Here are the jalapeno plants that I have been growing

from seed out in the garage (the only safe place around
here) for the last TWELVE MONTHS. The poor
little spindly stemmed guys.

I don't hold out much hope of anything really coming of

this, but one of them is finally giving us a little something

to watch. Our first teeny jalapeno bud.
This might be interesting.

It is once again August 24th so...

Happy National Knife Day!

For this year's National Knife Day I am showing my

Aitor JKII Skeletal Skinner. I cannot remember where

I picked this up, but it was a long, long time ago.  This thing

is 4 3/4 inches long with a 1 3/8 inch cutting edge. It is

pretty dang sharp too. It comes with an OD green
nylon sheath that has a protective insert.

The knife is made of stainless steel and features a gut hook,
screwdriver, lashing holes, ridged handle slot and
it even has a bottle opener.

SHOCKING!

Anyway, it is a fun little knife that I have never used and I

enjoy having it. If you would like to have one for yourself
they are still easy to find. As usual this was fun
and I cannot wait for next year's Knife Day!

"Ducks. Why'd it have to be ducks?"

What time is it, Bob?!

Let's make the day special with an old

IBM Selectric element. Yep! It's a great day!

I bought this decal when we visited the Grand Canyon

Caverns in Arizona. Mid to late 1960s. These caverns are
TWENTY-ONE STORIES UNDERGROUND.

A few more grapes are
asking to be picked.

As I've said before, like

candy off the vine, literally.
So sweet.

I bought this because, well... Austin Butler.

TRANSMISSION #37

shh!

Protect your privacy.

Please speak in a low voice.

Sylvester Stallone stars as Lincoln Hawks in
a Cannon Film: Over the Top (1987).
A Lewco Figure.

Not quite a Knife Day, but kinda.
I had to switch out my bag/purse which I really don't enjoy

doing. My Spyderco Tenacious knife was not fitting in the
new one so I needed to 86 it for a smaller knife. I bought

this Victorinox Tinker model.

I always want to have a knife in there even though I carry one

in my pocket (when I have pockets). So I dropped the Tinker

to the bottom of my purse and haven't seen it since, but I know

it is there and that is what counts. I really miss having the

Tenacious. I carried it since Friday, March 15, 2019.

This actually took place on May 30th of this year.