August 15, 2005

AGGHHHH! (With special Update!)

As is becoming increasing common, I have walked into a giant flaming radioactive hornet's nest of busywork that must be accomplished this morning, so the full accounting of the past weekend's festivities in Paradise along the Pinchgut must wait a bit.

The short version--it was time for the annual pear harvest with Boy

I cut the grass

I worked on deleaking the Focus and headresting the Volvo

And I did churchy stuff for which I have no photos, so I decided instead to show you a picture of what I walked into early one morning a couple of Fridays ago--

Everyone together now--"Awwwwww."

Details to follow some time later in the day--in the intervening time, be sure to go read about what everyone else did this weekend!

UPDATE: 10:45 CT, I have reduced the size of the flaming nuclear hornet hive by half, made slightly more difficult by the discovery inside the hive of a pack of howler monkeys. Now then, on to the next task, which requires a sure and steady hand as I draw with pretty colors!

I wish I had a mule team to help me out.

OH! WAIT! What have I here!? Why, my good friend Dave Helton decided to show me what that would look like!

Everyone together now--"Awwwww."

Or, "Waaaaaaaa."

Posted by Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 08:24 AM
Comments

Thanks for sharing those great pictures with us. I had not realized that your son looked so much like you. What's that saying, "Blood will tell"? Very true in this case.

Posted by: Stan at August 15, 2005 08:57 AM

Awwwwww!

Posted by: Kathy at August 15, 2005 10:06 AM

Stan, I think you might be deceived by the simulated jowls he's holding up to his head. Without those, he actually looks a bit more like Reba--he has her eyes, especially.

Now, Rebecca, on the other hand...

And Kathy, you might want to say "Awww" again when you find out she took the picture of me and the lawnmower.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 10:24 AM

you actually kinda look like Colonel Sanders in that last shot.

Posted by: DaveH at August 15, 2005 10:56 AM

They're such angels when they're sleeping! My youngster is usually still asleep when I leave in the morning, so I get to give the Li'l Tater a quick kiss on the side of his head as a goodbye.

Enjoyed the "Yes I'm still manly even with a straw hat" pose. I'll also enjoy cutting grass a little more when the temperatures start heading back to the low 80's. Someday.

Posted by: MarcV at August 15, 2005 11:00 AM

Hmmm--I wonder if there would be a market for Kentucky Fried Mule?

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 11:03 AM

Oh, and it's a very manly straw hat, by the way.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 11:08 AM

Will you post the picture with the pretty colors? Does it have growies? I’m working on growies.

Posted by: jim at August 15, 2005 11:36 AM

Oh, if you insist. And yes, it DOES have growies, but only tiny ones that won't get in the way of the building.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 11:46 AM

Your public insists. Well I would like to see it—sort of—if I not taking a nap or anything.
Thanks!

Posted by: jim at August 15, 2005 12:18 PM

You THE MAN! And I mean that in the negative sense. Everybody else had to make do with 40 Acres and ONE mule. You, being THE MAN, clearly got 120 Acres and THREE mules.

I bet you blew it all on some Swedish Surrey with the Fringe on Top, too.

Posted by: skinnydan at August 15, 2005 12:47 PM

They aren't mine--I'm just working them for someone else.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 01:38 PM

I thought I saw something in the picture of the boy. When did you get a shed?

Posted by: jim at August 15, 2005 01:57 PM

It's not a shed. It's a lovely playhouse especially constructed for the children. IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 02:01 PM

Next Monday at show and tell could we have a picture of the frog pond?

Posted by: jim at August 15, 2005 02:53 PM

Frogs will be harder to work with...

Posted by: DaveH at August 15, 2005 03:23 PM

But frogs sure will look cool all teamed up.

Terry I don’t want to pick but don’t playhouses usually have windows?

Posted by: jim at August 15, 2005 03:36 PM

I have a frog pond picture TODAY you can see!

And yes, Dave, they are very difficult to keep in a harness. And believe it or not, they're more stubborn than mules.

And Jim, you're only looking at one wall of the shed.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 15, 2005 03:59 PM

Sorry I was just projecting from the only wall you would let us see.

And HEY HE SAID SHED!

Posted by: jim at August 15, 2005 05:36 PM

No I didn't.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 16, 2005 08:04 AM