Out here in Holland, we got hail. Lots of it. So much so that 5 hours later there were still piles of it around the yard.
No noticeable damage other than to our corn stalks which got knocked over, and and handful of tomatoes got knocked off the plants.
Amanda and I both planned to take today off and turn this into a four day weekend for the sole purpose of going skiing. Planning ahead for a ski day is always tricky since you never know what the weather is going to be like, but today worked out perfectly. First, the weather was the…
Our first major holiday gathering at the new home was very successful. The weather was cooperative and everyone was able to make it out here to the hills. We had a fire going in the fireplace all day long. Amanda roasted a a perfect roast, in a way that even my father the “Meat Specialist”…
Autoblog has photos of the 2008 Dodge Challenger presale brochure. Dodge is only making 5000 of the car next year, and they have a waiting list 6000 people long. It’s ok, there’s always eBay where you can get in on an auction to decide just how much over MSRP you’re willing to pay! Opening bid…
Recently spotted and almost purchased on a layover in Washington-Dulles:
Isis has been moping since the vet made him wear a collar so he’d stop licking his battle scar, and he looked just completely forlorn and desperate to go outside. I, of course, saw that as an opportunity to take a couple of photos and play with some lighting.
Decided to take a walk up the road tonight with my camera, knowing there were some huge hay bales that looked like they might be an interesting subject. Turns out, Ariella was the more interesting subject, but the hay bales made a nice backdrop. This one took a bit of photoshopping, as I really didn’t…