Sunday, November 08, 2009

20091108 Hike

How long have we been living in this town and NEVER made it to the Rice's Farm trail?
Sad.
Today we went. Nice day.



Former/current orchard. On a hill.



At the top, Sunrise Trail, facing East.
Posted by Picasa

Saturday, October 31, 2009

20091031 Halloween

This year's design chosen by Monica for me to carve:


The neighborhood zombies
Posted by Picasa

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Friday, October 23, 2009

20091023 Fall foliage from 2008

Someone asked for some fall foliage, and I've none yet this year so here's a rerun of 2008

From the top of Dipping Hole at Stony Hill


The obligatory panorama


From near town hall


You *know* where this was taken
Posted by Picasa

Monday, September 14, 2009

20090914 I have prevailed!

In the battle of Joseph vs the Starter, the problem was one of access.

Lots of things in the way:


SO I removed some things:




Lo and behold, the secret upper bolt became available:




I had to "convince" it to loosen, but, well, that's why God invented hammers


I have still not put all back together, as I ran out of daylight, but the new starter is in, the air filter is back in, the oil filter back on (had to remove it to get the dang starter out of the engine compartment) and all that remains is to put battery back and the little splash guards underneath.

Anybody want a real decent 99 corolla? It has a whole new front end and a new starter!
Posted by Picasa

Friday, September 04, 2009

20090904 The Moon & Jupiter

From the front porch with my 250mm lens



Jupiter was just not willing to be coaxed out well with such a limited lens, and you REALLY have to look hard to see the moon (lower right and very faint upper left)

Posted by Picasa