Random Around the Ranch Photo of the Day.

Rainbow Trout

~ Williamson River, Oregon. ~

July 6. 1979

Caught by my beloved

and very missed stepfather.

Some local wildlife.

That snake is street wise.

They will get way out of hand fast

if not taken care of. But I love cactus

taken care of or way out of hand.

Just a picture of the rear view

mirror as we drive along.

Gophers... they crawl in but they don't crawl out.

This "American and Proud" sticker has been around here

for a long time. I don't know how we came into possession

of it. It was originally given out by the Good Sam RV Club.

It's shiny.

 This is a postcard that I got from the Andersen's Split

Pea Soup restaurant in Buellton CA sometime in the

mid 1960's. We only went there a few times. To me

it was like going to Disneyland, and I loved the soup.

I remember crackers and cheese and

croutons, free samples.

I remember a wine cellar, I think that is what it was.

Going down the stairs to the cellar was like exploring

the caves on Tom Sawyer's Island at the Disney Park.

Anyway...

 ...It is probably not near as great as my memories,

but we had a lot of fun there. Loved Hap-Pee and

Pee-Wea too.

Again, I scanned this post card big so if you
would like to open it up in a new window...

P.S. Look at poor little Pea-Wee's cheek. He has
a band-aid on it. Apparently Hap-Pea is a little
careless with the mallet. Pea-Wee needs
some Cal/OSHA.

So am behind this car today... on an 85 plus degree day...

in brush fire country... and this ding dong has his cigarette

hanging out of the car's window.

Don't be a ding dong.

After I had seen "The Kid" in the theater I wrote that I would buy the

Blu-ray or DVD when it came down to $5.00. I lied. I saw it and I wanted

it, so I bought it. It's a Western. I have no defense other than that.

"Brawl in Cell Block 99" on the other hand... I heard really good things

about this movie AND about Vince Vaughn. But the movie was always

twelve dollars or more and I could not pull the trigger on it for that price.

Today it was in the $5.00 bin at Walmart. So tonight I will finally see it.

Huzzah and HIP HIP!

 

Years ago I had one of those cheap little key-chain

recorders, the kind that you might use to remember

where you parked, etc.... Ancient tech. Anyway, I had it
one day while I was down in our canyon shooting. This
audio is just a few rounds fired and then
holstering my pistol.

It was just a... a.... I don't know thing.