The Coleman Experience - A photoblog

08/17/2008 - MY EGG'S IN ONE BASKET

2008-08-17T23:46:53Z

In order to keep my eggs clean, I line my laying boxes with shredded paper. I shred some of my own, and I occasionally bring home shreds from the office. Imagine my surprise when I went to gather eggs and found one egg with the name of my employer on it! I just had to get the picture ...

08/16/2008 - ALPHA MALE PLAY TIME

2008-08-16T22:06:33Z

Needing to put about 300 feet of perforated drainage line below ground, Jim figured the easiest way would be to rent an excavator. Okay, maybe not the easiest way ... but certainly the most fun! Gotta love rental equipment ... it's not yours! :)

08/11/2008 - ERICA'S SECOND JOB

2008-08-11T20:46:03Z

Wow, Erica in her McDonald's uniform. The job at the Kitsap County Courthouse just wasn't giving her enough hours to even cover her fuel costs. Would you like fries with that? :)

07/25/2008 - GRATUITOUS CHICKEN SEX

2008-07-25T18:17:01Z

Most of you who view my photoblog already know this: Because I love toying with all the sex perverts on the Internet who use search engines to find sex, I like to intentionally bait them with words such as these: Here, my huge red cock has sex with a young teenage chicken ... blow, okay, you get the picture. I'm sure I'll get a zillion hits on this photo. In other words, Hurley does one of Lynn's hens. It doesn't get much better than this.

07/18/2008 - CHICKEN COOP

2008-07-18T18:13:56Z

When one of our hens was killed by a fox or coyote (the jury is still out) I had to immediately build a fenced enclosure for the hens. Here is the new "Compound."

07/09/2008 - HURLEY: THE HUGE COCK IN THE YARD

2008-07-10T03:05:35Z

Well, we got this great new Rhode Island Red rooster ... I was gonna name him 'Woody' - (haha, wink wink, nudge nudge). But I ended up calling him "Hurley," after the character in my new book. Here, Hurley the Wonder Rooster flaps his wings as he makes his new home with six virgin hens...

07/06/2008 - REBUILT CHARLIE BUG (1974 VW)

2008-07-07T02:41:59Z

Over the Fourth of July weekend, I successfully completed the engine installation on "Charlie Bug," the 1974 yellow classic VW Beetle. :) Now, to weld in new floorpans, as I had to remove most of the seats since there is nothing there to support them. Also pictured, the 1972 Beetle. I corrected an intermittent ignition problem with that car today, as well.

07/04/2008 - FIERY FOURTH

2008-07-05T02:35:33Z

To celebrate the Fourth of July, we let our neighbors spend all their own money on fireworks. We watched them detonate their savings, while we fed some large bonfires on the property and had a spectacular night that ended up costing us nothing. :)

06/27/2008 - PEANUT BANDITO!

2008-06-28T16:20:13Z

We have a huge bag of peanuts in our garage as we have a half dozen hungry squirrels on the property and squirrel feeders out along the perimeters. While rebuilding a motor today, I heard a noise behind me and caught this little chipmunk in the act of raiding the peanut stash! Good thing Churchie the Devil Cat was outside at the time. :)

06/22/2008 - THE SCARECROW IN THE CROP CIRCLE

2008-06-22T23:09:09Z

On a fine Seattle-area Sunday afternoon, I spent some time building a scarecrow out by the crop circle to (hopefully) deter the deer and birds. We'll see how it works. Actually, from a distance, it's kind of convincing. Of course, close up, you see the head is a shovel. You know, a Fiskars shovel with a lifetime warranty that broke. Click to see a close up of the shovel head ... :)

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06/16/2008 - HIGH STAKES CROP CIRCLE!

2008-06-17T03:12:28Z

The crop circle has been planted for weeks but our Pacific Northwest region has been cold, rainy and gloomy ever since. The last few days, however, were sunny and near seventy degrees, allowing the tomatoes to flourish and persuading the pre-sprouted corn to shoot up from the soil. I've already got the crop circle staked in preparation for my famous nine-foot tomato plants!

05/26/2008 - JIM AND STEW IN SILVERDALE GARDEN

2008-05-27T13:15:49Z

Jim and Stew work the land in Silverdale, finishing the garden in time to share a nice steak dinner afterward. The garden holds one row of tomatoes, five rows of corn and 240 squash and pumpkin plants.

05/26/2008 - SHOVELLED!

2008-05-26T19:02:05Z

Knowing that I would be doing some heavy duty work, I bought this shovel last year - one piece steel construction, lifetime warranty. Well, I'll let you know how that "lifetime warranty" works out as I will be pursuing that. So far, Fred Meyer (where I purchased the shovel) was absolutely no help, telling me to contact the manufacturer. You see - THAT'S why I like Lowe's. I've never had a problem returning anything there. Needless to say, I was very dissatisfied and disappointed with Fred Meyer, a store I've heretofor had great respect for.

05/26/2008 - JAIL SENTENCE

2008-05-26T15:01:47Z

CAN I PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME IN NOW AND STOP WORKING ON THE GARDEN I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD BOY!
If ever I've felt like I was held hostage or imprisoned, any one of my four gardens makes me feel that way. But incarceration is a good thing ... in reality, you would have to drag me kicking and screaming to get me out of the garden. :)

05/24/2008 - BEANS IN A TEEPEE!

2008-05-25T03:17:40Z

Jim's technique for growing green beans is often imitated, and he considers that the finest form of flattery. Here, yet again, a swingset has been stripped of swings and fitted with wooden stakes. This year's crop of broad beans will grow up the stakes. The beans will hang down, making harvesting easy. "It's like milking a cow," Jim says, demonstrating how it's done. "Just walk down the middle and milk the swingset. In the end, you get buckets of beans."