Zoo pictures!

Hello!
 I have a little frustration to vent, so watch out for steam!

 Yesterday, I spent several hours figuring out how to transfer music/ringtones to my new cell phone from my computer. I finally found a free program (BitPim) that allows you to open and edit lots of information on most cell phones. In the process, I found I could upload all of the pictures I had taken with my phone to my computer, and use them as any other pictures. Cool!

 Now, after all that work, I proudly showed the rest of the family MY pictures. They happened to be of the Appleseed that Jacob and I attended up at the Bartletts, and of our trip to the zoo last weekend.

 Now comes the frusterating part. After all of that, Mom and Cora took the best of MY photos and posted them on THEIR blogs, before I have a chance too, because I am out working in the shop all day... HEY, IF YOU WANT SOME PICTURES, TAKE ALONG YOUR OWN CAMERA! At least let me post some of the good ones before you do! Now, I know your camera is broken (again) Cora, and you don't like your camera Mom, but if I took the pictures with MY camera, doesn't that give me some right of ownership?

 I guess that is enough steam for now, so I will continue with the pictures... :-)

 ZOO PICTURES

 A picture of (most of) our group:

Left to right: My Dad, my Sister Cora (Hiding behind Morgan), Morgan G (Green shirt), Miranda G,

Molly G (Other green shirt), Mrs. (Lisa) G, and my Mom

 The rest of the group, ie. the boys. :-)  The only problem with taking all of the pictures is that you don't get any of yourself. :-(  Right to left: (Yellow shirt) my brother, Jacob; (Red shirt) Moses G; (Red striped shirt) Josiah G.

Molly was taking pictures for their friends, who were hosting the free day at the zoo. Smile!

       Oops, another Geiger! This is Jubilee. I am still missing some...

 Here is Morgan, trying to see the ...

  Leopard!

This guy didn't mind being seen:

 More pictures...

Sorry this one is blurry, that little monkey was sooooooo cute!

It would be pretty safe to say that we all enjoyed our time a lot!

 Andrew B.

More pictures from the Appleseed

Hi everybody!

 Here are a couple more pictures from the Appleseed up at the Bartletts. I took them with my cell phone, and just figured out how to get them on my computer yesterday, so that's why they're so late. :-)

 Got to go, mom wants help making her bed...

Home Again!

Vacation's over! Jacob and I got home last night about 7:00, just in time for chores. :-)

We had a wonderful time up at the Bartlett's; both for the Appleseed, and the time we could spend with our friends. I will post some pictures for now, and will try to find time for a more detailed explanation later.

Here is a picture of our Appleseed Instructor, Alex.

This picture is looking downrange at all of the targets.

The firing line:

Jacob and I on the firing line:

It was fun! More later...

More Legos!

Hi all!

Just a quick post to show off my new Lego set, #4481 "Hailfire Droid."

I am not really a fan of star wars, but I bought this set because of the really huge wheels. Here are a couple of pictures.

Talk later,

Andrew

Getting ready to go.

Today, Jacob and I Are getting ready to go up to the appleseed shoot
at our friends, the Bartletts. We are planning on leaving tomorrow,
sometime after lunch. Check out www.appleseedinfo.org for more info.

I just heard on the radio that the Blue Angles are going to be in
the area this weekend! Too bad we have other plans. :-)

Better go,

Andrew B.

Sent from my iPod

Remember the Appleseed Shoot coming up!

Hi,

Just wanted to get this information out to you all. This was copied from my good friend Jonathan's blog: http://jonathanjbartlett.blogspot.com/ If you haven't heard about the Appleseed Project, you should check out http://www.appleseedinfo.org/. Thanks!

"August 22-23, here at our farm. Don't forget to pre-register! Event info can be found at http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=7980.0.My email is not working so if any of you have tried to contact me in the past week, I didn't get it. You can comment on my blog and I will get your note when I sign in to blogger (I won't publish it if it's a personal note). "

August!

Where does time go? This summer has really been going fast!

Well, we have been keeping busy making hay, (You are probably thinking that's all we do, and you are close to right! :-) ) as well as doing chores, and trying to keep all of our equipment in working order. Thursday, we had to fix a bearing on one baler, a bearing holder on another baler, and the thermostat on our bi-directional tractor!

One of my current projects is working on making an informational/promotional DVD for Prairie Days, an annual event put on by our friends, the Dagleys. Here is a little trailer I put together, the DVD will be available for purchase later...




(After Lunch)

I guess I should finish this post, or it might sit here on my computer for a couple more hours...

Today, I got a Shubb 5th string capo for my Banjo. I had an interesting time mounting it on my banjo, as I hadn't ever done one before, but it worked out fine. I ordered a capo for the other strings as well, but it hasn't come yet... So for now I will have to continue using my Lego one. :)

Got to go,

Andrew B.