| Some photos. | | [09-Apr-2012]
A B-29 that was in town last week.
and insects on bottlebrush
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| Bee photos | | [13-Mar-2012]
Someone elses bees in my yard this weekend. Also saw wasps, and two types of Bumblebees.
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| Some Photos | | [27-Feb-2012]
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| Olustee 2012 | | [20-Feb-2012]
It was supposed to rain all morning and be pretty bad in the afternoon. It stead it drizzled a little and by 1pm cleared up. Reenactment was sunny and windy (soldiers kept loosing their hats). They made some changes this year, the artillery dual didnt last as long and there was action on the field while it took place. Cavalry was closer, even if they just stood around a lot. More Confederate dead and they wiped out a whole Union company leaving just one black solider for a while till they finally got him. Turn out for the reenactors was high, the crowd was low. The grass was high in a lot of places and made more interesting photos. Concerning the photos, I used the continuous mode so there are a lot of them.
Bought a pair of Union blue pants, a couple of period shirts and suspenders. Going to start dressing for reenactments. Still need period waistcoat and a hat. |
| New strawberry cages | | [30-Jan-2012]
The cages I have been using to keep the birds off the strawberries have gotten pretty beat up. They were cobbled together from older smaller cages and had a weak center. They have also been hit by the lawn mower and drug around the yard so it was time to replace them. built new cages with wooden frames that sit on top the bed not around them. This gets the off the ground so the lawn mower/weed wacker wont hit them. It also allowed me to put a hinge on one side so they stay in place better and flip off.
The hinge will make it harder to get to the far side, when harvesting I usually dont reach across the bed, but I think the better cage will be worth it. The are still removable for when the bed needs reworked in Fall.
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| Red sky in the morning | | [10-Jan-2012]
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| Fog | | [09-Jan-2012]
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| Dade Massacre | | [08-Jan-2012]
Spent most the day driving to Bushnell for the reenactment at the Dade Battlefield. The fog was thick like monsters come out and eat you think till almost Ocala. At the battle you are very close to the action if you sit at the rope, bleachers are much further back on a hill and may actually have a better view since the Seminoles are hidden in the palmettos for the battle. The narration needs a lot of work, particularly the U.S. side. Most of his narration is useless rantings that dont help anyone understand what is going on. The park system also needs to work on their over engineering of the parking and transport system, trams really arent needed and one entrance fee would be nice.
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| Thanksgiving Launch | | [27-Nov-2011]
Went home for thanksgiving, made a slight detour to see the Curiosity launch on the way back.
Finished the raised platform behind the couch when I came back. |
| STS-135 | | | [10-Jul-2011]
The last shuttle launch. Got tickets to the space center visitor center, only 6 miles away but not worth it. Couldnt see the launch site for the trees. It was better from Titusville. If it had been posposted till the next day I would have had seats at the press area 3mi away where you could see the launch site.
Had to get on a bus on Orlando at 3am for a 11:26 launch. Back in Orlando by 3pm. Went back the next day and toured the whole thing or what we hadnt done that day like the bus tours. By coming back the next day I also got to go to a panel with Vernor Vinge and David Weber. Got paperbacks signed by them for Jesse.
There is also a movie of the launch and the sound.
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| Yearly house photos | | [15-Mar-2011]
 
Yearly Photos
A new roof, not really apparent. Its a warm spring the apple trees and grass are much greener and leafier than last year at this time. New car. |
| Grape Photos | | [22-Aug-2010]
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| Predawn Shuttle launch, Sunrise, Newport Spring | | [05-Apr-2010]
Went to shell point for a 6:21 am shuttle launch. Went the wrong way (through Medart) and it took longer to get there than I thought it would so only had about 10 minutes to set up. There was an old couple on the beach with a golf cart to watch also. Set up and took photos they are getting developed. The weatehr was great, watched it climb up and is vanished for a few seconds in some clouds. When it came out the sun started reflecting off the trail making this wide glowing path across the sky I really hope I got photos of that. Thought something was wrong for a few minutes till we realized it was just the sun reflecting off it.
Took some later shots of the smoke trail remnant and sunrise with the blackberry some of those are pretty fuzzy. Stayed around still sunrise. The shuttle trail did too.
Came back up Plank Road, stopped and took photos of New Port Spring. There used to be a geocache here but its been archived.
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| Rear Ended | | [26-Mar-2010]
I was rear ended by a drunk driver coming home on St. Patricks day. Guys car was messed up and smoking but he fled anyway, someone followed him and when his car quit called the cops. The only damage he did was to my bumper which has now been replaced.
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| Yearly House Photo | | [17-Mar-2010]
Yearly Photos
Notable changes, no pine trees behind the house and fewer trees along the left property line, irrigation pipes by the mailbox, the front apple trees are pruned better. the white shield of the sensor on the blackberry trellis to the left, no sago palm in front of the apple tree. |
| Natural Bridge 2010 | | [07-Mar-2010]
Natural Bridge seemed quick and small this year. When I got there it was almost deserted. No cars on the side of the road. It filled in later but I still think attendance was down. The Reenactment also seemed smaller, no colors for the Union troops even. Checked on the cache in the park and did 2 others on the way back. Its nice to be able to take Plank road and not go through town and Woodville now.
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| Delivery, Geocaches, Zoo, kids. | | | [04-Mar-2010]
Took moms new laptop to her. Stopped and did some geocaches on the way. 2 that I couldnt find before and one new one. Im sure the Hill Top Drop one is not there now. Thursday went to the Jax Zoo so I was at the north end of Jax to have dinner with a 3 year old who was passing through. The zoo has changed a lot since the last time I was there in the 80s. They have a whole Florida wildlife section now, and everything has moved. Displays are no longer the old concrete pens but much better. The only thing still there is the train and the Carousel Did a couple of more geocaches afterwards before coming home.
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| Last Night Shuttle Launch | | [15-Feb-2010]
Spent 2 days near the Cape waiting in the cold for the last night shuttle launch ever. It was worth the wait.
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| Olustee 2010 | | [14-Feb-2010]
A beautiful day, drove to Olustee and skipped the sutlers. I wanted to sit on the southern side this year since its been years since I did that just for the change so I need to get to the line early. Of course the decided to fight with the south more to the right of the field this year so I was looking at their backsides most the battle. Used the new blackberry as a camera, it did pretty well. Despite the weather the southern line seemed a little sparse, but there seemed to be a good Union turnout.
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| More yard work | | [25-Jan-2010]
Havent done anything since last week first because of torrential rains
then sinus trouble making it impossible to do anything productive.
Tied up and mulched the blackberries. Ripped out the Kiowa blackberries (again). They are not worth the trouble to much trailing along the ground. Relocated the irrigation connection at the south end of the blueberries and one of the blueberries further west more inline with the rest of the bed. Retensioned the grape trellis. |
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