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With temperatures in the Seattle/Olympia area pushing past 90 degrees, Jim W. Coleman finds a way to keep the sun off his head and finally understands why ancient Egyptians wore all that stuff on their heads. :)
Jim W. Coleman poses with the wonderful birthday cake two of his three daughters made on his 42nd birthday! The cake did not remain intact for long.
After all the presents were opened, the three girls gave Daddy a haircut. Here, Kayla takes control of the pruning shears and goes to work on Daddy's bare head.
Jim W. Coleman, 2006 Fish!Lympics champion and member of the "Sea Anemonies" team, poses for a quick snapshot.
The BFD (big dodge) sits in the KPS parking lot after being detailed by Jon Knoth. I've never seen the truck so clean. It even has that "new car smell" - or, at least, I think that's what that is. :)
My friend, Jon Knoth, did an OUTSTANDING detail job on the BFD, making it so I could actually see my engine again!
C2 (the second in the "Connie" series) rests at home in the garage. This Volkswagen Beetle convertible will be completely restored. With the exception of a cross-threaded spark plug and a bad hub on the front driver's side, the car appears to be mechanically sound. The body is straight and in surprisingly good condition. A little mechanical, interior and paint work and the V-dub will be good to go. Since Church the Devil-Cat likes to sleep in the MGB when the top is down, we imagine that this little Beetle will become all the rage in cat toy-land.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In time, you'll see. :)
C2, the second in the "Connie" series, rolls in on a dolly for Father's Day. This car will be completely restored and painted to match our MGB. Today, we found another VW convertible for sale. Linda quipped that we could start our own exclusive VW club. NOW we're talking! After several years of not owning a VW, Jim W. Coleman is very happy to be a VW owner again (several times over ;)
On Saturday, Linda's parents and sister came over to celebrate Father's Day a day early. Stew celebrated big time. :)
Kayla and a friend play out on the new front yard for the first time!
Hoooooga poses with her friend before her Freshman Dance at school, looking breathtaking in her outfit, and making Daddy's heart swell with pride. Yes, it's true, they grow up TOOOOO fast.
Because of the heavy workload on the house this summer, Jim decided to NOT put in a garden this year, for the first time in his adult life. Instead, the carefully built garden space (scroll down) sits vacant, full of weeds.
However, when Rita (at work) brought in some squash starts and handed them out, Jim couldn't resist. Nor could he resist the inevitable joke: "I wonder whose will be bigger, mine or Mark's?"
Eventually, we all agreed that Jim's would be bigger, Rita's would be sweeter and Mark's would be ... well, dead. Check back later this summer for an update on the squash. This photo shows a small group of them planted in freshly tilled soil. I encourage Rita and Mark to submit digital photos to me from time to time so the mass billions in our world can monitor the contest. And later, we'll have a squash-feed at work. Rita's will be sweet, mine will be big and chunky and Mark's - well, if he doesnt accidentally mow them down, they should be fine. We'll see.
Well, to keep out a certain neighbor and some persistent solicitors (the guy selling frozen meat), we've decided to have an ornamental driveway gate installed. Being one who values his privacy (quality sun-tanning time) I've long wanted a gate on the property. Now, it's essential. The contractor FINALLY showed up today to begin the job. Here is a hole he dug. Oh wow.
Linda has been planting rhodies, as she wants the front and back yards completely bordered with flowering plants, rhodies and azaleas. Here are some of the young rhodies in the back yard.
Now that the yard has been cleared, the soil needs to be tilled to a depth of between 7 and 8 inches - and tilled not once, but about three times. Here, the tilling has started.
An overview of our progress so far in the back yard. Eventually, this will all be graded and covered with lush, green grass, just as we did out front.
Linda Coleman demonstrates the fine art of making rainbows...
While uncoiling the garden hose, Linda discovered this tiny little transient frog taking up residence in the hose. This little guy is smaller than a quarter.
Jim W. Coleman tore out his original firepit (built when the property was being cleared) and rebuilt it - exactly as before, but this one is level. The other was hurriedly assembled due to the work that needed to be done.
Okay, I'll stop posting pictures of my front yard already! But here, Linda mows. It's SOOOOOO beautiful. :)
Though this photo was taken a year ago on a trip to Westport, Washington, the recent emphasis on Kayla in this photoblog encouraged me to go back into the archives and search tens of thousands of digital photos for a great Kayla picture. Here, she's about thrilled to death with her sleepy sister ... and the look on her face is - well, priceless!
Church, the devil-cat, takes a break from supervising the yard work to flop down for attention.
We've all seen crop circles and other phenomenon attributed to alien visitors. The piles of wood in our back yard reminded me of that type of thing. Perhaps a shimmering UFO visited our property to deposit alien wood in neat, triangular piles. Pyramids, ya know?
The work continues to shape the backyard trees and to clear the yard for tilling and a new lawn. Here, the cleanup after numerous trees were removed from the yard.
At the Hoopsters Basketball team party, Kayla is awarded a trophy for her contributions to a winning season!
For Kayla's basketball team Saturday celebratory barbeque, Dad got Kayla a cake with the name of her basketball team on it. Had to go with a carrot cake as that was the only cake available that had orange on it, but Carrot Cake is a favorite anyway.
The 2005-2006 HOOPSTERS basketball team, featuring Kayla Coleman!
The Meade LX90GPS telescope used for future astrophotography on this site. The LX90 telescope has built-in GPS, meaning the telescope can actually locate itself and use those coordinates to locate celestial objects. And don't even think about breaking and entering ... remember, the telescope can locate itself. Wish my cat could do that. :)
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