Acus Gu

Messing around with dof on my iPhone, this is the sound board at our church.  Acus Gu is, of course, Acoustic Guitar.  Roland in the electric Piano...  Bass Gu on the right edge is me....  as is Bass Guitar,

like this:

Thant's my 1968 Guild Jetstar bass, with the oh-so-cool bisonic pickup.

Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam

So...  Three weeks ago, I got a new smart-phone.  New phone, new number, clean slate.  For a variety of reasons, I have been a little slow to switch all my activities over. So, after 21 days, what does my (incoming) call log look like?

10 inbound calls;  9 are spam, and 1 is my wife.

Yep, 90% of the calls I have received have been spam.  It took about 10 days before the first one, so I'm averaging 1/day.

Now, by policy, I don't answer calls from unknown numbers.  Leave a message, I'll call you right back.  None of those 9 calls left a message.  Several of those seem to be from spoofed numbers (same area code / exchange, different last-4).

Really ticks me off, but I guess it's just the way of the world these days.

Anyway, here's "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" by Sugarloaf:

https://youtu.be/fHDNWf_ws38

May your trails be crooked...

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view." 
-  Edward Abbey

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I downloaded a book to my digital device(s) today, "The Nature Fix" by Florence Williams.  Looks interesting, I'll let you know.  The quote above was on page 1, and I rather liked it. 

I've taken countless "trail" images through the years, here's a few, gabbed semi randomly.

 

 

 

 

Sunflowers!

So, last week sometime, my wife mentioned that a (mutual) friend had been out the previous weekend looking at Sunflower fields.  At Columbia Bottom Conservation Area.  Well, I was mildly interested in Sunflowers, but Columbia Bottom got my attention. Regular readers should recognize the location, it is a regular spot for me.    And when last weekend rolled around, we made the short trek over.  

Funny, somehow my wife didn't realize where Columbia Bottom was!!  She's never been over with me, and apparently never paid a lot of attention when I 've talked about it (no comment!).

Well, now she knows, and we have a fun outing.  Here's some images:

 

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And while we were at Columbia Bottom CA, I had to take some non-sunflower photos  I'm starting a TAG for the blog for this location, call it CBCA.  I'll try and update tags on older images,

Looking Down

Out for a walk this evening, on one of the many "Rails To Trails" paths in our area. This is from a stream crossing, looking down. 1.6 sec exposure, trying to get a smooth feel. But there wasn't a lot of water to smooth out...

Anyway, I still think it is interesting, hope you do too!

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Below is a long view of the path, and the bridge: