Memorial Day Weekend.
Yesterday was our family picnic at Bonnie and Joe's house. We had a beautiful day especially compared to last year when we had a freak hail storm. Most everyone showed up and there were only ver minor incidents - one or two kids got knocked over when they walked too close to the swingset, etc. The food was awesome....Joe made Turkey barbecue, Bonnie (Gary) made some fantastic (I think I kept calling it fabulous) potato salad. There was plenty of beer too. JT and Dylan spent a lot of time on the swingset and towards the end JT and I were throwing a ball and catching it with those little circular velcro catcher thingies.
Afterwards me and Christl took up Steven's offer to come up to his place. I had never been there but not for lack of wanting to go. He's got a ton of 'stuff' all around his property. Given my recent tractor purchase his tractors were of particular interest. The three dogs were very anxious to meet their company. I tried a Michelob Pale Ale - never knew they made it but it was pretty good.
Today we're having an informal picnic with the Christman's, my parents and possibly Christl's mom. Christl didn't want to have a ton of people over I guess because of the extra work. People should be showing up soon - Christl is back from the store - I've got beer chilled and the grill is ready to go. The pool is a different story though - I'm going to need to get some clarifier. Christl has done a great job vacuuming but the water just isn't clearing up.
Yesterday was our family picnic at Bonnie and Joe's house. We had a beautiful day especially compared to last year when we had a freak hail storm. Most everyone showed up and there were only ver minor incidents - one or two kids got knocked over when they walked too close to the swingset, etc. The food was awesome....Joe made Turkey barbecue, Bonnie (Gary) made some fantastic (I think I kept calling it fabulous) potato salad. There was plenty of beer too. JT and Dylan spent a lot of time on the swingset and towards the end JT and I were throwing a ball and catching it with those little circular velcro catcher thingies.
Afterwards me and Christl took up Steven's offer to come up to his place. I had never been there but not for lack of wanting to go. He's got a ton of 'stuff' all around his property. Given my recent tractor purchase his tractors were of particular interest. The three dogs were very anxious to meet their company. I tried a Michelob Pale Ale - never knew they made it but it was pretty good.
Today we're having an informal picnic with the Christman's, my parents and possibly Christl's mom. Christl didn't want to have a ton of people over I guess because of the extra work. People should be showing up soon - Christl is back from the store - I've got beer chilled and the grill is ready to go. The pool is a different story though - I'm going to need to get some clarifier. Christl has done a great job vacuuming but the water just isn't clearing up.
Oh yeah - the Phoenix lander successfully landed near Mars' northern 
pole yesterday around 8pm EDT. The solar panels have fully deployed so it should be able to proceed with it's mission of looking under the surface, via a backhoe-like arm, for traces of frozen water and possibly for traces of life. The picture to the right is one of the initial pictures beamed back showing one of the landing struts. There are other pictures and information available at The Phoenix Mars Mission website.
pole yesterday around 8pm EDT. The solar panels have fully deployed so it should be able to proceed with it's mission of looking under the surface, via a backhoe-like arm, for traces of frozen water and possibly for traces of life. The picture to the right is one of the initial pictures beamed back showing one of the landing struts. There are other pictures and information available at The Phoenix Mars Mission website.
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