I will be filling more posts with the following subjects:
1.) My project of a worm/composting bin - complete with pictures
2.) My project at an attempt some solar cookers (one will be from a bowl and the other a fish tank) - complete with pictures
3.) My attempt at a CHEAP LCD projector kit with links and pictures.
4.) My attempt at a CHEAP smart board (using project 3).
That should round me out to around middle of August when Little Man will be arriving!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Visit to NY - The place is GREEN GREEN GREEN!
Well, I recently went to upstate NY for about 4 days. I have to say as soon as I got off the plane in Albany and headed out to I-90 I noticed one thing, HOW GREEN IT WAS! It is probably more green there than in SWFL. I guess the plants are like, "Hurry up and grow. Store energy! The winter is coming soon!" Hehe.
Anyway, here are some shots I thought were good. Excuse the greyness in some. It was raining a little that day. These photos range from the Chatham, NY area down to Somers, NY / Danbury, CT (and some places in between). So that is like 4 counties in NY (Columbia, Dutchess, West Chester, and Putnam).
Things about NY that are different than SWFL that I miss from OH:
I think this is Route 100 heading to 22? It was a nice drive. I tried to get the lake/reservoir on the left in a picture. Sorry, it didn't work out that way.
Wild black berries in my cousin's back yard.
Queen Ann's lace (also cousin's backyard)
Nice, tall, mature trees. My cousin's property is surrounded by a forest of like 90 acres owned by a non-profit organization. Meaning NOBODY will build as long as that org owns it. Very nice, quiet, and secluded.
Ok, it is not a plant, but it is green. This is a newer Lotus that was parked at the East Fish Kill rest stop on I 84. I am going to ask my buddy that writes Car Test Ride to identify the year and model if he can. The owner was pretty cool. He said he wished the weather would break so he could take the top down.
All and all it was good trip. I got to see family and do some creative problem solving facilitation for work. Cannot beat that for an extended weekend trip.
Lastly, flying now is starting to get bad. You are being treated like cattle. I think I will start to consider taking trains.
Until we blog again!
~Jeffrey
Anyway, here are some shots I thought were good. Excuse the greyness in some. It was raining a little that day. These photos range from the Chatham, NY area down to Somers, NY / Danbury, CT (and some places in between). So that is like 4 counties in NY (Columbia, Dutchess, West Chester, and Putnam).
Things about NY that are different than SWFL that I miss from OH:
- Trees with leaves that fall off
- Hills
- Curves
I think this is Route 100 heading to 22? It was a nice drive. I tried to get the lake/reservoir on the left in a picture. Sorry, it didn't work out that way.
Wild black berries in my cousin's back yard.
Queen Ann's lace (also cousin's backyard)
Nice, tall, mature trees. My cousin's property is surrounded by a forest of like 90 acres owned by a non-profit organization. Meaning NOBODY will build as long as that org owns it. Very nice, quiet, and secluded.
Ok, it is not a plant, but it is green. This is a newer Lotus that was parked at the East Fish Kill rest stop on I 84. I am going to ask my buddy that writes Car Test Ride to identify the year and model if he can. The owner was pretty cool. He said he wished the weather would break so he could take the top down.
All and all it was good trip. I got to see family and do some creative problem solving facilitation for work. Cannot beat that for an extended weekend trip.
Lastly, flying now is starting to get bad. You are being treated like cattle. I think I will start to consider taking trains.
Until we blog again!
~Jeffrey
Monday, July 14, 2008
Happy Hour of the week ending on Friday 7-18-2008 850 Restaurant Cape Coral
Well Derwood commented on another one of his happy hour places last week during the Bar Louie post:
Well the 850 is in Cape Coral, obviously. What Derwood didn't tell us is what the happy hour actually was! Well Jeffrey saves the day! From their website:
Have a Happy Hour and drink and drive responsibly. Remember 275-Taxi locally in SWFL or LeeTran (the bus)!
"A non-chain happy hour location that I recently enjoyed - 850. It is in the Cape (sorry!) - in fact it is on 850 Lafayette so not far from the bridge. Happy Hour is all the time which makes the draft beers not much over a buck! Plus they have more upscale offerings as far as food goes - more than bar fare of hot wings and stuffed jalapenos"
Well the 850 is in Cape Coral, obviously. What Derwood didn't tell us is what the happy hour actually was! Well Jeffrey saves the day! From their website:
"THE CAPE'S BEST HAPPY HOUR
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY
11AM - 10PM
THURSDAY - SATURDAY
11AM - 2AM
WELL LIQUORS
VODKA - RUM - GIN - TEQUILA - BOURBON - WHISKEY
$2.00
CALL LIQUORS
SMIRNOFF - BACARDI - CAPTAIN - CUTTY SHARK
TANGUERAY - JACK DANIELS - SEAGRAM 7 - JOSE CUERVO
$3.25
SIGNATURE MARTINI'S
11am - 7pm
$4.75
DRAFT BEERS
DOMESTIC
$1.25
IMPORT
$3.00
BOTTLE BEERS
DOMESTIC
$1.25
BUCKET (5)
$6.00
IMPORT
$2.25
BUCKET (5)
$10.00
HOUSE WINE
MERLOT - CAB - CHARD - WHITE ZIN
$4.00 "
Have a Happy Hour and drink and drive responsibly. Remember 275-Taxi locally in SWFL or LeeTran (the bus)!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Frangipanis, Royal Poncianas, Angels Trumpets Oh My!
On my bike ride each morning, I ride along some of the prettiest landscapes and plantscapes. The fragrant frangipani and angels trumpets, and brilliant Royal Poncianas are along the ride. I love living in the subtropics, and that is mostly due to the vegetation. Nothing like seeing green all year round. Pop in some tunes on my Sony Ericsson w580i and away I roll (which is also what I took the pictures on... this is actually a very good phone as I posted about previously).
The community which seems to have some of the prettiest foliage is Cape Harbor. It is a gated community that I live near (Not in mind you, when I moved here they were just building it and I should have bought in at the ground floor, however now, with the recent real estate market slump, you can get some good deals on the condo's there). Not that they need it, but there was their free plug. P.S. Will Stout, during the build of the place, your contractors kill 6 of my mail boxes. Remit payment to my paypal :-).
Some pictures of the ride:
One of my bikes (notice I have a light for at night!)
The pseudo entrance to Cape Harbor (see my shadow?)
Royal Ponciana just starting to bloom! They will be on fire soon, through end of August! Take a drive down the FL Keys and they are every where as well.
Angels Trumpet (man you should smell them. At night they are more fragrant). We like the smell so much, Jessica and I planted one near our bedroom window so we can smell it during the winter.
The frangipani I ride by every day. I actually got a couple of cuttings from a neighbor of this same plant for my yard because it smells that nice.
A last shot of the "street" scape there at Cape Harbor's condos (they are above the shops. I like the concept, but it would almost feels like Disney Land to live there).
That is part of my morning bike ride.
There are other places I pass along the way I will talk about in a future post.
~Jeffrey
The community which seems to have some of the prettiest foliage is Cape Harbor. It is a gated community that I live near (Not in mind you, when I moved here they were just building it and I should have bought in at the ground floor, however now, with the recent real estate market slump, you can get some good deals on the condo's there). Not that they need it, but there was their free plug. P.S. Will Stout, during the build of the place, your contractors kill 6 of my mail boxes. Remit payment to my paypal :-).
Some pictures of the ride:
One of my bikes (notice I have a light for at night!)
The pseudo entrance to Cape Harbor (see my shadow?)
Royal Ponciana just starting to bloom! They will be on fire soon, through end of August! Take a drive down the FL Keys and they are every where as well.
Angels Trumpet (man you should smell them. At night they are more fragrant). We like the smell so much, Jessica and I planted one near our bedroom window so we can smell it during the winter.
The frangipani I ride by every day. I actually got a couple of cuttings from a neighbor of this same plant for my yard because it smells that nice.
A last shot of the "street" scape there at Cape Harbor's condos (they are above the shops. I like the concept, but it would almost feels like Disney Land to live there).
That is part of my morning bike ride.
There are other places I pass along the way I will talk about in a future post.
~Jeffrey
Current reading list for June, July, August 2008
Jeffrey's current reading list:
Fantasy and Science Fiction August Issue
Developing the Leader Within You John Maxwell
Total Money Makeover Dave Ramsey
Creativity and Innovation Management Journal
Fantasy and Science Fiction August Issue
Developing the Leader Within You John Maxwell
Total Money Makeover Dave Ramsey
Creativity and Innovation Management Journal
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