Cool clouds to the South during a rainy sunset a few days back

Andy fixing me up…

I had these orange scales for one of my balisongs, but they needed side jimping to match the handles.  Andy thought we could figure out a way to do it on the drill press.  He ended up doing it free hand and they turned out great.  I liked watching the concentration and attention to detail as he did it.  

Silhouette of a black cat…

All the detail and color in Julie’s snail is amazing❣️

 She took this really cool pic.

Just a cool setting for a pic as I was cleaning it up

The dogs “helping” me wash my jeep

We were all getting choked off by the smoke from the Canadian wildfires… You can see it hanging in the air in the background of this pic. 

The dog seem to really enjoy being out in the yard with me while I’m puttering around. I guess it’s something different for them. They never know quite what to expect, but always seem happy to experience it.

Redneck engine starter…

For some reason, my inherited pressure washer was giving me fits the last time I needed to use it.  It normally starts right up and runs fine. I think it had gotten a little damp in all the humidity in my portable garages. In the process of trying to get it started, the pull rope broke too.  I wanted to see if it would start before i spent a bunch of time fixing the rope.  I noticed a hex nut on the engines shaft, so I thought I would try this approach. It pretty much worked like a champ. I just had to be careful to commit to spinning it fast enough and pull off as it started.  It worked every time except once when the socket stayed on, I quickly cut the engine before it could fly off and hurt something or somebody… I got it all running, got the rope fixed, and proceeded to use it.

A great Bassett pic!

Chloe had the perfect pose and I managed to capture it too❤️

My four generation collection is complete!

I found one of the watches the kids wore when they were young.  Perfect.  Now I have my grandparents on both sides, dad’s on both sides, several of mine, and even the ones my boys wore (this one and one of my dad’s).  Pretty cool :)

Weed eating the pond at camp Jabez again

The summer camps are winding down, but the work still needs done.  It’s nice to be able to serve there, outdoors, and pray for the kids, the counselors, and the workers while I do.

Meanwhile back home…

Shadow is trying on socks in the background of this pic of Savannah’s attentive dogs… And Andy is finding out that our idea to store his monster wrenches on the inside of his van door works nicely!

A great night out with my family

My mom hosted birthday dinner for Laura.  We played Bananagrams, laughed and had had cake and ice cream.  We secretly picked the worst tiles for Susan and Larry and they didn’t even complain since they’d just received news that Chris was getting a new job working in the AES program (drones) at Sinclair.  

I brought along some local craft ice cream from Jubie’s that I got at Dot’s Market.  Yum!

We sold John’s car in 23 minutes…

You can also see him shopping for a new one, and a celebratory dinner out in it after.  Also, I highly recommend the cheese curds at Double Day’s!

Well, my clone shipped…

I’ll let you decide which one is mine and which one is real… It’s been an interesting and long process.  It will be fun to see how it measures up.  I still have a week or two while it gets a boat ride towards its final destination…

A rare moment of empty garage…

…and nothing in the driveway.  John was borrowing my car, Julie was shopping and my Jeep was nowhere to be found… haha.