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New Photo Gallery

the editor — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:58:03 +0000

Trying out another photo viewer plugin. This one is the NextGen gallery by Alex Rabe. If anyone happens to visit please let me know if the pictures make the page slow to load. Thanks.

The pictures were taken around where I live in a part of Chester County, SC known as Armenia.

20 Photos

Winter Storm

the editor — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:52:39 +0000

Winter Storm

(27.01.2009, 23 Photos)

I took these pictures during the recent storm in the Midwest. They were taken in Columbus, OH, West Carrollton, OH, and along I-75 from Dayton to Cincinnati.

It is quite a challenge to operate a big truck in these conditions safely, but I did and made it home in one piece and left no collateral damage behind me.

Rodeo

the editor — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:14:22 +0000

Rodeo

(16.01.2009, 59 Photos)

Here are some pictures of my son, Cliff, at the IPRA world championship rodeo in Oklahoma City, OK. Click on the picture to open album.

You can get a better view of this album and others Here.

The Finished Rumford

the editor — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:17:48 +0000

New Rumford

(05.11.2008, 8 Photos)

Some shots of the Rumford fireplace my son built in his new house. He built the house from wood that he cut and sawed himself. (No mortgage.) My son, Cliff, is a very good carpenter, builder and woodsman (not to mention a world-class calf roper).

Photos From the Road

the editor — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:45:46 +0000

FromTheRoad

(24.12.2007, 19 Photos)

Still testing my new photo viewer. This is easy and fun. Here’s a new album of some shots from the road.

Photo Plugins

the editor — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:55:00 +0000

Hico, TX

(06.11.2007, 73 Photos)

Here is a photo album which makes use of a plugin called PicasaView that I am trying out. It also integrates well with the Lightbox 2 plugin. The pictures are some I took as I was passing through a small town in Texas. Click on the picture below to go to the album and click on the individual pictures to see the Lightbox 2 renderings. Pretty cool. Enjoy.

Tripping through Texas

the editor — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:12:24 +0000

I travel a lot. Recently I took a trip along some back roads in Texas. The area I traveled through was a large chunk of territory from southwest of Fort Worth down to Houston. The first stop along the way was the small town of Tolar – home of a good little donut shop, the Tolar United Methodist Church, the Houston ranch, and not much else. The visit was interesting, though. I drove to the interior of the ranch where they are drilling for (and finding) oil. This was my first visit to an oil field and it was pretty neat. You can click on any of the pictures for access to my photo albums.

The next stop was Hico. I was passing through and the town looked so interesting that I had to stop and go back to take some pictures. I pulled over just outside of town in a wide spot and walked back. It was worth it. The town is full of beautiful old buildings, most of which have been or are being restored, and which are home now to some neat shops and restaurants.

I found out that the two heroes of the town are Cody Ohl, a six time world champion rodeo star, and Billy the Kid, alias Brushy Bill, who some claim lived in Hico and died there in the 1950′s. They have a statue of Billy in the town square.

Hico is one of those unexpected and delightful treasures that one can often find by traveling through the back roads of America.

The Handmade House

the editor — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:43:43 +0000

I wrote in an earlier post that my son had a house-building project going on. He does.

This house, when finished, will be almost all handmade. Cliff and his partner, Roger, cut the tees down, hauled them to the sawmill site, and sawed them into lumber. The lumber that comes off of the chainsaw-driven Logosol mill that he uses is beautiful and is as smooth as if it had been planed.

The frame is pine and cedar posts and beams and the exterior siding and roof decking is mostly cedar planks with a little pine thrown in on the roof. A green metal roof tops it all.

Just lately we have been building the fireplace and chimney. This is interesting, especially if one has never built a fireplace and chimney before. It is a Rumford fireplace. A Rumford style fireplace is built to a unique and innovative design which allows it to burn very hot and efficiently. I can’t wait until we fire it up for the first time.

Still much work to do but the house is dried in and has plumbing, electricity, and soon, a fireplace – and just in time for winter.