They’re using some of the tools I’ve collected to care for their place across the street. It’s fun to see them making it their own, and keeping up on it. I’m happy to help, and they take good care of my stuff, so win-win.
2026-08-21
Pretty crazy competition setup this past weekend
I still get out once a month or so to keep my skills sharp. We got to shoot from cars, shoot while climbing up and down steps, and more! Fun Friday evening!
Cool blue glowy
Citizen watches have a really cool color of blue for the lume on their hands and hour markers. It lasts all night easily too.
It’s fun seeing people read my blog
This was a particularly fun exchange between the three of us recently❣️
2026-08-20
I got my tire remounted and balanced.
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!
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… 🤪
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