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Lost kitty

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:21:35 +0000

I went food shopping this morning. Needed the usual, milk, butter, eggs and cat food. Didn’t think I’d end up bringing home a little wayward and lost kitty. Very tame and friendly and seemed to enjoy riding on the headrest on the way back home. Think I’ll call her Maegesho Mengi for now.

Pot O’ Gold?

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:58:17 +0000

It’s late into the evening and you can barely see it but the end of the rainbow was quite close. I looked real hard to see if there was a pot of gold out there but then I realized it’s probably just the BP oil spill :/

This is the second time I’ve been real close to the end of a rainbow and thought it was interesting…and I’ve got a friend that will get a kick out of this.

Inshore dolphins

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:52:46 +0000

I was kinda staring out the window this morning and noticed a large wake swirling around the old dock. At first I thought it was a large fish until I saw several dorsal fins break the surface. There were 5 dolphins cruising the shallows (2-3ft). I jumped out of my chair, grabbed the camera and ran into the door…literally. Stubbed my toe on the other door, jumped the porch railing and hobbled/ran to the edge of the bank. This was the best image I could get.

Sunrise

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:44:46 +0000

I thought this was an interesting cloud. Early morning and just the top of this one cloud was being lit in interesting shades.

Zap!

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:40:46 +0000

I was watching a storm roll across the Gulf of Mexico and almost forgot to grab the camera. The storm was about 6 miles offshore. The lights in the foreground are a barge parked in the intercoastal waterway.

Batteries Not Included?!?!

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:46:39 +0000

I was watching BP’s 6th or 7th attempt to “plug the damn hole”. All the ROV’s were hovering around the well head and I had a sudden flashback to the movie Batteries Not Included.

It was just an odd moment but they do come over me time to time :/

What were you thinking?

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:01:45 +0000

The other day I had an odd moment at work when I got a chance to reflect on peoples lack of common sense. We have some old 55gal drums at the shop that were filled with old hardened paint. The owner decided it was time to cut them open and transfer the contents so it can be disposed of. He had one of the guys drag the barrels out to do this process.

I’m plugging along getting some vehicles ready to paint when I hear the air saw being used to attack the barrels. I wasn’t paying much attention but did notice he was splitting the barrel in half by making cuts from top to bottom. After about 20 minutes I heard the saw stop and he muttered to himself “I sure hope it’s solid” then immediately I heard the saw start up again.

I started thinking to myself that if he was finally smart enough to ponder if the paint waste had truly solidified shouldn’t he take some steps in case it isn’t.

I get my prep work done and looked over to where the barrel project is happening and sure enough there is purple paint goo oozing out of the barrel and all over the concrete. It took him quite a long time to clean up the mess and finish the job.

I spent the rest of the day puzzling over what went through his mind in that brief moment of clarity when he actually pondered the results of his actions. It stills gives me a slight headache trying to figure out how people can do such dumb things.

Mini roar

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:42:57 +0000

It’s finally feeling like spring and I’m getting a chance to let Junebug explore the great outdoors. Today she discovered trees!

Roar!

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:57:40 +0000

I just got back from a 4 hour road trip. I was on a mission to get a John Deere setup for my dad. When I got to the place and got out of my truck I was greeted by the howling of many wolves. Turns out the guy I bought the Deere from runs a refuge for wolves. He was even kind enough to take me on a tour of his place. He even has two tigers!

more images after the jump…

He’s got 13 wolves and the Siberian and white tigers. I have seen them at zoos before but never this close! He was even petting them. He did mention he doesn’t play with the Siberian anymore since it’s over 500 lbs! I have 3 rescued kitties but none of them compare to that Siberian…lol

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Need I say more?

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:12:03 +0000

Won’t even waste my time to make a social comment on this one.