Entries Tagged as 'Aound The Farm'

March 8, 2008

Snow pictures from the farm

We had about 5″ out here at Avalon Farms last night. I thought I’d share a few pictures I took this morning.

This is Canyon, a registered spanish mustang…my hairy man.
Food Fight! The challenge for Alpha male the dominant herd leader is a daily thing. I have a few that are usually the top horse [...]

February 23, 2008

Road building at the farm

I’m sure that visitors and horse boarders to the farm will be glad to hear that the road crew is hard at work today breaking up rock so the roads can be ditched and graveled. Emily and Brenda are having a great time with what we call “The Whammer Hammer.”

Not the technical term but [...]

February 7, 2008

Listening for Tornadoes

I found this in an old mother earth news magazine…
Listening for Tornadoes
Here’s a proven, early tornado warning system
Here’s a proven, early tornado warning system for rural residents, drivers and those who depend on electrical warning systems. The magnetic field of a funnel cloud registers at approximately 4.5-5.2 kHz and will resonate on any battery-powered AM [...]

October 26, 2007

My favorite internet diversion

When I just want to chill while I surf the internet I like to check in on this website…1,000 days at sea. Reid and Soanya are 2 people from New York that set sail several months ago on their schooner “Anne” to sail around the world for 1,000 days without stopping or re-supplying. Their lives [...]

October 18, 2007

Living Will

Thanks for sending me this Maryanne…still laughing here…
MY LIVING WILL
Last night, my friend and I were sitting in the
living room and I said to her, ‘I never want to live
in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and
fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just
pull the plug.’
She got up, unplugged the computer, and threw [...]

October 15, 2007

Record size shark

Record 844 lb Mako Shark caught off Destin Florida
OK so here’s why this story interests me…
Emily & I are both certified divers but when we met neither of us had been in 4 or more years. (to stay current you really should go atleast every 2.) So, we decided before diving together we’d go get [...]

September 13, 2007

25 Skills Every Man (or Butch) Should Know: The List

From Popular Mechanics…

Here at PM, where we at least try to do everything, we spent weeks fine-tuning our list of “25 Skills Every Man Should Know,” debating over whether certain items were too basic, too challenging or just too obscure. You can find a full how-to rundown of each one in the October issue of [...]

September 6, 2007

Costume Party Pics

Me as Janis Joplin & Terry in her Renaissance Festival Garb
Terry on Journey
Robyn & Journey
Emily as John Wayne
Emily & Canyon

August 23, 2007

Heat wave breaking all records here in Tennessee

Emily and I are taking off for a few days to spend some time in an air conditioned casino or two. Headed to Tunica for the weekend for some much needed R&R. It #@$^^&*ing hot here! Forecast calls for more of the same next week although in the cool 90’s instead of the 100’s everyday [...]

August 20, 2007

The latest weather report from NOAA for middle tennessee

DANGEROUS HEAT WILL BE RETURNING TO THE MID-SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND
CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MO
AT MID-AFTERNOON…BUT WAS HAVING LITTLE EFFECT ON THE WEATHER
ACROSS MOST OF THE MID-SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WAS
LOCATED OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST CAUSING A BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WIND
FLOW ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. CONVECTION HAS FAILED [...]