Contents

Rearview Mirror - Summary of the past week
Pups Across America! - Jerry and Mitzy in the garden
Headlights - Our schedule as to where we will be heading

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Rearview Mirror

Turkey Attack
The lower level of Jamers’ house is completely glass, and sitting in the office provides an eye-level view of numerous critter activities. One morning Jamers and I were alerted to a noise that sounded like someone taking a rubber hammer to a car hood--Whap! Whap! Whap! Looking out of the office window we saw a savage-looking giant tom turkey in full battle regalia attacking his window reflection. Studiously he scouted out his enemy, and then timed his lightning peck with precision, ferociously jabbing his rival. I’m amazed we didn’t see chips flying--quite a spectacle.

Quick Trip to Silicon Valley
I took a quick trip to Sunnyvale to do a services workshop for a Service Strategies client. The session went very well and the travel was non-eventful--excellent trip!

Neighbor House
Early one morning in the brisk dawn (38 degrees) I took this shot of the Johnson house, Jamers’ neighbor.



Pictures in the Attic
I’d be willing to wager that at least half of all those reading this blog have a shoe box or two of old prints, slides, or negatives shoved onto the shelf in a closet, buried in a box in the basement, or trapped in a trunk in the attic; memories of the past just sitting there--what a waste. Here is a fun assignment for you:

1. Find the boxes (this could be a challenge).
2. Sit down and leisurely go through them--memories will come flowing back as you view yourself at the county fair sitting on a pony at age nine, walking on water in Cancun with your old buddies, or seeing old classmates you haven’t thought about for twenty years wearing funny clothes.
3. Digitize them. No sense leaving them in the box! Get them scanned so you can enjoy them on your digital devices. I sent all our old pics to ScanCafe and was very pleased with the results. Not expensive and easy to do. http://www.scancafe.com/

Art Prize
Saturday, Janny, Jamers, our good friend, Donna, and I drove to Grand Rapids to view the works of the third annual Art Prize. We had a great time walking through the various exhibits. Here are a few pics from the day.

Pups Across America

Here is a pic of Miitzy in Jamers’ garden, plus a couple of “blurs” I took of the Kids on the trail that I then painted.

Headlights

We still are not 100 percent certain when BERT will be ready to travel, but here is what things look like as of now:

October 2-October 7: Kalamazoo, MIchigan
October 8-9: Travel south
October 9-11: Visit Friends in Kentucky
October 12-14: Travel south
October 15-19: Visit Auntie in Orlando area
October 20: Arrive back on Pine Island

Note that since we will be back on the Island (hopefully) on October 20 and Motoring Across America will be officially completed for 2011, I will be in Alaska the following week and will be posting pictures of eagles at that time.

Have questions or comments--send them in.

See you next week.

Tags: Michigan