Tag Archives: Real World

How things usually turn out, are caused, etc.

New Sprumer Color!

Hey i just changed my site color in honor of the season.  After all its  Sprumer!!

I have just invented this season!

Its the one we wait for during the cold weather.  The one we long for while shoveling the solid precipitation off the sidewalk and driveway.  The one we dream about while keeping our homes warm enough by keeping things buttoned up and the heat running, the fire burning etc

SPRUMMER!!

See the color of the leaves has changed from the previous light shade of emergent green, to the deep full blown hearty green of mature leaves.  The plants r now crankin out the solar conversion of sunlight to carbs.  The miracle of photosynthesis.

So open your windows and let the Sprummer breeze flow in, enjoy the restful sleep of fresh air and cool nights.

Rock it!

 

 

 

Tonight the Phantom

So back in the Christmas season, the menfolk of my family gave the womenfolk all a gift – tickets to

“Phantom of the Opera”  !!

As men we don’t in general aspire seeing a production like this and knew it would b a unique gift to take our women there.  BUT i’m sure we ALL will enjoy it.

Luckily it is not opera, its a musical.  Honestly there is no way i think i could enjoy an actual opera.  This is a love story.  I have seen it before on the telly, but not a stage show.  So just going to the theater will b fun.

So soon after i will bring u my non-professional, guy point of view, review.

Have a good day (how is your sprumer going?) (spring-summer)

 

 

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Hey how r u today?

Just a few thoughts on Baseball:

First i know many here in the good old USA like Football best. Thats ok.  I enjoy watching a good football game, the warfare of it all, the strength contest and the strategy, the exciting runs and sometimes long passes.  all good and fine. And i know there r those Football fans who think baseball boring.

Well i find Baseball great on many levels.  its awesome to watch the pros do what they do best, hit long (and short, sometimes more exciting), great fielding plays as an outfielder dives for one or jumps up to steal away a homer.

Its also great to watch Baseball on a slightly smaller scale.  Like where we live we have a farm team that i sometimes get to go watch.  Now if u live where u can go to see the pros in person, enjoy! But for me that’s a long and expensive trip.  I mean i have done it occasionally but due to being way too busy and also a little cheap its not something i do very often.  The local farm team is a short car ride maybe half an hour, and very reasonably priced, while providing a great experience, excitement and  fun.

And then there r the raw beginners.  really raw.  My grand kids are just learning the sport.  They r 6 years old.  This isn’t tee ball but its very informal.  The coach pitches until the batter gets some kind of hit, then the kids run to first etc.  There r no strikeouts, its like a highly modified version of Baseball that is way more training than competition.

There r pros in this game too.  a few kids on the team have their own batting helmets, and bats.  They have been playing with their dads for years.  I salute the devotion of those dads and say nice work, your kid will no doubt excel and you have a great bond and show how much you love your offspring and the game.  BTW some of these kids can really hit!

Then there  r the kids who r experiencing Baseball for the very first time.  They r just learning the rules and it takes them maybe 20 tries to hit the ball.  This is more than ok too.  how many people have the luck to be good at something the first few times at it?

And who knows, some of these raw beginners may wind up in the big pro park some day.  or not.  But anyway its a great time to be there on the sidelines, chatting with family, cheering for the kids and just loving the fun of Baseball, no pressure.  There will b plenty of time for pressure later in life, won’t there?

PLAY BALL!!!

 

 

 

Joys of Spring

Here r a few shots from my neighborhood – the earth is bursting forth.  Hope u like them.

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Famous quote says “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”

Wish i knew who said that.  They were certainly right.

 

First Cutting

Got out my riding lawnmower yesterday.  Although it is classed as a riding mower, not a lawn tractor, i try to use it like a tractor.  I moved the little red shed up off the lawn into the tree line.  More preps of the yard for my garage build this summer.  dragged it with my “tractor”.

So while i had it out and running i cut the lawn tufts.  My lawn is not a sample of perfection.  the soil is sand.  a tiny bit of topsoil but mostly just sand.  Right in front of the house it grows good.  flat and more moisture.  But when spring comes there r spots that grow quick, and places it hasn’t started yet.  But the growing spots were high, a lovely spotty sight.

So I mowed.  Then ran out of gas.  had to make a quick trip for the petrol, then finished up.

 

Wood is Good 10 – Primitive Pleasure

Here is one of my favorite activities when the weather is cool but not too cold.  Once its hot outdoors this is not a good choice for something to do.  BUT sitting by the campfire is one of the BEST things to do when u can.  It’s relaxing, warming, even comforting.  It has been done for as long as mankind has had “control” of fire, to make it when and where he wants to.   A nice fire is like meditation – watching it will take your mind to a blank peaceful place if u let it.  This little movie is looking into my Chiminea, all you can see is the edge of the opening and the fire within. My son and i spent a few hours enjoying the fire and chatting.  Doesn’t get much better than that.  Hope u enjoy this brief clip. And hope u can enjoy your own campfire soon. (Click on picture to join me at the fire!)

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Winter and Construction

Hey have u been enjoying the spring?  Its really starting to green up here, the tree buds are visible and soon will burst forth.  Reminds me of something that i learned when i used to go to school in Minneapolis Minnesota.

The northern Midwest of our country is noted for cold snowy winters.  So much so that in downtown Minneapolis many buildings are connected by walkway bridges across the streets on the second floors.  U can enter a building and walk for blocks crossing over the roads to other buildings all day without going back outside.

The climate there was described to me as really only two seasons:

Winter and Construction.  It was either too cold to go outside or warm enough to be building.  Of course there are truly 4 seasons but its accurate from a general point of view.

So that leads me to this – the construction of my own garage.  Still in the very early stages i am looking at the necessary steps to build a garage.  I’m psyched.

Will keep u posted.

 

Busy Busy

I must apologize for my lack of entertainment lately.

There is so much to do when u are recovering from a sucky too long winter and prepping for a busy summer in the middle of still earning a living by trading your hours for pay and wishing u could be done with that and trying to get the yard ready for building a garage while being slightly jealous of two-thirds of your offspring who already have one at the same time as watching Netflix too much becuz u love scifi and fantasy and then weeding out some of your cue as it seems too long a list even though the stuff u got rid of would likely b entertaining if only i could stay up 24 hours straight maybe i could get more things done.

hey who says long sentences r bad, confusing, fragmented unclear etc?

i just found this cool parable for writing, i like it take a look.

Look Here

 

 

Two Gatherings

Well i haven’t done a post in a few days becuz it’s been busy here.  This past Wednesday we had a party for my son & granddaughters birthdays.  It was not on either of their dates (of birth) but just a convenient time for us to gather and eat, celebrate and just in general share a good time with the family, and sing the birthday song.  and eat. and etc u know all the good stuff u do with the family on such an occasion.

Then yesterday we celebrated Easter.  similar crowd but not exact duplicate.  again food and joy of family and Easter.  a good time had by all and more food than wed. The kids played on the back porch. and in the backyard, grandma was pitching the wiffle balls to them.

So i hope you also had a good Easter and time with your family.  And overeating such as we did here.