Micro Cessna

I got a Parkzone Micro Cessna 210. It's a nice little plane. It's really light and should usually be flown inside where there is no wind. If flown outside the wind really blows is around a lot.

Another garden video

What the heck is this thing?

Title says it all.





I think it is this. Eastern cauliflower mushroom

New blackmail material

We got a jig on video. This has to be some of the best blackmail material I've ever had on my Mom.

New rain gear.

I got some new rain gear today so I had to test it out.

At first it was a little boring.



Thankfully Rachel let out some helpers.

Recent Videos

First we have a video of the first vegetable from our garden.



Next we cut and eat the first vegetable. YUMMY!



Here we have a short tour of our tiny garden.



This was the first try at making the tour video. It didn't exactly work. Someone was a little giggly.



This is me in a video that was posted under protest. Not the best video in the world. Please don't watch. I look like a moron. The wife likes that.



All of our dogs. Cute little monsters huh?



That's it for now.

Snapping Turtle

I got a call to a residence in reference to a crazed snapping turtle on the loose in the front yard. We were able to subdue the maniac and place him in a large container to transport him to somewhere that he would be more comfortable. As we were driving he decided that he did not like the container and tried to make a break for it. In the following video you can see him walking on the back deck of my patrol vehicle's rear window. I would have taken a longer video but the memory card ran out. The entire trip he just paced back and forth.

There are some pictures of the turtle included below the video. We took him to a creek that feeds into a large river. He should be happy now.

I got in a dog fight......and lost.

Due to the somewhat graphic nature of these photos I am not posting them directly in the post. If you want to see them you will need to click on the links below to see the pictures in my Flicker account. I see lots of gross things all the time and these pictures don't bother me but this is a warning to the more squeamish out there.

A couple of our dogs got into a biting contest and I decided to join in on the fun. Unfortunately I don't have tough skin like a dog. My hands got pretty torn up. It hurts to grip. It hurts to touch stuff. It just plain hurts. This happened on Friday (051509) so hopefully I will be back to fighting strength after the weekend. Everyone lived so that is good. Ok on to the pictures.

This is the first bite. It almost looks human. Could it be that the wife snuck one in while I wasn't looking?

That one was in the first small dog fight. That was nothing. The real fight was to come. When it did come it was bad and quick. In the blink of an eye I had numerous puncture wounds on my hands and both dogs were injured. I had cuts on my fingers. I also had a puncture wound on the back of my left hand. A puncture wound on the base of my right thumb. Three puncture wounds on the base of my right thumb on the back of my hand. And last but certainly not least, two really crazy horribly painful disgusting puncture wounds on the palm of my right hand between my thumb and index finger.

The biggest tragedy of the night is my wife got someones blood on her Crocs. Even with blood on her Crocs she was able to save the day. She came in at the last second and soaked everyone with a pitcher of water. After being soaked the dogs lost their fighting spirit and decided they had had enough. Off to the vet for one and off to the emergency room for me. He got stitches. I did not. After the emergency room I began to think that the dog fight hadn't been so bad. At least it ended quickly. The emergency room drug on forever.

The important thing is everyone lived to fight another day. Just hopefully not with each other in the future.

Hot Air Balloons

We went to see hot air balloons this weekend. Unfortunately they didn't all get off the ground. This event was in Menlo, GA.

Speedy Maple Bowl

This is a compilation of the Maple Bowl videos Part 1, 2, and 3. They have been sped up considerably. My wife has a short attention span so this was done for her. Now she may actually watch the whole video.