21 June 2008

Hairy woodpecker. Very similar to Downey Woodpecker but smaller.

19 June 2008
Ask or Tell: My husband's birthname was Edward Wade Lowdermilk. His father was James Larry Lowdermilk (briefly married to Sheila Miller) and grandfather Earnest Wade Lowdermilk. I haven't found this line anywhere, but they were from North Carolina. Anyone heard of them? Any info on his father?
I found nothing for this one. Any one out there who can help?

Sunday; June 15 2008 (Father's Day)
Question Asked:
I am trying to find out if you know of a Keith G Lowdermilk who was killed during WW2. He died on 27th July 1944 and was originally from Guildford County, North Carolina.
I want to find out where he is buried and what regiment he served in?
Thanks
Reply: From 'Jacob Lautermilch Family 1716' and all I could find. Anyone know more?
Keith Glenn Lowdermilk, born September 17, 1919 to Johnnie Lowdermilk and Roena Macon in Randolph Co. N.C.

Friday; 06 June 2008
Hallelujah! I had said that if Hillary became president, I would move to Mexico, wear a sombrero and eat chili peppers.
Now that the great one is gone, we only have to choose between the lessor of two evils and I'm not sure which that is.

Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Peter asked; What kind of rabbit, what kind of bird?
The rabbit is a cotton tail and the bird is a road runner.

The Cross F Ranch is just far enough south and west to have a few Road Runners and not quite far enough to have Jack Rabbits. The ranch does have cattle, mostly Brangus, a cross between Angus and Brahma to be good beef cattle and able to tolerate the Texas heat and hard, hot rocky ground.
After spending some time at the ranch, I now know more about cows than I ever wanted to know. The main points being that they are big, hungry and stupid. They think that anything green is meant for them to eat and anything not green may be dessert so they should take a bite to find out. When I needed to put a fence around the house to keep the cows from eating the grass in the front yard and out of the way while the work is being done on the house, I used some little orange flags to mark where I wanted to place the fence. The cows ate those flags.
The ranch is large with lots of trees and wild animals and I want pictures of those wild animals so I bought a "Game Camera." The game camera has an infrared motion detector and automatically takes a picture when an animal moves in front of it. The camera is large because it is battery operated, has enough battery to run for a month and it's in a weatherproof case.
I mounted the camera inside a corner of the new fence where a cow could not step on it to try it out before putting it way out some place. I knew that cows, coyotes, skunks, armadillos, wild pigs and other things passed that corner sometimes. I left the camera there for a day then checked to see if it had taken any pictures. I was surprised to find that it had taken a picture of a cow's tongue. The cow couldn't reach it to take a bite out of it so she stuck her head through the fence and licked the camera just in case it was a lollypop or an ice cream cone.

Tuesday, 27 MAY 2008
Will the Mars Phoenix Lander find evidence of life on Mars?
My guess is that it will find just enough evidence of extinct primitive life to spur searches for life on other planets. The findings will be controversial with some saying they are false justification for spending great sums of money and others saying they are proof positive of visitors from other planets.
Speaking of visitors from other planets; Am I the only one to notice that they all travel millions and millions of miles and then arrive and depart here only at night?

Response to yesterdays "Presidential Term Limits." Edited to protect the senders identity.

My response: Have you learned nothing about your husband's work? You have no relationship with any of the other programmers? He has NO influence on you or you on him? If your answers to these are No, No, Yes, then OK, you are qualified to be a programmer!

Monday, 26 MAY 2008 - Memorial Day

BLOG's (Web Logs) have become very popular.
The family newsletter was often read but seldom received input from the readers so I am trying to combine the two into something that works for me and for the family.

This page will have my thoughts, pictures and responses to anything input on the "Ask or Tell" page.
The input page has provision for the senders name and email address. These are not required
but they are wanted and of course must be included to get a direct email response from me.

My most ardent fans and the ones asking the most questions are my grandchildren so you know this page will be "Kid Friendly.

As most of you know, I have been planning for some time to move from Euless to the CrossF Ranch in McKinney Texas. The move is waiting for the ranch house to be remodeled and a barn/workshop to be built. I have been spending as much time as possible at the ranch and have taken a few pictures.