This is the underside of the porch with a nice coat of "Shoo Fly Blue" paint. The only problem is nobody told the flies that they don't like the color, however the barn swallows and mud daubers stay away.

This is the start of our water catchment system so we can water the garden and plants. It will hold 1600 gallons and a good rain will mostly fill it up, provided we get it hooked up to the roof and we get some rain. We've had almost a whole inch so far this year.

This started as a simple window replacement and thanks to our resident termites turned into a whole wall replacement. It did make putting in the new windows a little easier lol.












You have to wonder why the wall came out so easily.

What a Shame

Today, of all days, I didn't have my camera with me. Our friend who is the
manager of a buffalo ranch stopped by after lunch and took me with him to go
flying around the area in his small plane.
We flew around Marathon several times, then went over several of the area ranches.

This area sure looks different from the air.

This is really a monumental day. Not only did I get to do some wonderful
sightseeing, this is the first time I've been in an airplane of any type for
about 12 years. Oh well, this too shall pass.

W O W

It's been a while since I've posted anything. I have been doing things, just not writing about them.
In September, we went back east to see family, friends and for our daughter Karen's wedding. It was a good trip, and the wedding was great.

Once back home, we started a new project. What was to be another shed for storage, Pod 2. Pod 1, our original storage shed is now my work shop, so the stored stuff was in the way. As is usual with our projects, Pod 2 has now morphed into a laundry/storage shed. It's just about finished, then we're going to work towards finishing many started projects.

for now: Have A Very Merry New Year!!!

 

 

 

 

Sand Island, Monument Valley and Valley of the Gods, Utah

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been on the road seeing some places in Utah that we didn't get to while we were RVing. Here's my first display of some petroglyphs from Sand Island, just outside of Bluff Utah. Hope you find them interesting.
(A Hint---Pause one display at a time. Roll over to get controls.)


The next day we went to Monument Valley and Valley of the Gods.


Hope you enjoy these.