B&W

Project 365

02/10/2010

Black and white was the only choice for this picture.  They had painted this car one of the ugliest colors I've seen in a long time. 

Faithful Friend

Project 365

02/09/2010

I now it might be a little odd to some of you who don't own guns, and possibly to some who do, but I do consider this gun to be an old friend.  I've had this one since the mid 80's and is the oldest gun I own.  There are other guns in the safe, but this is still my favorite.  It is a Ruger Redhawk in 44 Remington Magnum with seven and a half inch barrel.  The size of this thing actually makes it inconvenient to carry on a daily basis, so the Glock gets out of the house more.  Still, every time I handle the Ruger, good memories of camping and hunting trips come to visit.  Some of the best shots I've ever made have been with this gun.

One instance in particular happened while my brother and I were scouting for an upcoming Javelina hunt.  We had just left camp and were climbing the side of a hill with him in the lead.  Suddenly, he just started backing quickly back down.  I was right behind him so had to step to the side to keep from being knocked over.  As soon as he was beside me I could see there was a good sized rattler right in front of us.  With the steepness of the hill, he was at about eye level.  A second after I saw him, his head was missing and I realized I had my gun in my hand.  I probably could have never made that shot if I had tried to, but instinct took care of the hard work on that one.

We got lost later that night on the way back to camp, but that is another story.  Let's just say the stronger personality will win out every time.

Don't worry, using the screen on the camera I was able to get this shot without pointing the gun at myself. 

Words & Office Critters

Project 365

02/08/2010

One of our vendors came to visit us today and handed out these cute little office critters made out of sea shells.  This is the one I brought home for Krystal.

Project 365

02/07/2010

We had a pretty lazy day around the house on Sunday.  One of the evenings activities was playing "Words with Friends", which is essencially scrabble for the iPhone.  It can also be played on the iPod Touch which gives us the ability.  What is great, is that you can play against anyone with these devices around the country.

Home Sweet Home

02/06/2010

Krystal made it home safe and sound last night from her class trip.  As it turned out, they even got back into town about an hour early so we didn't have to wait until midnight to pick her up.  She had a great time from the sounds of it.  I almost didn't get a project 365 picture yesterday because I was waiting to get a shot of her return.  Then the camera batteries were dead when I tried to use it at the school.  I was able to get this picture with about 20 minutes to spare once we arrived home.

Spare Change

02/05/2010

Remember the days when we used to find canadian coins passed off in our change?  This neat coin was passed off as a quarter at work today.  It's pretty cool, from the United Arab Emirates.  We have no idea what the words say, but they are interesting.  The denomination is even a mystery.  Unfortunately, the guy who took it in also wanted to keep it so I wasn't able to add it to the collection.