Big challenge today. Cleaned up an area of my basement that was mighty dirty. Had to move a ton of stuff.


Cleaned up the area.

Ate a salad at McDonalds. This Burger King employee was there taking a nap.

On the way to Walmart, I noticed these mushrooms on the side of the road. Parked and took pictures. Fabulous.

This type of mushroom does not have gills, they have tubes. It’s one of the signs to indicate that it might be edible. If they have gills, and most do, never think about eating them!

These golden yellow colored mushrooms were a few feet away.

Went to Walmart to pick up some supplies. In order to have plants on that table, I needed light. Fortunately, Walmart had lights on sale for $7. Bulbs were cheap, too.

I saw this Red Shouldered Hawk on the way home. Magnificent.

Cleaned the floors with the wet dry vac.

And with the Swiffer mop.

Put everything in order.

Got cleaned up and ate supper with Kathy.

They had a lift machine in the parking lot. I thought it was cool.

Lots of warning signs.

Watched Enders Game. K didn’t like it. I thought it was pretty good.

Admin duties now.

I liked these paragraphs from an article I was reading in Wired about the next generation of Siri type products.

And this on intelligence.

I enjoyed recording a new podcast this morning! Woot!

I like this edition a lot.

If you’ve ever wanted to quit anything, here’s a great place to start. Yummy audio goodness at “Pleasure Muffin!

Ran 4.73 miles today. It was cloudy about half of the time. The other half it was hot.

Took the grandpup with me on the run.

After a few minutes, she no longer pulled and did quite well.

Always something beautiful and unusual to see.

Jesse ate with Kathy for lunch. He came by the house. Always great to see him.

Rested a bit to recover from the run.

Ate a quick sandwich on the way to the mission.

I worked with Nishi and Maria on their Clara Barton project. She founded the American Red Cross. I’m always learning something.

The older kids made cell T-shirts.

Made a quick visit to the North family. They are looking great!

Ate supper with Jesse. Always lively conversation with him.

My new camera (Canon Elph 340HS) has a “creative” option. Every shot it applies seven different filters. I enjoyed shooting my cacti collection with these filters. Some really unusual and beautiful effects.

I still love the pure shot without the filters!

Orchid are even more beautiful when the color saturation filter is on.


Spent time reading Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson. That book is fun.

Admin duties now.

I liked this spider web.

The hidden network.