Hoe Wheels

I have now completed three wheels.  I have two more that I need to get done.  If we can get some warm weather this weekend I will be able to spray these and get them sealed.

Next will be to build the base and the stems which will be made from galvanized steel pipe.  Going to try to put some bends in the pipe so the stems will have a more realistic look to them.  Can't believe that Candy is going to let me put this up in our backyard.   The hoe wheels will be 5 to 6+ feet high.

Can You Dig It!

How is it going my friends.  Sorry for not getting some updates in here sooner, just been busy. Can you dig it.

I was on the road last week.  Got to travel to Los Angeles for client meetings.  Have to say that I had a great time.  Had the opportunity to meet with several of our clients and learn more about them and to see how else we could assist them.  It was a jam packed week.  I had scheduled nine meetings and ended up having two cancellations.  I spent a lot of time in the car and didn't cover to many miles.  Spent a lot of time in traffic.

One of the highlights was that I got to meet Jay Leno.   I was in the restaurant already seated.  Jay came in a few minutes later and was at the table next to me.  I was that guy and stopped him to say hello and get a picture.  We briefly talked corvettes.

I got home late Friday night, guess it was about 11PM.  Saturday the weather was awesome here. I made my way over the shop to do some cleaning and try to finish up a few outstanding projects.

I worked on the base for my Lemoine Star Table.  I got it tore down and sanded.  Cleaned it all up and painted it white to match the table.   I also cleaned up one of my old tiller wheels and primed it for painting.

Sunday wasn't as warm, I think the high was 45.   I really needed the temperature to be up in the 60's as I was ready to spray sealer on my table base so that I could finish up the project.  Well it looks like it will be warm enough this weekend.  Really excited to get this project done.  It looks really awesome.

I brought home my tiller wheel and worked on the dining room table to paint it.  I am going with a poppy theme.  This is the first of 3 or 4 that I will be painting.  
I have several tiller wheels of different types and designs and will be creating a large piece of yard art.  This one will be made using cast iron pipe to build out the stems and base to support the tiller wheels weight.  Each of them way about 12 to 15 pounds.  Would hate for one of these to fall on someone.  Definitely do some damage to you.

Over the last couple of weeks I have been doing some makeovers on some old hand irons that I came into.  This is a picture of the second one that completed.  Candy is using them as bookends.

Home this week.  The weather out in CA was in the 80's.  Loved it, being that it has been so cold in Colorado.   As I am writing this it is cold and snowing.  I think the weather man said we could get 2 to 4 inches.  Joy, joy!

She loves me!

Oh man, Candy cooked up one of my favorites this evening.  She made Bierox also know as German Hamburgers.   We ate these with hot sauce.  They are also great when smothered in cream gravy.   She knocked out about two dozen, so I have something to take with me on my hike tomorrow.

IWANTU

What up?  It's Friday, yeah ready for a break.  I have a big week coming up so ready to chill.   I need to get some hiking in this weekend, that's for sure.

Last weekend I picked up some old irons at the auction.  Got them for about 5 a piece.   I had no idea what I was going to do with them but figured I could come up with something.    They have been sitting on the dining room table all week.

The weather was awesome here today.  When I left work it was 59.  Yes I left work a little early today.   It was just to nice out and we haven't had a day like this in a couple weeks.  I needed some sunshine.

I came home and wrapped up my last couple of calls and then headed over to the shop.   I took an iron with me to see what I could come up with.   This is the 1910 Strause Gas Iron Co. IWANTU comfort iron no. 6. 

I took it all apart and then took my grinder with a wire wheel and cleaned all the pieces up.  Then I taped off what I needed to and painted it.  I used what I had and figure the red and blue would represent hot and cold.

So now I have a painted clothes iron and need to figure out what to do with it.   I need a door stop at work, so next time I go in, I will take it with me.

Congratulations Denver Bronco’s

Wow, they pulled it off and won Super Bowl 50, congratulations!  Candy or should I say Joe-lisa and I spent the afternoon at a friend’s house in Castle Rock.  We hung out and had some great food, and plenty to drink.   Kicked back and watched the game and the commercials.

We still have a ton of snow on the ground around here and it has been cold.  That is my precursor to me saying that I haven't gotten out the trails.   I did get out and go snow shoeing the day after the big snow.  We ended up with about 15/inches.   Had a blast, but man it wore me out.   I am making plans to walk to work tomorrow.  It is going to be wet and muddy.

Closing out January

Wow, hard to believe that the month is over with already.  So let's see I managed to log 65.5/miles in for this month.  Not bad but I could have done more.  I feel like I am getting back into the groove.  Now I have a target and will see if I can do better in February.

I was cleaning up some pictures from my phone.  Felt that I should include them in my blog so that I will have them for future printings.  Below is a picture of Clark and Pebbles hanging out.

My Cousins sent me a holiday greeting last night.  I am guessing that alcohol was involved since the text came in around 1:30 in the morning.  They are showing off the scratch trophy from the Sharky Clark Memorial golf tourney.  One is pointing at the other who won the trophy this year.

Little Piggy

Being that it is a new year I have been trying to be consistent in my working out.   In the last 10 days I have logged 39.6 miles in on the treadmill.   I haven’t missed a day yet, with it being cold I have opted to work out indoors.   Most of it has been on the treadmill at home, but also the gym when it works out the Clark can go with me.

I can’t say that I have lost any weight yet, but I do feel a little better and seem to have a little more energy.   I seem to sweat a lot more on the treadmill than I do when I walk back and forth to work.  Today I started the couch to 5K to see if I can build up my endurance for running.    If I can get some running going it should also help me knock a few of these pounds off.

Not sure if working out will help me live any longer.  Today heard that Don Henley from the Eagles passed away.   I would have figured Joe Walsh would have passed before Don.  Go figure, just goes to show that smoking, drinking, etc. may not be a bad thing after all.   Yes that is sarcasm.

Egg McMuffin

Dinner was awesome this evening.  Candy made us Egg Muffins. Nothing like the real deal.  Freshly cooked bacon, egg over medium placed on a toasted English muffin add a slice of cheese and OMG. Quick and easy and great tasting.  Poor yourself a glass of chocolate milk and oh man.   Try it and then get back to me.

I have to say I was really taken by the passing of David Bowie.  I didn't even know about it until the day after and even then the person that told me, I told them they were full of shit.

I googled and sure as shit he had passed away with cancer.  He did a great job keeping it quite, just like he did with his personal life.

Lisa France, Senior Producer, CNN Digital did a great story named A Glamours Love Story about David and his wife Iman.

I would say for me, I really got into his music with release of Let's Dance in 1982.  Several of the songs from this album were big in the club scene back then.  Great dance tunes to shake your ass to on the dance floor.  

One of the other things I really like about him was he didn't care if you thought he was a freak.  When you see him playing Ziggy Stardust in 1972.  Ziggy who is David's alter ego and a bisexual alien rock superstar.  It is a great album with some great tunes and the whole concept was perfect to really freak out and piss off your parents.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars has consistently been considered one of the greatest albums of all time, with Rolling Stone magazine ranking it the 35 greatest ever.

R.I.P David, you are missed by your family, your friends and your fans.

Colorado

What is up my friends.  I am so far behind on so many things around the house and projects I am working on.  We are crazy busy at work, which is a good thing but it hasn't left me much time for my projects.

I have been trying to work out more.  Been keeping somewhat consistent with my routine.  It has been so cold I have just been doing the treadmill.

We did get out today up on Gold Camp.  We have had snow the last couple of days so the trees were covered.  It is beautiful.

OK, got to run.

Welcome 2016

Greetings all and welcome to a New Year!  I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.    I was lucky to have some time off between the holidays.    I can’t really say that I got a whole lot accomplished.

We had a great Christmas.  We celebrated Christmas Eve with the boys here at home.  Candy cooked up some great food for the evening and we had a great time.  On Christmas day she cooked up another great meal.  We had prime rib roast and all the fixings.

For the last week we have been working on puzzles.   We got three completed.  Each was 500 pieces or more and once again proved that I need to get some glasses.   When the boys would stop by they would each add a few pieces to whatever puzzle we were working at the time.

On New Year’s Eve we had a little party at the house.  It was just me and Candy.  Clark hung out with for a while and two of his friends were here for a while.   We ordered up some Sushi for the evening celebration.  The boys ate it up.

For the last week it has been pretty cold around here.   I did spend a little time over at the shop, but with only have my kerosene heater it gets a little stinky and I just can’t hang out that long.  I am sure the smell it not good for me.  Heat for the shop is on the list. There are a lot of things on my lists, but they all require time and money which I am short of.  But someday I will get to them.

For Christmas I got a couple of coloring books.   These are very detailed coloring books that require a lot of time and patience.   I have gotten a couple of pictures completed.  Here is a little secret for you.   I needed some new colored pencils or pens so we went over to Michael's one day.   I found a really nice Sharpie set that normally sells for about 60 dollars.   Go online and find a coupon.  In most cases Michael's and Hobby Lobby have them available and usually you can get 50% off one item.

That’s all I know.  Would like to see it warm up around here so I can get back on the trails.  We made it out a couple of times but I spent more time on the treadmill.