I've got big balls

Only one actually. The rest are pretty small. I think technically they are called floats. I tried to ship three of the big ones back from the kuril islands with me but only one made it whole. Now my fleece coat is shredded because it was protecting one of the other ones that didn't make it. :( but all the little ones made it fine. They were stuffed inside my rocks and shirts and pockets and everywhere i could think of where they wouldn't bang each other. Its bad when your balls hit each other. :)

I like sunsets

Golden harvest

Mushroom picking is pretty good in the woods these days. This pic is from a weekend harvest where i netted about 25 lbs of chanterelles and cauliflower mushrooms in an afternoon. The cauliflower mushrooms ended up in a stroganoff with lamb and the chanterelles made some awesome breakfasts for me and friends. a quiche, a french omelet, and a scramble to name a few.

Got Bricks? (Don't try this at home)

Yahoo! On Sunday i got 6oo bricks off craigslist for my permeable driveway project. This is a picture of them trying to break my truck. I think i might have been close to blowing the springs. Then i got home and decided to bust up the concrete in my driveway before i put the bricks down so i wouldn't have to move 'em twice. Then i decided i might as well lay down a pattern when i put down the first bricks. So i actually got a pretty good start on the project! More pics soon.

update: apparently the bricks weigh almost six each. That means I was more than 100% over my rated load. Yay Ford, thanks for making a truck for brave people like me :) But it does explain why my tow hitch hit the ground coming out of the driveway...

ps - This is a 1991 Ford F-250 with a snowfighter (Dana 60) 4.10:1 front end, extra leaf springs, and a 7.5 liter (460 cubic inch) engine. He's an old AT&T repair rig for the mountains in Idaho. His name is Thor ;)