lennynatural's Blog - page 22

Here is a news vid of a large format black and white photographer. It's very interesting. The vid is about 3 minutes long.

[url]http://wm.wtsp.gannett.edgestreams.net/news/200611/07/photography.wmv[/url]

I am wishing a happy Veterans Day to everybody who served. The people who serve in the military makes great personal sacrafices. We can all honor the veterans regardless of our personal feelings for the politics that sometimes put them in harms way.

The pic shown below is my dad, I don't know where it was taken but I think it could have been in France. My dad was in the Army medical corps. He told me the medical personal were often under fire from snipers. I don't know too much more, he rarely talked about it, except he served in most of Europe and northern Africa.

I salute my dad, as well as everyone else who served.

The weather was fairly nice today. The guy from the cable company finally showed up buried the cable (yup, on a Sunday). Then my brother came over with a couple of thick slabs of cow that I wrapped with bacon and then threw on the bbq. Cooked it perfectly; charred on the outside and just a little more than pink on the inside. It was yummy. Washed it down with some fine beer. All in all, it was a good way to spend a Sunday.

It's not winter yet and we have snow flurries already. Last winter was pretty dry but this summer and fall were pretty wet. And now it's colder than normal for this time of year. I think this winter will be cold and lots of snow. The pic is from 2 years ago.

The cable company played a trick on me. Their records show the workman was at my house yesterday and buried the cable. My records show the cable is still sitting on the ground.

I am ready for halloween; my pumpkins are set out on the front steps, windows are decorated, candy is at the ready, I have my pumpkin shirt on and there are a couple of pumpkin ales in the fridge.

I had high speed internet and a TV connection installed on my puter about 2 months ago, from the cable company. The guy who installed it was a nice guy and took the time to show me how the thing works and how to use the media center in my new puter. He installed a new cable from the utility post to the house and left it laying on the yard and said someone would be here in a week to 10 days to bury it. 2 weeks went by and no one came by. But then we got heavy rains and the back part of the yard has been under water so I let the matter alone until last week. I called the cable company to inquire about it and learned they had no record of a need to bury a cable but they would be here today to do it. Well today was a beautiful day, felt like spring, but alas no one came by to bury the cable. I'm gonna have to get on the phone and rattle some cages tomorrow.


The cable guy

It was kind of cold and very windy today and my front yard was covered with leaves. Being an organic gardener I look at the fallen leaves as gold to be harvested and put in the tomato beds. So that is what I did, I raked and gathered and put the leaves in the garden bed and pulled out my little tiller, which is a real work horse, and tilled all the leaves into the soil. I got dirty and cold, especially my ears. When i was done I thought it would be nice to turn those apples that are sitting on the buffet into a pie. So I put dinner on hold and made my pie. I am now enjoying a beer and waiting for that pie to cool down a bit so I can sample it. Not an exciting day but very pleasant; it is always nice to work in the yard and bake a pie.

I want to thank everybody who wished me a happy aNNiversary. You guys are the bestest!

Sometimes I think about the idea of posting naked pics of oneself on the internet for the world to see and I bust out laughing; my god why would anybody do that? Then I remember, I'm one of those ppl, lol.

I like the fall gourds, pumpkins and winter squash. They not only taste good they are decorative as well. My brother told me I always have veggies sitting around so I should do some still life photos. Here's one of my pumpkins and stuff.

Today is my 2 year aNNiversary on NN. Over the past 2 years I have made some good friends. Also saw a lot of ppl come and go. I have also seen some ppl who I considered to be friends go without saying a word. But that is to be expected.

The past 2 years has been a wonderful experience for many reasons.

I made my first pumpkin pie of the year last night. Had my first slice this afternoon. Mmm, it is yummy!