Working in Alaska

Well, I am up here in Alaska for a bit of work. These are pics of the hydrogen cooled generator we are working on.









The rotor, big orange thing in the middle, weights about 44,000 pounds and is about 35 years old. It is capable of making about 85 megawatts of electricity for use in Anchorage.

How does Your Garden Grow

The garden's at Nana and Jonesie have had a wonderful year this year. Plenty of rain and heat to make everything grow big and tall.











Here are the squash that are about 4 feet tall and the cumbers in the back.
We were able to keep up with the eating the cucumbers for a while but not anymore.










This years crop of blueberries is the best it has ever been. We have eaten them off the bush, with breakfast, in a cobbler and hopefully in a cake soon.

Time To Relax

On the farm in Wisconsin we have many, many different species of everything.

Now if you have the ability to change colors and not move, life in Nana's flowers is pretty nice.






In the evening crawl up on our bedroom window or go the the lamp post at night for something to eat and return to the good life before morning.

Summer Time and the Living is Easy

Swimming in the lake. This is a first for the Oregon kids. Emme kept telling me that she wanted to swimming in the pool and the only pool I had was this lake.
After a little pushing and prodding, E and I got Em to jump in and cool off.

Opening Day

Opening day of the Wisconsin fishing season found me in Wisconsin. Kind of unusual for me.

I went to my usual spot that I have been fishing since i was a teenager and it was kind of tough fishing. The fish cooperated well enough but the other CLOWN so called fishermen were the problem. One had no regard for me fishing one spot as he started walking thru the middle of the hole. I did not have kind words for him.





Anyway, the day was a success if you think of success by the amount of fish caught.
Nana and I had these fillets that night so they were quite fresh and good.

Oh by the way these are Brook Trout.

New Resident

A new resident this year behind the garage. aif she site facing NNW I GET 2 MORE TV stations.

I hope to keep everyone updated on the progress of the baby robins.

Grandparents Week

It's official - the Wisc. Grandparents have gotten Evan to eat GREEN PEAS!!!!!!!!!!!




During the kid watch week many activities were done, some of which are included in the pics.






We tried our hand at shooting the bow in the back yard. Evan is getting quite good with the bow. This time he didn't even hit the neighbor's house.











If it is April it is baseball season. Evan had a couple of baseball practices while we were there. It is so much fun watching him grow and the dramatic improvement in his baseball skills year to year.

Go Evan, Go Evan, Go Evan, Go Evan!!!!!!!!!!!!!