20091031 Halloween

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


The neighborhood zombies

20091025 Rays of Hope Walkathon pictures

Picasa web album located at

http://picasaweb.google.com/jfstiefel/20091025RaysOfHopeWVolleyballTeam?authkey=Gv1sRgCP3v_rWFoPKWCw#

20091024-25 More of the visit

Playing the pon


Feed the beastie


The requisite Wii


And if there are puddles, then..

20091024 William comes to visit

The Holyoke Carousel

20091024 Rainy Day Fall Foliage

The high school


The golf course


The gazeebo


The church parking lot

20091024 Rainy Day Fall Foliage

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20091019 Sunset

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

20091006 Moon through trees

20091009 Monica in the HS Marching Band halftime show!

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!

20090910 - 21 Years, and counting

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)

20090826 Before and After

THEY'RE OFF!

before...



after...