Epic Water Fight

Holidays at the farm usually include contests and hideNseek or water fights or sardineInAcan.

This year we had a shoe contest and then the guns appeared.

Fly Away!

The Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron has an airfield three miles from my house.  One a month during the summer they have public fly-ins.  The one in June was warplanes.  The detail on those babies is amazing!

Spring. Only 13 more days of it.

Trying to enjoy every bit of it!

Unconscious Mutterings!

Winter last so long . . . spring is fleeting!  Yikes!

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Fringe :: Edge
2. Helicopter :: Whirlybird
3. Netflix :: movies
4. Humor :: laughter
5. Niece :: nephew
6. Summer :: too short!
7. Crazy :: nutty
8. Arrival :: departure
9. Nipple :: bottle
10. Code :: of ethics

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Happy memorial day from the

Thank you service people for your service.

The farm

Circa 1946. This is great grandpa Bentley

Spring Planting

Muttering

Last week's mutterings . . . this week isn't up.  I do so hope they haven't gone away.  I've been bad.



  Sunday, May 11, 2014

Week 589

6 days, 17 hours, 36 minutes ago

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Warning :: dangetr
2. Resume :: begin again
3. Meeting :: boring
4. Squares :: blocks
5. Alternate :: every other
6. Prison :: cell
7. Swamp :: Louisiana
8. Games :: people play
9. Months :: days
10. Share :: portion

Happy Easter (the day after, oops)

We had a great family Easter, twenty-eight in total and the weather was perfect after the long winter. Hope yours was lovely too!

Which do you Prefer?

Blogger or Word Press?

Showing Suzie how easy a post is in blogger.

Still Winter

argh.

Snow this morning.  Down to seven tonight.  Endless.

Go Green!

14 years ago I got interested in a little activity called March Madness. The reason: our local Michigan State Spartans had won the NCAA tournament that year . I remember I had a borrowed camera that I took down to the capital to take pictures. That was my first digital camera experience. I remember I was so excited that crossing the street by the NAPS building I actually tripped and fell.  Thankfully I did not break the camera.

Since then I have learned more about brackets. Not enough to get many right but it has been fun. Thursday at work we had a green and white snack day. It was fun and fortunately our Spartans won again

Unconscious Mutterings

Week 582

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Encourage :: hearten
2. Geography :: map
3. Entrance :: exit
4. Helicopter :: whirlibird
5. Creation :: beginning
6. Pillars :: mainstay
7. Article :: news story
8. Desk :: work station
9. Discouraging :: word
10. Display :: show

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First day of spring

We've been robbed!!!!

Chicago Union Station

Things we like at Chicago Union Station.

The Great Hall:

The activity for the trains is all underground and under another building but love love love the look of the Great Hall.  New since we were last there: it is used for private and public events. An awesome site and sight, it opened in 1925.

The Grand Staircase:

If you are a Kevin Costner fan, you know this as the "Untouchables" staircase.

Tabasco

I have to admit, I always thought Tabasco was a word like ketchup - a generic term for hot sauce.  Now, thanks to my New Orleans trip, I know differently.  I didn't acquire this information in New Orleans: rather, the train went through bayou country and it was so intriguing that when I hear Louisiana Bayou (this time on Sixty Minutes) I pay attention.

Tabasco: a sixth generation business.

Train trip!

and hunting for spring.

In February the boss called a meeting with those of us charged with keeping the computer system up-to-date.  Our software provider was holding a "summit" in New Orleans, and he wondered if we wanted to go. I am not a good flyer, so normally I beg off these engagements.  However, I knew the train went from Chicago to New Orleans, and somehow going  to New Orleans seemed like a really cool thing, so I said, why sure, if I can train it!

Our boss tries to work with individual quirks.  One of our service techs didn't want to fly to a conference, so the boss rented a car for him and let him go, so I knew there was precedent.  The boss smiled and said, book it!

It might be an overnight-er, I reminded him.

Book a sleeper, then.

Oh, I don't mind coach.

Book a sleeper.

So I did.  What a blast!

I took the Blue Water to Chicago.  I had to wait for the New Orleans train, so I went up in the Willis (Sears) tower to see frozen Lake Michigan.  Brrrr.

Unconscious Mutterings --- I have returned!

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Crunch :: Captain
2. Handle :: pan
3. Stoned :: drugged
4. Kettle :: pot
5. Worst :: best
6. Agreement :: rappaport
7. Keg :: beer
8. Legacy :: gift
9. Gig :: engagement
10. Nails :: bite

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Barn Living

Seeing a converted barn always makes me think of Grace Livingston Hill's book The Enchanted Barn

I thought they tasted stale.

Lay's Cheesy Garlic Bread Potato Chips Wins 'Do Us A Flavor' Contest.