a> Welcome back to<br /><br /><br /><br /> Astoria Oregon, founded in 1811 by some guys who worked for that Astor fella back east, but then that whole deal fell apart, so the Brits took it over as part of the Hudson Bay company, or one of those fur companies, I always get them confused, even though there were only, like, two of them...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkl9z8cTjG6TEET9hsR5_8mR6qnnQuRX7_U2PCZMiEGXPnGFhN_ERB9jxlBiLrePrIZYg9kGv0dXnoxKEXtqptIVqHlbYLm06VmRc2sH3Zx2rXN31Wo-DJOd-E0O369tDSXsDBwYofftYk/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkl9z8cTjG6TEET9hsR5_8mR6qnnQuRX7_U2PCZMiEGXPnGFhN_ERB9jxlBiLrePrIZYg9kGv0dXnoxKEXtqptIVqHlbYLm06VmRc2sH3Zx2rXN31Wo-DJOd-E0O369tDSXsDBwYofftYk/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757803192924314050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But before we get to Astoria allow me to tell you about the last covered bridge in use in Washington, or allow this sign to inform you<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNibV1jQg3CtZYX1fkN4Wdhco0sNtJf7Xv3otGvpXgAfa0SLldoCGA-JULojrQi3-KvFyFoOvvePsngl-BL4iK8pqAnBHZsgnwOCVChSJsNo7YC7evggtXGwZWOuNh1lZ5geBgLcY-aQpw/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNibV1jQg3CtZYX1fkN4Wdhco0sNtJf7Xv3otGvpXgAfa0SLldoCGA-JULojrQi3-KvFyFoOvvePsngl-BL4iK8pqAnBHZsgnwOCVChSJsNo7YC7evggtXGwZWOuNh1lZ5geBgLcY-aQpw/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757803187850491250" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAHyFALsbbvDlKUPUb5XUo_bOcwebQ6KWlpxaViLR0Oq_h1JieCOyFgHDicXTc5MbRXa4m_nzupnL_h5xnfxWC_1fNKPAZXQCBDlhWb0hwxzde3Q319mP6jegj06vN90fLHHjGjcM73uk/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAHyFALsbbvDlKUPUb5XUo_bOcwebQ6KWlpxaViLR0Oq_h1JieCOyFgHDicXTc5MbRXa4m_nzupnL_h5xnfxWC_1fNKPAZXQCBDlhWb0hwxzde3Q319mP6jegj06vN90fLHHjGjcM73uk/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757803179921144626" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUOrYNoXjuVkObwmKDCfMhp6FNEt-kvfrsHvFoEYNlPNA6OpvxRAdixy6Gx_hElAb_wW0ui-_Ko1or0AgdFzRDa6axJAkJwDZaa9yK6ZQaGIC7qe5G_w5NxIB7P8mz6y6mqUgXBBEt5ar/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUOrYNoXjuVkObwmKDCfMhp6FNEt-kvfrsHvFoEYNlPNA6OpvxRAdixy6Gx_hElAb_wW0ui-_Ko1or0AgdFzRDa6axJAkJwDZaa9yK6ZQaGIC7qe5G_w5NxIB7P8mz6y6mqUgXBBEt5ar/s320/DSC_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757803175085016658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is a variation of the Queenspost Truss called the Warren Truss, as far as I can tell...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4OgDVI58msg4tAc8RsED4cwaZfLiP_gY9ojbnet1HGaevTZYGjlT-ii3lhRObyX7Uo6yER9Arw1JNhnsBORf2D4xR3MuSLPYe6LjJ0aW_Cw2bOB348gvJt9bA6q6exU2yUlOIxckBWNg/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4OgDVI58msg4tAc8RsED4cwaZfLiP_gY9ojbnet1HGaevTZYGjlT-ii3lhRObyX7Uo6yER9Arw1JNhnsBORf2D4xR3MuSLPYe6LjJ0aW_Cw2bOB348gvJt9bA6q6exU2yUlOIxckBWNg/s320/DSC_0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757802658429664578" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBXe2GsziXLS0Ul74SOlK1E3gOiPKgMU2ozvx7nqijBAXOL6i7qr0zNIpQnzPqocdXy2u8NptKdHM0cFuQxygzTIWDwcnSpHnl_w74EtXfwoGXjBn2j25Tw5xqvT-cmPN9iMpYdnBUKI8/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBXe2GsziXLS0Ul74SOlK1E3gOiPKgMU2ozvx7nqijBAXOL6i7qr0zNIpQnzPqocdXy2u8NptKdHM0cFuQxygzTIWDwcnSpHnl_w74EtXfwoGXjBn2j25Tw5xqvT-cmPN9iMpYdnBUKI8/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757802650390977394" border="0" /></a> ...and that's pretty much all I can tell you about it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAeer_mv3v9ujVd-J2kI91i3qDOsWFeJJusm1yjkiQ-MmhRSEbdHgzgJYDukxmHWrgR0-YUEHvZYgt5PBXZOz3l4ym2as6Tu7EX-6N1EknSrpHF7rPHALqwOiZqeuKXilO1WyO6NYbhSL/s1600/DSC_0028.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAeer_mv3v9ujVd-J2kI91i3qDOsWFeJJusm1yjkiQ-MmhRSEbdHgzgJYDukxmHWrgR0-YUEHvZYgt5PBXZOz3l4ym2as6Tu7EX-6N1EknSrpHF7rPHALqwOiZqeuKXilO1WyO6NYbhSL/s320/DSC_0028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757802645262584322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First thing we did in Astoria was go and get some grub (burgers, no buns, fries and clam chowder) and then walked around a bit.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BENY4rSwWFxOSzRkjEIDIYDSwUClVNWk8TVrxlo649Rc2DndInOiaJ4LGbhWByH-tJodeKi81LyxghFfeYCvB0grrtGhh5G7HtVASYT3btH6e0Usrnqtr7xZ35cBhAHp8qR2O1HlIIeU/s1600/DSC_0050.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BENY4rSwWFxOSzRkjEIDIYDSwUClVNWk8TVrxlo649Rc2DndInOiaJ4LGbhWByH-tJodeKi81LyxghFfeYCvB0grrtGhh5G7HtVASYT3btH6e0Usrnqtr7xZ35cBhAHp8qR2O1HlIIeU/s320/DSC_0050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757802635043901890" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhess-bdKY_KNzshoE-xle7yIzi1EC7HNNbQGQcj8cW7x7vdkWgAL2o0Xh7rAwdPi8po7WXag_TdO3tDdMLDdg1RYwJ0YLDXfh4MvcLMtlVyVIHo2bTFcjsBfGRDEqxSVopwnk4pcElcPtI/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhess-bdKY_KNzshoE-xle7yIzi1EC7HNNbQGQcj8cW7x7vdkWgAL2o0Xh7rAwdPi8po7WXag_TdO3tDdMLDdg1RYwJ0YLDXfh4MvcLMtlVyVIHo2bTFcjsBfGRDEqxSVopwnk4pcElcPtI/s320/DSC_0043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757802640469977362" border="0" /></a>Emily had broken her toe(s?) a couple weeks ago, so we didn't wander about too much,but we did go to the Flavel house/museum and look around inside...<br /><br /><br /><br />This guy was a wealthy ex-sea captain<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAT95B6512jFS97mb4YLK2CCHbXa49db4ShAaE7OTDBOvhZc1dKC-rZh3vtMNmTHMDaUpIhgHZfeeuVBVeFnKkTmoZ7ha5KsMhwMpAn8y6PWjNt7ovXMojn9YCGtxpYM1K8b8vCN3Dy1qR/s1600/DSC_0144.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAT95B6512jFS97mb4YLK2CCHbXa49db4ShAaE7OTDBOvhZc1dKC-rZh3vtMNmTHMDaUpIhgHZfeeuVBVeFnKkTmoZ7ha5KsMhwMpAn8y6PWjNt7ovXMojn9YCGtxpYM1K8b8vCN3Dy1qR/s320/DSC_0144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757800811223201298" border="0" /></a> and he built a huge mansion in the middle of town<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGmKlgPlO9qlShiLIXBUZIuXcYAccxSvwHsaD_y_K_K9b5KsHt0ycDiQoE-AXIKOdyjBZfoNo-0DMxVfA-liZzZKsx7ijtpoIFrWY0H2K6-LwuBvQ5uxw0dTjHvM9xjRrRw1XKtvYkveH/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGmKlgPlO9qlShiLIXBUZIuXcYAccxSvwHsaD_y_K_K9b5KsHt0ycDiQoE-AXIKOdyjBZfoNo-0DMxVfA-liZzZKsx7ijtpoIFrWY0H2K6-LwuBvQ5uxw0dTjHvM9xjRrRw1XKtvYkveH/s320/DSC_0153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757809988958943730" border="0" /></a> for his wife, their two daughters, and himself. It is pretty awesome<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIMm0rX3sV69KA_uzp00dchXC2ikKl6xsphTt2xfvncQ6FFDdQqnYgmLVdFsTgrwngx5LHNG9xzWjH1wnAaA3Cz4P1GDBELn0yecvouFudKeT6xfzgBHRiNuMwYLen110QrpZG6abpoP6/s1600/DSC_0148.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIMm0rX3sV69KA_uzp00dchXC2ikKl6xsphTt2xfvncQ6FFDdQqnYgmLVdFsTgrwngx5LHNG9xzWjH1wnAaA3Cz4P1GDBELn0yecvouFudKeT6xfzgBHRiNuMwYLen110QrpZG6abpoP6/s320/DSC_0148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757800806840536658" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzSWNY6k8kxW2xjXmYw0SgE4XeDlzM7FuoBDNnWQ9p8sXRJkfRADTjmmrV9terSmQuR7bt7cH2NrXXgeVdHZ_VVNulhJJWx2DqCLNzqxjZUiikhEEivMrbaio7Rzp01J_rwbZHXJwS4r9/s1600/DSC_0055.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzSWNY6k8kxW2xjXmYw0SgE4XeDlzM7FuoBDNnWQ9p8sXRJkfRADTjmmrV9terSmQuR7bt7cH2NrXXgeVdHZ_VVNulhJJWx2DqCLNzqxjZUiikhEEivMrbaio7Rzp01J_rwbZHXJwS4r9/s320/DSC_0055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757809994459673842" border="0" /></a> The front parlour, or maybe the sitting room, had some amazing woodwork going on. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vdj2lqbUOO5mFw_BX246yk50vF6r26DkWUDIuMEBrJJEEjMQ9VtjXjerPfu7xn8HtCTuattNCd3dPJNI5k293CW3iEMLke6NSX3N4DcMxC-XTLnXpXHqYwJT9F_tYc1E-OfBUNNGNE0p/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vdj2lqbUOO5mFw_BX246yk50vF6r26DkWUDIuMEBrJJEEjMQ9VtjXjerPfu7xn8HtCTuattNCd3dPJNI5k293CW3iEMLke6NSX3N4DcMxC-XTLnXpXHqYwJT9F_tYc1E-OfBUNNGNE0p/s320/DSC_0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757801724967098770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />**************<br />I'm not really clear what this room was officially called, but I call it the<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphqK6cRtjDLM0WQpy3gWX4q9yARf0VqLceaqgNNIONmCLFq4uoixZxgJH3NamCYIuh9eaqC2h_BaJUBEU08jDyj2KG8Uj3cyape4AJavZoPRY5OCX1XiTXI7OW7cCjTyULxOZm1EulPzB/s1600/DSC_0090.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphqK6cRtjDLM0WQpy3gWX4q9yARf0VqLceaqgNNIONmCLFq4uoixZxgJH3NamCYIuh9eaqC2h_BaJUBEU08jDyj2KG8Uj3cyape4AJavZoPRY5OCX1XiTXI7OW7cCjTyULxOZm1EulPzB/s320/DSC_0090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757801718550712514" border="0" /></a> Creeptastic Baby Room!<br />**<br />**<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpnwa6wVt9MmqU7MdutbbotxdLi3MJHV4RAC_3yn-m-7T58tnruTE2p8o7JCX6LRbbh57ghX4sOwqu4eDXkgILtKsIH7GVp74G3wZ5DSsAnh0FHa-oHz8G79S4COTcn0gn8GruprjCHlU/s1600/DSC_0056.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpnwa6wVt9MmqU7MdutbbotxdLi3MJHV4RAC_3yn-m-7T58tnruTE2p8o7JCX6LRbbh57ghX4sOwqu4eDXkgILtKsIH7GVp74G3wZ5DSsAnh0FHa-oHz8G79S4COTcn0gn8GruprjCHlU/s320/DSC_0056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757801730724185026" border="0" /></a> Looking out this window you are actually staring into this wooden abyss from the eldritch depths of aeons past...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfk8JrwBSU_Mc-_ZU4rqGYJtaBNb3wKBA9XX1ItDxfmyl8cvo3eQlwxpKVmkA4pcFGHoo-pAe9fkgI4cHd1nfekQibqhe-_bJbE-d16WxYTum58sBwnexLb4O8xICe8GUFtcU4mykzrSZy/s1600/DSC_0124.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfk8JrwBSU_Mc-_ZU4rqGYJtaBNb3wKBA9XX1ItDxfmyl8cvo3eQlwxpKVmkA4pcFGHoo-pAe9fkgI4cHd1nfekQibqhe-_bJbE-d16WxYTum58sBwnexLb4O8xICe8GUFtcU4mykzrSZy/s320/DSC_0124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757801710748412546" border="0" /></a> Whoops, no...that's a staircase (the back one, you know, for the servants) and nowhere near that window!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJY8_C3WBVygRQ2WIl8S9fYa0z8uitjsBItUBAAIJ_LWUOGBfdKCXhlr9v28C6P1h0b9ol0r3Wi9S5ABxZ0JNo9XFO-6raSrc8z8u5ti9h-gwI1VVr7zSe2kZLTQMag-lYdMiIggnjCNbx/s1600/DSC_0110.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FvAwglghIG2PKo8E33YUdBZv5EiL6ctPVt5BRVGAhVrvz1NfMeQ_odl6SV4s0pnd3OvJBNpVLbwYJ87ar5jffYbEnoksz7EbZUoa2iOx8ElIsYoPjEqrpUSsoUHOr2541HcrXctbakIv/s320/DSC_0156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757800786061698354" border="0" /></a><br />You're welcome for this beautiful gift of my genius, enjoy it, and use it well!<br />lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-85434673519478013552012-06-19T08:39:00.002-07:002012-06-19T08:45:12.043-07:005 words, 4 photos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzoBOoXjf8R2HRMOO5dBXhx_fAMNCpaLcJgMg1gMsrlRkk1ZXT2-3qFTOwjInfPcb1uu1o1X7KsJxnrxV6oLv3z-hjwu5QrUd8Jit2h__DBakkwj1iwwGqhST3M3PYDcOjwfz5Ws3MFJo/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzoBOoXjf8R2HRMOO5dBXhx_fAMNCpaLcJgMg1gMsrlRkk1ZXT2-3qFTOwjInfPcb1uu1o1X7KsJxnrxV6oLv3z-hjwu5QrUd8Jit2h__DBakkwj1iwwGqhST3M3PYDcOjwfz5Ws3MFJo/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755773974665839474" border="0" /></a>Retarded Cat<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3L5WPtaZ5HXZXEJDRbF5fxE_j3FM-nWQIkdwV1SMGdQ82ysckCoh6XbGGiB1f141uOpV34HvEcx_9IAShJ_yG6Iw_QhK7uOuhfdHB8_IEGeyv0q_traUbGIbYtwiOInhQuwkFn8bMr9k/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3L5WPtaZ5HXZXEJDRbF5fxE_j3FM-nWQIkdwV1SMGdQ82ysckCoh6XbGGiB1f141uOpV34HvEcx_9IAShJ_yG6Iw_QhK7uOuhfdHB8_IEGeyv0q_traUbGIbYtwiOInhQuwkFn8bMr9k/s320/DSC_0037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755773969258027922" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjavBBoq2omLNg21ngCl8OFEiDEwgyg2MNfuTLvHaMVgBBYp8vRfI8V7eHZTOLcAaVIoP7PE-BfSYCyFX9WTlh3suCebVX-9zBzD0Y5s4WNtnLs2USZtvI9158ZsxRoiBLmR-C10lwt6rB/s1600/DSC_0039.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjavBBoq2omLNg21ngCl8OFEiDEwgyg2MNfuTLvHaMVgBBYp8vRfI8V7eHZTOLcAaVIoP7PE-BfSYCyFX9WTlh3suCebVX-9zBzD0Y5s4WNtnLs2USZtvI9158ZsxRoiBLmR-C10lwt6rB/s320/DSC_0039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755773956552634866" border="0" /></a>Full Guy<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXT8Rj90jMfl47H-48UblAETbU5xCCADWmT8FJ7f6QHwZPHpeZA90TJAN8r-QPBje9tn9YYiFcfz4rjpNzEwrC4imeNF5rG28hyphenhyphen_FkkJMuK1icaRt1wnot2g4LdtZpqwwWia98iUoSASI1/s1600/DSC_0031.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXT8Rj90jMfl47H-48UblAETbU5xCCADWmT8FJ7f6QHwZPHpeZA90TJAN8r-QPBje9tn9YYiFcfz4rjpNzEwrC4imeNF5rG28hyphenhyphen_FkkJMuK1icaRt1wnot2g4LdtZpqwwWia98iUoSASI1/s320/DSC_0031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755773982231718210" border="0" /></a>Shadowslelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-47885700656423715062012-02-03T22:18:00.005-08:002012-05-17T08:18:38.568-07:00Change it upTHAT DATE UP THERE SHOULD READ MAY 17th, 2012. WHATEVER<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6ntRWz1_Wh5h60omxc9HRxOUiOGZh0E5mg5JBkGdRGUlZ3Sew6c-HjrarrFaiClEib_ieiRu0oencTh4SLaeroWmmdC7SsoNef3ubx8hNW4GN5QhFfT3Fkh_aMIIGHJ1SApDR8drKK5v/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6ntRWz1_Wh5h60omxc9HRxOUiOGZh0E5mg5JBkGdRGUlZ3Sew6c-HjrarrFaiClEib_ieiRu0oencTh4SLaeroWmmdC7SsoNef3ubx8hNW4GN5QhFfT3Fkh_aMIIGHJ1SApDR8drKK5v/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743519804824433442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> For years now I've been boring myself with this day to day update-or month to month, whatever.<br />Here's a few photos until my new idea gets off the ground.<br />What's my new idea, you ask, heart jumping and hands clammy.<br />Let's just say there will be more thought and less not.<br />Is that awesome, or what?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrm6ZTYhFcsH1-MhEz_JrU-zQTsbJsFOhTZ37Gx8RylZHE5BK99GBAPMd0OJ7VN61i1SIoE9w1NCcizuETTzl79jR8mv3aPOZM_xMquGwY_6yzHVU65g61C3jCOg0JYsu_dZeF6K9WC8w/s1600/DSC_0024.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0RnG9Ru7S9I_XTjdqijmVad2n8WrjA0gV8GlhTwhvLJuzyIU9Eg0aOWlB3QmQjacW9PRjN7cWoTO4qnuHA5g6BlwdjI_AbjQ3kN2p82hzBshdlQJFClB0hm-1mhjcX-mFG_ahn7KSCkb/s320/DSC_0049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743518378119626642" border="0" /></a> Summer made a surprise appearance here in May (usually waits 'til July around here) and Emily got the Bikini going on!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l0VB52moeC4iNXJ3EX8JyLRvn9357UsOHefJ2eUK3a3GkQdNy7s1pYup76-4xuAqlrJPJzf8D6hQojhyphenhyphenLzys7nvNwsLRIOZtFPw61-PhIyxNC9tBX5z0bvLQmhPao-wG9Duv5LOGj_Nx/s1600/DSC_0081.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l0VB52moeC4iNXJ3EX8JyLRvn9357UsOHefJ2eUK3a3GkQdNy7s1pYup76-4xuAqlrJPJzf8D6hQojhyphenhyphenLzys7nvNwsLRIOZtFPw61-PhIyxNC9tBX5z0bvLQmhPao-wG9Duv5LOGj_Nx/s320/DSC_0081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743518374491213314" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRPN1CCgxYJYAK744NP8xZ_1V38QXwAf4D4EroJQkBcBGTaiKK9KDpWun7uBjXqfUm1WFhKx2ENTGJgG_YU3SqSE_ZPTgFvYSMCFf2SLTO05t8WZGBwgh6rjg_BPx7pd7hwATYKX04GNp/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dqoCTvhJMIM4hg5HlzRV63JWC-DIPUxGkLDJilDhPTz2S-m_BO73Wnkc1gDXvZokpMFXlMwI2KMyEB3kj0A26nWZNqyro_e_ZS7_ABR7Cqh4W45X54yPiF68UBKTXzVwWbvgEKKkfkoa/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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(it was like 8 in the morning, so I'm a little tired looking. Gimme a break!).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielWCZ-Yskr6dliVAku1m93R802OXH2txONqDQlRKvF6Q_zG9qvt1LVVAND8CxSa-5poqcWfzs4yeyscs3mQUI3LuEgq0Y8_IoFJmSxyeqpFXv2KE-oq5rk8CAyoW7NlcurSueZE97N_ZB/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielWCZ-Yskr6dliVAku1m93R802OXH2txONqDQlRKvF6Q_zG9qvt1LVVAND8CxSa-5poqcWfzs4yeyscs3mQUI3LuEgq0Y8_IoFJmSxyeqpFXv2KE-oq5rk8CAyoW7NlcurSueZE97N_ZB/s320/DSC_0037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743518391589727522" border="0" /></a>Sebastian Kenny (Noodle Brain) Tucker<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Stay Tuned for the good stuff at some point in the future!!lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-48847129694408671202012-01-07T20:57:00.000-08:002012-01-20T20:29:21.576-08:00Another New Year......according to, uhh, someone. Seems to me the new year ought to be celebrated during the spring euinox, when flowers and plants and birds and bees and all the universe (at least the universe north of the equator on this particular planet) are gettin' it on and exploding into life! Ya know, new life, new year.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2OY5pXVyHYTzqk4Wzvy9eyc7wdRtVkylz66HF5IkAeHbx9g8JfQr9bnETd-e0VzO2Ya0BYBuugmH4xHAFRxYWw60EcxT8mychFLGr1yuL1IbmpTbAkSFQH3UFBzP5jfOaqdfWOilB9O3/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2OY5pXVyHYTzqk4Wzvy9eyc7wdRtVkylz66HF5IkAeHbx9g8JfQr9bnETd-e0VzO2Ya0BYBuugmH4xHAFRxYWw60EcxT8mychFLGr1yuL1IbmpTbAkSFQH3UFBzP5jfOaqdfWOilB9O3/s320/DSC_0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699937131918344194" border="0" /></a><br />Anyhoo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiuHgpUBPjXBo4zXaEsx4xUVxFvAQOp5e_QAZrjiXXUSfTCMtUi3Sr2b3us7waOcK2GEHC5GT1Uuk0Dv_oH7fE1mM7CZeanUcpMp5n__4qfuSv_9o3XONoyrLoBfrMut0XTikEWtumVWB/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4e7d_rmX-AEN_E112jhdGVzIBEAadODqa8WsbNCuHOlNZ0UbnZ4iKP2nmVI5kNsaRZstkSHoy_I1gk7WMdECqBTEuAdGGyN__Px7wGj0ofT4FC-Ow_kmGONyKcs01ulX3Id6Aw-PkG8e/s320/DSC_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695123093709756082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1-aYrMNhpxI7JPWgR2UToXa9R3IzDvFuxPwLeMBwXFTQiCxpyoMgDeiSbRy3xZWFEnQrj9vJfALhklLutesFb_C0TRrDEU8fQK1jLTMtaveGq_I-BhS02g5naIrfyTvPz3VSdEhrCdRG/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1-aYrMNhpxI7JPWgR2UToXa9R3IzDvFuxPwLeMBwXFTQiCxpyoMgDeiSbRy3xZWFEnQrj9vJfALhklLutesFb_C0TRrDEU8fQK1jLTMtaveGq_I-BhS02g5naIrfyTvPz3VSdEhrCdRG/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695123130069029474" border="0" /></a>we've been doing stuff and laying low.<br />More excitement soon!<br />lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-60924099830747491152011-10-31T22:35:00.000-07:002011-11-25T19:53:47.292-08:00What's Shakin' On The Hill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuDGRDPqwBizYTEMA8rYvnFOgSS7nMJdS_gQQe7xtudB3xS5EBf3awDVVvGgTI-hj2Vmf79R4NLDz8udRK_CLI7IEqIpU9rKPH9t2GA_zaqUgE9X8e6qkiorc2on_EsUSRB-SGHYs-Ztp/s1600/DSC_0102.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuDGRDPqwBizYTEMA8rYvnFOgSS7nMJdS_gQQe7xtudB3xS5EBf3awDVVvGgTI-hj2Vmf79R4NLDz8udRK_CLI7IEqIpU9rKPH9t2GA_zaqUgE9X8e6qkiorc2on_EsUSRB-SGHYs-Ztp/s320/DSC_0102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679139270118012306" border="0" /></a>Headed out to Astoria on the coast. Real interesting story about the town, and how it came to be, where the river of the west meets the pacific, a canning town, a fur trading hub, etc. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria,_Oregon">Check it out</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXEIvEDn-ucGQmhSkYlu38z6F8N7CvsyRFgXvbiEc6eW80KoI15Eh2vzdCwrb47XyrZIKK7jxugk1A_pv02oFvpk50Att76fLECBLN4gz29c6RapNPr7UnlzQ2r9hZioZdzcgYOvlen6z/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXEIvEDn-ucGQmhSkYlu38z6F8N7CvsyRFgXvbiEc6eW80KoI15Eh2vzdCwrb47XyrZIKK7jxugk1A_pv02oFvpk50Att76fLECBLN4gz29c6RapNPr7UnlzQ2r9hZioZdzcgYOvlen6z/s320/DSC_0059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679139281856980082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-4OsrvSbT4s_7FnkS7IsLoobo6pLKUVzZ88Wq6RGxcILGiQoB6QpgVuxXXwksMtsv_Gope1Bdov7Q_PRoEBc5J1Rhvu2jCQRjDtuU1y2A7icVvSlFQKiJIBzCysmoR-RHj9GE7I1z4zG/s1600/DSC_0082.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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He looks kinda like our cats,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGCq5oDUr71AsSve3_UTdIAXLilAeOWMv5XTiZzH_m9YYjyqMA-HRDGf82ZB2uo6f-RLWwtoFSL_Z6xnVh53GMVGMcptk0A2EdWZeDq5MZeLP_kuhdJGAS_ZRNXbIi34cG9QhfGSBsapI/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGCq5oDUr71AsSve3_UTdIAXLilAeOWMv5XTiZzH_m9YYjyqMA-HRDGf82ZB2uo6f-RLWwtoFSL_Z6xnVh53GMVGMcptk0A2EdWZeDq5MZeLP_kuhdJGAS_ZRNXbIi34cG9QhfGSBsapI/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679134443547499330" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYKOPwEOujsrJifx03iIqY_SRJRW6fWw2IcHEeR3VGR0a8P2E5Ojh86vf7qE1ERM8GNRwQC9H6O_o0nUVb-jaHc9j0AXm0yRnc-On4Hcfvo3e8OE2dhtVB6j7XkqES75FRd6UKI3si7pC/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYKOPwEOujsrJifx03iIqY_SRJRW6fWw2IcHEeR3VGR0a8P2E5Ojh86vf7qE1ERM8GNRwQC9H6O_o0nUVb-jaHc9j0AXm0yRnc-On4Hcfvo3e8OE2dhtVB6j7XkqES75FRd6UKI3si7pC/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679134427507538562" border="0" /></a>and now Kenny thinks it was their long lost dad...we may never know<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw9h_XmmxPEQT51VeQtgdup6cbyFDRS7C4IlH66AnA-tTen0glfhYOnZQMG60dyZ0sDgq7bgFSNpSs2rYsYpo4KmylPXNuB9spyOPmuLXQ2dvQAG0RPFeYyQDVhCvyS-i98AGsXTW8Qf0/s1600/DSC_0161.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw9h_XmmxPEQT51VeQtgdup6cbyFDRS7C4IlH66AnA-tTen0glfhYOnZQMG60dyZ0sDgq7bgFSNpSs2rYsYpo4KmylPXNuB9spyOPmuLXQ2dvQAG0RPFeYyQDVhCvyS-i98AGsXTW8Qf0/s320/DSC_0161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669898022371329906" border="0" /></a> Oh yeah, here's that fold-down kitchen table I made a while back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtryPW-Pl_XLRYQYMw6SvxkCsaUqj7vPg-NqAUQPGZZ-v4a9EPa1_HP0xCieWSiRKwHSN4SW6jKN-RrIlrXv7o2Ye9iWTlkesubpZu7HV0lMnBCS0OQFb40mev6CAr-r3gWwMyfssfJo6-/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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It's weird.lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-15371205446918481622011-09-29T20:48:00.000-07:002011-10-01T23:32:35.836-07:00leaves are falling...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOOSiZiIZ1GltTXkEm4Joh8ytxgzAQ_AdVnctfJc8WrTR0Rtc57iB75FxcqBnbO9meJfgq308GiWRa_Y1NeyjjovrLrjjCsa6D1IuF9Ionx-F_hn0V64qSQRoBvgH7Im5YrHQ6qinqs8r/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOOSiZiIZ1GltTXkEm4Joh8ytxgzAQ_AdVnctfJc8WrTR0Rtc57iB75FxcqBnbO9meJfgq308GiWRa_Y1NeyjjovrLrjjCsa6D1IuF9Ionx-F_hn0V64qSQRoBvgH7Im5YrHQ6qinqs8r/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657996913176466098" border="0" /></a> ...and Kenny is pure evil.<br /><br /><br />The other day I was looking on Ebay for stuff from the Lehigh Valley (like bottles or crates or photos. Nostalgia that I don't even remember from the first time... try it sometime.) where, after scrolling through all the railroad memorabilia, I found this cool photo of the Thomas ironworks near where I first lived.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwvEJ1yhnL50Y-HXDiEdv1HHTNOLBxjJcgq4BsKfLDpmtsI5kU5J_pVsASnVNwgZDJ_EXfnthjoswkdZhdDatDeXs68wcnxKHQfcewp-zWJRLszvBpfDedbYI4tWwV35W0vFQaStszwXV/s1600/image006.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwvEJ1yhnL50Y-HXDiEdv1HHTNOLBxjJcgq4BsKfLDpmtsI5kU5J_pVsASnVNwgZDJ_EXfnthjoswkdZhdDatDeXs68wcnxKHQfcewp-zWJRLszvBpfDedbYI4tWwV35W0vFQaStszwXV/s320/image006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658757884000898546" border="0" /></a>As far as I can tell this view is looking southeast from near where the Hoky Legion, or maybe the Historical Society, is currently, with Catasauqua in the far left center. The Lehigh river is just behind the factory buildings. This is as close as my interweb detective abilities<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3f8uxUHQ1S9x9n7txJkVoFfcONahQ_6nTTDtEKQbRlTA-gLdzur_YHua_x0S_fhsXphwbHmOcJT4rw8k_IThanROu_OFclFvWwRP7hdTni6FxKHUGnkkaMIBIXcw_iFuvPzMHXdjXFwp/s1600/100_2595-vi.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3f8uxUHQ1S9x9n7txJkVoFfcONahQ_6nTTDtEKQbRlTA-gLdzur_YHua_x0S_fhsXphwbHmOcJT4rw8k_IThanROu_OFclFvWwRP7hdTni6FxKHUGnkkaMIBIXcw_iFuvPzMHXdjXFwp/s320/100_2595-vi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658769891717090930" border="0" /></a> could get to a modern view from a kinda/sorta close-ish angle. I believe this building is the large building just to the right of the white building in the old photo.<br /><br /><br /><br />Working at ReRun has its perks. Even if I don't have much cash I can usually snag some cool treasures with my store-trade. Check out this sweet weather vane. I'm still cleaning and oiling it up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMK_KHNr5XzZdTSDT1J3LfBAOD8BhbY2q8U5MwVLehHw36hUJQqT8R6tIt7eXa2YzNvysu0bqESgI-qiLpiJ9N7AS9pVZLFFAh5KPFTQ2XjX72JNgfEU2mb7K6qnNWhKDbRBaUeuI9Jsk/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMK_KHNr5XzZdTSDT1J3LfBAOD8BhbY2q8U5MwVLehHw36hUJQqT8R6tIt7eXa2YzNvysu0bqESgI-qiLpiJ9N7AS9pVZLFFAh5KPFTQ2XjX72JNgfEU2mb7K6qnNWhKDbRBaUeuI9Jsk/s320/DSC_0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657996910777169266" border="0" /></a> but I'm pretty sure I can get this thing functioning again. And two points to you, with the keen eyes, who noticed another fabulous Lelko Bench, upon which the vane rests. Check out how that lacquer really made the basil-tinged milk paint look kinda gross. Two more points for catching that cute little squash plant (with a bit of powdery mildew) sprawling along the walkway on the side of the house (also known as a sidewalk).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxU0XIzqnFag_NqXd34gRVFcb9yM58MIk9jv1A180Wxw5FBQ_GfYsWKC3gToQC6ot_C3RaGN6Z0Ue_P9WSDwLmxrQN4SnR-wZrYGFLm9WHDhO0sSQKNTAhSzPreCB1rTOw0jeIk21_CKrU/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxU0XIzqnFag_NqXd34gRVFcb9yM58MIk9jv1A180Wxw5FBQ_GfYsWKC3gToQC6ot_C3RaGN6Z0Ue_P9WSDwLmxrQN4SnR-wZrYGFLm9WHDhO0sSQKNTAhSzPreCB1rTOw0jeIk21_CKrU/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657996916253187650" border="0" /></a> Another ReRun present. An oil paint-by-numbers from the 50's that I finished a few weeks ago! Sure, laugh it up, pal, but I had a great time painting this thing and it was almost art-like since I had to mix most of my own colors 'cos the paints that came with the set were mostly dried out.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19nSIyj_um0ytC8drYBMceBlDE_BryfPba-LaX2OdO0TFd9LhTfcjd3JtNg-8OnwQcKGpIMseRlYnyXB-WjYG3w2NGZOJFKVAqw2XBa4pUgIH2MxLRV76OE_p1cTjRC9U4GNGsubT5aGi/s1600/DSC_0028.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19nSIyj_um0ytC8drYBMceBlDE_BryfPba-LaX2OdO0TFd9LhTfcjd3JtNg-8OnwQcKGpIMseRlYnyXB-WjYG3w2NGZOJFKVAqw2XBa4pUgIH2MxLRV76OE_p1cTjRC9U4GNGsubT5aGi/s320/DSC_0028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657996907009853970" border="0" /></a>Cats... sidewalk... you know....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim91sGjESdIs7RtPrAMN8EEM3N6r_i6m8jsb9lOMmk0Z_15h3VwnN2UA6sii7hYXOh1Dv_LSqaOToHsrbnqrpEtTSwUKQMejS5P2I5dyiT8pdqxQIhF0PuHrsaTjvmr2Ggl1I3K7YiX9rE/s1600/DSC_0030.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim91sGjESdIs7RtPrAMN8EEM3N6r_i6m8jsb9lOMmk0Z_15h3VwnN2UA6sii7hYXOh1Dv_LSqaOToHsrbnqrpEtTSwUKQMejS5P2I5dyiT8pdqxQIhF0PuHrsaTjvmr2Ggl1I3K7YiX9rE/s320/DSC_0030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657996925076023170" border="0" /></a> A sweet Vivitar 35mm camera with three lenses. another work find. Just out of frame to the left is a flying saucer. I sure hope my photo turns out!<br /><br /><br />Emily had an old friend recently move to town and one Sunday, not too long ago, they went on a hike to Powell Butte, some city-owned ex-pasture land not far from our house but somehow far from our house. Allow this tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9SIl-Z7rkIjc206n8cM6qVW1AT5j1ujKp7Xr3fRdi7jocVDSWX7YzegPI2jS4UFFZDT8WCZXAju__DfoJAu_vlaIubHoqOk_goBVYYVCzFB6zPZaNdViyvLDF_n91Khckit4VbW5NbON/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9SIl-Z7rkIjc206n8cM6qVW1AT5j1ujKp7Xr3fRdi7jocVDSWX7YzegPI2jS4UFFZDT8WCZXAju__DfoJAu_vlaIubHoqOk_goBVYYVCzFB6zPZaNdViyvLDF_n91Khckit4VbW5NbON/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657995549944868002" border="0" /></a> to illustrate my example of this bucolic hill-top nature area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5q4ynhY1-iR230cR-bzZKPj7cqOr-avTzDJHLA0487zhhEpn6MyBio0P2c5mNjQ12NICnyR59nDtZcZqmuOF9arB-oMn8X25gf0Ft_BKEou8tCSVXSRg6Pvx7RnmlobShKildSJtfRNPO/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5q4ynhY1-iR230cR-bzZKPj7cqOr-avTzDJHLA0487zhhEpn6MyBio0P2c5mNjQ12NICnyR59nDtZcZqmuOF9arB-oMn8X25gf0Ft_BKEou8tCSVXSRg6Pvx7RnmlobShKildSJtfRNPO/s320/DSC_0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657995545020106786" border="0" /></a> Czech out our Czech black hot peppers. They've been black forever but are finally, as summer quickly fades, turning to red. I've yet too eat a ripe one, but you'll be the first to know.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfL3_DfBjPUVrUGujByhoAXC9VMhq5Ocg9BuAB5BVh8xc9ybZvMIyyq9GFsdB9NM2yZR182vKYJjhUrRDrWFMaCtsHlmk-75yepOof4ERW1daSI7il4YHEdfj2cNw6qXG4MnGDi6PWZk5/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfL3_DfBjPUVrUGujByhoAXC9VMhq5Ocg9BuAB5BVh8xc9ybZvMIyyq9GFsdB9NM2yZR182vKYJjhUrRDrWFMaCtsHlmk-75yepOof4ERW1daSI7il4YHEdfj2cNw6qXG4MnGDi6PWZk5/s320/DSC_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657995539751819538" border="0" /></a> These mighty marigolds that emily saved from seed a few years back kept all the nasty bugs away from our tomatoes. She harvested the seeds again this year, so I'm interested in how they will look next year...Crazier? Smarter? BIGGER?<br />Time, my friends. It takes time. <br /><br />I built this shave horse a few weeks ago<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmirmbvM0blQiHe1-eh4HA8gEgYgDAZAcp2FVKkD3CuwyPZ75AN9CZ6ybxk3TRP1BOtuzoEAkkHk16lviltoxh1DoqgSOyuYTIn9R1jXOR1kNbRhnzk_qJ9M2KQddGVkEb4Vsonm8WFCkz/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmirmbvM0blQiHe1-eh4HA8gEgYgDAZAcp2FVKkD3CuwyPZ75AN9CZ6ybxk3TRP1BOtuzoEAkkHk16lviltoxh1DoqgSOyuYTIn9R1jXOR1kNbRhnzk_qJ9M2KQddGVkEb4Vsonm8WFCkz/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657995538113914706" border="0" /></a> in order to figure out some reason to use my drawknife (work find, again!). Here I am shaving some old cedar lumber in to a clubish thing. If I get any better wood i forsee table legs in my future.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtk8JXaEJnQoBLBmbKeQilnxPgd4fjiEkrnVGN6WiqsRFjHT1DaTMBaas05MZUyCMqySIaWYOY6bsX_5L_xHewKYF_9_-_ReHKI3iN_cB-jKle7tyeu0usPzMZ-uphCMIOKBDbwhk51ZG6/s1600/DSC_0024.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtk8JXaEJnQoBLBmbKeQilnxPgd4fjiEkrnVGN6WiqsRFjHT1DaTMBaas05MZUyCMqySIaWYOY6bsX_5L_xHewKYF_9_-_ReHKI3iN_cB-jKle7tyeu0usPzMZ-uphCMIOKBDbwhk51ZG6/s320/DSC_0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658757888246695938" border="0" /></a>And I got glasses.<br />And a mustache.<br />Again.<br />Lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-24896697655548187322011-08-24T00:03:00.000-07:002011-09-12T19:28:09.685-07:00Pictures Now, words later...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf_Wa0lyqPZ3XUF5rLepSxbgbjBBuI1IHsbVsbcP35WADZrXy4dzJit-bwZscCMKWjDWvxsv8zr5hl126FSxWUP1nRBFscwPQJq82f1kwN_1DvrgnYnybPJo5psYZ494mt37zWvW0nszv/s1600/img226.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf_Wa0lyqPZ3XUF5rLepSxbgbjBBuI1IHsbVsbcP35WADZrXy4dzJit-bwZscCMKWjDWvxsv8zr5hl126FSxWUP1nRBFscwPQJq82f1kwN_1DvrgnYnybPJo5psYZ494mt37zWvW0nszv/s320/img226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651664204704071218" border="0" /></a> In the spirit of wanting to post but having nothing to say...yet...we here at Lelko Blog have decided to offer you an assortment of photos to hold you over until that time when words flow. Also, you can use this as an opportunity to stretch your imagination muscle and come up with your own caption, or gosh darn, even your own stories for these many photos you are about to enjoy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCEy-Iya9pxELwcwm9TTKBISxRHPNQ_gyS2OQnynlg_3yVkDsYxBeUz5efsBWfemznzxsyC3omPPr-h63_OuNFR3tYwsFvtP_HU0uNQcVvQa5OwE6ya1vmOOFCtlLVJLRWgAgbI8xtyp0/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCEy-Iya9pxELwcwm9TTKBISxRHPNQ_gyS2OQnynlg_3yVkDsYxBeUz5efsBWfemznzxsyC3omPPr-h63_OuNFR3tYwsFvtP_HU0uNQcVvQa5OwE6ya1vmOOFCtlLVJLRWgAgbI8xtyp0/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651664196300629826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXvQ-saBONOamXXnEhOrZwU8kc3ZeWT6ZGiouZoN705uPribCFit-gEOmoMFgDjMLa8_ewCkFH2NChsTkpMOZoKsjWyhE3om1UxjrSrthfyP3vrc7Pn6vTtUHAdktYz2IT-bFKGBW0PUF/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6ortBhyphenhyphenyb72WqagU76DMCZ09M4utZb8Mur0B7zhRy1wM1Wc2LjLu8_lQjPAyAp3_QsW_OC3rPEqOZE8dpYQogrC8YywqjnwzfFtJbYQZuV-BhNyazB2EHJCWMXdfm2ILQcBgRdmgQCwB/s320/DSC_0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634243877340068066" border="0" /></a>That's right folks, you remember a year ago, don't you? It was that strange time, that almost unreal time, when the four of us + Clyde headed east to the land that is... well, further to the east...Pennsylvania. Along with the anniversary of our fantastical road -trip comes the anniversary of this blog which, as you know, is one of the most pointless things ever to exist! YAY!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCHj9zEFiQ9OJCyGeFFTy9426lrS0UikDg6S20rfNjn0p1mEbH8XJyeQJMCy8d5CIpWNFQ2MbXN1rRi7aKocDKoN3ELAu_ZDXgnNXEL8cCjxlticl1fCOAexmTXKHpnzHLO75N_evHhc-/s1600/DSC_0136.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCHj9zEFiQ9OJCyGeFFTy9426lrS0UikDg6S20rfNjn0p1mEbH8XJyeQJMCy8d5CIpWNFQ2MbXN1rRi7aKocDKoN3ELAu_ZDXgnNXEL8cCjxlticl1fCOAexmTXKHpnzHLO75N_evHhc-/s320/DSC_0136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634243868347982498" border="0" /></a> This carrot was pulled from the ground of our backyard and was the only of its kind to survive the mega-crappy spring/summer weather we've been ,uh, enjoying. It was dang tasty as well. Emily has been taking care of the garden this year and it seems way more successful than the one we both grew a few years ago. Lottsa lettuce. And it looks like we'll have about 50 tons of tomatoes come up right around the corner...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHt5Yd28-gdeONNnguUCBhiu5-yxMGDQG_M8XEoPzVYTYKZTQbtrZeIoS-YuiLEUnJxuGRivkbB_IODNFEJO08gYIdpjQJlaizjcJ4-ZCRFAG5RoIMn8QkQcLgaPIzDGtnEPqhyphenhyphenDTlySsS/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHt5Yd28-gdeONNnguUCBhiu5-yxMGDQG_M8XEoPzVYTYKZTQbtrZeIoS-YuiLEUnJxuGRivkbB_IODNFEJO08gYIdpjQJlaizjcJ4-ZCRFAG5RoIMn8QkQcLgaPIzDGtnEPqhyphenhyphenDTlySsS/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634243863364425170" border="0" /></a> Yet another 5-board bucket bench I've been making variation of these last few months. Made of pine and fir, I doubt it will last more than a couple seasons if left un-attended outside, but as an indoor entryway bench it might last a while. Only time will tell.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAPSEz8T55qizKZVwY5Jnv4aUarv8y1cq-v7OeHIwZgI7Pp7MTgfYSKZObMUb3txBV0lPQ7rG0jl6Gs5EEDRKFeLqybjHrqU1K5P1FaRP65xdyhfwAe5MSvsghH621TxrrEIx_waVljcC/s1600/DSC_0104.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAPSEz8T55qizKZVwY5Jnv4aUarv8y1cq-v7OeHIwZgI7Pp7MTgfYSKZObMUb3txBV0lPQ7rG0jl6Gs5EEDRKFeLqybjHrqU1K5P1FaRP65xdyhfwAe5MSvsghH621TxrrEIx_waVljcC/s320/DSC_0104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634242759823515874" border="0" /></a><br />This weird bookshelf-like potting bench was something I built that someone asked me to make, which made me worry about how good a job I did, which made me only want to make things I want and just hope someone buys it, just to keep it fun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMQA0FvPIk22s5bVEUsJUPiA68lWa_C1H2MKaIRNEGhsy368tJd0u1W0nYofdwQRYD1uCkb74aEYnuhcH9itXHULvTuC0ZeM2CkXkTcDUKajBO8mvlIkLMXbb3smIYXHQZ8MLU1xLPBay/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMQA0FvPIk22s5bVEUsJUPiA68lWa_C1H2MKaIRNEGhsy368tJd0u1W0nYofdwQRYD1uCkb74aEYnuhcH9itXHULvTuC0ZeM2CkXkTcDUKajBO8mvlIkLMXbb3smIYXHQZ8MLU1xLPBay/s320/DSC_0043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634242766564003810" border="0" /></a> On the 4th of July, when 'our' 'nation' 'celebrates' 'it's' 'independence' Honeybunny and I decided to drive around the lower Willamette Valley west of Salem. On the way home Emily snapped this great shot of Mt. Hood looming at us from the horizon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAk1CI283UjJ6DYE-9QQPcmaQc75D9jJ20aKp1J32g_vgEa2pP3sXVEnnBHWrriIiJCO1xmFphAUownmrvp19TeEAteDxiG2yB_iybh4IWJekCfkU1PqtTXrPnPNFUqVkxNVAOYzseq9w/s1600/DSC_0154.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAk1CI283UjJ6DYE-9QQPcmaQc75D9jJ20aKp1J32g_vgEa2pP3sXVEnnBHWrriIiJCO1xmFphAUownmrvp19TeEAteDxiG2yB_iybh4IWJekCfkU1PqtTXrPnPNFUqVkxNVAOYzseq9w/s320/DSC_0154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634242757540239954" border="0" /></a> Oh yeah...I totally forgot about this one. I put a frickin' window in my work shed area! Have <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> ever done that? Hmmm? Oh...you have? Really? REALLY? well, so...it's still a big deal for me. Just gimme this one, please. I think it looks nice and it gives me some better natural light with which to work. <br /><br />And this, my friends, is a barn in its natural setting.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAhT2oJ_YD8S7e-bBpxOYQjiM5ABvOlkrzkx7dLy_wXVUuFuiaL_apFgz-XWML13jzKqbIvYZw4hr2si8vCRmN6T8hYz9bRGkXR-20JGtpbV5nlsTgVZbBUlANVgJYQE_wlqPBnD_DLAq/s1600/DSC_0045.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAhT2oJ_YD8S7e-bBpxOYQjiM5ABvOlkrzkx7dLy_wXVUuFuiaL_apFgz-XWML13jzKqbIvYZw4hr2si8vCRmN6T8hYz9bRGkXR-20JGtpbV5nlsTgVZbBUlANVgJYQE_wlqPBnD_DLAq/s320/DSC_0045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634242768920717170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2CI4iQmRj3_YjLS5XRw6zY6VfYgXVhwf_2gB0ABdnBy6pQDdjlseH6_881EAxKxzeXuoByRdhDZ-l2WBVfiVBr61wCkarPEpQWWQw2sZ36ptcnJEoA3vG6qCV2cqCbglrVY8bT5xNebL/s1600/DSC_0156.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2CI4iQmRj3_YjLS5XRw6zY6VfYgXVhwf_2gB0ABdnBy6pQDdjlseH6_881EAxKxzeXuoByRdhDZ-l2WBVfiVBr61wCkarPEpQWWQw2sZ36ptcnJEoA3vG6qCV2cqCbglrVY8bT5xNebL/s320/DSC_0156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634242750441270802" border="0" /></a> Sweet Peas and nasturtiums growing on our fence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXTO6zlJiRzUsOGNMR4uABzS75WR62UAwnt8Urw7-8ngbmfVmiOcKSpPaz6Rlw1SUytcULmru4-E8Df2zEO13F0wbhWXIVtiSSOvadTgT_nQpeb-4q615xmPFFQ1z9wJlXHwLMs1ZzQub/s1600/DSC_0162.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXTO6zlJiRzUsOGNMR4uABzS75WR62UAwnt8Urw7-8ngbmfVmiOcKSpPaz6Rlw1SUytcULmru4-E8Df2zEO13F0wbhWXIVtiSSOvadTgT_nQpeb-4q615xmPFFQ1z9wJlXHwLMs1ZzQub/s320/DSC_0162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634241594507236786" border="0" /></a> Gettin' colorful 'round here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxD8UdxOUQSPFki3xk0FRK9-i3Y_XrS6owSlFoUXNzpyoOupwozKDcXNxJ-cIfmlMgkUGk9iV92N-EBDhbxC9dx3z6NRSlEpBtQ_94pn4lAcMxQVPwtuFHv_r7MQlBbJTQcnVkAoUSmkO/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxD8UdxOUQSPFki3xk0FRK9-i3Y_XrS6owSlFoUXNzpyoOupwozKDcXNxJ-cIfmlMgkUGk9iV92N-EBDhbxC9dx3z6NRSlEpBtQ_94pn4lAcMxQVPwtuFHv_r7MQlBbJTQcnVkAoUSmkO/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634241586931421698" border="0" /></a>Emily caught these aliens creeping around our backyard and chopped their heads off apparently.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFkTVJZK1LiQykYRtCWAlgS9wZv_wOcafBdSBzeFCxf-ACh7nmNs7-DAKJ5Wc-PW71Iq1JwkFWCzvn-nuexBuxnsEklSZm5Pybk0iDzzkIJRtbaOX5Qs2kf13K0rnYdg4up3vimhqx9TS/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFkTVJZK1LiQykYRtCWAlgS9wZv_wOcafBdSBzeFCxf-ACh7nmNs7-DAKJ5Wc-PW71Iq1JwkFWCzvn-nuexBuxnsEklSZm5Pybk0iDzzkIJRtbaOX5Qs2kf13K0rnYdg4up3vimhqx9TS/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634241582983124850" border="0" /></a>Leach Botanical Gardens is some old homesteaders place out on SE 122nd and Foster that maybe the city bought (with what money again?) and runs as a walk-around-and-look-at-different-plants-and-stuff-and-also-you-can-have-a-wayyy-expensive-wedding-here-if-that's-your-thing deal that I have gone to a hand-full of times over the years.<br />Look at the pretty stuff...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEK1-rjcSS1S-uUayYtTDZX8bSRhsXshzMdjsQpLhVv_TbJ_sv1_jVMfQFfU4s2Pebb1Qkwy_UX77L8A0-oNfUtHCYSPa4AUxHk6XMSAbTbRdW92Z5Ezsw2HYxeJuPripUTVCUqx0Foq2/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEK1-rjcSS1S-uUayYtTDZX8bSRhsXshzMdjsQpLhVv_TbJ_sv1_jVMfQFfU4s2Pebb1Qkwy_UX77L8A0-oNfUtHCYSPa4AUxHk6XMSAbTbRdW92Z5Ezsw2HYxeJuPripUTVCUqx0Foq2/s320/DSC_0035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634241578113056786" border="0" /></a> And the wacky stuff...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDbklqth1407ImCT7sVcW0gAHKvY4Orr5sl-1b81KNNU2cHr0yPSGox89f0ma2df0HjUZ2mp46sOhYOMY6T0aTpMKaafGI9D__IzSptYeZw4AbP17F4iJdwmsBMTZll3DaJwxdbdPhmhF/s1600/DSC_0054.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDbklqth1407ImCT7sVcW0gAHKvY4Orr5sl-1b81KNNU2cHr0yPSGox89f0ma2df0HjUZ2mp46sOhYOMY6T0aTpMKaafGI9D__IzSptYeZw4AbP17F4iJdwmsBMTZll3DaJwxdbdPhmhF/s320/DSC_0054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634240579427253890" border="0" /></a><br />And the other stuff...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Y0_dFlkc_G9SgtTXTlIQHNxPDdfTWa5MelP_nfTVOYZbZ2_wHpleBwQGh5c239mg4oQYiWbQUsQPlz4Ntl8HyzMebNDeTmjvcHJtWDQTuMJk9rgrAPGFXKYt76Nkg1Kt0HkxH0iS3UJ9/s1600/DSC_0074.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Y0_dFlkc_G9SgtTXTlIQHNxPDdfTWa5MelP_nfTVOYZbZ2_wHpleBwQGh5c239mg4oQYiWbQUsQPlz4Ntl8HyzMebNDeTmjvcHJtWDQTuMJk9rgrAPGFXKYt76Nkg1Kt0HkxH0iS3UJ9/s320/DSC_0074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634240574065740402" border="0" /></a> Oh Yeah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq02gUsgb8Nbr7hMVxE-8yENW0GyCEnnDQ4UyRr18PQxBeD3v8acK3YPnaHuVyW0yDKAJAo7mJtqrghiUhRVFj-oPw7-vhkjBS2Zf1iqU26iooIhDtUWMFUWL8g2rRz6Oss_fM0D5Dg-L7/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq02gUsgb8Nbr7hMVxE-8yENW0GyCEnnDQ4UyRr18PQxBeD3v8acK3YPnaHuVyW0yDKAJAo7mJtqrghiUhRVFj-oPw7-vhkjBS2Zf1iqU26iooIhDtUWMFUWL8g2rRz6Oss_fM0D5Dg-L7/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634241595480073938" border="0" /></a> It was Emily's 3??? birthday recently and here are a few presents , including a juice glass, a 33rpm record, two knives for the kitchen, and, well, just take a look at the photo wouldya? I mean, do I have to explain every little detail?!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKKPMkdtdO_-PPBNSYZpY1LpFrxcS0zoiEsduWCyg5EQTh2UoD_qDaXN98-D9nhZwVRWk6ZkiLhV3u1mhUjODMfw327sXTWCQCQEbjtlTU5gOQiqKguCb3gBqeUW-BuNytND2cWH8ba6i/s1600/DSC_0079.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKKPMkdtdO_-PPBNSYZpY1LpFrxcS0zoiEsduWCyg5EQTh2UoD_qDaXN98-D9nhZwVRWk6ZkiLhV3u1mhUjODMfw327sXTWCQCQEbjtlTU5gOQiqKguCb3gBqeUW-BuNytND2cWH8ba6i/s320/DSC_0079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634240569509151042" border="0" /></a> My brother Patrick ordered up a Steam-Punk (you look it up) type of bracelet and here's what Emily has come up with. All I'm saying is, if this was an alternate Victorian past, this thing would<span style="font-weight: bold;"> blow my mind!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YlNGeiqGjb16FsodFKVX5o2Gbpojd-TUIkjbcBo9CXoPWX9cWsqkTGKSC8dzCH7fVTg2FAPNTJdUesLkisfwmYu-xy74xjt3Uxu-RGLpcNzABzZd8awqVj56cXK7zyH28METRACXFh41/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YlNGeiqGjb16FsodFKVX5o2Gbpojd-TUIkjbcBo9CXoPWX9cWsqkTGKSC8dzCH7fVTg2FAPNTJdUesLkisfwmYu-xy74xjt3Uxu-RGLpcNzABzZd8awqVj56cXK7zyH28METRACXFh41/s320/DSC_0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634240566503943474" border="0" /></a> This is my impression of Clark Griswold after jumping his station wagon <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfmKwgrQzdE">Fifty Yards</a> into the desert.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBzT2qoNQxk_tyjLYfPNj_VBFmCbVcOHHTvb4Hm12ekAmHolo8O-r4AC5nAXrjKOszgve79jNgpZDqGJOH_ZEV65se_zlmb4gxe6WWhqLD1jQeOPPg1BzFBTob8TBidZdigPROPazr8IT/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBzT2qoNQxk_tyjLYfPNj_VBFmCbVcOHHTvb4Hm12ekAmHolo8O-r4AC5nAXrjKOszgve79jNgpZDqGJOH_ZEV65se_zlmb4gxe6WWhqLD1jQeOPPg1BzFBTob8TBidZdigPROPazr8IT/s320/DSC_0042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634240582001757010" border="0" /></a> Don't ask...lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-1374672665944340932011-06-26T14:25:00.000-07:002011-06-27T11:55:20.558-07:00You know...more of the same, and then some<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQt_m5YDkBzRCNlw7zT3Zz8PolLYYOQTCY1Jo1WGCiFs3jc1dUw6btgnFDGDyAmpdw7YI5l5EjAos8VBw2hnhLGsQWlWM40ngaXNdtqcX-Ryqtt-FTGqM0YAbvwX16KZHH4sDvrhluPz-B/s1600/DSC_0055.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQt_m5YDkBzRCNlw7zT3Zz8PolLYYOQTCY1Jo1WGCiFs3jc1dUw6btgnFDGDyAmpdw7YI5l5EjAos8VBw2hnhLGsQWlWM40ngaXNdtqcX-Ryqtt-FTGqM0YAbvwX16KZHH4sDvrhluPz-B/s320/DSC_0055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622643761958133506" border="0" /></a>Not much new happening in Lelkoland. I guess my bench-making venture is kinda taking off (people buy as many as I make and even order things I've yet to make), so that's something.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWKliXaF4XrSWWiie3a4KIgkyQe8arc8wv_GKhmH3zb7V2d4KnP0lvz483jX_R-Omt8aVOzjI6x7pv9f5SAKjuxl16za9hHc-v5DnQCxJWSTIHf46FFx79IqV9YReaycjOviwdU31n9ai/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWKliXaF4XrSWWiie3a4KIgkyQe8arc8wv_GKhmH3zb7V2d4KnP0lvz483jX_R-Omt8aVOzjI6x7pv9f5SAKjuxl16za9hHc-v5DnQCxJWSTIHf46FFx79IqV9YReaycjOviwdU31n9ai/s320/DSC_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622644845908294658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFhhTrIXRDwoVemqOxdqFVHIkYqqzoHr9dCxfqfQEYCs9A9QUe80kWrXG5XRgqSxHNpkXJgFVU6RHUQNdhfM5ZCZ8MPn8UD6Y8mm4yMfMNlyw9E5izIxouSE3Tn-WBPR-OWbcs6Hf77YQ/s1600/DSC_0076.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFhhTrIXRDwoVemqOxdqFVHIkYqqzoHr9dCxfqfQEYCs9A9QUe80kWrXG5XRgqSxHNpkXJgFVU6RHUQNdhfM5ZCZ8MPn8UD6Y8mm4yMfMNlyw9E5izIxouSE3Tn-WBPR-OWbcs6Hf77YQ/s320/DSC_0076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622644849677267538" border="0" /></a>Emily has her stuff at our friend Peter's store and Etsy and they also appear to have some fans. Basically all is well and our garden is feeding us. Well, not litterally feeding us. We still have to go pick the veggies from the earth. You know what I mean.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZiS0CBWbDtfAG4tZMldzAe4YDjNk8BTaDaLfPwr5pnElx8nEtqOeyzE93Sck6cGbeG12QYf2srrr4lDb4HPU1ZhnRRiKqAVuzycq2p-sPVjT_i4u58SynLaN5MlqSyprsn1DZLUN0W_v/s1600/DSC_0070.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZiS0CBWbDtfAG4tZMldzAe4YDjNk8BTaDaLfPwr5pnElx8nEtqOeyzE93Sck6cGbeG12QYf2srrr4lDb4HPU1ZhnRRiKqAVuzycq2p-sPVjT_i4u58SynLaN5MlqSyprsn1DZLUN0W_v/s320/DSC_0070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622643762173478114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrBJhQRpqJKUuVQnp3e229JdLVGkYP_03jJhfv_eu8qLblw0rR4v0pxo62DIfWl5_BV5J_3nAXnjqzOWl2Q4phib5fcS0bbx-ZF942ZzSysKJivAB7nJmGkDf7TUs93KPyf4-peZuHeLZ/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrBJhQRpqJKUuVQnp3e229JdLVGkYP_03jJhfv_eu8qLblw0rR4v0pxo62DIfWl5_BV5J_3nAXnjqzOWl2Q4phib5fcS0bbx-ZF942ZzSysKJivAB7nJmGkDf7TUs93KPyf4-peZuHeLZ/s320/DSC_0061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622643767291425570" border="0" /></a>Viola still hates everyone.<br /><br />Kenny is turning into a creepy old man, as seen in this photo of him on my chair.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47c2On2OCImsIIK2qC0nyZD55lxTzi3n69TVFgUECyduMfm6yocnZDHrEs0VA41cetJQFkgo0-ojlaQeyJ2VpLkI2WusQo9yeMZjlFzlI6Cfs-pyULZsKLeDP3Owe45a5m4uATYAScCTY/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47c2On2OCImsIIK2qC0nyZD55lxTzi3n69TVFgUECyduMfm6yocnZDHrEs0VA41cetJQFkgo0-ojlaQeyJ2VpLkI2WusQo9yeMZjlFzlI6Cfs-pyULZsKLeDP3Owe45a5m4uATYAScCTY/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622643777659409826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfci2SwSWsv3evw6bZKcluinEfoAg_NIAcgGzm3bj81srJNbY17Fkj5SdUrMUN559dbs9LhyphenhyphenGlqeYtLhrQbVYIvUUhgScOLQ_nafrobOtOrbHPgFIOHM416ePNK8rn_L-x-knTsWEdiAFl/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfci2SwSWsv3evw6bZKcluinEfoAg_NIAcgGzm3bj81srJNbY17Fkj5SdUrMUN559dbs9LhyphenhyphenGlqeYtLhrQbVYIvUUhgScOLQ_nafrobOtOrbHPgFIOHM416ePNK8rn_L-x-knTsWEdiAFl/s320/DSC_0038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622643770173868274" border="0" /></a>Later dudes.<br />lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-17599843244475564292011-05-30T23:37:00.000-07:002011-05-31T11:14:18.830-07:00Where i been...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnbitsVNX5_xgukzcpvtLt_ew7VGvEDJSxXYBZuKB0VnGzhbTqOJVb9XJQXnf4DbJRezvuyGrgoVnrEkjAWka00BR0FQOB7zAD6LP36m_O3kDUCaImANIFkYPCYqHp7fXSshuuac5Q2z5/s1600/2246photo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnbitsVNX5_xgukzcpvtLt_ew7VGvEDJSxXYBZuKB0VnGzhbTqOJVb9XJQXnf4DbJRezvuyGrgoVnrEkjAWka00BR0FQOB7zAD6LP36m_O3kDUCaImANIFkYPCYqHp7fXSshuuac5Q2z5/s320/2246photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612767677946998290" border="0" /></a> Thought I'd switch things up for a bit and give ya some sweet map action. I've moved a few times in my 37 years (mostly of my own volition) and I wanted to take you on a tour of my hometowns...from, like, a hundred years ago.<br />Naturally I'd like to start at the beginning (for me), and that happens to be Hokendauqua Pennsylvania, a name you may be familiar with here on this blog. Above is a map of it from the days when it was a company town for Thomas Iron Works. Though most of these buildings in the foreground are gone, a few skeletons and footprints remain. The pit at center-right is where the legion is today, and directly above that is house of Doc Newhart, or at least it was when I was a kid. The copse of trees above that is where my grandparents live (in a house, not a tree) and where i grew up.<br /><br />Next up is my least favorite city, though I lived there twice, and that's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yAQmmyIBbMZxRWZVknYFwHf23YDAJTaDg9B1JlESbrebove2Ap6TjKZWo9KACf9qOh11dg3WaFZjZkRpO_M1zRwJmn7BqkoxXbKkl8o9btjAZ-S2LDcdJ-LtmjuMiwV14-06eaP2aMQJ/s1600/chicago_birds_eye_02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yAQmmyIBbMZxRWZVknYFwHf23YDAJTaDg9B1JlESbrebove2Ap6TjKZWo9KACf9qOh11dg3WaFZjZkRpO_M1zRwJmn7BqkoxXbKkl8o9btjAZ-S2LDcdJ-LtmjuMiwV14-06eaP2aMQJ/s320/chicago_birds_eye_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612906559466193762" border="0" /></a> Chicago Illinois, home of angry, retarded people. I actually grew up in the burbs through High school and had a lot of fun, but there aren't any cool maps of the burbs, so Chicago it is. I remember going into the city on the weekends as a kid with my buddy John Leonard (also known as Schwantz) 'cos there were a pile of cool record stores to check out. So, not all bad, just not a place I want to go back to.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzBhW9cmDdCpzjp5P0PP-e2Br6-Wji-C8H3oFac4S35kna6pHFwEfyLsvhKfMkTga_m13zaYt4cifL5bk1TcOcTSi6S4U6L7flFHReVwO4HoHfMoSaplRCC6SC53VVJXYA2pBhA1wK0pz/s1600/FairhavenBirdseye1890-Biery.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzBhW9cmDdCpzjp5P0PP-e2Br6-Wji-C8H3oFac4S35kna6pHFwEfyLsvhKfMkTga_m13zaYt4cifL5bk1TcOcTSi6S4U6L7flFHReVwO4HoHfMoSaplRCC6SC53VVJXYA2pBhA1wK0pz/s320/FairhavenBirdseye1890-Biery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612767675477676594" border="0" /></a> During one summer of my discontent my evil arch-nemesis Chris Nichols got me to agree to move to Bellingham Washington with him while he went to school. What the hell, how bad could it be? Actually it was pretty cool once I got a job at a nursery. It was there I met my good friend Tom Farrell (not sure about those r's and l's) who introduced me to his roomate James Reisen who is a weird ex-nemesis-current-friend-genius guy who <a href="http://www.skagitriverjournal.com/">still lives up that way</a> (near Tommy) with his lovely wife Jess. My first place up there was in the part of town that used to be another town called <a href="http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/cpnws/centennial/towns/town_mapdex.html">Fairhaven</a>, and my apartment would be almost exactly in the middle of the above map.<br />Anyway, once school ended for Nichols i had to go back to Chicago<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EpldWL9ty782En25mpFuD-4qeoF5iXAJZFpOFOThKj9Pa7hHfZY2y29Cy3ssr-37aLVMU0uv6yiqhiY9B2O0vW2R5XQQc8qTtqkzkShHxUxlG49M7sxZzUMj1RCqrLhV0kDbyHpUdJ-a/s1600/Chicago-Worlds-Columbian-Exposition-1893-Birds-Eye-View-Map.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EpldWL9ty782En25mpFuD-4qeoF5iXAJZFpOFOThKj9Pa7hHfZY2y29Cy3ssr-37aLVMU0uv6yiqhiY9B2O0vW2R5XQQc8qTtqkzkShHxUxlG49M7sxZzUMj1RCqrLhV0kDbyHpUdJ-a/s320/Chicago-Worlds-Columbian-Exposition-1893-Birds-Eye-View-Map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612906557781718450" border="0" /></a> to get things together for a more permanent move west. That was a weird and confusing year in the windy city and I can barely remember how much insanity ensued. Still, by the following August we were back in my old car (named car-car) driving across the continent headed back towards the only town I knew out west, Bellingham!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5AHCMBZ3TIKiSvVsMTKns1L1-3o-jSQrsStsQ-P3YivvYHpT3XombccFzSpEDd11l_nz7ogJw2bZWU8bkZZwdM34bqBMpqxt5SN86MHgznXT4eJHauD_gahiXTwsinSegNblMQPvCi4w/s1600/PRJ---1322.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5AHCMBZ3TIKiSvVsMTKns1L1-3o-jSQrsStsQ-P3YivvYHpT3XombccFzSpEDd11l_nz7ogJw2bZWU8bkZZwdM34bqBMpqxt5SN86MHgznXT4eJHauD_gahiXTwsinSegNblMQPvCi4w/s320/PRJ---1322.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612772110419043954" border="0" /></a> I had a bunch more crazy times before realizing B'ham was a bit too small for my big city tastes. What to do...<br />Portland Oregon called my name,and I in turn answered the call. In september of 2001 I drove down I-5 with a u-haul to a town I barely knew with no job but one crucial ingredient...Eric Virshbo, my oldest friend (he's 164 years old, i think) who I grew up with (in many strange ways) in Chicago but who now lived in the rose city.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsJ1lYyRh9c1ZCLVLG3cFq1FX3WGuU-BpHOv8B49sskJdR78PQx_4_ZFeVmS7glmvWINkHJnWr4UlT1okCZwFyEqUAwVv9Z2ynlmPZhKZ9ZnfPllIORW1FjJh_zKZSyeIsUEZfV27dASA/s1600/portland-birds-eye-view-map-1890.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsJ1lYyRh9c1ZCLVLG3cFq1FX3WGuU-BpHOv8B49sskJdR78PQx_4_ZFeVmS7glmvWINkHJnWr4UlT1okCZwFyEqUAwVv9Z2ynlmPZhKZ9ZnfPllIORW1FjJh_zKZSyeIsUEZfV27dASA/s320/portland-birds-eye-view-map-1890.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612909657857863666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It took a while before I found my place in Portland, but I did, and just when I was starting to settle down I made the crazy decision (with help from Honey Bunny) to move back to Pennsylvania to see what I could see. So you know that story. Check out Catty in this old map below!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gb4skR8oqNTmIGn18FRTMIuiFscRWyg3VS-C6_t5B01MoJ6cn24v1a7eKz5eXrw71gtRvV25vaMP-t2aW8Y7fWDUsdK10hdKnme8mjyIHVjtt7NoBRh1ICICUfLnCIsKuHEKWXvdtCzY/s1600/ExplorePAHistory-a0b9n5-a_349.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gb4skR8oqNTmIGn18FRTMIuiFscRWyg3VS-C6_t5B01MoJ6cn24v1a7eKz5eXrw71gtRvV25vaMP-t2aW8Y7fWDUsdK10hdKnme8mjyIHVjtt7NoBRh1ICICUfLnCIsKuHEKWXvdtCzY/s320/ExplorePAHistory-a0b9n5-a_349.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612767661595789410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs57nkEwq9fpOfP3qH8FD_HOSiPMSYDK50NfmgaGlauU9VZ2yjf-iKwu-vntmqPaxA9NIOEa9OimHRob7FwixC3XW7tOjiIkSIK_BYfmzWKBZs-u6buQjPDaROkhxCuMC_kB8aDGnJL-mu/s1600/portland_hi_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs57nkEwq9fpOfP3qH8FD_HOSiPMSYDK50NfmgaGlauU9VZ2yjf-iKwu-vntmqPaxA9NIOEa9OimHRob7FwixC3XW7tOjiIkSIK_BYfmzWKBZs-u6buQjPDaROkhxCuMC_kB8aDGnJL-mu/s320/portland_hi_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612767665923002226" border="0" /></a> Back here in Portland I'm still making benches (more on that next time) and, if you look at the above map real closely you can see me riding my bike to work.<br />Lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-69051485714380321022011-05-16T23:18:00.001-07:002011-05-17T00:15:11.047-07:00The Adventure Continues......!!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvab7fwqZ4Lwtti5q1T-EDYnvKMTT_BqZbNlNvWSdhFqU-Pn8IZiCtrdfhw6yvMpZV30SUAsgcm2DIsPToqgWOR-WJgrmOsn-viBGzHqs7HUe5EDCCq_xT1Uk4fTaDueUBQ2snwxY9p0k/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvab7fwqZ4Lwtti5q1T-EDYnvKMTT_BqZbNlNvWSdhFqU-Pn8IZiCtrdfhw6yvMpZV30SUAsgcm2DIsPToqgWOR-WJgrmOsn-viBGzHqs7HUe5EDCCq_xT1Uk4fTaDueUBQ2snwxY9p0k/s320/DSC_0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607570561456375698" border="0" /></a> I was as surprised as you are to see this weird looking bird through our kitchen window a couple weeks ago. Click on the photo for a bigger version and you can really see how cool looking he is. Not very rare around these parts according to the interwebs, though I can't remember ever seeing one before. What is it, you ask. Well, like I said, I looked it up and...now I can't remember what it is or where and how I figured it out, so if you care enough I'm sure you know what to do. Moving along...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LJ57bNPO3iukz9jJU7MKgR9V4O6UWYAGZ55T74zXrBQ1vRc09in-LCchbsq1SvoOXylBEP23lxhc-vnKC4_L6BTMQg3abc_BmDN_zLVaTUPfcr4kIQCHXHJkRF0kgjTJhN0pnX5UbQFl/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LJ57bNPO3iukz9jJU7MKgR9V4O6UWYAGZ55T74zXrBQ1vRc09in-LCchbsq1SvoOXylBEP23lxhc-vnKC4_L6BTMQg3abc_BmDN_zLVaTUPfcr4kIQCHXHJkRF0kgjTJhN0pnX5UbQFl/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607570558250982386" border="0" /></a> I keep building stuff (like this here record holder/side table thing) for no real reason other than it interests me. In fact it interests me enough that I tore out the guts of my garage and re-built a better build-stuff-on-it table and a rack for my wood (heh heh) and slowly I'm learning stuff that makes making thing easier. Go figure.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUChK-R3CX3n5TlmFgcjS7MHhuFN0XGHu3_FU6KsdQ6ePxXE-6jsFsGxmNmBSV8LhQeL31RTuytZimaKGW38hpbF_8Ws8Qhkvwe9SOgcUdKmL2Y03R2b7-HVL6gWpQThG8uvIeienhl_t/s1600/DSC_0017.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUChK-R3CX3n5TlmFgcjS7MHhuFN0XGHu3_FU6KsdQ6ePxXE-6jsFsGxmNmBSV8LhQeL31RTuytZimaKGW38hpbF_8Ws8Qhkvwe9SOgcUdKmL2Y03R2b7-HVL6gWpQThG8uvIeienhl_t/s320/DSC_0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607570555633208466" border="0" /></a> Ah yes, spring. It's here and it's springing. It is now at least occasionally warmish (between rain jags) and stuff that grows is growing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEM7s2UpazYCMGG7uLqHYpUP_4dOoeircq-w5x-ZoLUDbRmJlLeBQSoAwU8T_YVHo3f9owpklGahlXvBsVXHvYlqcwxFhtlhQjzkkoc5Qb7LL43CtQ20y5M8QNCpxVcXTufQYDFtSkd7M/s1600/DSC_0049.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEM7s2UpazYCMGG7uLqHYpUP_4dOoeircq-w5x-ZoLUDbRmJlLeBQSoAwU8T_YVHo3f9owpklGahlXvBsVXHvYlqcwxFhtlhQjzkkoc5Qb7LL43CtQ20y5M8QNCpxVcXTufQYDFtSkd7M/s320/DSC_0049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607570546799683874" border="0" /></a> The beautiful Honey Bunny is still cranking out awesome summertime-beachy inspired jewelry <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhT2xgGIRztMRo5vXmpbdeqgmoBzOAdruvknGM-M956Ac4a6al-HizWpH9zhgGCN1yo1b6Uq00oHo9qdrKDKdQkiIO_u0MVvfYIS0Lfdz6IWDdOEtURfJJLQ0wH6tW5ouZOcI2f-QuYtk/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhT2xgGIRztMRo5vXmpbdeqgmoBzOAdruvknGM-M956Ac4a6al-HizWpH9zhgGCN1yo1b6Uq00oHo9qdrKDKdQkiIO_u0MVvfYIS0Lfdz6IWDdOEtURfJJLQ0wH6tW5ouZOcI2f-QuYtk/s320/DSC_0048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607570548037917890" border="0" /></a>and, for anyone who enjoys that sort of thing ('m lookin' at you out there), she is more than happy to create something just for you (as long as you're more than happy to send some cashola her way), so keep that in mind for any and all gift-giving moments in your life.<br />Because I like making stuff and love her, I made Emily this weird shaker-inspired tote tray <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoSIbz04dVhtsDcqBTheqJTV07Pv7GfUHd3ReX3pcg_6wWdg4NtQEO1hAmk3kPTquQowsryMH04l-vQ-BvsaChZeYJ9r_bCYNC1HKPeaaNN8J_-JxocEwzseeGOq7y0x-R-e6cwDuIIrE/s1600/DSC_0057.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoSIbz04dVhtsDcqBTheqJTV07Pv7GfUHd3ReX3pcg_6wWdg4NtQEO1hAmk3kPTquQowsryMH04l-vQ-BvsaChZeYJ9r_bCYNC1HKPeaaNN8J_-JxocEwzseeGOq7y0x-R-e6cwDuIIrE/s320/DSC_0057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607569540443231362" border="0" /></a>(now painted white) with the heart handle.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXYOBU-Kljqiw-DTAzFNBe2sexdorMQJZX_Yb3K0PLNfqV7LinpWQEJSEHM9ULzqool4AFMqa0qXS_Ltr_3suF-hgQeUYgej3kvpdjijM-nUT1RC2rCv7qrCqeOy3V8os2Ypb3aSapRwD/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXYOBU-Kljqiw-DTAzFNBe2sexdorMQJZX_Yb3K0PLNfqV7LinpWQEJSEHM9ULzqool4AFMqa0qXS_Ltr_3suF-hgQeUYgej3kvpdjijM-nUT1RC2rCv7qrCqeOy3V8os2Ypb3aSapRwD/s320/DSC_0059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607569535878768290" border="0" /></a><br />Cats + Sidewalk + Sun = <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_TSbkzyhzfjosc_i8WtCet7KWhLQzk3pEBTCOw4CCe60lqUk36YgfkJqQt_Pdda8CoNfxs_dDK63erw4BTYE3ga1Uf7gIvXi7O4PBe7GKjjR0Msyfo88UhObD0sSZb-e1f2Z35n1mRBi/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_TSbkzyhzfjosc_i8WtCet7KWhLQzk3pEBTCOw4CCe60lqUk36YgfkJqQt_Pdda8CoNfxs_dDK63erw4BTYE3ga1Uf7gIvXi7O4PBe7GKjjR0Msyfo88UhObD0sSZb-e1f2Z35n1mRBi/s320/DSC_0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607569531703633346" border="0" /></a> = weird antics.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWfsA4tJPc1rezLsnqX4s5UybUr19CSaLRFAQxWOcoX5IR0YYmRwUoXlphEH3EP1_1PUYQafB-QjFKf0p7H-oiPESwnBhiwFUpYlUo9rEGE_npsU9Ksck1V4dghDUY5qSFqwE3sBJt7UP/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWfsA4tJPc1rezLsnqX4s5UybUr19CSaLRFAQxWOcoX5IR0YYmRwUoXlphEH3EP1_1PUYQafB-QjFKf0p7H-oiPESwnBhiwFUpYlUo9rEGE_npsU9Ksck1V4dghDUY5qSFqwE3sBJt7UP/s320/DSC_0025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607569526770287090" border="0" /></a> Oh man, I am seriously gonna eat all of this stuff!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WQ4xGQqjGDWrn48ZD71hgbVvOc-ZN3UzDW0oCVwQfVJqAyJGzZvhyphenhyphenbHSXoxu39F-UencXLaJp546goAvbeviybZwXSD6aLH-xZ-2jLBJqBlVaO1f8Wtl__1Bh-Kz7pGXaP7dDqTVzDng/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs106TDMSU08qxfgJ_hN-60eM9pyz_DjjUdRvPtUKjTIcAy6WOIWUWUamF-x_eigPYK1PR3qbjgdp7U_8RjZEMCcSBJER_WOt2dVPla9g8O2RPkqpN_4kMlYtmNIENJvG9RRc1NI85kNB6/s320/DSC_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607568568016404034" border="0" /></a> More of Honey Bunny's excellent landscaping in our formerly neglected yard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiUD7WX3PHYGWm3zDrCkmqE9DIporViCGsZq9SlRf-hAyCqYMNffY7xYoDUBhT37i3nbR-wwzqqO90N4qii28zWVRT9pEoDkfy7NaZJ_CQmBCUmNL7ETZUjGCRqToVeqmQzp0KBnUyyuw/s1600/DSC_0023.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiUD7WX3PHYGWm3zDrCkmqE9DIporViCGsZq9SlRf-hAyCqYMNffY7xYoDUBhT37i3nbR-wwzqqO90N4qii28zWVRT9pEoDkfy7NaZJ_CQmBCUmNL7ETZUjGCRqToVeqmQzp0KBnUyyuw/s320/DSC_0023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607568567651331730" border="0" /></a> My first dove-tail (interesting to only one of my readers but it made me happy so lay off!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTaN6INfajpi72EkME94DO5XE77SakZdNf0KNUJLFr1JncGnucIMUTYWdB8Vy2NVdC2cNAEzw6UJCgKwKqTSTE9vPGri-uOkU9_zfhUlsDCT0easoEW4AUjNGu7XUAiYr30Yh_93dOOYI0/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTaN6INfajpi72EkME94DO5XE77SakZdNf0KNUJLFr1JncGnucIMUTYWdB8Vy2NVdC2cNAEzw6UJCgKwKqTSTE9vPGri-uOkU9_zfhUlsDCT0easoEW4AUjNGu7XUAiYr30Yh_93dOOYI0/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607568562755574402" border="0" /></a> Lacking the proper tools...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd21MVPKAWhsbCPQxqmvzmQaNlFstG-Dkln6CuT2Bs6B9dK2VMYYUCiwfZCNrUu9qwVynNOBlrn11WMptdnwddfQmG4HwmfdqQdE5DDmPrZiWrmWe3NJsjRHvfim8oFOtWzs2t6FPIKeGy/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd21MVPKAWhsbCPQxqmvzmQaNlFstG-Dkln6CuT2Bs6B9dK2VMYYUCiwfZCNrUu9qwVynNOBlrn11WMptdnwddfQmG4HwmfdqQdE5DDmPrZiWrmWe3NJsjRHvfim8oFOtWzs2t6FPIKeGy/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607568556565161842" border="0" /></a>...in order to make this weird joint...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIy5hVR3otHZL76MTgruHova8nLaz8nkZ_NVZaTpYR0mhtYvv7KHSBe6SflvX8_Foi4pQu5L27u-Pmf8Ez8n55VE83Jc0T-tM3XMvBiChwWe25yBn_EnKAq_55gDRJPvGq9nVmcxUscQUl/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIy5hVR3otHZL76MTgruHova8nLaz8nkZ_NVZaTpYR0mhtYvv7KHSBe6SflvX8_Foi4pQu5L27u-Pmf8Ez8n55VE83Jc0T-tM3XMvBiChwWe25yBn_EnKAq_55gDRJPvGq9nVmcxUscQUl/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607567991477405090" border="0" /></a>...I just winged it...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCr2TrFHBO3ZrIg5SJ2XmmstthSozDoksSmichEcTK42syoe54BMJ_jpYx50qanKgcZRKbZNwLy_sikPfBbiV0vIsRrcd0WdtcJ3h3ADHTb4T8ZR-LK3lWqy9OpGppW22L-5tngQ8vxcc/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCr2TrFHBO3ZrIg5SJ2XmmstthSozDoksSmichEcTK42syoe54BMJ_jpYx50qanKgcZRKbZNwLy_sikPfBbiV0vIsRrcd0WdtcJ3h3ADHTb4T8ZR-LK3lWqy9OpGppW22L-5tngQ8vxcc/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607567984987750562" border="0" /></a> and built this cool little foot (or butt) stool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpSV9MuY1tlw18vp7VA7Gz1IlkSglS_2ljB5mT5f74TyA-VrCtIlQrVYd6rF-jbQ7xsr0Qx02NBRnThr1Kh9NPA6Dst8P-DtnYMlgQ-QKKwU8urqEHrQD7RbCoUCUOlJizfOkJOX71UZz/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpSV9MuY1tlw18vp7VA7Gz1IlkSglS_2ljB5mT5f74TyA-VrCtIlQrVYd6rF-jbQ7xsr0Qx02NBRnThr1Kh9NPA6Dst8P-DtnYMlgQ-QKKwU8urqEHrQD7RbCoUCUOlJizfOkJOX71UZz/s320/DSC_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607567982217126754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS3uRt2QkmKdPGga3PrZ4LWn75GcXi601aptHNsVEu6POkRYMW9Co_YYaRmm1r0fFvn0eCmE6YJgWOwQy9s4-mZ0Fz78r5bDyJVW8sOpjk6BVxhsvARmyZ8p8wazvC7ekEtSdLjqtPw96/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS3uRt2QkmKdPGga3PrZ4LWn75GcXi601aptHNsVEu6POkRYMW9Co_YYaRmm1r0fFvn0eCmE6YJgWOwQy9s4-mZ0Fz78r5bDyJVW8sOpjk6BVxhsvARmyZ8p8wazvC7ekEtSdLjqtPw96/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607567977950892962" border="0" /></a> A few photos around the house including the rec(ord) room<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldEikUw1gIjI3j37s2sOhxcjbmmA7qmzdlXC5_cbYLeRBk0V_KMFd02EgGn4Ktl6FLlXrrQSQKlQgqusOUf4BgvqDnX4ytN571EvdmILGScV4ZRg7-yisK0lW2xhYmQordud6VruY3Qyf/s1600/DSC_0024.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldEikUw1gIjI3j37s2sOhxcjbmmA7qmzdlXC5_cbYLeRBk0V_KMFd02EgGn4Ktl6FLlXrrQSQKlQgqusOUf4BgvqDnX4ytN571EvdmILGScV4ZRg7-yisK0lW2xhYmQordud6VruY3Qyf/s320/DSC_0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607567971764488434" border="0" /></a><br />and a through shot from the living room. Hope you enjoyed this fantastic update. More soon!!!<br />LELKOlelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-36570867023501090512011-04-21T20:15:00.000-07:002011-04-21T20:30:12.306-07:00I made a Stool!!!!!A step-stool that is. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvouSiuiCtWSczMEW-4XPI_KwvTGorQ1dNVY50oi3bO5YxFgjCyfGdNxtiZPaRO8go2-MJPaLTQd6ClTlKKmGYzURzSK8HNvqR9Wo-AnZDRiwJ1s7I9F-okJasqD6LlaxX0kgQXbfIwaw/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvouSiuiCtWSczMEW-4XPI_KwvTGorQ1dNVY50oi3bO5YxFgjCyfGdNxtiZPaRO8go2-MJPaLTQd6ClTlKKmGYzURzSK8HNvqR9Wo-AnZDRiwJ1s7I9F-okJasqD6LlaxX0kgQXbfIwaw/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598242281230270674" border="0" /></a>Well, really more of a stool-in-law! Get it!? Naw, really it's a stool that I made from scratch (and wood). Having never made anything out of wood before I just decided to give it a try (after cleaning out the one garage and making it a manly room of building and fixing stuff). So, not bad really, for a first timer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVNP3yOOhjW79qz44TbXv4aRUa5vQAzp8LxbHaxDVqU2W59IfL0vVhT1lhGV0INYMpEcFyRufpnodpCt1LwhgMeojXm5xKFRqQtTVeUa4VVJTJMDhbwOL1jSX2K2efkkySm_rfeQTHCLc/s1600/DSC_0028.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVNP3yOOhjW79qz44TbXv4aRUa5vQAzp8LxbHaxDVqU2W59IfL0vVhT1lhGV0INYMpEcFyRufpnodpCt1LwhgMeojXm5xKFRqQtTVeUa4VVJTJMDhbwOL1jSX2K2efkkySm_rfeQTHCLc/s320/DSC_0028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598242298457753762" border="0" /></a><br />We also planted some more flowers in an effort to jazz the place up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB79z4mn-DN2GLvnHac42yusyMRxjnzAOg4YR-vEtqvRZnN9QTrZ8bi-5ObLtwBhdYBoAW5aulndPq3-tLkoJ1lfGNkYF7PEuxGaTV3dn48Vt_aDXWY13seDJzAVuhu4U03MBh6uRcBtK/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB79z4mn-DN2GLvnHac42yusyMRxjnzAOg4YR-vEtqvRZnN9QTrZ8bi-5ObLtwBhdYBoAW5aulndPq3-tLkoJ1lfGNkYF7PEuxGaTV3dn48Vt_aDXWY13seDJzAVuhu4U03MBh6uRcBtK/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598242291295301314" border="0" /></a> And Emily has been busting her, uh, back I guess, weeding the whole damn place.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfULBSgQPBEVJQxAidJCWSGY-YpXmnkqFW73ZJQ-hIYzoUzW8q_em44qHTaQPlxSSTh_tHHg8j8LIDYTRJw_-rymym9GG0QV7888AWWmZqU1gYU2auXRSieeCEILmBJRddmvKAGPZX40IY/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfULBSgQPBEVJQxAidJCWSGY-YpXmnkqFW73ZJQ-hIYzoUzW8q_em44qHTaQPlxSSTh_tHHg8j8LIDYTRJw_-rymym9GG0QV7888AWWmZqU1gYU2auXRSieeCEILmBJRddmvKAGPZX40IY/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598242285886392610" border="0" /></a> It's actually been not raining for a few days so the cats have been enjoying some time in the sun with us. See that photo up there? That's Kenny looking at Viola from atop my new stool! Good view, huh?<br /> But wait, there's more! The very next day I decided to make a garden bench. Let me remind you that I have almost no tools other than a simple saw and a hammer and drill, so pretty it ain't, but it hasn't fallen apart yet and it weighs a good twenty pounds so it's not likely to go very far anytime soon. Check it and my mustache out!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4A_UTs46JKcHL48UpAi8i8Frx85l5o6ymXeHxNGcyrURVe40riaAwlYCOHCtW7h_k3ohdriJxOtD7LlDQT7Xkg4arsRz1RYbWcqp-QtKnpD1jdvZcVvujj1tf_ZlqDg0lo6qfxx6hyphenhyphenyz/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4A_UTs46JKcHL48UpAi8i8Frx85l5o6ymXeHxNGcyrURVe40riaAwlYCOHCtW7h_k3ohdriJxOtD7LlDQT7Xkg4arsRz1RYbWcqp-QtKnpD1jdvZcVvujj1tf_ZlqDg0lo6qfxx6hyphenhyphenyz/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598242308060591650" border="0" /></a><br />Later y'all.<br />LELKOlelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-16335303547594994742011-04-05T19:54:00.000-07:002011-04-05T20:18:02.916-07:00Plant them seeds in the ground!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3vSal0GZyAILVSjf-LtVpudTiWV7Cbll9HxrLiFyHf_-ci8z0Qh1ZZOoNSsvakn31uXqxWGbQcwQGqkGuSL-tnmzoymKMbZbkHiScqWAzvI82aIriP9YBjjPO8c_eiim_BD7J82UOf06/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3vSal0GZyAILVSjf-LtVpudTiWV7Cbll9HxrLiFyHf_-ci8z0Qh1ZZOoNSsvakn31uXqxWGbQcwQGqkGuSL-tnmzoymKMbZbkHiScqWAzvI82aIriP9YBjjPO8c_eiim_BD7J82UOf06/s320/DSC_0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592301041450876482" border="0" /></a> Yup folks, it's that time of year again...no not THAT time, the other time. Ya know, the one where it gets warmer and stuff grows outta the ground. Well, so far not so much on the warmer thing, but the growing part is starting to happen so we decided to make a new garden bed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF_nMJrBOZUP4LpZmrinC0TBVZ5xXnytCbp5K9DZ-ZHEEgt5p0-uymeebvGDaRXvuS8iPwOxRlHoLBaEhFAR90wqwgtvDDe4EldyO-2nYGJtgYQ9VsBYp6-8Mc76gmpM0KX9Oej9_k_X_/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF_nMJrBOZUP4LpZmrinC0TBVZ5xXnytCbp5K9DZ-ZHEEgt5p0-uymeebvGDaRXvuS8iPwOxRlHoLBaEhFAR90wqwgtvDDe4EldyO-2nYGJtgYQ9VsBYp6-8Mc76gmpM0KX9Oej9_k_X_/s320/DSC_0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592301037166185490" border="0" /></a> As you can see, yours truly designed and built this ten by four foot monster with the scrap wood laying around the yard (and some help from Honey Bunny). When I say designed I really mean just built, but whatever.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxEAT37PjAZfvsBIG2JQetAh4Nq3oYZqfa4Gkm2EkOwsdkV1RvXbC1KdVqfaDKTEJpwAQiVn7QMXcGqH83tR9sMyeoRnME1hPHY-0YGe910n8zMv5tU-swxY6txR16G3jsrd3uNAK1GtP/s1600/DSC_0039.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxEAT37PjAZfvsBIG2JQetAh4Nq3oYZqfa4Gkm2EkOwsdkV1RvXbC1KdVqfaDKTEJpwAQiVn7QMXcGqH83tR9sMyeoRnME1hPHY-0YGe910n8zMv5tU-swxY6txR16G3jsrd3uNAK1GtP/s320/DSC_0039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592301028644016210" border="0" /></a> After we finished that Emily built a little hot house for the seedlings we started in the basement.Now, if only the sun would show up for more than five minutes at a time we might be able to put it to use.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C9OIV_Jo6Ppife8oL51F1ivy7KeLZMwOGa6fviUxq-1Km7K2_TvBrByBP1BNTE9xzRLKbE8PvI6c-3eZ2ivBbg45AAbP-5GubQf49LDaUwFQzgdHDTL0JPa8GYu5DmKNsz-datXykHeO/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C9OIV_Jo6Ppife8oL51F1ivy7KeLZMwOGa6fviUxq-1Km7K2_TvBrByBP1BNTE9xzRLKbE8PvI6c-3eZ2ivBbg45AAbP-5GubQf49LDaUwFQzgdHDTL0JPa8GYu5DmKNsz-datXykHeO/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592301025254137570" border="0" /></a> One week later we filled old Clyde up with as much dirt as he could haul (the back bumper was about four inches off the ground on our trip back from the dirt place and the front end was nearly pointing straight up!) and loaded it into the new bed. Fancy!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQFjLu3qzdAYzGWY19OdaeQUANH5bNUVDuZ6vbMthsjOSj3Te2LRDDtqOIO8-rMoTTccg9-el2yazYhbvxfGOlfgkrpMmaP0B4nWwNQh_ret6tMAYa0D1SJ85MQ7XO4dMQoSph7fd7mu0/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQFjLu3qzdAYzGWY19OdaeQUANH5bNUVDuZ6vbMthsjOSj3Te2LRDDtqOIO8-rMoTTccg9-el2yazYhbvxfGOlfgkrpMmaP0B4nWwNQh_ret6tMAYa0D1SJ85MQ7XO4dMQoSph7fd7mu0/s320/DSC_0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592299569654538690" border="0" /></a> All the while Kenny and Viola watched bemusedly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACVzWNIBUGJ8aJ1_Idmr4wJve80Nn5lxbsdEuprcWEoC0fjLaGG8n1VBwYZ9nqHLJBjUtOvFY7U4k6txP5XJFyR9vUqU6_sjI1X7ywFICMO0NLhr5AgKUqgy6l-uZQczOzmEGry5S7Rec/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACVzWNIBUGJ8aJ1_Idmr4wJve80Nn5lxbsdEuprcWEoC0fjLaGG8n1VBwYZ9nqHLJBjUtOvFY7U4k6txP5XJFyR9vUqU6_sjI1X7ywFICMO0NLhr5AgKUqgy6l-uZQczOzmEGry5S7Rec/s320/DSC_0021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592299566199422050" border="0" /></a> In the meantime I've been brushing up on my acoustic fingerpicking technique since I broke my keyboard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizd0IA08uSLeNCJxLTL9ylUg5kDWqyWKahYQQcT6XdOBmayz-fX_ozFYRbLoF5HX-O6k8P-0IBsKtK1AE40ZzJDCtmYva7XZYVFER9E04wH2CZXoChmzpORUhk4MfE2zA5etDmYo3WKtJ/s1600/DSC_0030.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizd0IA08uSLeNCJxLTL9ylUg5kDWqyWKahYQQcT6XdOBmayz-fX_ozFYRbLoF5HX-O6k8P-0IBsKtK1AE40ZzJDCtmYva7XZYVFER9E04wH2CZXoChmzpORUhk4MfE2zA5etDmYo3WKtJ/s320/DSC_0030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592299558353125282" border="0" /></a> And Honey Bunny has been making jewelry for the bohemian crowd.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5yeI6IUxq39t_U3CNTciUFCmGGQX0Lr8f4NDgkThh_fnxdxpbNbmrREoBq3xN9E1aABWuEEyEKQ_wpksm7S6urHl-QWgKG9b_tewSs8CfDqwOJfM3YtQdi8SaQP88rM-ELV_4Xn4BXs-/s1600/DSC_0024.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5yeI6IUxq39t_U3CNTciUFCmGGQX0Lr8f4NDgkThh_fnxdxpbNbmrREoBq3xN9E1aABWuEEyEKQ_wpksm7S6urHl-QWgKG9b_tewSs8CfDqwOJfM3YtQdi8SaQP88rM-ELV_4Xn4BXs-/s320/DSC_0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592299548007209746" border="0" /></a> Look how cute she is weeding the front yard (which is still a bit ghetto, but getting nicer everyday (unlike the weather).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLjvrhyphenhyphen3Dw3_FT7E0Pabc8yDHhfmLCPWHcpWNQo411VKoeopCk7yFN5FWFYX9fIPzem83OUfrbejtmp53673VoiDuu0GkjQl1-vkVtmYv9bu3dyuPR1mXSTa7ng-6DzKO7480mlQAPX6h/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLjvrhyphenhyphen3Dw3_FT7E0Pabc8yDHhfmLCPWHcpWNQo411VKoeopCk7yFN5FWFYX9fIPzem83OUfrbejtmp53673VoiDuu0GkjQl1-vkVtmYv9bu3dyuPR1mXSTa7ng-6DzKO7480mlQAPX6h/s320/DSC_0042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592299536977724402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80sELCKCA5SAJT8GfE-CG9Z4XxAiYSXEFWBZOCEEeHbXQrJMvAJq0OmBnJoQ2-cTM8zXo97do5cQddNCNaYi29HUBDeajUkJomiy14j-qynex_mJvU0Rz5b3C8y2trV0xoCw88Yx8unke/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80sELCKCA5SAJT8GfE-CG9Z4XxAiYSXEFWBZOCEEeHbXQrJMvAJq0OmBnJoQ2-cTM8zXo97do5cQddNCNaYi29HUBDeajUkJomiy14j-qynex_mJvU0Rz5b3C8y2trV0xoCw88Yx8unke/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592301041852960098" border="0" /></a><br />And then I got a mustache.<br />That's pretty much all you need to know.<br />Lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-53002006519517231662011-02-28T11:55:00.000-08:002011-02-28T12:06:17.621-08:00Happy Birthday to Me!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX3Y4CEOaCLCfisbZmzgw1JPrTOB1mri5GL6OPBqtyv_7qR-DMg1a6Dmnp2DzSgZWStQN2k_IJIFJRuW7AGlGkRNbTNwAjQwQhSMraN-Cw1ZBO9zaP4KfQ4zGgjX7FI7xg0L7yyDiy3VJ/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX3Y4CEOaCLCfisbZmzgw1JPrTOB1mri5GL6OPBqtyv_7qR-DMg1a6Dmnp2DzSgZWStQN2k_IJIFJRuW7AGlGkRNbTNwAjQwQhSMraN-Cw1ZBO9zaP4KfQ4zGgjX7FI7xg0L7yyDiy3VJ/s320/DSC_0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578832085530644578" border="0" /></a> Even though I paid these people to come to my house and pretend to like me, it was still an enjoyable party. We ate food and some people drank hooch and then we played a game called...can't remember actually. Pictionary maybe, but there weren't any pictures, so maybe it was something else. Ahh, who cares, right? We had fun and stuff.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua4PFaEOv6bU_tNXPJiz3alV1kpKPFRcweksKuR-e7_ilz09JabewcTn32qJSzpniK8ncvN4wEpOqcdmGBuPHq6txQ9k9MWTCIk7msRNJJOKZWle9iNdHZENyUW6qYNB5vXQCZOAqikhQ/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua4PFaEOv6bU_tNXPJiz3alV1kpKPFRcweksKuR-e7_ilz09JabewcTn32qJSzpniK8ncvN4wEpOqcdmGBuPHq6txQ9k9MWTCIk7msRNJJOKZWle9iNdHZENyUW6qYNB5vXQCZOAqikhQ/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578832080488820818" border="0" /></a> In other news...we got a glabilionth of an inch of snow the other day and the entire town went insane. Not like eating other people insane. But school was canceled for the kiddies and tons of people took the day off. I road my bike to work (5.5 miles one way!!) early so I could shovel the snow that ended up not existing in the parking lot. Total hype. Anyway, enjoy the photos and see ya later<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6ShF5R3JVWDqv8Bjih24arj-2yM25mXLBETXL4FyIrRwm7AOxkV62zFEf471nOu11TU_2-Wt44IV7RMJmC_kar3CHdsx1vVV5z0mAZez1cLK0guPhI0G-2GsDzkjDZ4kTJsNoFtO-VK-/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6ShF5R3JVWDqv8Bjih24arj-2yM25mXLBETXL4FyIrRwm7AOxkV62zFEf471nOu11TU_2-Wt44IV7RMJmC_kar3CHdsx1vVV5z0mAZez1cLK0guPhI0G-2GsDzkjDZ4kTJsNoFtO-VK-/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578832072604455074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bimrLmYxLHuwl3JLC2ggo-4xo7rxeqhsYA7tw8bHM1egDNyvhB_ji1w2AY6aG5IMOrTXiE-0AkeA5ywzNZ8QmCfpNd745vi3L2MJAz8KF9TepShY4ioqVbVv8KcGfQTHr6zGZ27oV3kS/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bimrLmYxLHuwl3JLC2ggo-4xo7rxeqhsYA7tw8bHM1egDNyvhB_ji1w2AY6aG5IMOrTXiE-0AkeA5ywzNZ8QmCfpNd745vi3L2MJAz8KF9TepShY4ioqVbVv8KcGfQTHr6zGZ27oV3kS/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578832065924668530" border="0" /> </a><br />LELKOlelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-23856649962769476602011-02-14T21:45:00.000-08:002011-02-14T22:19:32.313-08:00Hey, we live here now, again. (here being Portland)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2Ot4P5N_0GmwiG1TuUlNRtb8eh0rRmd6tGsfAdyTPvicnmxykM8trFFgEvWv4QUbnoHDDgja_UubBnktIozG2xlr1CIABgIytEDIOAFjKgCuhdihVwSrsvZwsunOEGsv62YRBL51C_Tq/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2Ot4P5N_0GmwiG1TuUlNRtb8eh0rRmd6tGsfAdyTPvicnmxykM8trFFgEvWv4QUbnoHDDgja_UubBnktIozG2xlr1CIABgIytEDIOAFjKgCuhdihVwSrsvZwsunOEGsv62YRBL51C_Tq/s320/DSC_0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573791102241332642" border="0" /></a> I know what you're thinking; "whatever happened to those crazy kids who drove across the country the day after Christmas?" Right? I mean, that <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> what you're thinking, is it not? No? Huh. Really? Damn.<br />Well either way, we (Honey Bunny, me, Clyde the truck and Viola and Kenny the cats) now reside in our favorite stomping grounds, Portland Oregon, aka Stumptown, the Rose City. We live in a great little house with a swell backyard that we get to garden in (so far I built the compost bin and Emily has gathered most of the wood for the beds) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPr6-h_beJnXPOkUgCuY0AoOV2EtcMkcP2nGwnLzwm9d-C79dwWPHpFH_wEgDRblIDtcKGEkFKTECxCzCexpwQNkLvDBi7lkEerfSf2OKeNX99MtBMcH5V0tnce8MxK3T_Dz5I7Fh2a_Xe/s1600/DSC_0027.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPr6-h_beJnXPOkUgCuY0AoOV2EtcMkcP2nGwnLzwm9d-C79dwWPHpFH_wEgDRblIDtcKGEkFKTECxCzCexpwQNkLvDBi7lkEerfSf2OKeNX99MtBMcH5V0tnce8MxK3T_Dz5I7Fh2a_Xe/s320/DSC_0027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573795366824637218" border="0" /></a>and we had a roommate briefly (less than a week and then she split with her cats, not sure why) and I've got a steady job and ride my bike to and from work and I get to play D&D every Sunday night.<br />Good stuff if ya ask me. And you did.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhxnY8rFM7lnmtostFxyIhhhw8qSw6tWDlySOQY1743p0vWvD2_xrAwp2po6GCZqF4W8EVzPtfHA-lGzYo6LMZqjv-vgKC3lojh81QHe_L9oVHgtRFOqn1Lah64TFEpDcItNh3zzXyhL2/s1600/DSC_0017.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhxnY8rFM7lnmtostFxyIhhhw8qSw6tWDlySOQY1743p0vWvD2_xrAwp2po6GCZqF4W8EVzPtfHA-lGzYo6LMZqjv-vgKC3lojh81QHe_L9oVHgtRFOqn1Lah64TFEpDcItNh3zzXyhL2/s320/DSC_0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573795371651226386" border="0" /></a> Above you see the extra cats in this catpile.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeNZ23P750mTEhyifroBTRldE5_5uhYbMjHv3UW8xuC8BQXlOUG4jziVjtvV9kMppkiPWZWtGLytrPG8VzYfLg6m2-7xgirei2Nw_d09q4gfnwMQbCQMQFicp_hbJujOLsAHiuGjXWBLF/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeNZ23P750mTEhyifroBTRldE5_5uhYbMjHv3UW8xuC8BQXlOUG4jziVjtvV9kMppkiPWZWtGLytrPG8VzYfLg6m2-7xgirei2Nw_d09q4gfnwMQbCQMQFicp_hbJujOLsAHiuGjXWBLF/s320/DSC_0025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573791093887099810" border="0" /></a> This is our house as viewed from the rear. I aspire to paint some of the trim 'cos right now it's a bit plain for my taste. Not complainin', just sayin'.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwH4bcts8H4MVKCJ0Mrifa-WNPFtonioxMzCx4y8QJT3h1eTgy6KclFRigAYEoqJN4cPxO2VokINeSPLGcfyzYZJXwrTVmnXIIl4y8ypDGSKSmju8YKgo3lgHoSAf0kefrYkiTTTm-BWhy/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwH4bcts8H4MVKCJ0Mrifa-WNPFtonioxMzCx4y8QJT3h1eTgy6KclFRigAYEoqJN4cPxO2VokINeSPLGcfyzYZJXwrTVmnXIIl4y8ypDGSKSmju8YKgo3lgHoSAf0kefrYkiTTTm-BWhy/s320/DSC_0089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573791085459301522" border="0" /></a> One of the advantages Portland has over most of the rest of the US is the winters are fairly mild, so flowers and cabbage and grass are all still hanging around and daffodils and other bulbs are startin' to jump out of the ground.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZrhu6WXIzfDe5JvXg1b_N__DrErUtbWHcPfX-_wNwfXiZTxUo2d0yROV2UzUl1hUQn_kijFi5TBco7ECAV-ODuxgA65wKvcfHl6Rlpc5Mn0Plpj2RdGb7qAhRiCU1UkJK3I8Zbs_W2US/s1600/DSC_0085.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZrhu6WXIzfDe5JvXg1b_N__DrErUtbWHcPfX-_wNwfXiZTxUo2d0yROV2UzUl1hUQn_kijFi5TBco7ECAV-ODuxgA65wKvcfHl6Rlpc5Mn0Plpj2RdGb7qAhRiCU1UkJK3I8Zbs_W2US/s320/DSC_0085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573795358574578786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhAcQWS5JzDpKZDQr9Iw_RHiTSxmMYnZV0v6j6wWp86QxfO8gybGV9Egf2Y9LHaeCedrOflpr2VlrxilHL0Y2B8bK8zuyut6_EJ3ZmPTNNj4_OSnQtKz8eWo9uF51jNLXCy1sQVRBMOUC/s1600/DSC_0108.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhAcQWS5JzDpKZDQr9Iw_RHiTSxmMYnZV0v6j6wWp86QxfO8gybGV9Egf2Y9LHaeCedrOflpr2VlrxilHL0Y2B8bK8zuyut6_EJ3ZmPTNNj4_OSnQtKz8eWo9uF51jNLXCy1sQVRBMOUC/s320/DSC_0108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573791077917513074" border="0" /></a>I took a whole series of weird photos of me around the house, supposedly to show the house, but they really just show how weird I am. For instance the above photo is the least creepy of the lot, and shows our big, but weirdly designed, kitchen in all of it's natural light beauty.<br />More later. Until then check out <a href="http://www.cafeunknown.com/">These</a> <a href="http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/">Two</a> blogs for more about Portland.<br />Word.<br />Lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-63855292182651333182011-01-10T15:36:00.000-08:002020-06-05T19:05:34.673-07:00Home and back to work<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPv2aydnYTdqkjbKOdLQ28j6aAdwMJaeqaak0ECsLoC_twRGzJmSMP3jJpCQyGHKJqNW2F2_9kKIMcYejuGwkX6yQbWvqgUE0-WK2Vg2AxAB3xcbNq9slbXhyOuFDMZBTw1a9OY9jGgPWU/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560707669781249330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPv2aydnYTdqkjbKOdLQ28j6aAdwMJaeqaak0ECsLoC_twRGzJmSMP3jJpCQyGHKJqNW2F2_9kKIMcYejuGwkX6yQbWvqgUE0-WK2Vg2AxAB3xcbNq9slbXhyOuFDMZBTw1a9OY9jGgPWU/s320/DSC_0061.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 212px; width: 320px;" /></a> On our last day of our Epic Cross-Country Drive we finally found some good weather, and it was (surprise...) along the coast of California! So North we headed on Surf Route 101, through the Redwoods and along the ocean. Not the fastest route, but the safest and by far the coolest.<br />
And yes, that is an elk in the above photo. One of three that were standing next to the road. But the crazy thing is, there were three or four cars stopped on the shoulder and half a dozen very stupid people standing not more than 15 feet from these elk! Now I'm pretty sure elk are quite peaceful creatures, but those stupid humans were really asking for it, and a small part of me (not saying which part) secretly wished they'd get their fat asses beat by the fella in the above photo.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJqeopU9L_5MmkBJlcvxbBFsf8xGUEirX8ZOYnVMbs7VGq_YUePaIZU1oGPi2DYHAJLbI_j8a3boiL63MKo2iRzyyi4BFhXij-Rs81tyEhsa45ovKWyrB8V892yDnXUcLOIF0qrDLylov/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560707657640956434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJqeopU9L_5MmkBJlcvxbBFsf8xGUEirX8ZOYnVMbs7VGq_YUePaIZU1oGPi2DYHAJLbI_j8a3boiL63MKo2iRzyyi4BFhXij-Rs81tyEhsa45ovKWyrB8V892yDnXUcLOIF0qrDLylov/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 212px; width: 320px;" /></a> This is me actually making that wish.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz492HKHo2cfj15TDjINfWdzylmSCvxrhK7X-lOTxLKjmAVaD-8V5_UDsY8tIQzbjDSdV0OPX2Qf7iOp1c62B6RtLYV_LQf00LjyIBN8tkO4Z9-yn3AvzqhCD5w1Fto984jfT_FbNCGSus/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560707647763750290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz492HKHo2cfj15TDjINfWdzylmSCvxrhK7X-lOTxLKjmAVaD-8V5_UDsY8tIQzbjDSdV0OPX2Qf7iOp1c62B6RtLYV_LQf00LjyIBN8tkO4Z9-yn3AvzqhCD5w1Fto984jfT_FbNCGSus/s320/DSC_0042.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 212px;" /></a> By the end of this week of driving this was about as clear as I could see anything. Not bad, really.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG86lEgZlswPTGCq2Qym56CsUB6I0w_aAr6SP62h2sJ8DM52mD-64ec7lW7y_6yy-gS0Osax6uEneGW4Q3Af7Q0rhMRwEhJyysMtLYS1obzDfyFqdAcSU_8YH5STdqS_HjclEBK4yJrcw/s1600/DSC_0020.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560706227892507586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG86lEgZlswPTGCq2Qym56CsUB6I0w_aAr6SP62h2sJ8DM52mD-64ec7lW7y_6yy-gS0Osax6uEneGW4Q3Af7Q0rhMRwEhJyysMtLYS1obzDfyFqdAcSU_8YH5STdqS_HjclEBK4yJrcw/s320/DSC_0020.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 212px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEius-_HDHVsKZQqFoW37eo-tlx7VT87ab5NSWqOPWT-42hCuMgUKHD7nZRsDKJ-JIk2Xwl6MeZSw6W5IpcSh3q5yYugQPUms7Q7LZRAdojs26qyPEqnzcqzwcJYoEXkz8tkgnodQLvTMaQx/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="265" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560706221508758642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEius-_HDHVsKZQqFoW37eo-tlx7VT87ab5NSWqOPWT-42hCuMgUKHD7nZRsDKJ-JIk2Xwl6MeZSw6W5IpcSh3q5yYugQPUms7Q7LZRAdojs26qyPEqnzcqzwcJYoEXkz8tkgnodQLvTMaQx/s400/DSC_0016.JPG" style="height: 212px; width: 320px;" width="400" /> So long Pennsylvania. See ya next time.</a><br />
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Lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-20619197544005008512010-12-25T06:37:00.001-08:002010-12-25T07:16:20.452-08:00Merry XXX-mas!One last round-up of photos from our eastbound adventure before we embark on our return journey. Unfortunately we'll be leaving a day late 'cos a storm will be blowing through on Sunday, but what the heck, one day ain't no big thang! Let's go on that stroll down memory lane....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048945945_3KFFj-M.jpg">the </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048945945_3KFFj-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048945945_3KFFj-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048945945_3KFFj-M.jpg">Kalamars, sans Gina</a><br /><br />Next up we got a few weird old motels along the old Lincoln Highway, not a one of which we stayed at, but don't they look cool?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048971494_mk5ng-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048971494_mk5ng-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0076/1048973006_LKHSy-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0076/1048973006_LKHSy-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The only thing I know about the Dairy Shack is it was closed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0033/1048983650_okdqt-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0033/1048983650_okdqt-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />If you'll remember, the summertime is the HOT time!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0049/1048970706_6qN4A-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0049/1048970706_6qN4A-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I don't think I mentioned this, but a few months ago a Masonic temple near our house was having an open house and Emily and I were the only ones to show up, of course.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0104/1048966148_7Luo5-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0104/1048966148_7Luo5-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> Anyway, we got the grand tour of the place and let me tell you, if there was ever any doubt in my mind that Freemasons rule the world it left me that day. Unfortunately the temple we were in was NOT the one pictured which is in Rawlins Wyoming, but this one is way cooler than the old fire-station they use as a temple in Catasauqua.<br /><br /><br /><br />Also in Rawlins...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048961910_UcjcE-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0058/1048961910_UcjcE-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />More motels that someone other than us stayed at.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0099/1048956002_8qR9n-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0099/1048956002_8qR9n-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0123/1048957343_7fdP5-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0123/1048957343_7fdP5-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Viola and the cow......<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0060/1048952653_gPwnT-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0060/1048952653_gPwnT-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>..<br /><br />Awesome 15ft tall art <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0050/1048951557_cCFRJ-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0050/1048951557_cCFRJ-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>in the middle of a corn field!<br /><br />Ladies and gentlemen, Ken Tucker!!!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0025/1048942722_oB3YK-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0025/1048942722_oB3YK-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>!!!!<br />.<br /><br />This is somewhere out west (it all sorta looks like this out thattaways).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0005/1020405300_EPec6-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0005/1020405300_EPec6-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0001/1019379192_VfUjL-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0001/1019379192_VfUjL-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0059/1048952524_Yd2it-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0059/1048952524_Yd2it-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Yeah, I think I've posted this sunset before but, c'mon, it's awesome! Stay tuned for note-from-the-road, as we make our way back to the town we'd like to think of as Home.lelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-39578965624563873392010-12-08T09:11:00.001-08:002010-12-08T09:59:26.861-08:00The Best of Lelko Blog...outtakesRemember when...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNukMG1BML3sLHl2gWm3OftFC2cGwcKIFT-zWZtWMGEmovFWJnAaLpecYtq354z98_XGz8Q1FVrlA3mnkqHOo30LkW-Cg687Dyk8u_KBBQvbHk7n3HAzbIniUKUAGU8UfGmdN5LAhPAow/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNukMG1BML3sLHl2gWm3OftFC2cGwcKIFT-zWZtWMGEmovFWJnAaLpecYtq354z98_XGz8Q1FVrlA3mnkqHOo30LkW-Cg687Dyk8u_KBBQvbHk7n3HAzbIniUKUAGU8UfGmdN5LAhPAow/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548368154590598642" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0038/1048969825_fg3wM-L.jpg"> <span style="font-size:78%;">This is where</span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0038/1048969825_fg3wM-L.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 600px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0038/1048969825_fg3wM-L.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0038/1048969825_fg3wM-L.jpg"><span style="font-size:78%;"> we got off the interstate and on to Route 30 </span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0065/1048987236_tsPVF-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0065/1048987236_tsPVF-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0095/1048974676_tTqGV-L.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 531px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0095/1048974676_tTqGV-L.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0061/1048971722_cBtiP-L.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 531px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/photogs-from-the-laptop/DSC0061/1048971722_cBtiP-L.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/2010/DSC0026/959431336_caNxB-M.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://harlykwin714.smugmug.com/Other/2010/DSC0026/959431336_caNxB-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">The arrival</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0BMyb7CFf-Uj9ishAMz4f42KfGnhdNg1Z4J-G8-DdKRFPDCbZRwkVKjREoggAeVHfQA9BsA-LPTlmE90YWNbBph-nzCU8ZPyHEkP3RjHvd0mHeAi_zQ8EKdLuLFrbeehTGEyOGYEJhA-/s1600/DSC_0092.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0BMyb7CFf-Uj9ishAMz4f42KfGnhdNg1Z4J-G8-DdKRFPDCbZRwkVKjREoggAeVHfQA9BsA-LPTlmE90YWNbBph-nzCU8ZPyHEkP3RjHvd0mHeAi_zQ8EKdLuLFrbeehTGEyOGYEJhA-/s320/DSC_0092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548368148543880370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoG-y4QLPKBBWA28Ax59Qo21UG5gSEGQBdgIcMzRCFBHuwGV9_M-ciPtVV0eQM79odBzQWMKtjDBhbWTvgPq4qMh9_LsRnsQHTxHLW-vvh5g3VwpdN-X4v6XmznHywR_mAMH68-Gzufba/s1600/DSC_0163.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHJouufdKQvMc8QFaeN6DdesPCByLjHx0GXSbq4fw-wYV_aNCa2wfvidjKB2OTAZXUsIGppFIkhyphenhyphenTfNzZzlizteNsI6r7Djuluu5YKAV_rllUBgyszIO9dQS3uJdl360NB3owHF1A77_q/s320/DSC_0104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548364038973012146" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">That's our building in the foreground on the right</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuC9ABDIGBN7GJXmpYxF2pXmtSExYkm7_qOTU_Cz0FFG5oIVJuZGGMr10yl2B7oICwS7GX6GJ63kR8AlJdrBZH0zXOvAF89G1MvySpvIF-Ux3KnZSofWJvxt04QbElNYo4hzssQFog92H/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuC9ABDIGBN7GJXmpYxF2pXmtSExYkm7_qOTU_Cz0FFG5oIVJuZGGMr10yl2B7oICwS7GX6GJ63kR8AlJdrBZH0zXOvAF89G1MvySpvIF-Ux3KnZSofWJvxt04QbElNYo4hzssQFog92H/s320/DSC_0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548364031627114930" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Out of shape- They don't call it Bush<span style="font-style: italic;">kill</span> for nothin'</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwNDxipXXSDc81YDM5nyAiDWdlU7ykmp5utqxsC748XMR138r00fN-icc6IyBEMw7gFd99rB0r9yKlkWqKGHP8BsvdxhtjEMWfpYpVqIJImlf1bgolo4ZmEqC713q9LB0il_hb1UKE0eL/s1600/DSC_0092.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs-CsoDeLkevEjU4fnLh2HtEdAKLtnMQqVg3sVS1hdS008_1CFqeIEuwJPYDvWYwMJwbyS3_c1ma1t8tIfRyF6ZL9YVRdDuhjTVIUFlIyhV0zwEDP_an9RzvrIvtv02h5FNLO6gozayIb/s320/DSC_0082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548363095245070066" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size:78%;">Can you spot the weirdo?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGwJw9AwNa4d0Gdo-MCAiBs4uhBNl1u_M-HeGZGydyj9IF0WHSBRqCI1DKyCL1L8Fgli3pHoBS6IOnqfeOO1sJDHCQnA5-bBYLl9oW-c6wozwIJLdNwSkPXRbVtPwb_gO4tnLhLglInJa/s1600/DSC_0124.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGwJw9AwNa4d0Gdo-MCAiBs4uhBNl1u_M-HeGZGydyj9IF0WHSBRqCI1DKyCL1L8Fgli3pHoBS6IOnqfeOO1sJDHCQnA5-bBYLl9oW-c6wozwIJLdNwSkPXRbVtPwb_gO4tnLhLglInJa/s320/DSC_0124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548362278445521666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC85YPszSsHTkTaf1N_ZinvSSLj95aP8m4oVbHuJukQzcXvW2xTGviYLV6lqlHWxbNtAo5o_kXgMn8o3uPZ53GniIqNy4Ud7wd_PRjvW97zFNssmOFXKw4GUIp1rTMez73Bk6WkMj4ngzR/s1600/DSC_0134.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEdj3fjKRoqhYGNUGiKSdbOcKV6UEG80ySdJ-_BHdq9hNCI21HO8MaTsk4f5efOf8ASrhkNkIpfruaymoxp5dmICnGaPokeDU87k58Uk2w5Vxo7fnrXF4KYjBEaAq1PSYu9AjSmID3Jbt/s320/DSC_0051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546575591493199154" border="0" /></a>Holidays, that is. Hey, lookit that, it snowed on Thanksgiving Day for a bit (it was gone by the next day) so we got to see three of the four seasons out here. Not too shabby. Emily had the chance of a lifetime to experience my family's Thanksgiving get together, and let me quote her feelings on it..."Wow." Yup, that about says it. I'll let you fill in the whacky family details. I bet if you were with your extended family it was fairly similar (you poor thing), but did you have snow? I thought not.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0PVJja0r5HhXybK8H2ywaJUw7z071fM9qZ-R1qno3dn9GO1kYfi8gjSxsjZvwHkT3E9k_7Cdaax6Q5w7gMzdgqlD0S7KVKw5-X8Nr6BTWNemQUd_SIXZIp7KLuwvXxGCVNcF7BrImSVV/s1600/DSC_0152.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0PVJja0r5HhXybK8H2ywaJUw7z071fM9qZ-R1qno3dn9GO1kYfi8gjSxsjZvwHkT3E9k_7Cdaax6Q5w7gMzdgqlD0S7KVKw5-X8Nr6BTWNemQUd_SIXZIp7KLuwvXxGCVNcF7BrImSVV/s320/DSC_0152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546575581067909170" border="0" /></a>Yeah, we're still cute.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOznZiDSDZHuEf6mROa4CmSa21ylSg0Kt4t1EFPv3sZ-_-FKs6-xlmt3l1qWLN7mcZKKgdOt28IIcFckUpgno9qQ5gE59LlR-VdV8E6FOl8IK0HkFuR-xvG4WTuwmSu6qjVRA0VpJTkhs/s1600/DSC_0158.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOznZiDSDZHuEf6mROa4CmSa21ylSg0Kt4t1EFPv3sZ-_-FKs6-xlmt3l1qWLN7mcZKKgdOt28IIcFckUpgno9qQ5gE59LlR-VdV8E6FOl8IK0HkFuR-xvG4WTuwmSu6qjVRA0VpJTkhs/s320/DSC_0158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546575566193605842" border="0" /></a>We took a walk on over to the Whitehall Parkway which goes through an old cement mill, or maybe even two. I think these corn cribs are also part of the old mill works since they are between the old buildings and the quarry, but once again, I haven't looked into all of it. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnn060PS9oAbB2qCY33sphPU6Qh2fzxKHmFL3S88aJR1lTlmyyCWRlP7F8Ic5Kl9aztUJXg8HIVPo5-iezQe-8FGSkiAMWQNG3mURifkJUr4Pl33Kkei1AV5g6LT-zc4Ua0RVO_GClY2O/s1600/DSC_0156.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnn060PS9oAbB2qCY33sphPU6Qh2fzxKHmFL3S88aJR1lTlmyyCWRlP7F8Ic5Kl9aztUJXg8HIVPo5-iezQe-8FGSkiAMWQNG3mURifkJUr4Pl33Kkei1AV5g6LT-zc4Ua0RVO_GClY2O/s320/DSC_0156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546575556650582658" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJxaxIw3a8DBGMDNPdmNo16PZXowzB50-F4fHV1n4SSHJAcfkNKsmHw2iYh7xaIui4BZHa5oTh9wwEqhyphenhyphen1MVnRnc2f8ZYOeWuVQfCLi-twsBluRw4jNOcbcRuOh-vj5_tqpBB6IQ8ThI3/s1600/DSC_0148.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJxaxIw3a8DBGMDNPdmNo16PZXowzB50-F4fHV1n4SSHJAcfkNKsmHw2iYh7xaIui4BZHa5oTh9wwEqhyphenhyphen1MVnRnc2f8ZYOeWuVQfCLi-twsBluRw4jNOcbcRuOh-vj5_tqpBB6IQ8ThI3/s320/DSC_0148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546579271191701778" border="0" /></a> As Far as I can tell there were up to three different cement companies that used this sight from 1890 until the early 1930's, including the Coumbia and the Pennsylvania cement companies. Now it's just a hundred year-old ruin with bike paths all around it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wg3DlCq4aR-aRrXAkGreLPn2KWWykxXp5kmMo-2ZqPhe4rhDDL6enXKDa-YRnbln-wH8jdenRUoDw_-pvONhvo9v98uEB34sveD21BTELDdptUpNhAs9ttgnUL0xDeDKMvITumobnOSF/s1600/DSC_0145.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wg3DlCq4aR-aRrXAkGreLPn2KWWykxXp5kmMo-2ZqPhe4rhDDL6enXKDa-YRnbln-wH8jdenRUoDw_-pvONhvo9v98uEB34sveD21BTELDdptUpNhAs9ttgnUL0xDeDKMvITumobnOSF/s320/DSC_0145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546579280275169826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeucni6U22mCPWQO75JFUHGM-D1dglC7MNWUGfE5dIIjVhSdYtatNP7OHAufs520UUaGodYyhikvLhOfsVkvhdhSJgb2M8vO3XX67UvZKr_4CXrS19WoACBFsmKvD9kR44yZTygfFkjaI/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeucni6U22mCPWQO75JFUHGM-D1dglC7MNWUGfE5dIIjVhSdYtatNP7OHAufs520UUaGodYyhikvLhOfsVkvhdhSJgb2M8vO3XX67UvZKr_4CXrS19WoACBFsmKvD9kR44yZTygfFkjaI/s320/DSC_0153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546579264258177266" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">The coplay creek</span><br /> <span style="font-size:78%;">The Quarry</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qvPiOt0LOv00P3xVMe4DpZp8wkCluPVLbvux8PEyLTu_OuQY5eUNgA-j2QRugr9iFqSLkeUzRGAI31qJcSCIHOfpYBiFqmubJik7rvmH4pOkQO2zS4yTIj4AaeZz-VIOpRPz74nSBoVr/s1600/DSC_0171.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qvPiOt0LOv00P3xVMe4DpZp8wkCluPVLbvux8PEyLTu_OuQY5eUNgA-j2QRugr9iFqSLkeUzRGAI31qJcSCIHOfpYBiFqmubJik7rvmH4pOkQO2zS4yTIj4AaeZz-VIOpRPz74nSBoVr/s320/DSC_0171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546579256345146754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw3pcmpGgIaoYs_NBKss9oxjpYw9PWCNZ2pNWvXhFjo59UNgpovv5cr2iv-jywZoQ62M0zMeJ8H2vkAex0SJNhCKGQKORWJJA9l8OGYrJhCUaKbsSPXsrF4Bq7WZcir8W_IKfDQI_u59c/s1600/DSC_0066.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw3pcmpGgIaoYs_NBKss9oxjpYw9PWCNZ2pNWvXhFjo59UNgpovv5cr2iv-jywZoQ62M0zMeJ8H2vkAex0SJNhCKGQKORWJJA9l8OGYrJhCUaKbsSPXsrF4Bq7WZcir8W_IKfDQI_u59c/s320/DSC_0066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546574682644324946" border="0" /></a> The railroads used to come through here to transport the cement down the line. This old car was used as a office for the railroad officers<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYtqF1E6GUW0-txbn7HByfOgJyoaYAc6w0f1STWhnrcYd8ljy6hSCQIk74UU9pR6LwxwnhguyJ7EmxF5QaWg4KNb6MohBc-_tpY-uW9bsUwiNST3CjfNUfur26MCro5on8iJ1RY0aMHyu/s1600/DSC_0065.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYtqF1E6GUW0-txbn7HByfOgJyoaYAc6w0f1STWhnrcYd8ljy6hSCQIk74UU9pR6LwxwnhguyJ7EmxF5QaWg4KNb6MohBc-_tpY-uW9bsUwiNST3CjfNUfur26MCro5on8iJ1RY0aMHyu/s320/DSC_0065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546574676351586626" border="0" /></a>and was still going strong at least up to 1965 when the photo below was taken.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxW8znbk_M0yacUxBFsAfr9upWm9KmuvYNloy0LhbXWjA7sZ5ZGGJujH4TAnmm7ExuZXKtdpGmed8kV7dbqsOkg2LL7tGjS0ugj-cE7WzgeYVOfwPJ4YZY7VUcTYn7VqKgGhOfoXfedaJ/s1600/DSC_0142.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxW8znbk_M0yacUxBFsAfr9upWm9KmuvYNloy0LhbXWjA7sZ5ZGGJujH4TAnmm7ExuZXKtdpGmed8kV7dbqsOkg2LL7tGjS0ugj-cE7WzgeYVOfwPJ4YZY7VUcTYn7VqKgGhOfoXfedaJ/s320/DSC_0142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546574669926888578" border="0" /></a> This weird tomb-like building<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaS0heicx1hgjAnhd7j5qqsYTr51rLGrEEY0NNRwq_uaHqnc2NuYnk9iOeAIk9xlcDNFqka70qGH27eb8rMmceKzaDfcbs_IUGU0s0J_Ln0x_piOtZ6I5WIg5Wyfh0YHimSIS3vq_F_s6/s1600/DSC_0174.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaS0heicx1hgjAnhd7j5qqsYTr51rLGrEEY0NNRwq_uaHqnc2NuYnk9iOeAIk9xlcDNFqka70qGH27eb8rMmceKzaDfcbs_IUGU0s0J_Ln0x_piOtZ6I5WIg5Wyfh0YHimSIS3vq_F_s6/s320/DSC_0174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546579245944214594" border="0" /></a> was actually the vault where the money was kept by the cement guys until payday (according to a couple old guys who clued us into its presence across the street)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YcBdcKBVR6bJFXGwvM8IhYMFkyCM17N-r0SCpRf0P5HRsNGyPU8pgQ4unHQUjLImqMyFK5InAQ06qySSUG9bfBh566VbnEO4BMUffHmReFDvgz7quVN7SrBtjckfVxPyHTWPjKbo0Vvo/s1600/DSC_0099.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YcBdcKBVR6bJFXGwvM8IhYMFkyCM17N-r0SCpRf0P5HRsNGyPU8pgQ4unHQUjLImqMyFK5InAQ06qySSUG9bfBh566VbnEO4BMUffHmReFDvgz7quVN7SrBtjckfVxPyHTWPjKbo0Vvo/s320/DSC_0099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546574663599653650" border="0" /></a>More of the half-dozen or more ruins along the way.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2DRV-EN2rtrVIqukIxE3DaJWXFIWXTjGbKgDwbNiHuo__cJF1DGihPrd0m8wzPM6K77E5bV_paLpWg04dq9bhKHodcgu77mHDi2WVLRmuh0l2yOYBI2bbInHl04akLhrcJpeTkcrz5Rq/s1600/DSC_0109.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2DRV-EN2rtrVIqukIxE3DaJWXFIWXTjGbKgDwbNiHuo__cJF1DGihPrd0m8wzPM6K77E5bV_paLpWg04dq9bhKHodcgu77mHDi2WVLRmuh0l2yOYBI2bbInHl04akLhrcJpeTkcrz5Rq/s320/DSC_0109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546574658071740210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yeuNTQcR0BPpR627fo0mH8kS6qAPpP_ckLsiCwlRlLmLEzUBiGzFKyExo-grEanfhvg8ULhYcJGR_WgFCfbxn-pXlmMYIcVHz1g_j5ocqEBrVmSX7xAMlYVeJAwmWX2sg5ngyVLqURZr/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yeuNTQcR0BPpR627fo0mH8kS6qAPpP_ckLsiCwlRlLmLEzUBiGzFKyExo-grEanfhvg8ULhYcJGR_WgFCfbxn-pXlmMYIcVHz1g_j5ocqEBrVmSX7xAMlYVeJAwmWX2sg5ngyVLqURZr/s320/DSC_0059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546575546299094130" border="0" /></a> Honey Bunny is showing off the shawl that she made (she's pretty good at that whole knitting thing.) Right now my ass is super sore...from bowling, so I'm gonna go not do this,but we'll catch ya next time with another exciting installment of Lelko Blog. Lates.<br />Lelkolelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336001213444280557.post-14289940740980976072010-11-26T17:58:00.000-08:002011-04-05T20:31:58.792-07:00You don't miss your water til the well runs dry...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz2H0KDsloS4E-1Oo7WYK1FKF8qisLk1V3zHL00ioPx2Cbrhlg18i0qweWX36s3JUx5w6653f13QZdmDqfDZ9CpD476crfhgALvWUnWrneedLpJGrWMZ3NqSVJPGhJG44_IoAMafiR_oS/s1600/DSC_0091.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz2H0KDsloS4E-1Oo7WYK1FKF8qisLk1V3zHL00ioPx2Cbrhlg18i0qweWX36s3JUx5w6653f13QZdmDqfDZ9CpD476crfhgALvWUnWrneedLpJGrWMZ3NqSVJPGhJG44_IoAMafiR_oS/s320/DSC_0091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544043189256966722" border="0" /></a> Pennsylvania has kicked our ass.<br /> The good news is: more exciting tales from the road, this time in mid-Winter. Hell yeah!!!<br />If Clyde skids off the road and flies off of a mountainside, you'll be the first to know about it, and really, isn't that why you hang around here at Lelko Blog after all? Yes.<br /> Stay tuned....<br />LELKOlelkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265941332956940535noreply@blogger.com1