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January 25, 2012 Wednesday
My hometown makes the top ten!
A new look to the old saw: Fisheyes
Rescuers must rappel from helicopters down to the capsized cruise ship, Concordia~
It is no longer acceptable to dunk your Oreos with your fingers, you see...
Without belaboring the point, or going into explanation of bytes, kilobytes, gigabytes, etc -
This was what 2 KB of memory looked like, in the early days of computing - when a small computer took
up a whole room.
Cute:
January 23, 2012 Monday
What kind of a day was it, you may ask?
Well. this kind - sunny.
scooter ride to the water from
david smock on Vimeo.
January 22, 2012 Sunday
Happy Birthday to Cassady, celebrated today though the actual was the 20th. We were joined by Fae and Evelyn,
Dick and Laura, and Barb and Paul.
I'm so envious of my internet friend Jack, whom I've known for almost fifteen years yet we've never met in person -
he's in a working band, called, So What?
Some signage for the day~
January 21, 2012 Saturday
Yay. Winter is over, came and went. Brutal for a few days, though...
This does not mean that the dogs don't still love to sit by the fire, or in this case the electric stove/heater.
Ruby O'Tuesday, still has not learned to show her best side, alas. Lily and Leo have it down.
Speaking of dogs, this would be Leo, conked out on my arm.
What we are all about, out here in the Great Pacific Northwest, especially around this area - COFFEE.
Today's signage~
Found on a photo/frame store~
A view of a keeled over cruise ship, Concordia... It must seem surreal, close up.
My dear stepmom, Frances, is finding comfort at her daughter's home, back in MI.
January 20, 2012 Friday
We made a quick trip to Michigan to visit my ailing stepmom, Frances. No longer internet access at that house,
and things too hectic to stop in a coffee shop.
The trip was planned while Fran was feeling well enough to still be living on her own. Since then she was briefly
hospitalized and has now moved in with her daughter, a planned event.
We did get to see my brother John, and his wife, Caroline, brother Adam and his kids Devin and Talia, sister
Mardi and husband Jim, as well as Trisha and Fran.
I stayed in the Plymouth house.
Which was a rather strange feeling, with most of the furniture moved out and just the memories of 35 years remaining.
Mardi and Jim sent this picture of Jim relaxing on the way back to their home in Sutton's Bay, MI.
A couple things we've been meaning to post~
Brett and Jake, circa late 80's. Ah, the joys of having an older brother...
Dick, once again doing the carving honors at Barb's over the holidays~
We got an unusual blast of winter weather, which the dogs found interesting.
And Linda's dog Cody won a smiling dog contest!
A sunrise from the backyard~
January 10, 2012 Tuesday
Stuff we find while looking up something else.
Found this picture of my younger brother, John, now 46 - sitting in dad's lap. That would be the first Jasper,
Siamese. I'm thinking, Fairfield house.
So, if John was even six in the picture, it was some time ago.
So was this. Perhaps a couple years later than John's picture, probably early 70's. Taken at Ken's
house on Green Lake.
Here's a new category, Pictures to send someone else, for whatever reason.
A plane in a plane - Airbus.
Jim's Comet Caliente - HiPo 289. The Red Arrow. Taken in the driveway of the Fairfield house.
Jake's green bird - oh, the fruit doesn't fall far...
Proof that we had Blatz beer in MI, back in the day. This picture settled an argument, of sorts.
Large cats in upper MI. Thanks to Remit~
Serious snow, and snow plowing - in Alaska - thanks to Doug.
This would be the, WAIT! That's not reassuring, department.
January 06, 2012 Friday
Who says romance is dead?
My brother John and wife Caroline send this, suggesting otherwise...
If I had any talent, let alone a talent (and imagination) like this...
A guy that is not familiar with the old adage, Practice what you preach~
Ann, at least two cell phones ago~
The rowdy gang, themselves...
January 03, 2012 Tuesday
OK, we're rolling now. Only took a couple days for the New Year to sink in, but now we believe it. This
really is, 2012, the year the world ends.
However, until that very moment, we will attempt to keep the presses rolling, so to speak, and blog our way
to the bitter end.
We've been aware for some time that using one's cell phone while driving may be a bit of a distraction.
Still, folks get away with it by using 'hand's free' devices, which keep both hands on the wheel while the
mind wanders hither and yon.
Oh, yeah, that was a step in the right direction.
Texting while driving is equally frowned upon, if not more so, since there is no hand's free way to text, as yet.
However, as voice recognition continues to improve, it can't be far away, we would venture.
In parts of the country, they are taking matters one (or several) steps further, as texting civilians wander
into the traffic lanes, much to everyone's consternation~~
Oh, look - it's my good friend Jim the Vee, and his lovely bride, Pam, (way off to the left) walking his
grandson, Hayden, along with daughter, Nicola. In the background that would appear to be perhaps Jim's son,
Steve and child?
Just off the phone with Jim, and so happy to report that where he lives, in sunny FL, it was right around freezing.
While we here in the Great Pacific N'West are enjoying mild and pleasant 50's. This tickles us to no end, of course.
Well, maybe regret that your tattoo guy dropped out of the third grade...
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