Spacial Peepol: May 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

Night Side - Minneapolis

Driving through Minneapolis.

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Scheming Hen – Face Of The Week #14

This lovely lady is a wild turkey that has been trying to figure out a good way to get into the coolness of my kitchen through the deck door. It has been *so* hot out lately she spent a couple of days staring inside just plotting and bugging the kitties, Lemme and Fidget. She comes right up to the screen door and looks right in. So far she has not been able to work a plan that gets her passed Lemme and Fidget.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Florida Flea Market Merchandise – A Must Have!

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Monday, May 24, 2010

It’s The Berries

Taken at Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

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Wild Mountain

Last Saturday we took our RV and my oldest daughter’s family on an outing to Wild Mountain. Pretty much an all day thing where you can purchase a pass to ‘dry rides’ and ‘wet rides’. All of them did just that except me. I limited myself to just the dry rides. So you won’t see many photos of the dry rides since I was on them.

However, they enjoyed the wet rides (water slides) for hours in the afternoon. There are 3 or 4 different ones they went down.

Karissa

Grampa and Keegan

Lyle (Daughter’s Husband) ;)

One of the ‘dry rides’ was a long toboggan ride down a winding track on a sled that had wheels (and a hand break). To get there you needed to take the chair lift (in the winter a ski lift).

You really couldn’t see much of the ride as it ran around through trees and such, but here is a quick video of the end of it. It was *very* windy in the afternoon, so just ignore the audio if you can.

There were also ‘go-karts’ which were ridden over and over around a large winding track. Not many ‘go-kart’ photos because I was on them too at times. I did take a video, but won’t bore you with that.

Time to go home and everyone looks like they enjoyed themselves.

And about 15 minutes into the hour long ride back home……

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Flea Market Item – Face Of The Week #13

You can find anything at a Florida Flea Market. For some reason I thought this was humorous…..at the time. I didn’t purchase it.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Number 19

Wood Duck house #19 out in a boggy area of Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota.

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Man In Charge

This is a photo taken when we were camping a couple of years back and I love it, always wanted to share it. It just never seem to fit when ever I was preparing a post. Today I decided to use it regardless.

It was stormy outside and we were all camper bound for a little while. Though there is plenty of room inside our camper, snuggled into one corner were three greyhounds, Ruby, Scooter, and Renner is in the back behind Scooter. Blew is on the other side of the camper out of view. My little grandson, about 1.5 years old at the time, obviously felt he had the one corner under his control.

A few minutes later the scene looked like this:

Fortunately Ruby is his Greyhound and is pretty much used to all his love and affection. She was absolutely un-phased…didn’t move a muscle.

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In the Beginning

On the first day, God created the Greyhound.

On the second day, God created man to serve the Greyhound.

On the third day, God created the animals of the Earth to serve as potential food for the Greyhound.

On the fourth day, God created honest toil so that man could labor for the good of the Greyhound.

On the fifth day, God created the tennis ball so that the Greyhound could or could not retrieve it.

On the sixth day, God created veterinary science to keep the Greyhound healthy and the man broke. (AMEN!!!)

On the seventh day, God tried to rest, but he had to walk the Greyhound. (Author Unknown)

On the eighth day, God believeth that He was done, but Lo! The Garden of Eden was full of Greyhound poop and craters. Adam & Eve, having been banished from the garden, no longer dwelleth therein to serve the Greyhound, so it came to pass that He had to clean the mess up Himself. And God was displeased.

On the ninth day, God sayeth unto the Heavens, "Who hath dominion here, me or the Greyhound?

On the tenth day, God came upon the Greyhound cockroached on His throne and abideth there unmoving, despite all His beseeching.

And so it came to pass that God had his answer. He then sayeth unto Moses, "Fine! You’re in charge now. Here’s my ten commandments. You deal with the Greyhound! I’m retiring to Miami Beach!

And Moses convinced the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of bondage in Egypt and journey to the Promised Land. God sayeth unto Moses, "The Promised Land shall be yours, but you must take the Greyhound with you.

And so it came to pass that the Israelites wandered for 40 years in the wilderness, waiting for the Greyhound to go potty, mark every bush and sniff every blade of grass in its domain.

And the Greyhound was fruitful and multiplied.

The people were taken by the comeliness and manner of the Greyhound, but they were sorely distressed. "Lord" they cried out, "The Greyhound is an attractive and sweet creature, but there are so many, what shall we do?"

And God sayeth unto the people, "Ye are a cursed people and shall be known as adopters! Thy yards shall be barren of grass. Thy dwellings shall overflow with dog beds, squeaky toys and Greyhound kitsch. Thy carpets shall be forever stained. Thy vet bills shalt be large and thy lives forever ordered around by the Greyhound. And thy minds shall be muddled, as thou shalt treat thy Greyhounds as thy do your human offspring."

And Adopters begat Chippers. And Chippers begat Fosters. And Fosters begat Adoption Groups. And Adoption Groups begat Discussion Lists. And Discussion Lists begat Gatherings. And Gatherings begat Vendors. And Vendors begat a wardrobe for the Greyhound. And the Greyhound was spoiled.