Hawaiian Moth
(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)
Look at this really cool moth I found today. Hannah said it looks like he’s wearing a Hawaiian shirt. I never saw one like this before.
SUNSETS
(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)
JULY 30, 2004 – THEME: SUNSET
These are a few of my favorites. It’s too hard to decide on just one.
“THE LUCK OF THE IRISH”
(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)
JULY 29, 2004 – THEME: FOUND
IT IS A little known fact that I have an eye for finding four-leaf clovers. In fact, just this month, I have found ten of them!
While the photo above is not the best, the theme is kind of cool. I found this particular clover on July 26. I parked my car, walked around to the passenger side to get my things out. I looked down at a patch of clovers and there it was. It’s interesting that this one appears to have survived a recent lawn mowing. You can see the four leaves more distinctly in this photo:
After dinner on July 26, I went outside to search for more four-leaf clovers with my daughters. After a short time, I found this one:
My daughter, Maddy, said, “Daddy, I don’t like it when you find four-leaf clovers! It makes me mad because I never find them and you do!”
“Well, Madeline, you just need to be patient and keep looking. You’ll find one.”
Ten minutes later I looked down and saw another four-leaf. As I bent towards it I spotted another one right next to it. I said, “Maddy, look at that! Two of them together!” She bent down to look while I got my camera ready. Then she yelled, “Daddy! Daddy! Another one!” There were three of them together. And Madeline found one of them, her first one.
We found a total of five four-leaf clovers that day. The most I ever found in one day before was three. All in all, I have twenty four-leaf clovers that I’ve saved. There have been others that have gotten lost or destroyed over the years. My daughter, Hannah, who found her first four-leaf a few years ago, asked me if she could have them all when I die. She said she is going to open a four-leaf clover museum and put them all on display. “Good luck with that, Hannah!”
375,000 Miles
(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)
Going to work… again…..
But I got to thinking…
For the past 25 years, I have worked in the same general area, an average of 30 miles from the area in which I have lived.
So, figuring that I have worked an average of 250 days per year for 25 years, and driven an average of 60 miles round trip per day, the grand total of miles I have driven in the last 25 years (just for work) comes out to 375,000 miles!
Figuring on a reasonable average of 30 miles per gallon for gas mileage on my vehicles over the years, I have consumed 12,500 gallons of gas in driving to and from work. That translates into a lot of money!
If I had kept driving straight for those 375,000 miles, I could have driven completely around the world just over 15 times! Just think of all the sights I could have seen and the people I could have met!
If I had decided to drive to the moon, I could have made it there and just about 3/4 of the way back! With enough velocity, I could have coasted the last 55,000 or so miles.
Or… I could have driven to the moon and encircled the entire place 15 times and then just sat down and enjoyed the view.
If I had decided to drive to Mars, at the rate of 375,000 miles every 25 years, it would have taken me 9,333 and 1/4 years. Provided my car could have lasted over the journey and I had another 25 years to live and drive, I could have then traveled completely around Mars 28 and 1/4 times.
However… necessity demands that I continue driving the same worn out path to and from work… over and over… year after year.
Necessity is the executioner of so much exploration and discovery.
Going to Work
(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)
Going to work… blecccccch…..
