Sunday, August 8, 2010

A Short Family Reunion

Here are some pics of the afternoon get together. We had cousins from Houston and Chicago. The old adults came from Houston, Mercer, Spring Valley and Oregon.
A good time was had by all.























And of course, what is a family reunion without dessert? There were 5 pies, 1 almond tart, a pan of brownies and a pan of Rice Krispies bars.











AND DON'T FORGET, THERE IS A NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY TITLE POSTED

Cousins having fun

The four cousins got together at the reunion and seemed to have fun with water balloons, super soakers etc.











They then shifted to the basement and the Wii game and were doing a lot of bowling. At one point one of the adults yelled down stairs and asked what they were doing. The reply was "we are playing poker".

Monday, August 2, 2010

Sightseeing in Alaska

This is the Theodore river that right now should be full of silver salmon but has been late in coming this year.
I did join the guys out fishing one night and did catch one small rainbow but released it.









Here is a pic of mushrooms that grow in our camp.












One night while visiting one of the guys from work, their, what seems like a pet fox, came to visit. It would even come into the house to get the food.

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.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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.