Storms and taking photos of . . . EVERYTHING

WELL NOW - we had damage INSIDE the house yesterday.

Josh, Jenny and the kids were over grilling out yesterday and the storms were coming. We have all the iPads with live radar working and as the storm neared I was out on the deck watching the darkness arrive.

Josh comes out and we're looking and Sydney is running around the deck.

I say, "LISTEN, you can hear it!"  Jenny, inside looking out, says "what can you hear" and I say "you can hear the gust front" and I point.  Jenny from inside the house says "I don't hear nothin!".  At that second Josh swoops baby Syd into his arms and starts to move towards the house while I continue to point and yell LOOKIT!!.

Flying plant

BAM - a wall of wind hits us and a plant INSIDE the house lifts up, spins around and is literally spraying dirt all around the kitchen landing 5 feet away.  Of course Josh and I squeal like little girls at how exciting this is while baby Syd is FREAKING out.

Crazy wind that registered at 48mph on my wind gauge.  The one storm dumped 0.25 inches of rain and the temperature dropped 21 degrees in 10 minutes. 
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This is what a cow looks like JUST before he licks your lens!

More on that later.

I picked up Elwood from Madison and stopped at Eddies for a Nitro Stout and some burgers with the plan to get some yard-work/landscaping done.   We had a task list of things to do (we do that).

The big project was to remove a Juniper from in front of the house.  McKay does some good things and some things that just do not work out well and the Juniper just looked ugly.

We  had a few beers to prepare for hard labor and then one or two more to hydrate ourselves properly.

But before that we "went to work" we did a few tiny things like look in awe at our Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum).   ANYWAY - it's never gotten this tall, 14+inches!

Sweet Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Sweet Woodruff - Galium odoratum

And we marveled at how some Georgia Blue ( Veronica peduncularis) was now blooming

Georgia Blue ( Veronica peduncularis)

And I can't remember what this is but we call it erosion control as it sucks up amazing amounts of water.

And finally the EAST side of the house is starting to take shape.

So - after contemplating life we started to dig up the Juniper which was harder AND easier then we thought it would be.   After chopping off all the branches it looked like it would be easy.  BUT once we started digging the roots were crazy thick.

We got it, collapsed and decided to have a beer.

Here is the thing - the NEXT day, DJ and I did more work Sunday morning the Elwood and I did all day Saturday.   GO FIGURE!!

Actually while I mowed the lawn (longest it had ever been I believe) DJ did the clean up of the front to perfection.

HINT - anyone that does yard work GET GLOVES.  Seriously, it really makes the jobs much more fun.  DJ will attest to that.  When I started working I got gloves and WOW - what a difference.  Then I told Elwood and he said he did not need gloves as he did not mind dirty hands.  I said that was not why.

A month later Elwood had gloves and  WOW, what a difference "this is amazing" he said!!  It's just knowing that there us nothing that will puncture your skin, no tiny sliver, no reason NOT to stick your hand deep into he dirt.

Now we can start improving and rearranging the front yard. 

DJ did a GREAT job.

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Back to cows.

We took a side trip looking for photos and came accross this barn near Marshall.

There is a woman who's job, for the Library of Congress (I guess, is to take photos of . . . everything. Americana sort of stuff.  I'm thinking I should do that around here.  The reason is that you never know when something will go away.  For instance - she took a glamor shot of that giant cowboy down in Texas (some University) and 2 weeks later it burned down.

SO - I begin. 
  

Have a cheery week and be glad you do not golf in league on THURSDAYS! LOL  AGAIN - Thursday will totally suck!  Fourth week in a row.

Rod

A few photos!

A couple photos before I start to do some framing in prep for a Wine and Art Walk Thursday Night in Sun Prairie. 

Last night a storm moved through south of Columbus around sunset and Facebook lit up with photos!    Here is one I got from our deck and yes, they were that color. That is why everyone was out of their houses look up!

Those are mammatus clouds.

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Then there is this little building between Beaver Dam and Minnesota Junction!   Yea - DJ and I had a WTF? moment and I had to pull over.

WHAT??  are we in Westeros?

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I've been thinking about how long the United States will be around.  Seriously.  No one can really think The U.S. is here permanently can they?   I mean civilizations come and go.

I've been reading the history of Civilizations and I gotta think that America is just another passing Civ.  We might be around for another few hundred years but not many civilizations make it past 1000 years and if they do the last few hundred years are all downhill.

Just sayin.
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OK - work to do - cheers

Mayor OKs Columbus ET Landing Zone!

All of you Columbus peeps!  Ever wonder what is on the other side of the hill when you come in on Hwy 73?  Yea - you see the construction for Enerpac but then . . .WHAT?  That corn field north of 73 now has a lot gong on BEHIND the hill.  What's going on over there that is so secret.  

Well this reporter wanted to know so he climbed the security hill and took a peek.

IT'S AN ET LANDING ZONE I BELIEVE!!  What else could it be.

I guess we all know what all of those "closed-door" meetings were about for the city council. 

OH - the towns government SAYS it's Enerpac but notice that once the Enerpac was OK'd people started to . . . "retire" or get "voted out" of office. How convenient .   BUT WAIT - there is more going on then you think.  

Is that an EGG? Next to the mammoth scooper?  hmmmmmm

As I watched what was going on I was shocked.  All of this Enerpac construction is ONE GUY (human?)!   It only looks like hundreds.

Here is what happens.  The big dump truck (see below) is driven to the ET landing zone.  The "driver" jumps out, hops into the scooper, fills up the truck,  hops out of the scooper, hops into the truck and drives off,.  

And look at the "driver".  No human sits like that.  IT HAS GLOWING EYES FOR GOD'S SAKE.

I'll have more photos as soon as I make my aluminum cap to protect myself.

This reminds me of my blog from April 22, 2010 

 Yea - it's all starting to make sense now isn't it.   PLUS - look what building that the hidden rocket is located!!!!

YEA - of course it bulges!   THERE IS A FREAKING ROCKET INSIDE! 

Call Davis Clark of the DPW and ask him what is REALLY going on (is he even human? I'm really looking at people now!!).  ET landing zone and all of a sudden barricades go up around a assumed rocket launch site?  This is getting curiouser and curiouser.

No wonder I lost the election - I know THE TRUTH.  (even though people contact me because their alderman does not answer emails).  And they call me a chameleon loose cannon that shoots from the hip!!  HA!  I know who you are!
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OK - Brewer game - I have never seen a Manager go to the mound and remove a catcher before  LOL  Brewers look like the 27 Yankees when they play Pittsburgh.
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Sad about Angelina Jolie.  Her mother AND grandmother died of breast cancer and Doctors said she had an 87%  chance of having breast cancer so she had a double mastectomy. (a co-worker, female,  just said her breasts were replaced with laser guns).  But in seriousness I believe if there is one woman in the world that will come out of that operation just fine it would be  Angelina.  She writes "I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity."

I've always liked her but when she was asked to be in a James Bond movie she turned it down saying ONLY, if she could be James Bond!    If you have not seen the movie SALT, she is James Bond in that one I believe.  Pretty damn good action flick!

BTW - the latest 007 movie was boring I thought even though I really like Daniel Craig. 

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DJ has taken up knitting in a big way. She went to ShopKo to get some new needles but I was not expecting this.  She does do things in a big way.

WAIT - is she an alian?   hmmmmm

Cheers

Grinder