Birdhouses for Sale

“When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.” ~ Bill Watterson  I am a birder, and look forward to taking my kids out to the various game reserves. In the meantime, I think I need to buy some bird feeders – or a designer bird house from this guy along Hwy J17 near Turlock, CA.

Si Venden Chivos

“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!” ~  Bob Marley I’ve decided to photo a few of the signs along the side…

View out the sunroof – wire markers

Ampere was the Newton of Electricity. ~ James C. Maxwell  Every day on my ride home, I start the climb up the Altamont Pass, and if I look up through the open sunroof at the right moment, i see these little orangish balls on the high power lines. Of course, they are for aviators to see,…

A lost baby cloud

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. ~ John Lubbock  My wife thinks that this cloud is cute.  Maybe it looks like a…

Perfect fluffy clouds over Livermore valley

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today. ~ Abraham Cowley  The clouds around here can be very nice, though not as dramatic as those I've seen around Florida. Enjoy.  

Stacks of hay

I’m a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don’t take one and just work them to death. ~ Lincoln Davis, US Congressman (D) Remember those pictures of hay bales in the field? Well, as quickly as the hay was baled, it was gathered and stacked.  Here’s some variations.    

Open sky

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ~ Thomas Merton  Just…

Faceplant on cement

Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.  ~ Harold Hulbert No, this is not child abuse, this is my daughter running and doing a face plant on the cement.  At least she did not chip a tooth like my oldest did when she was that age.  Sigh.  I hate when their little…

Family Portrait

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.  ~ Psalm 127:4-5a Here's me in the evening after work, walking with the kids – Daniel, Alina, Sofia (L to R) – Daniel is up top running ahead, the girls are…

A quarter million miles

Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.  ~Author Unknown Hard to believe it, but my car has gone 250000 miles!  It got a new engine, transmission, water pump and radiator at 190K, but the rest of it is original ;).  I can't believe I've had the same car for 10 years, and probably for at least two or…