Columbus is Ground Zero for an Alien Attack.

I fixed a couple blogs - 

My personal garden blog - Lasagna Beds for Beginners
My Flora blog - MelottePhotoImagery - Flora

HERE THEY COME!!!

We were watching "Up In The Air" Saturday night and something caught my eye so I looked out the window. It was about 9:15pm and what I saw gave me goose bumps. All I could say was WOW! WOW! WOW!  and it was gone.

The meteor was about 1/4 the size of the Full Moon and bright fuzzy green. Lasted for 3 seconds and I had time to really focus on it.

The first thing I did was run to the computer and log on to Facebook as DJ and without my reading glasses typed some incomprehensible words about a "HIGE metior".

Reading other peoples post one guy said he looked at the Weather UnderGround radar and there was a streak that started right over Columbus. It seems the air space over our little town was the entry point. What does that tell ya!! THEIR COMING!!!!

I now believe the reason I was no allowed to listen in on the meeting with the Columbus Development Authority was that those guys in the suits were "government scientific researchers" who were here to set up a landing base for the Aliens. Yea, maybe they are already here!!!

Ever talk to those guys at Day One Pizza? If you have, you know what I'm talking about!!
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Before I forget about it.  I was contacted by a woman who is in charge (by default) of a Columbus HS reunion. Any suggestions on a good place for a reunion?  Jodie-O's?  LOL  At first she was thinking of The Kurth but its a little small. Any other unique places???? 
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How Ryan Braun Helped My Golf Game.

I've been watching Ryan Braun on the Brewers swing and miss lately and he just has a fantastic swing.  Actually what I marvel at is his back swing. The bat whips around his body and it's like on a spring, once it goes as far as it can go BOING!!!  it springs back.

I've noticed when I'm on a driving range and am just ripping the ball, my back swing will spring back like that but I had forgotten about it.  So yesterday I decided I HAD to play a round even though my back was still a little iffy.  League starts Wednesday so I better see how things go.

My goal was to RIP the ball, only aim when I set up and then just rip it.

Success.  Probably the most consistent mediocre round I have had in the past 5 years. Never a hole above a 6. Never a miss hit.  Oh, a few off line, too far, too short and so forth but my drives (which are my bug-a-boo) were down the middle with good distance.

In fact my drive on MY hole was one of the farthest I see on the course.

Living on the 16th hole of a golf course has really shown me how normal golfers do.  WOW!  Being in a league I tend to golf with others that are also in leagues so I tended to think that "my" golf talent was what the typical poor golfer does.  But after seeing what normally happens on a golf course I see a 22 handicap golfer is WAY better then Joe Common golfer.

I hit my drive 230, against a wind uphill yesterday and of ALL the golfers I see at Kestrel Ridge that drive was in the 5 this year.  ME??? Top 5?  I have to think that the average drive on that hole is probably about 170 yards. 


Granted, it's a course in a small town, not Door Creek or Black Wolf Run so the pool of talent is not that great.


Here are some images I took while on the course yesterday.

Right side of #10

#15

If you have golfed at Kestrel you know that #18 will tighten the old sphincter a little with houses on the left side.

Well - I had been hitting every fairway with ease so I was not nervous at all  so I ripped away. This is where my second shot landed.  100 yards to go. Meaning I went about 260 straight down the middle!  WOW!!!  (I feel like George Takei).

Sadly my 2nd shot went left, hit the side of the hill, bounced left with great vigor and ended up near the barn.  (The hole is closer to that tree).

I then managed to pop the ball up and over the green to the trap on the right side. Then up to the OTHER side of the green and two putted for a 6.  WHEW!!!

#18

This is #12, a 150 forced carry of wetlands which I stroked a perfect ball 5 yards past the hole and 3 putted!  VICTORY!!  This always plays long for me.

The story here is that some hacker playing from the tips was getting all pissy that I was taking photos.  I never held him up once but he seemed to think that if I was 250 yards ahead he might accidentally drop me in my tracks . I figured they way he was going he would take three strokes to get near me IF he was aiming for the fairway (which I had to think he was not) .

Anyway - I let him pass and took this of #12

And that is my golf story.

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I have many more things on my mid and images but I will leave you with this.

(things on my mind)
Clear garbage bags!
Two movies - Up In The Air? and "Public Enemies" (perhaps you have hear of the latter). 
Columbus in bloom!


It seems to me that we have a bumper crop of dandelions this year. There just seems to be a TON of them.

So while I hear people complaining about dandelions in their yard I found this place on Ridgeway yesterday. You think you got it bad?  This is the mother lode.  OR! OR! Aliens in dandelion form!

Actually dandelions are Taraxacum and are in the Asteraceae family. The entire plant is edible! Each dandelion genetically identical to the parent plant from which it came from!

Oddley the dandelion is a beneficial weed, with a wide range of uses, and is even a good companion plant for gardening, but is often thought of solely as "bad". It has been described as "a plant for which we once knew the use but we've forgotten it"

In fact, the plant is good protection for grasses and grains in areas prone to armyworms, and its ability to break up hard earth with its deep tap root, bringing up nutrients from below the reach of other plants, makes it a good companion for weaker or shallower-rooted crops, including tomato plants.

Dandelion leaves contain abundant amounts of vitamins and minerals, especially Vitamins A, C and K, and are good sources of calcium, potassium and fair amounts of iron and manganese, higher than similar leafy greens such as spinach.

Dandelions are important plant for bees. Not only is their flowering used as an indicator that the honey bee season is starting, but they are also an important source of nectar and pollen early in the season.

The dandelion is the official flower of the University of Rochester

Nuff said!


Cheers
Rod