First I Am Dad

Farm trucks

2013-04-12T14:14:00.001-06:00

Josh

2013-04-08T09:34:00.003-06:00

Changing a pivot motor.

April in Idaho

2013-04-08T09:34:00.001-06:00

Perrito

2013-03-31T14:30:00.001-06:00

More doggie laziness.

R&R

2013-03-28T14:31:00.001-06:00

A lot of this goes on around our place.

Shoveling Shit

2013-03-12T08:46:00.001-06:00

Because some days it's what needs done.

Sunset. Posted without comment.

2013-02-27T00:44:00.001-07:00

Camping

2013-02-26T00:32:00.001-07:00

From a couple summers ago. Jake and I camping one very wet week in June.

Sigh

2013-02-23T11:53:00.001-07:00

My digital photos are in dire need of reorganization if I am to continue this photo-blogging thing. A new work-flow is probably needed too.

Not the Brightest Bulb

2013-02-20T10:59:00.001-07:00

Dad Two Point Oh

2013-02-19T10:42:00.001-07:00

The new, lighter, leaner version of this blogger.

Overlooking Idaho Hwy 20

2012-04-24T00:25:00.001-06:00

Overlooking Idaho Hwy 20, originally uploaded by thejesse.

Josh

2012-04-16T00:08:00.001-06:00

Josh, originally uploaded by thejesse.

First day of High School. 2006.

Bee

2012-04-15T11:24:00.001-06:00

Bee, originally uploaded by thejesse.

I took this picture in 2006. I'm not very good at macro photography but I was pretty happy with this result.

Bambi

2010-06-21T01:01:00.000-06:00

Last week we took our first camping trip of the year. I saw this fawn along the south fork of the boise river on Sunday and was lucky enough to get this picture. We saw a lot of fawns over the weekend but none of the others were this close. All in all it was a great trip and we had an excellent time.

Winter Maintenance II

2010-02-20T08:57:00.001-07:00

If the frame bent once, of course, it can bend again. Adding a section of 4"x4" steel tubing should strengthen the frame enough to keep it straight in the future. We wanted to avoid weakening the frame by welding on it so we decided to clamp the tubing to the frame. However, bolting the along the length of the tubing would not allow for travel of the wheels when raising and lowering. in the end we settled for clamping the tubing on the ends and welding in the center, above the axle. Fingers crossed.

Winter Maintenance

2010-02-17T08:36:00.012-07:00

Last month while making a few repairs to this disk we discovered the frame was bent. Here we are straightening the frame using a house jack and a heavy duty log chain.

Just A Squirrel Trying To Get A Nut

2010-02-01T00:25:00.000-07:00

Good Night

2010-01-29T08:23:00.002-07:00

Amazing what a temperature inversion and little smog can do for a sunset.

Winter Feeding

2010-01-26T08:44:00.002-07:00

This pic is from a more wintry January than the one we are experiencing in Idaho this year. I have never experimented much with b/w but I think this one looks good this way. I hope you agree.

Love Matters

2010-01-25T21:30:00.000-07:00

Today I discovered this great blog entry from Jason Seiden. I highly recommend giving it a read. It is important stuff. I also touched on the matter here in 2008. Enjoy.

Tongue

2010-01-21T00:16:00.000-07:00

Cow tongue. Perhaps for tacos?

Outkast and Pimp Hats

2010-01-16T23:00:00.004-07:00

Three days in a row this week, I had a song pop randomly into my head. Thursday it was Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind". Yesterday it was, well, I don't remember what it was. Today "The Whole World" by Outkast popped into my head. I knew immediately that I would be listening to a heavy rotation of Outkast tonight. I got home only to discover that I don't have any Outkast on my computer. Something I should have known by the lack of any Outkast on my Phone. But how could this be? Six or seven years ago I had a fair collection of Outkast music.

A little over two years ago my computer crashed and, while most of the data on my hard drive was saved, I lost most of the licenses to my digital music collection. This was before the days of AmazonMP3 and the explosion of license-free (legal) digital downloads so there was little I could do. I set to work rebuilding my collection. I thought had done a good job replacing all my music but somehow Outkast fell through the cracks.

No great deal, I can just download the songs I want. Right? Yes, mostly. From what I can tell, the Outkast catalog is available for download, EXCEPT The Whole World. So I can't, legally, have the one song that I love the most from this group. What is that about?!?

So I will have to settle for the video on Youtube which I will share here for making you read through this.

One final note, after watching this I had to go dig my old blue-felt pimp hat out of the closet and wear it around the house. It was a bit dusty from sitting for a good five or six years but it's still in perfect condition. I think I'll wear it to the Shooter Jennings concert next weekend.

Waiting

2010-01-12T00:31:00.004-07:00

I've been going through some old cell pics, cleaning up my pictures directory and posting a few of them here along with some new photos. This one was taken a couple winters ago on a vaccination day in December. All heifers are vaccinated three times while they are on our place. Twice at this size (at a 2-4 week interval) and once again after they reach 850 pounds, just before they are bred. I should say, rather, that they are vaccinated three time by us. They also receive a fourth vaccination for Bangs, or Brucellosis, by a veterinarian. Usually when they are about the size of these pictured here.

Mobile Post

2010-01-10T12:34:00.001-07:00

Listening to: Police - Synchronicity II. I miss the Police. Stewart Copeland, where are you?