4th of July

In honor of the 4th, (or what's left of it) Here's Old Glory, back there at the beach.
Yes, we did make it back to our home in the woods.
And, The Fuzz will try to get some pix up soon.
But not now, It's, like, midnight, and he is thinking about how good that bed would feel about now.
But there will be lots of exciting stuff.
Like the Aquarium.
And Fort Fisher itself, or what's left of it.
But since it is the 4th of July still, here's a bit of pyrotechnics for you.

Fire in the Hole

With the Young Daughter off on an overnight visit, The Fuzz and His Sweetie had the evening to themselves.
So after stopping by the old place to take care of some yard work, they went out their favorite Mexican Restaurant for some dinner. Then it was back to the woods for some coffee and an evening at home.
That was pretty nice.
In the morning they even got to stay in the bed until they actually wanted to get up. Again a nice change.
Yet it did turn out to be an exciting morning after all. You will note, in the above pix, the somewhat damaged burner to the cook stove. As the tea kettle was happily heating up, there was a sudden pop and flash of light. This turned into the sound of what seemed to be an arc welder as sparks and smoke flew up from the stove.
It seems that we experienced a burner blowout here. Unfortunately it also blew out out our water kettle. (Note at the red arrow) And as can be seen at the right, in this interior view, the kettle is ruint.
But things could have been worse. What would have happened if The Fuzz and His Sweetie had not been right there to witness this? Would they now be sitting out there in the rain sadly looking over the charred ruins of their home? I don't know, but it did make for an exciting morning around here.

Wednesday of Doom

It's about time for a Cute Kitten Picture again, so here we go.

But what we're really dealing with here, is The End of the World. (On Wednesday)
It seems that this Welsh Physicist is planning to test fire his new Particle Accelerator and some other Scientists think he may do us all in. It seems that he liked to blow stuff up when he was a kid.

"I had a number of chemistry sets. Like everybody, I used to make explosives. I even blew the fuses of the whole house a few times."

The Fuzz says he's not so sure about all this, but he does remember "Ice 9" I suppose it's gonna happen sooner or latter. But just so you know, here's what we may be in for.

"...the spinning-top-like quasar devoured the world from within, the two jets emanating from it would grow and catastrophes such as earthquakes and tsunamis would occur at the points they emerged from the Earth.

‘The weather will change completely, wiping out life, and very soon the whole planet will be eaten in a magnificent scenario..."

Apparently, this Global Warming stuff ain't squat, so The Fuzz says y'all better get ready for the Real Thing.

4th of July Things

My Sweetie and I were riding down to that River-Lake for some "Messing About" when we came upon this place all festive for the 4th.
It was just too classic, so we couldn't pass it up without a photo to share.
I don't think I'll set off any Pyrotechnics tonight. My Sweetie hides in the house ever since that "Butterfly" chased her around the yard a few years ago. I see where some woman in Michigan blew her head off with some Pyrotechnics. Besides that, it's kinda dry around here. Of course there's no telling what that Son might do.
So Happy Birthday USA. You might not be perfect, but people still risk their lives to get here. That must mean something.