It’s almost as good as new. You can see where the buried root (that I accidentally dug up with my wheel while winching out) poked into the sidewall and popped it off the bead… What a freak thing!
2026-08-20
I got this cool timegrapher…
I used my birthday cash to by this little meter that listens to the heartbeat of a mechanical watch so you can tell how it’s running. It helps with regulating and maintaining them. Pretty interesting! Also shows my retirement watch is running super nicely and accurate :)
I asked my mom about the other pocket watch I remembered
She’d always had this one hanging on the mantle while we were growing up. I got the full story! It’s cool to have five generations of time pieces in our collections! She’s gonna have to keep me from swiping this one when she’s not looking! It’s crazy how the minute hand was curved from the heat of the fire. The hair spring is broken too so not much chance this one’s gonna run, the the intricate case, beautiful movement, and precious memories are all still evident!
My mom found this map of our old house
She’d drawn it for my Grandma who was house bound so that she could see how it was laid out inside. It’s a pretty good re-creation!
Tractor and bush hog lessons
They’re preparing us for the next time they need bush hogging done at Camp Jabez. We were planning to do some this week, but working on the fence and electric wires was higher priority.
My dad would have been jealous to see me running this. I’m sure he got to play with bigger ones when he was working on a farm in his later years.
2026-08-19
Well my clone finally arrived…
It’s just kind of a fun experiment. It looks good and runs well. We’ll see if the Chinese movements are any good? It’s by far the cheapest mechanical watch I have. They’ve certainly paid attention to EVERY detail. You can even see the “crown” etched on the glass floating over the 6 o’clock position in the second pic from the bottom right after the last S in Swiss.
I’m not gonna pass it off as the real thing, but I do really like the function and look, but not for $25K! I still cringed at a few hundred bucks… 🤪
2026-08-18
Julie digging up old pics…
She found this among her mom’s stuff while going through it recently. It was from pretty early in our dating life.
Mostly done.
The built in shelving system it came with made the task so much easier! You can see how Andy set it up including building a box for some of his longer tools on the lower right side. He’s got one more box to build on the left for long stock and his tripod vise. It’s gonna be sweet when he finishes. My dad always wanted a setup like this where he could have all his tools and parts close at hand, but still be mobile. He would have loved to see this in his grandkids❣️
All hands on deck!
A few of us helped Andy move into his new truck. Brandon is treating him well as a thank you for what Andy is bringing to the table :)
It was fun to jump in with some of the guys and help out. He has TONS of room. Four of us could work in there and stay out of each other’s way. There’s even room for the microwave in the bulkhead over the passenger compartment!
Julie’s mystery snails are making babies…!
She found this attached to the inside of the lid on her fish tank. Pretty creepy and cool all at the same time. We will see what happens. Might be cool and fun to watch.
Cool spiderweb at John and Savannah’s
I noticed this when pulling out of our driveway a few mornings ago. I liked how the morning beads of dew were hanging on the web.
I used roughly a 24x zoom on my phone to capture it. Pretty cool. That’s like having a 600mm on a 35mm camera… Crazy that you can carry something like that in your pocket these days and get a decent image of something like this without even having to get out of the car…
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