Flying with the kids

One of the planes James flew today, his Yak 55P.


Auna, James and Parker at the field.

James making a fly-by. There was lots of laughter and giggling going on.

The telephoto lens makes it look close to them, but it was much closer to me than them. I got out another plane that is a little simpler for Auna and Parker to try. All three of them ended up flying it and having a great time. I wish that I had thought to take pictures of them doing it, but I was having too much fun watching.

On the way home we stopped at Bettie's in Toledo for treats. The kids spotted this deer on the hill as we came down into Toledo. They bailed out of the motor home and ran out to look at it. Auna was back in a couple of minutes for the camera and James took this picture of it. We had a great day. It was one of the noisier rides to the field and back I have had for a while, but fun.
They are a good bunch of kids!

Leaves

I was right, the leaves did not get as far in the wind as I had hoped. I was out mowing them into the bagger and there was this deer about 30 feet away under the apple tree eating apples. I went and got the camera and watched him for awhile. He went all around under the tree sniffing the ground looking for them under the leaves. Then he headed up to the other tree by the pond.

It made a pleasant break for bagging the leaves. My timing was good also as it started to rain just as I finished.

Looking like it belongs!

Funny how little things make something look like it belongs there. Our old fridge had lots of pictures and magnetic things on it. When Vera took them off to get ready for the new one it looked like someone had stolen our fridge. It looked darn strange being naked after all those years. The new one looked strange because it is Black where the old one was White. Vera put some pictures and magnets on it and now it seems like it has always been there.

Wind

Boy! the way it blew today those maple leaves should end up in Lewis county. Just my luck, they will probably just end up in the North end of the lawn instead of under the trees. I spent three hours looking for the plans to a plane I want to build. Finally spotted them just walking by. I know where most of my other plans are now! I have not been up in the loft for months. Tomorrow I get to try Wwe on the Xbox. As is my norm, I will probably get beat.

Hope you stayed warm and dry today.

Chilly Flying

It would have been nicer flying if the wind would have died. It was 2-3 Mph when we got there and was up to 4-5 Mph with gusts to 11 Mph by the time we left. We were dressed for it so I had fun regardless. My friend Bob came down also and I test flew a plane he had bought from me. The plane in the picture is one I built for James but it never got flown much as he liked the one with the bomb bay better, so when Bob was looking for a plane I sold it to him.

After flying, I came home and attacked the leaves with the mower. After emptying many mower bagger loads of leaves, I blew the rest into the brush with the mower. That seemed like lots more fun. It looks like maybe half the leaves have fallen of the maples, so I will have another session in a week or so.

Time for New

The new Ultimate Biplane that I finished on Saturday before we went to James game.


James (Black 52) spent the game getting held by Yellow 70. He still got in on some tackles.
Today we got ready for our new Stove and Refrigerator. We took out the old ones, cleaned up where they had been and ran a water line for the ice maker in the new fridge. Bev and Debbie came and picked up the stove, and Mik took the fridge so all we have to do now is wait for the new ones tomorrow. Vera is darn excited, she has never liked that stove! Probably because it was a GE. We had a GE TV that probably never worked more than a month at a time, it really turned us off GE's. The stove was installed when we bought the house. Of course it never missed a beat in 25 years.

Third times a charm

Third times a charm on the roof (I Hope!) , It was still leaking so we got supplies Thursday and I put 3 tab on that section of the roof today. Boy, the up and down the ladder and the down on my knees driving nails just killed my left knee. I could not even go up the steps into the shop with it after I finished. Ice and heat and it is feeling better tonight, but I am staying off that roof for a while. I did get out and work on my new Ultimate biplane for a little bit tonight. I am heading for the recliner right after I finish this. Well maybe right after I look at Facebook. Hope you had a better day than I did.