...on the ferry
...down Embarcadero
...to Zero Zero
...on to Livermore
...with Boey [bo-ee]
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Yucca Melon
For a year and a half now we have been living in Lehi and I have been working on the yard in Santa Clara when I can get down. It was weighing on my mind more than on my back lately so I decided to have someone take care of it. I asked him to trim the dead spines on the Yucca out front -- voila! What a nice looking plant!
When I was out running one evening last week I noticed how big the moon was rising right up American Fork Canyon. But, I didn't take a picture. Someone must have stolen my camera and took this shot, Shauna? Hayley?
Shauna and I watched what was an indie film but has since gotten bigger, "Catfish." It is named so because of a story that one of the minor characters in the documentary told in the final scene. Once upon a time when Alaskan fishermen would transport cod to the lower 48 they would arrive (alive) in tanks but the meat would be mushy because they had not been active. So, someone thought to put catfish in with them for the trip. This solved the problem. The character was grateful for the "catfish" in his life -- people who "nip at your heals" and keep everyone else alert and on their toes (otherwise we all would get mushy). This is a good show, appropriate for our times, and well worth seeing.
When I was out running one evening last week I noticed how big the moon was rising right up American Fork Canyon. But, I didn't take a picture. Someone must have stolen my camera and took this shot, Shauna? Hayley?
Shauna and I watched what was an indie film but has since gotten bigger, "Catfish." It is named so because of a story that one of the minor characters in the documentary told in the final scene. Once upon a time when Alaskan fishermen would transport cod to the lower 48 they would arrive (alive) in tanks but the meat would be mushy because they had not been active. So, someone thought to put catfish in with them for the trip. This solved the problem. The character was grateful for the "catfish" in his life -- people who "nip at your heals" and keep everyone else alert and on their toes (otherwise we all would get mushy). This is a good show, appropriate for our times, and well worth seeing.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Melon sticks
The masked man (Rich) went straight down the mountain and turned 50 years old.
Deer Valley, let's have a birthday, love Rich.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Not Melon-Cole-y
Cole's 4th birthday for those who couldn't be there. When I walked in Cole yelled for me and took me to see the cake! Ashlie made it and Cole was very impressed (especially with Saturn, can you see the rings?)
Unlike Cole of yesteryear, he blew those candles out within a light-second of ending the birthday song.
Recipe for a great birthday -- lots o' presents and friends.
Grandma and Cole put this puzzle together
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Melon's Ground Hog
Ground Hog Wild!
Beautiful Empty St. George Airport
BMW Aircraft Engine
Water Cooled Lycoming Aircraft Engine
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
DC Melon
Last week I found myself in DC at an industry trade association for which I am a board member. It was very cold but the trip was easy and without stress. Work has become very ambiguous and I find myself looking inward at the company more than outward to the customers. This is a bad thing, but a thing that happens all too often. Anyway, while in DC I stopped by the Air and Space Museum on the Mall. While I was pondering this old 20 something cylinder radial behemoth I saw myself in it. Can you find me?
Another of the interesting moments was when I was looking at the Air - Sea exhibit I saw the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. This is the ship that Ben is on right now heading to the Persian Gulf. I wonder what that is like?
Some of the exhibits are getting very old there. But, some are new and very interesting. Some new exhibits about beyond earth, telescopes, and the digital age made the traditional notion of just flying around in our atmosphere and blasting to the moon as "air and space" quite antiquated.
Another of the interesting moments was when I was looking at the Air - Sea exhibit I saw the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. This is the ship that Ben is on right now heading to the Persian Gulf. I wonder what that is like?
This strange little airplane was in the Great War Exhibit (a new one worth seeing). The Germans apparently figured out how to shoot large caliber bullets out the front of the airplane without destroying the propeller (by a shaft that synchronises the shots with the prop revolution), but we (US, Brits, French, etc.) first just put the engine in the back so you could shoot out the front.
Some of the exhibits are getting very old there. But, some are new and very interesting. Some new exhibits about beyond earth, telescopes, and the digital age made the traditional notion of just flying around in our atmosphere and blasting to the moon as "air and space" quite antiquated.
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