http://rambleman.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Todd .. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:10:00 GMT 2010-01-08T17:10:00Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977774968 Hi everyone. Long time since you've heard me here on Gather. The reason for not being here for a while is because of Facebook and Twitter , plus the email I get from those two sites. Needless . . . Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:05:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977774968 Todd .. 2009-08-15T16:05:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977747042 Click on a picture to enlarge it ======================== This is my water bucket drainage system When the leak first started getting 'fixed' ========================= I took this . . . Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:15:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977747042 Todd .. 2009-07-23T02:15:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977737303 Yesterday I got an email from someone with a @yahoo .com addy. When I hit 'reply' then send I got the below error message: == == I did Internet searches to find out why I get/got this. Got . . . Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:06:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977737303 Todd .. 2009-07-14T22:06:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977735594 Thursday: Drove to our family's long time friends homestead and had a absolutely awesome time. We even got to meet a few of their friends right around them in the neighborhood. == Friday: Went to . . . Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:08:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977735594 Todd .. 2009-07-13T00:08:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977729619 (credit for the pic: http://tinyurl.com/qemb5g ) == Since there wasn't anything of interest on the four channels of 'local' television yesterday, we just watched movies on various DVDs that . . . Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:21:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977729619 Todd .. 2009-07-05T18:21:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977728458 We went grocery shopping yesterday and while we were there we got a wasp/hornet trap to *hopefully* reduce the amount of them that greet us whenever we go into one of our 2 sheds. Today is the 2nd day, . . . Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:26:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977728458 Todd .. 2009-07-03T19:26:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726707 Took these pictures several days ago meaning to upload them to my Gather page. Obviously I have not done that yet. I decided that today is the day, but I am also including it on my blog . May even . . . Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:02:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726707 Todd .. 2009-07-01T21:02:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721492 Depending on which side of the porch/house you're on, there's either a pretty big difference in temperature or the thermometers aren't accurate. I'm picking the difference because the indoor/outdoor . . . Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:11:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721492 Todd .. 2009-06-25T20:11:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977719432 This is the last 2 minutes of a hard fought tennis game that I won. Woot! Unfortunately I'm not a pro again just yet. I now play left handed because my right shoulder was injured two weeks ago playing . . . Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:18:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977719432 Todd .. 2009-06-23T18:18:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713114 Walking to one of our ponds and being greeted by what I'm assuming are very noisy frogs. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:17:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713114 Todd .. 2009-06-17T01:17:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713042 I was just taking a picture, but since it stayed I decided to take this very short video. I think he/she is eating a bug. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:44:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713042 Todd .. 2009-06-16T23:44:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977711061 As you know I have been trying to get the pool opened up for about a month. The water is too cold for me to be able to get into the pool to vacuum it, and I have serious doubts I'd be able to get . . . Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:05:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977711061 Todd .. 2009-06-14T21:05:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977706508 This is a short video from our plant room of the severe t-storm of 6-9-09 == Watch it at Youtube Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:14:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977706508 Todd .. 2009-06-10T00:14:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693420 We were just hangin' out on the porch yesterday when I thought to bring the camera out to possibly get another hummingbird photo. However, I looked up at the eastern sky and saw this setting, . . . Wed, 27 May 2009 21:28:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693420 Todd .. 2009-05-27T21:28:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689336 After this dried (next day) I went out, turned the pump on, and was disappointed to find out that one of the pin-hole spots *still* sprayed a tiny stream of water out. Plus there was another area . . . Fri, 22 May 2009 19:03:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689336 Todd .. 2009-05-22T19:03:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680931 Another attempt to get a good video of hummingbirds. Tue, 12 May 2009 21:00:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680931 Todd .. 2009-05-12T21:00:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680923 Was sitting outside and decided to see if I could get a decent video of 'the hummingbird wars' (they're very territorial). Tue, 12 May 2009 20:55:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680923 Todd .. 2009-05-12T20:55:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977677698 As some of you may know already, a pretty intense storm went through Dallas and Laclede counties this morning with *heavy* rain and *strong* wind, which knocked over many, many trees in our area of . . . Fri, 08 May 2009 23:05:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977677698 Todd .. 2009-05-08T23:05:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977675770 Have gotten most of the yard mowed. Did a lot of it yesterday even though the grass was wet from rain from Monday. Don't know if it was because the grass was so tall and wet or because the mower blades . . . Thu, 07 May 2009 00:44:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977675770 Todd .. 2009-05-07T00:44:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977674783 Was just thinking back to when I actually tried to post to my blog several times a week. Actually, there was a time several years ago when I posted every day. A few months ago I decided that I wouldn't . . . Tue, 05 May 2009 23:50:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977674783 Todd .. 2009-05-05T23:50:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977668498 (clicking enlarges) ============== All I can think to write at the moment is that I've gotten two loads of laundry washed and hung out on the line, taken a shower, shaved, started the dish . . . Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:26:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977668498 Todd .. 2009-04-28T20:26:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667662 Just because it's a hummingbird feeder doesn't mean other types of birds won't drink from it. *smile* We've also seen bees and wasps get drinks from them too. (click to . . . Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:40:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667662 Todd .. 2009-04-27T23:40:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666065 I took three separate videos of the fireworks we watched last nigh, combined them to make one video, and am showing you now. The reason they were shooting them off last night was so that Dallas County, . . . Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:51:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666065 Todd .. 2009-04-26T00:51:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977659673 == Spent quite a lot of time yesterday placing and setting-up these ramps for my elec. chair. The ramp on the left was * originally * on the outside of the other door because . . . Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:43:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977659673 Todd .. 2009-04-18T19:43:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657161 == Today we took Hedwig and Galux to the animal shelter. It was so sad when I walked around and said, "Hi" to all the dogs, cats, and kittens already there. Not only did I say hi, . . . Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:39:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657161 Todd .. 2009-04-15T23:39:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977656169 I tried a couple of times to upload a short, 7 minute video with the size of 640X480 screen-size after I edited it with Windows Movie Maker. Pre-edit it's only 292 MB, but after the edit . . . Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:20:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977656169 Todd .. 2009-04-14T23:20:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652335 I still haven't been able to get the water filter in the pumphouse to stop leaking. A few days I put more thread-tape on the fittings that attach the intake and output hoses on the housing and . . . Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:16:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652335 Todd .. 2009-04-10T19:16:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650468 The weather is finally warm and the ground dry enough to mow. I got the front mowed out to the Rose of Sharons to the north, over to the Redbud tree on the east, and over to the . . . Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:14:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650468 Todd .. 2009-04-08T20:14:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977648138 This is our new shower bar . The actual shower head we've had for a while, but just a few days ago we got that shiny, new extension so that the water comes down straighter . I think we . . . Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:45:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977648138 Todd .. 2009-04-06T18:45:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644777 Was thinking yesterday that I would mow today, so I asked Rain what the chances of precipitation was according to the forecast and she said, "100%". So I told her that I guess I won't . . . Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:00:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644777 Todd .. 2009-04-02T19:00:27Z